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NWFCC HONOURS BOARD

This page lists various honours achieved by North West Federation Croquet Clubs.  These include all Federation League Champions; Millennium Tournament winners; Federation Festival Awards; Pennine Cup holders and National Inter Club achievements.

The first League Champions were Ellesmere who won the league in 1973 and again in 1974.

You can jump to the various honours boards
by clicking on the following links:
B Level AC LeagueMillenium Adv ACFestival of Croquet
Handicap AC LeagueMillenium AC HcpPennine Cup
Midweek AC LeagueMillenium Short ACNational Inter Club
Short AC LeagueMillenium Hcp GCAdvanced League
Handicap GC LeagueMillenium Adv GCNWF Northern League
Level Play GC League Confederation League

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Advanced League (est 2000)

2000 – South Lakes2001 – South Lakes2002 – Southport
2003 – Southport2004 – Bowdon2000 – South Lakes
2001 – South Lakes2002 – Southport2003 – Southport
2004 – Bowdon2005 – South Lakes2006 – Crake Valley
2007 – Bowdon Canons2008 – Southport2009 – Bowdon Saints
2010 – Fylde2011 – Bowdon Saints2012 – Bowdon Saints
2013 – Chester2014 – Chester2015 – Pendle
2016 – Bowdon2017 – Discontinued 

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B Level Advanced League (est 2014)
2014 – Pendle2015 – Fylde2016 – Bowdon
 2017 – Fylde2018 – Bowdon2019 – Chester
2020 – Not Played2021 – Bowdon 2022 – Crake Lakes
2023 – Crake Lakes

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The NWF Northern League (est 1973)

1973 – Ellesmere1974 – Ellesmere1975 – Daten
1976 – Daten1977 – Ellesmere1978 – Ellesmere B
1979 – Chester/East Riding tied1980/1987 – ???1988 – Pendle
1989/1991 – ???1992 – Discontinued 

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The Confederation League (est 1992)

1992 – Bowdon1993 – Tyneside1994 – Beverley
1995 – Beverley1996 – Beverley1997 – Beverley
1998 – Beverley1999 – Pendle2000 – Middlesbrough
2001 Discontinued  

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The Handicap League (est 1990)

1990 – Bowdon1991 – Pendle1992 – Bury
1993 – Bowdon1994 – Pendle1995 – Bowdon
1996 – Bury1997 – Bowdon1998 – Bowdon
1999 – Chester2000 – Bowdon2001 – Bowdon
2002 – Southport2003 – Pendle2004 – Bury Caesars
2005 – Fylde2006 – Pendle2007 – Chester
2008 – Pendle2009 – Pendle2010 – Fylde
2011 – Fylde2012 – Pendle2013 – Bowdon St Marys
2014 – Bury Peelers2015 – Fylde2016 – Chester
 2017 – Bury Peelers2018 – Chester2019 – Chester
2020 – Not Played2021 – Crake Valley 2022 – Bury Caesars
2023 – Bury Caesars

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The Midweek Handicap League (est 2004)

2004 – Pendle2005 – Bowdon Griffins2006 – Chester
2007 – Bury2008 – Bowdon Earls2009 – Bowdon Earls
2010 – Chester2011 – Fylde2012 – Chester
2013 – Westmorland2014 – Chester2015 – Fylde
2016 – Westmorland2017 – Chester2018 – Southport
2019 – Pendle2020 – Not Played2021 – Bowdon
2022 – Westmorland2023 – Bowdon

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Short AC League (est 1987)

1987 – Pendle1988 – Pendle1989 – Pendle
1990 – Pendle1991 – Pendle1992 – Radbroke Hall
1993 – Bowdon1994 – Pendle1995 – Bowdon
1996 – Bowdon1997 – Pendle1998 – Bowdon
1999 – Lancaster2000 – Southport2001 – Southport
2002 – Pendle2003 – Bowdon2004 – Fylde
2005 – Bury2006 – Bowdon2007 – Bury
2008 – Bowdon2009 – Llanfairfechan2010 – Llanfairfechan
2011 – Pendle2012- Bowdon2013 – Llanfairfechan
2014 – Southport2015 – Bury2016 – Bowdon
2017 – Bowdon2018 – Westmorland2019 – Bury Crusaders
2020 – Not Played2021 – Chester 2022 – Westmorland
2023 – Southport

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Hcp GC League (est 2000)

2000 – Southport2001 – Southport2002 – Southport
2003 – Bury North2004 – Bury South2005 – Southport Proms
2006 – Culcheth2007 – Pendle2008 – Chester
2009 – Southport2010 – Llanfairfechan2011 – Bury South
2012 – Pendle2013 – Chester2014 – Chester
2015 – Southport2016 – Southport2017 – Southport
2018 – Westmorland2019 – Crake2020 – Not Played
2021 – Crake Valley 2022 – Southport 2023 –

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Level Play Golf League (est 2013)

2013 – Bury2014 – Bury East2015 – Bowdon Bandits
2016 – Bowdon Bandits2017 – Bowdon Bandits2018 – Chester Centurions
2019 – Chester Centurions2020 – Not Played2021 – Chester Centurions
2022 – Bowdon

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Millennium AC Advanced Competition
(est 2000)

2000
Roger Brookes (Southport)
2001
Roger Brookes (Southport)
2002
Ian Lines (Bowdon)
2003
A – Colin Irwin (Bowdon)
B – Peter Wardle (Crake)
2004
A – Ian Lines (Bowdon)
B – Liz Wilson (Fylde)
2005
A – Chris Clarke (Bowdon)
B – Andrew Winn (Bowdon)
2006
A – Ian Lines (Bowdon)
B – Paul Rigge (Bury)
2007
A – Ian Lines (Bowdon)
B – Ray Lowe (Southport)
2008
A – Andrew Winn
B – David Walters
2009
A – Ian Lines (Bowdon)
B – Roger Schofield (Pendle)
2010
A – Ian Lines
B – Mark Lloyd
2011
A – Alan Mayne (Bowdon)
B – Alan Pidcock (Southport)
2012
A – David Walters (Bowdon)
B – Roger Schofield (Pendle)
2013
A – David Walters (Bowdon)
B – Robert Essler (Pendle)
2014
A – Colin Irwin (Bowdon)
B – Robert Essler (Pendle)
2015
A – David Walters (Bowdon)
B – Andy Brandwood (Bury)
2016
A – Paul Rigge (Bury)
B – Roger Schofield (Pendle)
2017
A – David Walters (Bowdon)
B – Ian Hall (Keswick)
2018
A – David Walters (Bowdon)
B – Gerry Guest (Chester)
2019
A – Andrew Winn (Bowdon)
B – Paul Kenworthy (Bury)
2020
A – John-Paul Moberley (Bowdon)
B – Lorna Dewar (Pendle)
2021
A – Mark Lloyd (Chester)
B – Liz Wilson (Fylde)
2022
A – Rick Harding (Southport)
B – Nigel Matthews (Bowdon
)
2023 
A – Nigel Matthews
B – Steve Skelton

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Millennium AC Handicap Competition
(est 2000)

2000 – Martin Bradshaw (Fylde)2001 – Derek Bell-Jones (Chester)2002 – Keith Roberts (Southport)
2003 – No competition2004 – Mark Lloyd (Chester)2005 – Lee Hartley (Fylde)
2006 – Abandoned2007 – Justin Brightmore (Bury)2008 – Terry Vernazza (Fylde)
2009 – Patrick Cheyne (Bowdon)2010 – Matt Holmes (Bury)2011 – Barry Keen (Bowdon)
2012 – David Boyd (Chester)2013 – Abandoned2014 – Paul Kenworthy (Bury)
2015 – Not played2016 – David Lloyd (Westmorland) 2017 –
 2018 – Barry McKenzie (Bowdon)2019 – Dave Williamson (Crake)2020 – Anne Alvey (Bury)
 2021 – Anne Alvey (Bury) 2022 – Chris Alvey (Bury) 2023 – Not contested

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Millennium Golf Hcp Competition
(est 2008)

2008 – Alan Mayne (Bowdon)2009 – Abdul Ahmad (Pendle & Craven)2010 – Gary Greenwood
2011 – John Adams2012 – Margaret Eccles (Bury)2013 – Brian Poynton (Culcheth)
2014 – Don Williamson (Southport)2015 – Vi Richards (Bury)2016 – Keith Woodward (Culcheth)
 2017 – Roger Edwards (Craig-y-don)2018 – Not played2019 – Sam Seal (Llanfairfechan)
2020 – Frank Sharps (Crake)2021 – Lou Pell (Fylde) 2022 – Frank Sharps (Crake Valley)
2023 – Paul Galley (Crake)

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Millenium Short Competition
(est 2011)

2011 – John Mawdsley (Southport)2012 – Jennifer Mawdsley (Southport)2013 – Chris Evans (Bowdon)
2014 – Nathan Blake (Fylde)2015 – David Lloyd (Westmorland)2016 – Brian Walton (Chester)
2017 – Sally Slater (Chester)2018 – Jayne Taylor (Chester) 2019 – James Thomas (Llanfairfechan)
2020 – Neil Adams (Westmorland)2021 – Brian Storey (Bowdon) 2022 – Alison Broughton (Fylde)
2023 – Phil Snowden

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Millennium Level Play Golf Competition (est 2015)

2015 – Paul Rigge (Bury)2016 – Paul Rigge (Bury)2017 – Not played
2018 – Libby Dixon (Pendle)2019 – David Walters (Bowdon)2020 – Paul Rigge (Pendle)
2021 – Jack Good (Bury) 2022 – David Cornes (Crake Valley) 2023 – Nigel Matthews (Bowdon)

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North West Federation Festival of Croquet
(est 1994)

CHAMPION
CLUB


AC EVENTS:

(L = Level Play;
H = Handicap;
S = Short;)
GC EVENTS:
(L = Level Play;
H = Handicap;)
1994
SOUTHPORT
––
1995
PENDLE
––
1996
BURY
––
1997
SOUTHPORT
Bowdon (S)–
1998
SOUTHPORT
––
1999
SOUTHPORT
––
2000
PENDLE
––
2001
SOUTHPORT
––
2002
BURY
Bowdon (H);
Bury (S);
Southport (H)
2003
SOUTHPORT
South Lakes (H);
Pendle (S)
Southport (H)
2004
BOWDON
Bowdon (L);
Bowdon (H);
Fylde (S);
Bury (H) 
2005
BURY
Bury (L);
Southport (H);
Fylde (S);
Culcheth (H);
2006
SOUTHPORT
Bury (L);
Southport (H);
Southport (S);
Culcheth (H);
2007
BOWDON
Fylde (H);
Bowdon (S); 

Bowdon (H);
2008
BOWDON
Crake Valley (L);
Bowdon (H);
Pendle (S);
Bowdon (H);
2009
BOWDON
Southport (L);
Fylde (H);
Bowdon (S);
Bowdon (H);
2010
CHESTER
Fylde (L);
Chester (H);
Chester (S);
Chester (H);
2011
BURY
Fylde (L);
Crake Valley (H);
Bury (S);
Llanfairfechan (H);
2012
PENDLE
Fylde (L);
Westmorland (H);
Llanfairfechan (S);
Pendle (H);
2013
SOUTHPORT
Crake Valley (L);
Southport (H);
Bury (S);
Bury (H);
2014
BOWDON
Bowdon (L):
Westmorland (H);
Chester (S);
Bowdon (H);
2015
BURY
Fylde (L);
Fylde (H);
Bury (S);
Chester (H);
2016
FYLDE
Fylde (L);
Fylde (H);
Bowdon (S);
Culcheth (H);
2017
BURY
Fylde (L);
Westmorland (H);
Bowdon (S);
Bury (H);
2018
WESTMORLAND
Fylde (L);
Bury (H);
Chester (S);
Crake (H);
2019
PENDLE
Pendle (L);
Pendle (H);
Chester (S);
Llanfairfechan (H);
Southport (L);
2020
Not Played
––
2021
PENDLE
Pendle (L);
Westmorland (H);
Fylde (S);
Pendle (H);
Bowdon (L);
2022
Bowdon
Bowdon (L);
Bowdon (H);
Bowdon (S);
Bowdon (L);
Fylde (H)
2023
Pendle

Pendle (L);
Bowdon (H);
Fylde (S)
Fylde (H);
Bowdon (L)

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The Pennine Cup (Annual match between the Croquet Federations of the North West and the North East)

2002 – NW2003 – NW2004 – NE
2005 – NW2006 – NW2007 – NW
2008 – NE2009 – NW2010 – NW
2011 – NE2012 – NE2013 – NE
2014 – NW2015 – Not Played2016 – Not Played 
2017 – NW2018 – NW 2019 – NW
2020 – Not Played  2022 – NW
2023 – NW

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National Inter Club Competitions

AC INTER CLUB:2003 – Bowdon
MARY ROSE:2019 – Bowdon
2010 – Bowdon
2007 – Pendle
2001 – Bowdon
LONGMAN CUP:2017 – Pendle
2009 – Bury
2008 – Fylde
2007 – Fylde
2006 – Pendle
2023 – Fylde
SECRETARY’S SHIELD:2014 – Bowdon
2009 – Pendle
2002 – Bowdon
NATIONAL SHORT CROQUET:2022 – Bury
2019 – Bowdon
2018 – Penrith

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