Here are some wonderful examples of Croquet skills displayed at Bowdon recently in an England v Elite Squad match.
Video courtesy of Mike Steer and the Bowdon CC website.
Bowdon Win Mary Rose
Many congratulations to Bowdon who beat High Wycombe (4-3) in the final of the CA Mary Rose Competition at Surbiton on Saturday 5th October.
Bowdon: Will Mellor (3.5) (Captain); Alan Mayne (0); Martin Granger Brown (2); Charles Harding (3).
High Wycombe: Stephen Wright (0); Mike Porter (0); Keith Pound (2); Richard Peperell (4).
| Alan and Martin lost to | Stephen and Mike -20 |
| Will beat Keith +4 | Charles beat Richard +7 |
| Alan lost to Stephen -17 | Martin lost to Mike -23 TP |
| Charles beat Keith +23 | Will beat Richard +25 |
The results of the earlier rounds of this knockout competition can be seen here
Bowdon Win National Short Croquet Competition
Bowdon won the Short Croquet Inter-Club Competition Final on 15th September in York beating Bury 9-2
Bowdon: Cas Sinclair (Capt); (6)Louise Cheyne (4); Sue Cooper (8); Nigel Matthews (10).
Bury: Richard Leach (6); Vi Richards (7); Harry Anderton (7); David Leach (10).
| Louise & Cas beat | Richard & David 14-7 |
| Sue – beat Vi 14-5 – beat Harry 14-5 – lost to Richard 4-14 | Nigel – beat Harry 14-6 – beat David 14-10 – beat Vi 14-6 |
| Cas – beat Vi 14-8 – beat Harry 10-8 | Louise – lost to Richard 10-14 – beat David 14-8 |
Congratulations to all the team and in particular to Nigel who was playing in his first match for Bowdon and won all his games.
22 Sep 2019
Message from John Harris of York CC:
It was very good to welcome you all to York today for the National Short Croquet Inter-Club final. Official pictures attached as promised of smiling faces! Congratulations to Bowdon for a convincing win; thanks to Colin Irwin for ‘being the CA’: and well done to both Bowdon and Bury for friendliness, helpfulness, positive play and excellent team spirit.
Best wishes John
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