Pendle B Level Golf Croquet 20th May

The tournament attracted 13 entries, double that of last year, with competitors travelling from Long Eaton, Richmond Park, Westmorland, Woodhall Spa and more locally Ripon and Bishop Monkton. The day saw the usual mixture of bright sunshine and heavy rain. The lawns were in good condition, though the rain in the afternoon did noticeably slow the run of the ball.

Roger Schofield managed the event. The competition started with 2 blocks, all playing all. The play moved quickly through the various rounds with 3 rounds completed before lunch.

The play off was between Paul Durkin (Long Eaton) and Michael Bilton (Richmond Park). The winner was Paul who is playing in only his 2nd year, 7/5.

1st Paul Durkin, 2nd Michael Bilton, 3rd David Llyod ( Westmorland), 4th Libby Dixon(Pendle), 5th Roger I’Anson (Ripon) and 6th Will Drake (Pendle).

Roger was thanked for his support of the competition and his usual high standard of catering

Pendle B Level Advanced Tournament (AC) 13th – 14th May 2017

Fourteen entries from N,S,E & W were attracted with several coming for the first time. I ran it as a five round Swiss event with two and three quarter hours time limits. There were many good shots, breaks and games played over the weekend. All in good humour and all with exemplary sportsmanship and conduct.

The final round had Andy B, David W, Liz W and myself all in contention. It unfolded with LW, DW, & PW tie breaking by taking two balls from corner four as far as we could.  Tie break scores: PW 2+1, LW 1, DW 2+2.

During the first round we became aware of the 5th “Earby Jam Festival”. An open air music event some 300 yards from the club. Bands included Oddball (1.30pm to 2pm), The Biscuit Brothers (5pm to 5.45pm) and the What Went Wrongs (7pm to 8pm). Some players enjoyed the music, others less so. It was very loud! This appears to be an annual event.

Results:
Tim Masterton (Aldermaston) beat Howard Bowron (Pendle) +12;  Terry Vernazza (Tyneside) beat Ian Hall (Keswick) +4;  David Houston (Meadows) beat Roger Staples (Pendle) +2;  Peter Wilson (Fylde) beat David Warhorse (High Wycombe) +3;   Roger Schofield (Pendle) beat Dennis Scarr (Middlesbrough) +2;  Liz Wilson (Fylde) beat Jerry Guest (Chester) +1;  Andy Brandwood (Pendle) beat Barry Keen (Bowdon) +12;

Tim Masterton beat Terry Vernazza +3;  Jerry Guest beat Barry Keen +25tp;  Peter Wilson beat David Houston +25;  Liz Wilson beat Roger Schofield +6;  Ian Hall beat Roger Staples +16;  David Warhurst beat Dennis Scarr +17;  Andy Brandwood beat Howard Bowron +3;  Jerry Guest beat David Houston +11;  

Barry Keen beat Peter Wilson +11;  Dennis Scarr beat Roger Staples +12;  David Warhurst beat Terry Vernazza +10;  Howard Bowron beat Roger Schofield +3;   Andy Brandwood beat Ian Hall +11;  Liz Wilson beat Tim Masterton +1;  Liz Wilson beat Andy Brandwood +1;  David Warhurst beat Tim Masterton +12;

Roger Schofield beat David Houston +3;  Peter Wilson beat Jerry Guest +3;  Terry Vernazza beat Dennis Scarr +17;  Roger Staples beat Barry Keen +20;  Howard Bowron beat Ian Hall +5;  David Warhurst beat Liz Wilson +5;  Peter Wilson beat Andy Brandwood +4;  Roger Schofield beat Tim Masterton +3;  Terry Vernazza beat Howard Bowron +3;  Jerry Guest beat Roger Staples +14; Dennis Scarr beat Ian Hall +4;  Barry Keen beat David Houston +4;