A full complement of 16 players, from as far afield as Guildford, competed in the Pendle and Craven ‘B’ series GC competition.

The parched lawns were playing really fast and some very close games resulted in two players from Pendle (Libby Dixon and Andrew Gould), and two from Bishop Monkton (Jo-Ann Hughes and Robert Strover), winning their round robin blocks.

After lunch the glorious sunshine continued and the knockout phase of the tournament continued.

Congratulations to Jo-Ann who beat Andrew (7-5) in the final. Peter Adams (Guildford) beat Libby 7-6 for third place. Richard Sanville (Ashby) beat Robert for the Shield. Full results can be seen on Croquet Scores.

Liz Wilson is looking for a team to play away at Middlesbrough on Thursday 26th June in the Pennine Cup. (Car share to be arranged)

The play will be a mixture of advanced and handicap and doubles

A team of 6 is ideal but let’s see what the North West Federation can raise to defend our title!!

Please send Liz an email if you are available and willing to travel (liz at palnet dot co dot uk)

Last years teams with the NW Fed taking victory

The Millennium AC Handicap trophy was presented to Andrew Thomson of Bowdon Croquet Club.

Andrew was the highest placed member of a NW Fed club in the Bowdon’s May Handicap Weekend.