A field of 25 gathered at Bowdon Croquet Club for their Short Croquet Tournament as the clouds parted and the sun once again graced the lawns.
Two Trophies were at stake with the ‘Bowdon Short Croquet Trophy’ being run as a flexible Swiss alongside the ‘NWFCC Millennium Short Croquet Trophy’ taking place concurrently as a single life knockout.
Having been furnished with a 2-peels handicap, my first ever game of short croquet converted me to the format quickly and I watched in awe as the two 4-peel handicappers breezed around the lawn. One of these wily tacticians, Alan Mayne, reached the final of the knockout against Sylvia Steer, resulting in a clash between octogenarians in which Alan final triumphed on the Thursday Afternoon
In the Swiss, Alan Dix triumphed with 6 wins and a single loss (to me!)
Thanks to Brian ‘Deadly’ Medley (aka the Diva) for managing and to the lawn manager at Bowdon for preparing such lovely lawns.
Alex McIntyre. (Nottingham Croquet Club).