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2017 Fed AGM – Executive Summary

18 November 2017 by Liz Wilson

2017 NWFCC AGM – at Culcheth Saturday 18th November 2017

Executive Summary by Liz Wilson

Chairman discussed Governance
A Treasurer’s report was presented by Peter and Liz Wilson
The proposal to stop the provision of meals to visiting clubs was passed.
The Proposal to allow Teams to play in Team Colours was withdrawn as it was pointed out that there is a regulation in the Tournament Regulations which allows this already.

Millennium Competitions

Advanced Bowdon 14^th and 15h April

Handicap Pendle 21^st and 22^nd July

Short Chester tba

Handicap Golf Bury tba

Level Golf Will not be run

Other dates as Agenda with addition of

National B Level Golf Bury Weds 25^th July

C Level Golf Southport 10^th August

Chairmans Southport 6 – 9^th September

County Captains

Lancashire Paul Rigge

Cheshire Colin Irwin

Officers elected as per Agenda with exception being Liz Wilson as Pennine Cup Captain

Bob Connop retired and was thanked by the Chairman. Garry Wilson retired and was thanked by the room

A Manager on the day is required for the Festival – James Hawkins is prepared to assist prior to the event.

Dates of next meetings agreed as 3^rd March 2018 (Spring) and 17^th November (AGM)

2017 Summary of NWFCC Leagues

2017 B Level Adv League

	P	W	L	D	Games	B Pts	Points
FYLDE	5	4	1	0	19-04	0	8
Bowdon	5	3	2	0	13-12	0	6
Chester	5	3	2	0	12-11	0	6
Bury	5	2	3	0	09-14	1	5
Southport	5	2	3	0	11-14	0	4
Pendle & Craven	5	1	4	0	07-16	0	2

2017 Handicap Croquet League

	P	W	L	D	Games	Points
BURY PEELERS	8	6	2	0	34-22	12
Southport	8	5	3	0	28-22	10
Bowdon St Marys	8	5	3	0	29-27	10
Chester	8	4	4	0	29-27	8
Pendle & Craven	8	4	4	0	27-29	8
Fylde	8	4	4	0	25-28	8
Bowdon Firs	8	3	5	0	22-31	6
Crake Valley	7*	2	5	0	24-25	4
Bury Caesars	7*	2	5	0	21-28	4
* Void match:	* Crake v Bury Caes

2017 Midweek Hcp League

	P	W	L	D	Games	Pts
CHESTER	5*	5	0	0	24-11	10
Westmorland	5*	4	1	0	20-15	8
Bowdon Earls	6	3	3	0	22-17	6
Bury	6	3	3	0	20-19	6
Bowdon Griffins	5*	2	3	0	16-16	4
Pendle & Craven	5*	1	4	0	15-20	2
Southport	6	1	5	0	07-26	2
* Void Matches:	* Bow Griff v Pendle	* W'm'l'd v Chester

2017 Short Croquet League

	P	W	L	D	Games	Points
BOWDON	6	6	0	0	62-27	12
Southport	6	3	2	1	54-35	7
Pendle & Craven	6	3	2	1	45-37	7
Westmorland	6	2	2	2	49-46	6
Bury	6	2	3	1	42-53	5
Fylde	6	1	4	1	41-55	3
Chester	6	1	5	0	21-61	2

2017 Golf Croquet League

	P	W	L	D	Games w-l-d	Points
SOUTHPORT	8	6	1	1	83-56-05	13
Chester	8	6	2	0	79-62-03	12
Culcheth	8	5	3	0	65-77-02	10
Westmorland	8	4	3	1	70-74-00	9
Bury South	8	4	4	0	69-66-07	8
Llanfairfechan	8	3	4	1	69-74-01	7
Bowdon	8	3	5	0	75-68-01	6
Fylde	8	2	5	0	65-74-03	4
Bury North	8	1	6	1	58-82-04	3

2017 Level Play Golf League

	P	W	L	D	Games	Points
BOWDON BANDITS	6*	6	0	0	80-28	12
Chester Centurions	7	5	2	0	71-47	10
Pendle Tykes	6*	4	2	0	64-44	8
Southport	6*	3	3	0	41-59	6
Bowdon Sinners	7	2	5	0	56-70	4
Chester Chariots	6*	2	4	0	47-61	4
Bury	7	2	5	0	53-73	4
Culcheth	7	2	5	0	48-78	4
* Void matches:	* Ch Char v Pen Tyk	* S'port v Bow Ban

2017 B Level Adv League Summary

	Bow	Bury	Chester	Fylde	PC	So
Bowdon	xxxxx	5-0	1-4	xxxxx	4-1	xxxxx
Bury	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-1	2-3 (1bp Bury)
Chester	xxxxx	2-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-0 w/o	3-2
Fylde	5-0	3-0 w/o	5-0	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Pendle & Craven	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-2	xxxxx	2-3
Southport	2-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	1-4	xxxxx	xxxxx

2017 Handicap League Summary

	BFi	BSM	BCe	BPe	Che	CV	Fyl	PC	S/p
Bowdon Firs	xxxxx	2-5	3-4	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-5	xxxxx
Bowdon St Marys	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	4-3	4-3	xxxxx	1-6
Bury Caesars	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	2-5	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx
Bury Peelers	7-0	xxxxx	xxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-5	2-5	xxxxx	4-3
Chester	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx	2-5	xxxxx	5-2	7-0	xxxxx	xxxxx
Crake Valley	3-4	xxxxx	Void	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	5-2	xxxxx	3-4
Fylde	3-4	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-3	4-0 w/o
Pendle & Craven	xxxxx	2-5	xxxxx	2-5	4-3	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Southport	0-4 w/o	xxxxx	5-2	xxxxx	6-1	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx

2017 Mwk Hcp League Summary

	BE	BG	Bu	Ch	PC	So	We
Bowdon Earls	xxxxx	xxxxx	5-2	3-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4
Bowdon Griffins	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	Void	4-0 w/o	xxxxx
Bury	xxxxx	5-2	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	4-0 w/o	xxxxx
Chester	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	6-1	6-1	xxxxx
Pendle & Craven	3-4	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4
Southport	0-4 w/o	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-5	xxxxx	4-3
Westmorland	xxxxx	4-3	5-2	Void	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx

2017 Short League Summary

	Bow	Bury	Che	Fyl	PC	Sou	West
Bowdon	xxxxx	xxxxx	9-0 w/o	11-5	11-5	xxxxx	xxxxx
Bury	3-13	xxxxx	12-4	9-7	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Chester	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-13	9-0 w/o	xxxxx	3-13
Fylde	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	5-11	3-13	8-8
Pendle & Craven	xxxxx	12-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	9-0 w/o	8-8
Southport	7-9	8-8	14-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Westmorland	7-9	9-6	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-12	xxxxx

2017 Golf Croquet League Summary

	Bow	BNo	BSo	Che	Cul	Fyl	Lla	Sou	Wes
Bowdon	xxxxx	8-10	xxxxx	8-9 (1d)	12-6	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	xxxxx
Bury North	xxxxx	xxxxx	6-9 (3d)	8-10	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	6-12	9-9
Bury South	6-12	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	11-7	10-6	8-9 (1d)	xxxxx	xxxxx
Chester	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-7 (1d)	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-8	12-6	xxxxx	14-4
Culcheth	xxxxx	10-8	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	10-8
Fylde	10-8	11-6 (1d)	xxxxx	xxxxx	8-9 (1d)	xxxxx	xxxxx	8-9 (1d)	xxxxx
Llanfairfechan	xxxxx	13-5	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	9-9	7-11
Southport	10-8	xxxxx	5-11 (2d)	10-7 (1d)	16-1 (1d)	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Westmorland	10-8	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	6-12	xxxxx

2017 Level Play Golf Summary

	Bandits	Sinners	Bury	Chariots	Cent'ons	Culch'th	Tykes	S'port
Bowdon Bandits	xxxxx	13-5	xxxxx	xxxxx	13-5	15-3	xxxxx	xxxxx
Bowdon Sinners	xxxxx	xxxxx	11-7	11-7	xxxxx	xxxxx	8-10	8-10
Bury	5-13	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-8	10-8	xxxxx	xxxxx
Chester Chariots	4-14	xxxxx	10-8	xxxxx	xxxxx	13 5	Void	xxxxx
Chester Centurions	xxxxx	11-7	xxxxx	13-5	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-0 w/o
Culcheth	xxxxx	12-6	xxxxx	xxxxx	6-12	xxxxx	3-15	11-7
Pendle Tykes	6-12	xxxxx	12-6	xxxxx	6-12	xxxxx	xxxxx	15-3
Southport	Void	xxxxx	11-7	10-8	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx

R.I.P. John Wastell of Bowdon C.C.

10 October 2017 by Ken Cooper

R.I.P. John Wastell 1947 – 2017

John Wastell was a member of Bowdon Croquet Club for nearly 30 years after relocating to the North West from London with Barclays Bank. There just happened to be a croquet lawn at Radbroke Hall, where he worked, and his love of croquet started from there.

He was a very keen sportsman and turned his hand to anything sporting, playing football, cricket, golf, bowls and marathon running. He played croquet to a handicap of 2 in his prime and won many club events but his greatest achievement was winning the Northern Week Handicap Singles title in 2000 and 2004 as well as the Northern Week Handicap Doubles title in 2000. He was the founder of the club’s website and was always keen to help out with any of the club’s activities.

In recent years, he suffered from Leukaemia and Parkinson’s Disease but never complained or let them stop him from playing the game he loved. He introduced his grandson, Will, to croquet and always hoped that he would enjoy playing as much as he did; Will has since progressed very quickly and John was very proud of him”.

The Funeral will be at Macclesfield Crematorium at 2pm on Wednesday 18 October 2017