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Bowdon Win National Short Croquet Competition

22 September 2019 by Bowdon Web Site

Bowdon won the Short Croquet Inter-Club Competition Final on 15th September in York beating Bury 9-2

Colin Irwin presents Cas Sinclair with the national Short Croquet trophy

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.

Bury (back row) and Bowdon players in the national Short Croquet final

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

Cas Sinclair Wins Bowdon Short Croquet Event

20 July 2019 by Ken Cooper

Bowdon July Midweek Short Croquet (AC) Tournament, 16^th – 17^th July

*Brian Storey presenting Cas Sinclair with the 2019 Bowdon Short AC Trophy*

20 competitors played in an Egyptian competition over a day and a half to find 4 semi-finalists to play in the main knockout event. The lawns were quite fast thanks to the work put in by Ground Manager Alan Mayne and his staff. Thanks also go to Alan Mayne & Lorna Frost for efficiently managing the event between them.

The semi-finals were contested by:
Cas Sinclair (h’cap 6, 1^st qualifier) v. Carol Steinberg (5, 4^th qualifier)
Alan Mayne (2 peels, 2^nd qualifier) v. Steve Reynolds (3½, 3^rd qualifier)

In the final, Cas Sinclair beat Steve Reynolds +6

*Brian Storey presenting Steve Reynolds with the 2019 Boiwdoin Short Runners Up prize.*

The Egyptian winner was Alan Mayne.

*Brian Storey presenting Alan Mayne with the 2019 Short Egyptian prize.*

The trophies were presented by Bowdon Club President Brian Storey. A selection of the presentation pictures can be found at https://bowdoncroquet.co.uk/blog/category/news/

Brian Kerr Wins Bowdon B Level

11 July 2019 by Bowdon Web Site

Bowdon B Level Tournament – 6 & 7 July 2019

Bowdon hosted their annual B Class tournament this month with nine Bowdon members taking part.

*Michael Sandler presents winner Brian Kerr with the B-Class trophy*

In the semi-finals Dennis Scarr (1.5) beat Sylvia Steer (6) +15 and Brian Kerr (2) beat Derek Knight (2) +15. In the final Brian won the first game +15 but Dennis fought back and won the second game +11. In a closely fought final game Brian edged it over Dennis to win by +7.