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David Maugham Retains Bowdon Advanced AC Weekend Trophy

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BOWDON ADVANCED AC WEEKEND – 2nd & 3rd JUNE 2018

The Advanced Weekend of croquet was held at Bowdon on 2nd & 3rd June.  16 players took part including 7 Bowdon members – Francois Garcia, Martin Granger Brown, Charles Harding, Colin Irwin, Barry Keen, Mike Sandler, & David Walters. The event was managed by Ian Lines.

David Maugham (-2) beat Jose Riva (-2) in the final of the Peterson Cup by 3 games to 2.
David Walters won the Flexible Swiss competition.

Full results can be found here

Photos from the weekend can be seen here.

Cas Sinclair Wins Reed Cup and AC Bronze Medal

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Bowdon May AC Handicap 5-7 May 2018

 

 

The early May Bank Holiday saw the first of the Bowdon six Croquet Association tournaments to be held at the club this year.  Fourteen competitors entered the Bowdon May Handicap tournament (including 10 Bowdon club members).

Croquet play started promptly at 9.30am each day and 5 minutes of practice time was allowed beforehand on the lawn allocated for a player’s match.  The event was managed by Lorna Frost.

The semi finals were contested by the top 4 players, provided that they had played at least 5 Egyptian matches.

In the Semi Finals, Jerry Guest beat Barry McKenzie +12 and Cas Sinclair beat Carol Steinberg.  In the Final, Cas Sinclair beat Jerry Guest +26 to win the Reed Cup.  Cas also obtained her CA Bronze Award.

Club President Colin Irwin presented trophies to Cas Sinclair (Reed Cup), Jerry Guest (Runner Up) and Carol Steinberg (Egyptian).

 More details, photos and results on the Bowdon CC website – here  

(Pictures courtesy of John Lucas)

David Walters and Jerry Guest Win AC Millennium Honours

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NW Federation 2018 Advanced Millennium AC Tournament 14/15 April at Bowdon

Manager Ken Cooper (left) presents the 2018 Advanced (A) Millennium Trophy to winner David Walters (Bowdon)

The weather held off long enough to complete all of the matches in which 12 competitors from around the North West croquet clubs took part. The players were divided into 2 groups of 6: A & B Classes.

In an all-play-all format, the A-Class competed their block play early on the second day and the top 4 played off in 2 semi-finals, followed by a final where David Walters beat Liverpool’s James Hawkins.

In the B-Class, Jerry Guest of Chester won all of his matches.

Manager Ken Cooper (left) presents the Adv Millennium (B) Trophy to winner Jerry Guest (Chester)
The Players:
A Class:  David Walters Bowdon -2;  Ken Cooper Bowdon (Manager) -1.5;  Paul Rigge Liverpool -0.5;  James Hawkins Liverpool -0.5;  Lee Hartley Fylde -0.5;  Peter Wilson Pendle 0.
B Class:  Alan Pidcock Southport 1;  Andy Brandwood Pendle 1.5;  Liz Wilson Pendle / Fylde 1.5;  Nathan Baker Fylde 3;  Jerry Guest Chester 3;   John Dawson Chester 4

Results:
Day 1:  Paul Rigge bt Ken Cooper +20;  James Hawkins bt Lee Hartley +19;  David Walters bt Peter Wilson +25;  Jerry Guest bt Alan Pidcock 14;  Nathan Baker bt John G. Dawson +8;  Andy Brandwood bt Liz Wilson +22;  Lee Hartley bt David Walters +13;  James Hawkins bt Ken Cooper +24;  Paul Rigge bt Peter Wilson +22;  Jerry Guest bt Liz Wilson +6;  John G. Dawson bt Alan Pidcock +16;  Nathan Baker bt Andy Brandwood +2T;  David Walters bt James Hawkins +7;  Paul Rigge bt Lee Hartley +5tpo;  Ken Cooper bt Peter Wilson +25;  Jerry Guest bt John G. Dawson +10;  Nathan Baker bt Liz Wilson +3;  Andy Brandwood bt Alan Pidcock +14;  Paul Rigge bt James Hawkins +17;  David Walters bt Ken Cooper +12;  Lee Hartley bt Peter Wilson +20;  
Day 2:  Lee Hartley bt Ken Cooper +20;  David Walters bt Paul Rigge +24;  James Hawkins bt Peter Wilson +20;  Liz Wilson bt Alan Pidcock +2T;  John G. Dawson bt Andy Brandwood +5T;  Jerry Guest bt Nathan Baker +11;  Liz Wilson bt John G. Dawson +2;  Jerry Guest bt Andy Brandwood +12; Nathan Baker bt Alan Pidcock +20;  
Play-Offs (A):
Ken Cooper bt Peter Wilson +21;  Paul Rigge bt Andy Brandwood +15.
Semi-finals (A):
David Walters bt Lee Hartley +12;  James Hawkins bt Paul Rigge +14.
Final (A):
David Walters bt James Hawkins +17.

Paul Rigge trying to control the rain at the 2018 Advanced Millennium

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