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

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R.I.P. John Wastell 1947 – 2017

John Wastell

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

Dennis Scarr takes Bowdon B Level Trophy

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John Dawson Runner Up in Bowdon B Level Advanced Tournament (17/18 September 2017)

Bowdon President Colin Irwin presents B Level winner Dennis Scarr with the Sheila Black Salver
B Level Runner Up John Dawson
Bowdon President Colin Irwin presents Charles Harding with the Egyptian prize

An exciting B Level Tournament tournament at Bowdon saw Dennis Scarr of Middlesborough return to the north west and carry off another trophy – this time the Sheila Black Salver.  North west pride was maintained however with John Dawson (Chester) elegantly gaining the Runner Up prize and Charles Harding (Bowdon) the Egyptian competition.

Phil Scarr beat John Dawson -7T, +12 and +19 in the final, whilst Charles Harding won 3 out of 4 to take the Egyptian.

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Bury Win 2017 Croquet Federation Festival

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Bury Win 2017 Federation Festival for Sixth Time

Bury – 2017 Federation Festival Champions

Fylde 2017 Advanced Winners
Westmorland 2017 Handicap Winners
Bowdon 2017 Short Croquet Winners
Bury 2017 Golf Croquet Winners


Another successful Federation Festival of Croquet at Southport on 24/25 June 2017. With weather from drizzle to glorious sunshine, players clad in a spectrum of team colours, Riggy and Hawkins dressed by Matalan, the play ranged from spectacular to crazy. What a great weekend celebrating not just Croquet in the north west but sheer enjoyment in the company of about 150 croquet players of all abilities, from beginners to experts, from clubs around our region.

If a team was short of a player – no problem – a quick free transfer from another club saved the day with only minimum confusion.

The south lawns were pristine and the north lawns continue to improve – a great tribute to Don Williamson and Terry Dunbar who manage these lawns.  The Southport club were not only great hosts but early risers, setting out 13 lawns each day plus all the accompanying bits and pieces like gazebos, tables, chairs, etc.  As always the catering team rose to the occasion par excellence!  

Ivan Wheatley thanked the club for making this Festival a wonderful occasion.  He also paid tribute to tournament manager James Hawkins whose efficient management ensured everyone were in their right places at the right time, (well almost everyone!).

Results:

Individual successes resulted in some handicap changes:
Betty Bates (Fylde) from 14 to 12; Mike Steer (Bowdon) from 4 to 3.5; Chris Alvey (Bury) from 18 to 16; Ivan Wheatley (Westmorland) from 7 to 6; Sue Pritchard (Westmorland) from 18 to 16.

Advanced Croquet event – Fylde won again for the third year in succession.
Short Croquet event – Bowdon won for the second year running.
Handicap Croquet event – Westmorland.
Golf Croquet event – Bury.

When all the points were aggregated, Bury Croquet Club emerged as 2017 Festival champions for the sixth time since the event was established in 1994.

Congratulations to all our worthy winners.

Same time (?), same place, next year – see you there?

Peruse the 2017 Festival photos below.  The top is simply an automatic slideshow – let your mouse hover on image to see titles.  Below the slideshow is a thumbnail gallery of all the slides – press on any thumbnail to start a manual slideshow (i.e. use navigation arrows to change slide) from that point in the gallery.

 

 

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