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Chester Runner Up in Secretary’s Shield

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St Albans beat Chester 5-2 in the final of the Secretary’s Shield on Saturday 19th October: match played at Kenilworth.

John Dawson representing the CA presents the Secretary’s Shield to Chris Frost

The Secretary’s Shield Final was held at Kenilworth between St Albans and Chester on 19th October, the final having to be rearranged when the previous fixture had been rained off.  The teams had met two weeks previously in the 3rd/4th play-off in the Longman Cup.

In the morning session Chester’s Brian Walton achieved his Silver Merit award by taking his second ball through all 12 hoops and winning his game but St Albans won the doubles and the second singles match to take a 2-1 lead at lunch.  In the afternoon session all the games were close (including one going to a golden hoop) with St Albans winning 3 of the matches to win the final by a score of 5-2.

John Dawson from the CA committee presented the trophy to Chris Frost the St Albans Captain.

Results (St Albans names first):
Chris Frost (3.5) & Stuart Stafford (16) beat John Dawson (3) & Robin Tasker (5) 26-11;
Heather Bennett (3.5) beat David Boyd 26-22;
Stephen Mills (11) lost to Brian Walton (8) 26-9;
Chris Frost (3.5) beat John Dawson (3) 26-21;
Heather Bennett (3.5) lost to Robin Tasker (5) 20-19T;
Stephen Mills (11) beat David Boyd 26-24;
Stuart Stafford (16) beat Brian Walton (8) 26-17.

St Albans team with the Secretary’s Shield

Sam Seal Wins Fed Millenium Golf Croquet

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Federation Millennium Golf Croquet Tournament 12th July 2019

On Wednesday 10th July, 12 contestants from the North West region took part in the Millennium Golf Handicap Tournament hosted by Chester Croquet Club. We welcomed competitors from Crake in the north of the region to Llanfairfechan in the south.

Two groups of 6 players played a round robin, with the winners of each group playing for first place and the runner’s up in each group playing for third place.

In a closely fought final Sam Seal from Llanfairfechan beat Roger Edwards from Craig y Don 6-4. The third place went to David Leach from Bury who defeated Brian Hayes from Chester 7-6 at the golden hoop.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to an excellent day – from the ground staff in Westminster Park who cut the grass at the crack of dawn, to the tea makers. We were blessed with perfect weather, the lawns looked great and we all remembered why we love croquet!

Chester Veteran Wins National Croquet Trophy

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Congratulations to Chester player John Dawson, who competed at the English Veteran’s AC handicap national championship at Budleigh Salterton last week (24-29 June), where he won the trophy, winning 6 out of 7 games.

John Dawson (left) being presented with the Veterans trophy

For Information: The Croquet Association Veterans’ Championship is designed for players over 65 years of age (with a special and delightfully friendly division for the over 75s). The Tournament travels around the country, for 2019 it was allocated to Budleigh.

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