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Crake Win National GC Federations Shield

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Crake Valley beat High Wycombe 4-2 in Federations Shield – 16th July 2021

On a sunny day the holders High Wycombe met Crake Valley from the north west on neutral ground at Ashby CC. As previously agreed, the singles took place in the morning with honours shared 2-2 at lunch.

In the afternoon, solid performances by Sandra Cornes and Simon Robins saw Crake Valley win both singles to take the match. At that time a very interesting and close contest was ongoing between David Cornes and Frank Sharps (CV) and Martin Bowker & Mark Higgins (HW) with the score 6-7, 7-3. It was, however, agreed to curtail the contest as both teams had long journeys and the Ashby club’s members had arrived for their regular “roll up” session.

Final score Crake Valley 4.5 High Wycombe 2.5 so a new name will appear on the shield in 2021.

Results:
Martin Bowker (HW) beat David Cornes (CV) 7-1, 4-7, 7-4
Frank Sharps (CV) beat Mark Higgins (HW) 7-3, 7-6
Marc Allen (HW) beat Simon Robins (CV) 7-6, 7-3
Sandra Cornes (CV) beat Nigel Clogg (HW) 7-5, 7-6
Simon Robins (CV) beat Nigel Clogg (HW) 7-2, 7-3
Sandra Cornes (CV) beat Marc Allen (HW) 7-6, 7-6
David Cornes & Frank Sharps (CV) drew with Michael Bowker & Mark Higgins (HW) 6-7, 7-3

Frank Sharps Wins Hunstanton Golf Croquet C Level

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FRANK SHARPS WINS HUNSTANTON GC C LEVEL

Four players from Crake Valley recently played at Hunstanton in the Golf Croquet National Series Qualifiers over 2 days
On the Saturday David Cornes was beaten 7-6 in the final by Mark Buckley (Leicester) who now joins David in the National B level Final in Compton (Eastbourne) in September.

The Sunday saw 8 players compete “all play all” with Frank Sharps beating all opponents to take the title and his place in the C level Final in Ryde, Isle of Wight, also in September.

The photo shows Frank receiving the C level trophy from Hunstanton Chair, Janet Kendal.

From AC to GC with Great Croquet at Crake

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Busy Tournament Time at Crake

Crake Valley has been particularly busy with their annual Cumbria Cup (AC Advanced) seeing some superb quality play.  Paul Rigge (Pendle) came out on top with Lee Hartley (Fylde) second.

The following week 17th – 20th June, Crake Valley also hosted for the first time, 4 days of GC National tournaments, with lawns in great condition and a marquee erected should players need to shelter from the Lake District unpredictable weather.  In the end there was 4 days of back to back sunshine to help competitors produce their best croquet.

In the C level GC, 12 players took part with many games finishing 7-6. In the end John Armer (Westmorland) beat Crake Valley’s Frank Sharps 10-9 in a thrilling final. Sue I’Anson (Ripon Spa) took 3rd place  from Tom Grievson (Chester).

The B level GC saw Tony McCann (Croquet Durham) unbeaten in his 7 games win the tournament with Mark Buckley (Leicester) runner-up.

The A level GC was 2 days of all play all twice for the 8 players.  In the end Paul Durkin (Long Eaton Park) won with 12 wins followed by Charles Sale (Ealing), David Cornes (Crake Valley and Jane Pringle (Auckland).

The lawns were praised by all who took part with many promising to return next year.

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