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2019 Summary of NWFCC Leagues

2019 B Level Adv League

ADV B LEAGUE 2019	P	W	L	D	Games	B Pts	Points
CHESTER	5	4	1	0	15-10	0	8
Bury	5	3	2	0	14-09	0	6
Pendle & Craven *	4	2	2	0	08-08	0	4
Bowdon	5	2	3	0	10-13	0	4
Crake Valley	5	2	3	0	09-12	0	4
Southport *	4	1	3	0	08-12	0	2
* Void - Pendle v Southport

2019 w/e AC Hcp Croquet League

AC Hcp League 2019	P	W	L	D	Games	Points
CHESTER	8	7	1	0	38-14	14
Southport	8	6	2	0	30-24	12
Bury Peelers	8	5	2	1	29-24	11
Bury Caesars	8	5	3	0	29-24	10
Bowdon Firs	8	5	3	0	29-27	10
Pendle & Craven	8	3	5	0	28-26	6
Bowdon St Marys	8	2	6	0	20-32	4
Fylde	8	1	6	1	20-30	3
Crake Valley	8	1	7	0	11-33	2

2019 M/W Hcp AC League

M/W HCP AC LEAGUE	P	W	L	D	Games	Pts
PENDLE & CRAVEN	6	5	1	0	29-13	10
Westmorland	6	5	1	0	29-13	10
Chester	6	3	3	0	21-21	6
Bury	6	3	3	0	16-20	6
Southport	5*	2	3	0	14-18	4
Bowdon Griffins	5*	1	4	0	12-20	2
Bowdon Earls	6	1	5	0	13-29	2
* Void matches:	Bowdon Griffins v Southport

2019 Short Croquet League

AC SHORT LEAGUE	P	W	L	D	Games	Points
BURY CRUSADERS	7	5	1	1	64-39	11
Bowdon Cubs	7	4	1	2	66-46	10
Bury Vikings	7	3	2	2	61-51	8
Westmorland	6*	3	2	1	50-46	7
Chester	7	2	3	2	45-60	6
Southport	7	3	4	0	48-64	6
Bowdon Bears	6*	1	3	2	45-51	4
Fylde	7	1	6	0	44-68	2
* Void Matches:	Bow Bears v Westmorland

2019 Hcp Golf Croquet League

HCP GC LEAGUE	P	W	L	D	Games w-l-d	Points
CRAKE VALLEY	10	8	2	0	102-68-02	16
Llanfairfechan	10	6	2	2	104-74-02	14
Southport	10	7	3	0	99-76-05	14
Westmorland	9*	5	3	1	83-69-02	11
Bury South	10	4	3	3	85-83-05	11
Chester	10	4	5	1	85-88-07	9
Bury North	9*	3	4	2	79-83-00	8
Bowdon	10	3	5	2	74-98-00	8
Fylde Coasters	10	2	5	3	83-97-00	7
Fylde Falcons	10	3	6	0	78-99-03	6
Culcheth	10	1	7	2	64-100-00	4
* Void Bury N v Westmorland

2019 Level Play Golf League

LEVEL PLAY GOLF	P	W	L	D	Games	Points
CHESTER CENTURIONS	6	6	0	0	77-31	12
Pendle	6	4	2	0	65-36	8
Bury Monarchs	6	3	2	1	58-48	7
Crake Valley	6	2	2	2	55-43	6
Chester Chariots	6	2	3	1	48-60	5
Culcheth	6	1	5	0	30-63	2
Bury Sovereigns	6	1	5	0	28-80	2
Southport (Withdrawn)	2 (void)	0	0	0	00-00	0

2019 B Level Adv League Summary

	Bow	Bury	Chester	Crake	Pendle	S'port
Bowdon	xxxxx	1-4	5-0	3-0 (w/o)	xxxxx	xxxxx
Bury	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	1-4	3-0 (w/o)	5-0
Chester	xxxxx	4-1	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-1	xxxxx
Crake Valley	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-2
Pendle & Craven	4-1	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-0	xxxxx	Void
Southport	5-0	xxxxx	1-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx

2019 w/e AC Hcp League Summary

	BFir	BSM	BCae	BPee	Ches	Crak	Fyld	Pend	Sout
Bowdon Firs	xxxxx	5-2	4-3	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx
Bowdon St Marys	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-5	xxxxx	4-0 (w/o)	4-3	xxxxx	3-4
Bury Caesars	xxxxx	5-2	xxxxx	4-3	1-6	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx
Bury Peelers	5-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-3	2-2 (Ab)	xxxxx	4-3
Chester	xxxxx	4-2 (1d)	xxxxx	6-1	xxxxx	4-0 (w/o)	6-1	xxxxx	xxxxx
Crake Valley	3-4	xxxxx	0-4 (w/o)	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	0-4 (w/o)	xxxxx	4-3
Fylde	3-4	xxxxx	2-5	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4	2-5
Pendle & Craven	xxxxx	6-1	xxxxx	2-5	2-5	6-1	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Southport	4-3	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-2 (2 void)	xxxxx

2019 Mwk Hcp League Summary

M/W HCP AC 2019	BEarls	BGriff	Bury	Ches	Pend	South	West
Bowdon Earls	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4	4-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-5
Bowdon Griffins	5-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	3-4	0-0 (void)	xxxxx
Bury	xxxxx	3-1 (aban)	xxxxx	3-4	xxxxx	4-0 (w/o)	xxxxx
Chester	xxxxx	5-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	2-5	5-2	xxxxx
Pendle & Craven	6-1	xxxxx	5-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	6-1
Southport	6-1	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	4-3	xxxxx	2-5
Westmorland	xxxxx	6-1	7-0	5-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx

2019 Short AC League Summary

	Bear	Cubs	Crus	Viki	Ches	Fyld	Sout	West
Bowdon Bears	xxxx	8-8	6-10	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	7-9	0-0 (void)
Bowdon Cubs	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	12-4	12-4	9-7	xxxx	xxxx
Bury Crusaders	xxxx	8-8	xxxx	11-5	9-0 (w/o)	9-7	xxxx	xxxx
Bury Vikings	13-3	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	12-4	8-8
Chester	8-8	xxxx	xxxx	8-8	xxxx	10-6	xxxx	9-7
Fylde	3-13	xxxx	xxx	5-11	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	5-11
Southport	xxxx	9-7	4-12	xxxx	10-6	5-11	xxxx	xxxx
Westmorland	xxxx	6-10	9-7	xxxx	xxxx	xxxx	9-7	xxxx

2019 GC Hcp League Summary

	Bo	BN	BS	Ch	CV	Cu	FC	FF	Ll	So	We
Bowdon	xxx	9-9	xxx	10-8	xxx	xxx	xxx	7-11	3-15	4-14	xxx
Bury North	xxx	xxx	xxx	11-7	4-14	xxx	xxx	12-6	xxx	8-10	Void
Bury South	5-5 (aban)	10-8	xxx	xxx	xxx	7-11	9-9	xxx	9-9	xxx	xxx
Chester	xxx	xxx	7-9 (2d)	xxx	7-10(1d)	xxx	12-6		10-2 (2d)	xxx	11-5 (2d)
Crake Valley	13-5	xxx	10-8	xxx	xxx	10-0 (w/o)	xxx	10-7 (1d)	xxx	xxx	10-8
Culcheth	7-11	8-10	xxx	9-9	xxx	xxx	xxx	5-13	8-10	xxx	xxx
Fylde Coasters	6-12	9-9	xxx	xxx	8-10	9-9	xxx	13-5	xxx	8-10	xxx
Fylde Falcons	xxx	xxx	7-11	8-10	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	5-13	xxx	12-6
Llanfairfechan	xxx	10-8	xxx	xxx	11-7	xxx	8-10	xxx	xxx	13-5	9-9
Southport	xxx	xxx	7-8 (3d)	14-4	10-8	11-7	xxx	12-4 (2d)	xxx	xxx	xxx
Westmorland	10-8	xxx	10-8	xxx	xxx	10-0 (w/o)	13-5	xxx	xxx	12-6	xxx

2019 Level Play Golf Summary

	Monarchs	Sovereigns	Centurions	Chariots	Crake	Culcheth	Pendle	Southport
Bury Monarchs	xxxxx	14-04	1-17	15-3	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Bury Sovereigns	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-8	7-11	3-15	void
Chester Centurions	xxxxx	16-2	xxxxx	14-4	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-8	void
Chester Chariots	xxxxx	16-2	xxxxx	xxxxx	9-9	12-6	xxxxx	xxxxx
Crake Valley	8-8	xxxxx	8-10	xxxxx	xxxxx	10-0 (w/o)	xxxxx	13-05 void
Culcheth	5-13	xxxxx	8-10	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx	0-11 (Aban.)	void
Pendle	11-7	xxxxx	xxxxx	14-4	6-12	xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
Southport	7-11 void	xxxxx	xxxxx	void	xxxxx	xxxxx	void	xxxxx

Watch the Best of North West Croquet

6 October 2019 by John Dawson

Watch the best of the North West
Forget the rugby, forget the weekend shopping watch the best of the North West as Bowdon and Chester take on the best of the South East at sunny Surbiton for fame and fortune in the AC Mary Rose and Longman trophies this weekend . Bring http://www.surbitoncroquet.org.uk/ up on your computers to watch your local heroes

Eugene has been off on holiday and so is unable to bring his equipment to Surbiton to stream the finals this weekend.
The Surbiton Web-cams will however be on-line. They can be accessed through the club website http://www.surbitoncroquet.org.uk/
There are 3 separate live streams:
Lawn 1 – which will be used for the Mary Rose final on Saturday and the Interclub final on SundayLawn 2 – which will be used for the Mary Rose final on Saturday and the Interclub final on SundayLawn 3 – which will be used for the Longmann semi-final on Saturday and final on Sunday.
Play in the Longman & Mary Rose is scheduled to start at 09:30 whilst the Interclub will start at 10:30.

The webcams are part of the clubs CCTV security system (although they are pointed at lawns rather than areas to protect the clubhouse and equipment sheds).
The original one was put up primarily to enable members to see the state of the lawns (after say heavy rain) and to see if anyone else is at the club for those that don’t like being the only person there.
They are available 24/7 through a streaming service that offers a ‘free’ package but with the restriction that the video is not full HD, there is no sound and the viewer needs to ‘reclick’ play every few minutes to keep the stream playing.
It is therefore not as good as a specific event streaming service through something like U-Tube that Eugene Chang uses for his broadcasts.

Outstanding Win for Bury’s Young Croquet Players.

6 September 2019 by David Barratt

Association Croquet FULL LAWN — ALL ENGLAND AREA FINAL – 31^stAugust – 1^stSeptember 2019 at Whitehead Park Bury.

Five northern Croquet Clubs were represented in this Association Croquet Full Lawns Tournament – Bury, Bowdon, Chester, Pendle and Penrith.

Saturday’s opening games set the scene for the whole week-end with the two youngest players coming into the event never having previously played in full lawn tournament. Both are members of Bury Croquet Club – Jack Good and Richard Leach.

Previously they had only competed at Short Lawn croquet which meant that they were each entitled to have opening Handicaps of 24 and they both took full advantage of this by playing some outstanding quality croquet.

13 years old Jack Good is already being tipped for stardom and has been recognised by The Croquet Association as being one of the best new young players in the country. He quickly demonstrated his skills to the joy of all the spectators by performing some outstanding shots :- hitting in at 20 yards, then later at 35 yards to set up perfect four ball breaks with each ball. His opponent was John Dawson from Chester, a very experienced player with an handicap of 2.5 but he had little chance and could only watch as Jack went on to win the game 26 – 0.

This set the set the trend for the week-end with Jack winning 5 out of 5 of his match’s.

Meanwhile Richard Leach was the only player who came anywhere near threatening Jack’s top spot by taking him to within 2 points in their match against each other. Richard was certainly a worthy joint 2^nd placed runner -up with John Dawson – each having won 3 games out of 5.

During the Tournament Jack and Richard both qualified to Receive a Bronze Merit Award for running 10 or more hoops in one break – a tremendous achievement for two young players in their first Full Lawn AC Tournament.

Unfortunately due to prior commitments Richard is unavailable to go to the Final, so it will be Jack Good and John Dawson who are eligible to enter the final next week.

David Barrett – Tournament Handicapper & Joint Manager