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2019 National Inter Club Tournaments

8 June 2019 by Chris Alvey

The Croquet Association organise a range of national competitions for clubs.  Here is the list of tournaments featuring north west clubs in 2019:

THE LONGMAN CUP 2019 (AC)
Handicap play, players must have a Handicap between 3.5 and 20.  Teams must have a gross handicap of at least 24.
Featured Bowdon, Bury, Chester, Pendle and Southport – see Longman Cup results here
9 May – Pendle lost to Tyneside 3-4
25 May – Southport lost to Bury 2-5

10 Jun – Bowdon lost to Chester 0-7
8 July – Bury lost to Tyneside 2-5
Chester to play Letchworth in Semi-final ……

THE SECRETARY’S SHIELD 2019 (AC)
Handicap play for players with a maximum handicap of 20. Normally one doubles and six single matches are played in a single day by a team of four, but variation is possible – refer to the full regulations for details.
Featured Chester – see Secretary’s Shield results here 
19 May – Chester beat Tyneside 4-3
24 Aug – Chester beat Ashby 7-0
Chester to play St Albans in Final …….

THE MARY ROSE INTER-CLUB TROPHY 2019 (AC)
Advanced play, players must have Handicaps of 0 or greater and teams must have a gross handicap of at least 4.
Featured Bowdon, Chester, and Pendle – see Mary Rose results here
02 July – Bowdon beat Pinchbeck 4-3
09 July – Chester beat Pendle 4-3
29 July – Chester lost to Nottingham 2-5
20 Aug – Bowdon beat Newport 5-1
05 Oct – Bowdon beat High Wycombe 4-3 in final

THE SHORT CROQUET INTER CLUB TROPHY 2019 (AC)
Handicap play on Short Lawn – in each team, one player with a short croquet handicap of 3+, others 5+. Maximum handicap of 10. Teams must have an aggregate short croquet handicap of at least 25.
Featured Bury, Bowdon, Chester, Penrith, Southport and Westmorland – see Short Croquet Inter Club results here
10 May – Bowdon beat Bath (w/o)
13 May – Kington Langley beat Chester (w/o)
19 May – Nottingham beat Southport (w/o)

4 Jun – Penrith beat York 8-3
6 Jun – Bowdon beat Huddersfield (w/o)

15 Jun – Bury beat Nottingham (w/o)
19 Jun – Penrith beat Westmorland 9-2
02 Aug – Bowdon beat Penrith 7-4
05 Aug – Bury beat Kington Langley 6-5

17 Sep – Bowdon beat Bury 9-2 in Final

THE INTER-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 (AC)
Advanced Level, no handicap restrictions.
Featured Bowdon – see Inter-Club results here 
11 May – Bristol beat Bowdon 6-1

THE GOLF CROQUET MURPHY SHIELD 2019 (GC)
Featured Pendle – see GC Murphy Shield results here   
25 April – Pendle beat Ripon Spa 6-1
19 May – Croquet Durham beat Pendle 5-2

THE GOLF CROQUET INTER-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 (GC)
No NWFCC clubs entered this year – see GC Inter-Club results here 





2019, Croquet Association, Federation, News

More Croquet Club Coaches on the Way

14 May 2019 by Paul Rigge

The Federation’s second Coach the Coach (CTC) Coaching day was again hosted at Whitehead Park by Bury CC on 13th May. The first course on 13th April was massively oversubscribed.

Don Williamson and Paul Rigge again led the course for Learner Club Coaches from Fylde, Chester, Bowdon & Southport this time, again in bright warm sunshine on superb courts – the joke of the day being, “maybe we should only play croquet on the 13th of each month, since we’ve got great weather for both of these courses”.

Now the examining coaches await the work by the delegates back at their own clubs…  

2019, Bury, Coaching, Federation, Flying Circus, News

Croquet Newcomer Wins Regional Event

12 May 2019 by Peter Wilson

NW MILLENNIUM SHORT AC EVENT 2019 – Hosted by Fylde CC, 11 May 2019. Report by Peter Wilson and Sarah Andrew.

James Thomas (Llanfairfechan) receives the Winners trophy from Federation Treasurer LizWilson (Photo provided by Sarah Andrew)

Teams of two from Fylde, Llanfairfechan, Bury and Bowdon gathered in the Sunshine for the tournament. However a chill wind from the North forced many to don extra layers covering their resplendent team colours. Two blocks of four separated the players by clubs and play progressed rapidly through the three rounds and a welcome hot lunch break. There was a bonus point (for tie breaking), awarded for pegging out but, after round three, no ties existed. Tony Philips (Bury) and James Thomas (Llanfairfechan) both remained unbeaten and contested a final game while others watched with afternoon tea or played a Swiss.

The final was won by newcomer James in two fine breaks which extended his long unbeaten run of games and earned another handicap reduction to 5 after the tournament.

James Thomas in play at Fylde (photo: Liz Wilson)

The Federation Secretary, Liz Wilson, presented the trophy and thanked both the individuals and clubs for supporting the Federation and Fylde by taking part in this event.  James thanked the organisers, Fylde Croquet Club, for an excellent day and lunch. 

This was the first external tournament James has entered – he is a student of Computer Science with the Open University and only started learning AC 11 months ago. James is a member of both Llanfairfechan and Chester Croquet Clubs and will have to decide which club to represent at the Federation Festival at Southport in June – perhaps he will choose which colour (purple of Chester or Brown of Llanfairfechan) is the more stylish!

2019, Federation, Fylde, Llanfairfechan, Millenniums, News

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