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John Mawdsley wins Millennium Short

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John Mawdsley Wins Millenium Short

John Mawdsley being presented with the Millennium Short Trophy by Martin Bradshaw, Fylde Chairman.

Twelve players from six clubs played in three blocks. In the Semi finals, Fylde’s own Ken Harper was beaten up by Bury’s Bob Whittle who was playing dazzling Croquet and John Mawdsley steady and accurate style from Southport was enough to get the better of Howard Bowron from Penrith. Ken went on to win the plate event and was presented with a wonderful ‘plate’ of Blackpool rock. There had been a a cloudburst (conveniently) after round one, and this gave the club the chance to show off (and the players to avail) the new canopy which has been generously funded by the CA. The sun then came out and for the final the spectators drew up their chairs and settled in to watch Bob and John play. After an entertaing and close battle John pegged out. Fylde’s Chairman, Martin Bradshaw presented the trophy to John. The general tenor of the event was relaxed and fun and several players made their tournament debuts, which was one of the aims of the event.

Fylde to the Rescue

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Fylde lend Crake two Lawns by David Barrett (06 Oct 10 )

Advanced League Match Wednesday 6th October 2010 – Crake Valley v Bury.

Due to Crakes lawns being flooded overnight, the team captains hurriedly ageed to accept an offer made by Liz Wilson, on the previous Sunday, that if there were any problems at Crake we could play at Fylde. Phone calls were exchanged shortly after dawn today and although Liz and Peter were literally leaving to go on their holidays, they mobilised the club members immediately and then still found time to call in at the club to ensure everything was in order. It certainly was, so off they went. From then on Ian and Betty looked after us like royalty. By the time the Bury team arrived at 9.15am Ian had already re-painted the white lines on both lawns and was busy putting in the hoops etc.   The whole place was a hive of activity as the Fylde Club members and contactors were dismantling the existing wooden shed and moving it further into the corner of lawn 1. Play started immediately on arrival of the Crake team at approx 9.45am

Throughout the match Betty plied us with teas, coffees and she even went to the local Butchers, from whom she bought the most delicious hot meat and potatoe pie which they had made specially for us. By close of play the ‘workers’ had re-erected not only their existing shed, but also a ‘ new larger sized shed’ in place of the original, so there will now be about three times more accommodation space.

It was an excellent days croquet which everyone enjoyed and both teams wish to express their thanks and gratitude to the Fylde Club for all their help and kindness.

Match Result : Crake Valley 3 Bury 6

Festival of Croquet – June 2010

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Chester Gain Historic Victory in Jamboree Championship 2010 by Tony Thomas (27/06/10)

Alan Mayne Wins Bury Advanced Tournament by Geoff Young (4 July 10)
Barry Keen presents the Champion Club Trophy to Chester

On the hottest day of the year can there be anywhere better than Southport?  Once again the Southport club hosted the wonderful croquest fest that is the Federation Jamboree Weekend.  For those who did not attend this year, you missed a treat –  beneath  glorious blue skies,  we basked in mediterranean like conditions, enjoying great company and the usual ‘food par excellence’ of the Southport catering team.  No wonder we love croquet! Although not as well supported as in previous years, this unique event still attracted 19 teams representing six clubs, who competed in Golf, Short, Association and Advanced Croquet formats.  As always, this annual event provides a broad platform for players of all abilities –  there was some excellent croquet played by some of the A and B class players but how marvellous to also see new members participating and enjoying tournament play.  About 150 people were catered for over the weekend and once again this event reminds us that together we can take our enjoyment of Croquet to new levels.  The South Lawns were a delight to play on (speed in the high Plummers), whilst in contrast, the North Lawns presented their usual frustratingly tricky challenges (speed low Plummers – very low!) – the event was organised this year so that all formats had similar times on both sets of lawns. For the first time in their history, Chester were crowned Jamboree Champions for 2010, winning the Association, Short and Golf events, beating Fylde to the title, who won the Advanced event.  Congratulations to Chester who also  entered teams in all four competitions for the first time.  The Red Arrows even ‘flew past’ to add to their celebrations.  Congratulations also to Abdul Ahmad who won all his eleven games and gained a golf handicap reduction from 5 to 4.

Thank you to managers Alan Mayne and Terry Foster, ably assisted by Ray Lowe, Brian Lewis, John Taylor and Don Williamson.  CA vice chairman, Barry Keen thanked the Southport club for hosting the event, paying tribute to the many home club members who prepared the lawns, set out fourteen courts each day and catered for so many people.  He also stressed the need for regional clubs to continue to support this event if they wished it  to continue in its present format.

See you all again next year – same place, about same time?

 
Adv Pts
Hcp Pts
Sht Pts
Glf Pts
Total Points
Position
CHESTER
3
5
4
6
18
1
Fylde
4
4
3
5
16
2
Bury
2
2.5
1
3
8.5
3
Southport
1
2.5
2
1
6.5
4
Culcheth
0
0
0
4
4
5
Bowdon
0
1
0
2
3
6

 

      

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