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John Mawdsley wins Millennium Short

9 May 2011 by Chris Alvey

John Mawdsley Wins Millenium Short

John_Mawdsley_MillSht11 — 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.

Millennium Advanced Honours go to Alan and Alan

11 April 2011 by Paul Rigge

The Alans Mayne and Pidcock take NWFCC Millenium Advanced Honours (11/04/11)

Managed by Bury member, Geoff Young, sixteen players were sent by their clubs to compete once again, in warm sunshine, for the Federation’s only advanced tournament of the year. For the first time since it’s inception, for the millenium, the ‘A’ class event was contested by only minus players, showing that the general standard of play continues to improve in this region at all clubs. The Cup was played as a flexible swiss with one of last year’s rapid improvers – Alan Mayne, taking it with only a single loss, back to Bowdon. The Trophy was won by the other Alan in attendance this weekend, with Southport’s Alan Pidcock winning the round robin. It is worth noting that Linesy turned in the only TP’s, despite still nursing his injured hand and not having his full shot armory available.

A Class: Lines, Ian bt Storey, Brian +23; Mayne, Alan bt Rigge, Paul +23; Nick, Dave bt Hartley, Lee +26; Walters, David bt Burnett, Bob +2; Mayne bt Hartley +26; Nick bt Rigge +13; Lines bt Mayne +26 TP; Burnett bt Rigge +5; Storey bt Hartley +10; Walters bt Nick +13; Lines bt Hartley +26 TP; Mayne bt Storey +16; Lines bt Burnett +26 TP; Hartley bt Rigge +8; Walters bt Storey +7; Mayne bt Nick +7; Mayne bt Walters +9; Nick bt Lines +10; Hartley bt Burnett +20; Storey bt Rigge +26; Burnett bt Storey +4; Walters bt Hartley +8; Rigge bt Lines +24; Mayne bt Burnett +10; Nick bt Storey +8; Walters bt Lines +10; (Mayne 6/7; Walters 5/6; Nick 4/6; Lines 4/7; Burnett 2/6; Storey, Hartley 2/7; Rigge 1/6).

B Class: Pidcock, Alan bt Lloyd, Mark +1; Schofield, Roger bt Barrett, David +11; Wilson, Liz bt Wilson, Peter +5; Lowe, Ray bt Smith, Richard +1Schofield bt L Wilson +11; Pidcock bt Lowe +17; Smith bt Lloyd +8; Barrett bt P Wilson +10; Lloyd by P Wilson +24; Lowe bt L Wilson +18; Pidcock bt Barrett +13; Smith bt Schofield +11; Pidcock bt L Wilson +11; Schofield bt Lowe +12; Barrett bt Lloyd +14; P Wilson bt Smith +2; Pidcock bt Schofield +10; Smith bt Barrett +2; Lloyd bt L Wilson +16; Lowe bt P Wilson +4; (Pidcock 4/5; Lowe, Schofield, Smith 3/5; Barrett, Lloyd, L Wilson 2/5; P Wilson 1/5).

Alan_Mayne_MillAdv11 — Bury Club Chairman, Barbara Young presenting the Neil Williams Millennium Cup to Alan Mayne of Bowdon

Alan_Pidcock_MillAdv11 — Bury Club Chairman, Barbara Young presented the Woodlands Trophy to Alan Pidcock. of Southport:

Successful Millennium Handicap at Chester

16 May 2010 by Chris Alvey

Millenium Handicap at Chester (15/16 May 10)

Chester Croquet Club hosted the annual North West Millennium Handicap Tournament in Westminster Park. This was the fourth time the event has been held in Chester. Eighteen players from six North West clubs – Bowdon, Bury, Chester, Fylde, Pendle & Craven, and Southport – took part in the competition. Each participant played three three-hour full lawn matches on Saturday followed by two three-hour matches on Sunday. With a 9.30 am start on both days, this makes it quite a gruelling event particularly for those having to travel some distance to Chester. In contrast to heavy rain and blustery winds in previous years, this year’s tournament enjoyed good playing conditions and mostly sunny weather though for much of the time there was a distinctly chilly westerly breeze.

The overall winner of the competition was Matt Holmes of Bury who succeeded in winning all five of his games. Two others managed to win four of their five games and the runner up was determined on points with second place going to David Holland of Bowdon. The losing finalist was David Boyd of Chester.

The event was organised by the Secretary of Chester Croquet Club, Janet Davies, another member of the club, Elmyr Hughes, managed the competition over the two days. David Guyton, the Chairman of Chester Croquet Club, thanked all the participants and members of the club who helped with the catering and organising the event and presented trophies to the winner and runner up at the end of the tournament on Sunday afternoon.

John Mawdsley wins Millennium Short

Millennium Advanced Honours go to Alan and Alan

Successful Millennium Handicap at Chester

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