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Pendle B Level Goes to Woking

23 May 2010 by Barbara Dutton

Pendle B Level Trophy Goes South by Barbara Dutton (23/05/10)

Pendle B Level players May 2010
Pendle B Level players May 2010

The weather really did us pround, two blisteringly hot days and many hard fought games between the 12 players who travelled from as far apart as Woking and Edinburgh with 10 clubs represented.  Five of the players hold Pendle & Craven membership, however with handicaps varying from 1.5 to 8 –  they weren’t successful in gaining the trophy this year. That honour went to Alan Edwards from Woking, runner up was Richard Smith from Chester and the Manager’s Peeling prize went to Ken Jones from Edgbaston.

2010, News, Pendle

Bronze Course at Chester

23 May 2010 by Paul Rigge

Flying Circus Goes Bronze in Chester by Janet Davies and Paul Rigge (23/05/10)

An excellent bronze level training day on Sunday 23rd May at Chester.  Lead Coach, Paul Rigge (Bury), assisted by Ken Cooper and Barry Keen (Bowdon), provided insights into the game for the benefit of a group of 10 students (handicap 14-20) from Chester and Bowdon. In brilliant sunshine, amidst the idyllic surroundings of Westminster Park, a most valuable day ensued as they battled dehydration on the lawns. They particularly appreciated Paul’s appropriation of his refrigerator door for use as a magnetic board.  A very effective demonstration of the application of lateral thinking to croquet problems.  A good enjoyable day was had by all.

2010, Chester, Coaching, Federation, News

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.

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   Matt Holmes winner of Millennium Handicap at Chester 2010     MillHcp10_RunnerUp

MillHcp10_DerekBellJones     MillHcp10_SimonWolf     MillHcp10_ElmyrHughes     MillHcp10_MattHolmes     MillHcp10_JohnD     MillHcp10_DavidBoyd     MillHcp10_HelenPickford

MillHcp10_BettyBates     MillHcp10_BarryMcKenzie     MillHcp10_AlanClare     MillHcp10_TerryVernazza     MillHcp10_SteveReynolds     MillHcp10_TonyPhillips

 

2010, Chester, Federation, Millenniums, News

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