Dave Nick won The Cumbria Cup, beating Paul Rigge 3-0 in a best of 5 final.
And it came to pass, that in the Valley of the Crake, In the year scoredozen, there was marshalled by Dave son of Nichol An eldritch combat with hammers, a gibbering of the white clans. They came from the north-eastern shores, Phil son of Dennis, Son of Ecglaf Scarrsson; from the south, the Emperor Burnettus In his toga and sandals; from the west, ancient sage Pidcockapocapetl; and from the far north, Alan son of Will, Bairn of Icgtheow and bane of Edinburgh. Diverse other Dread denizens of Middle Earth hied thither, even From the far south, from the very sump and plughole Of the world, a swarthy Patagonian. Two days and nights, In misty swirl beneath the peaks, war hammers waving, The white clans gibbered. Each in turn fell. The horns last rang As Dave son of Nichol locked Paul Riggsboggadottir in mortal strife, The heavens cracking to their oaths and insults; but Dave Son of Nichol triumphed, and the dark menace was whelmed, And peace returned to the valley of the Crake, where the hills Come down to the meadows, and the brown cows stand.
by Jonathan LambDave is pictured centre holding the mighty trophy aloft. Paul is on the left, awaiting the fat envelope held by our chairman Tom Griffith
Results (Cumbria Cup):
Dave Nicolson beat Paul Rigge (3:0), Liz Wilson and Dennis Scarr
Paul Rigge beat Lee Hartley and Ray Lowe
Phil Scarr beat Alan Wilson
Lee Hartley beat Jonathan Lamb
Jonathan Lamb beat Peter Wilson
Ray Lowe beat Peter Wardle
Liz Wilson beat Alan Pidcock
Alan Wilson beat Bob Burnett
PS Thanks to Kate and Kathleen for the catering.
Also to Joe son of Dave son of Nichol in the Farmer’s Arms
Teams representing both Lancashire and Cheshire played at the Diamond Jubilee AC Inter Counties last weekend in Sussex. Both teams play in Division 1 and whilst not winning the championship, managed to avoid relegation finishing 7th and 8th in the division. The highlight of the weekend was the match between Cheshire and Lancashire with Lancashire emerging victorious 2-1. The tournament winners were Nottinghamshire who on route to the title beat Cheshire 2-1 and Lancashire 3-0.
Lancashire: David Openshaw (Pendle); Lee Hartley (Fylde); Matt Holmes (Bury); Ray Lowe (Southport); Ailsa Lines (Bowdon); Dave Nick (Crake); Paul Rigge (Bury). Cheshire: Colin Irwin (Bowdon); Ken Cooper (Bowdon); Chris Irwin (Bowdon); Steve Lewis (Bowdon); Ian Lines (Bowdon); David Maugham (Bowdon); Mike Steer (Bowdon); Sylvia Steer (Bowdon).
Southwick (Brighton) Croquet Club, June 2-5th, 2012 Inter-Counties.
Lancashire remain in top flight despite fielding a weaker team than normal.
Bury members Matt Holmes & Paul Rigge turned out for their county over the Jubilee weekend on the south coast (Matt for the first time).
The campaign started badly with three straight losses, but over the course of the long bank holiday, the team gelled and managed enough wins to crawl up the leader board from the bottom, ending mid-table and beating neighbours, Cheshire, along the way to yet again re-affirm their Division one status.
Next year’s contest will be a cracker – Yorkshire, having been promoted, after finishing second in Div2, will be fair game next May Bank!
Photo (l-r);Paul & Matt, Lee Hartley, David Openshaw(C), Dave Nick, Ailsa Lines.
