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Kay Martin Wins Bowdon Croquet Reed Cup and a Bronze Medal

8 May 2013 by Bowdon Web Site

Kay Martin receives Reed Trophy from President Colin Irwin

Bowdon May Handicap Weekend 4-6 May 2013
Report taken from Bowdon

Croquet Club Website

16 players entered the May Handicap Tournament, including only two outsiders: ex club members Tim and Jenny Dennis who travelled up from Dorset.

Only two players remained unbeaten at the end of Day 1: Colin Irwin & Janet Guthrie.

By day 3, the semi-finals were: Kay Martin beat Janet Guthrie +3T and Barry McKenzie beat Alan Mayne +25
In the final, Kay Martin beat Barry McKenzie +13T. Kay Martin also gained her Bronze Croquet Association Merit Award

Southport One Ball Croquet raises £270

29 April 2013 by Chris Alvey

Southport Charity One Ball Croquet supports Prostate Cancer UK

Southport Croquet Club held a charity One Ball event on Sunday afternoon (28 April) in aid of Prostate Cancer research. Members were asked to wear blue and, in spite of driving rain stinging across the lawns, 22 stalwart members turned out to face the elements and had a surprisingly good time. There were a good many prizes for things such as fastest game, sho

t of the day and highest scoring game. Graham Goode, a visiting player from Bury was overall winner and Southport’s Peter Bundred was Runner up. But probably the greatest prize was the cup of tea that warmed chilled hands at the end. With Gift Aid the total raised was £270 for the charity.

Walters and Essler succeed at Fed Croquet Premier Advanced event.

22 April 2013 by Paul Rigge

North West Federation’s Premier Seasonal Advanced Tournament – Neil Williams Millennium Cup at HeatonPark 20/21st April

Neil Williams Millennium Cup – David Walters (Bowdon)
Woodlands Trophy – Robert Essler (Pendle & Craven)

David Walters (Bowdon) again displayed total dominance in the top croquet event, retaining his title for the second year with a very clean sheet and Robert Essler (Pendle & Craven) winning the Trophy for the first time. So Bowdon and Pendle clubs both retain the Federation’s silverware for this year.

David Walters being presented with the Neil Williams Trophy by Bury Chairman Paul Kenworthy

The weather forecast for the weekend was wall to wall blue sky on Saturday, and after a bright start, light rain followed by sunshine to end on Sunday, and that’s what we got (if you re-define the word “light”). We had a full field of sixteen players in the contest this year but with some clubs unable to fill their two available slots and ot

hers requesting “flexibility” into how a place could be filled and two contestants both with colour blindness issues requesting Primes only, the manager was having ‘fun’ long before a ball had been struck to fill the field. This was further compounded with a late withdrawal Friday evening, necessitating an extra player being found and the entire draw being redone overnight.

Saturday dawned, and play started bang on time for only fifteen players, one had forgotten his entry. So after a quick “scramble” phone call to his home, we had all sixteen available by round two. After four rounds the overnight leaders with clean sheets were last year’s winners but into Sunday only David kept his control to retain the Cup. Robert Essler became stronger the deeper into the weekend he went, shaking of his winter rust and lack of practice time, claiming the trophy for the best “B” player at the event.

Robert Essler being presented with the Woodlands Trophy by Bury Chairman Paul Kenworthy

Thanks are due to Bury Croquet Club, who hosted the event and all the hard work undertaken by their volunteers. Bury CC Club Chairman Paul Kenworthy presented the Trophies to the winners David Walters and Robert Essler. The event was successfully managed by Federation Secretary Paul Rigge.

Kay Martin Wins Bowdon Croquet Reed Cup and a Bronze Medal

Southport One Ball Croquet raises £270

Walters and Essler succeed at Fed Croquet Premier Advanced event.

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