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David Artingstall (Bury) won the GC ‘C’ Level trophy for the second year running beating Eddie Wilson (Backworth) in the Final (7-1).

A full complement of 12 players came to a warm and sunny Whitehead Park, and it was good to welcome several new faces from around the country.

Play consisted of two blocks. Block A was dominated by Eddie Wilson who won all 5 of his matches, closely followed by David Artingstall who won 4 of his matches, (losing 1 to Eddie Wilson!), and securing their places in the Semi Final

Block B was closely contested but Karen Bowes and Ray Hodgson (both Crake Valley) won 4 games each to go through to join Eddie and David in the Semi Final.

Both matches were closely fought but Eddie beat Karen (7-6), and David beat Ray (7-5), therefore fellow Crake Valley players Karen and Ray contested the 3^rd/4^th Playoff. In a close match Karen came through to win (7-6)

The 5^th/6^th Playoff between John Bowes (Crake Valley) and Pamela Dawson (Gainsborough) was another closely fought match which John won (7-6). He was awarded the Plate.

Alan Munday (Belsay Hall) beat Kim Dalland (7-5) in the 7^th/8^th Playoff.

Another closely fought match in the 9^th/10^th Playoff between Kate Packham (Nottingham) and Brenda Knight (Crake Valley) saw Kate come through (7-6) to win the Shield.

Sharon De Maine (Pendle and Craven) withdrew from the 11th/12^th Playoff against Barbara Duncan (Bury)

David beat Eddie (7-1) in the Final and took the Trophy for a second year and despite the scoreline we experienced some exciting play and great shots from both men, along with some tense crowd pleasing moments.

 Club President, David Barrett, presented the trophies and medals.

Thanks go to the referee, John Crossland; the Tournament Manager and Admin Team, the Grounds Team and the Catering Team, for making the day an enormous success which everyone involved enjoyed.

Full results can be seen on Croquet Scores – https:/croquetscores.com/2025/gc

After a weekend of wonderful sunshine, 134 games of croquet and with 2229 hoops run, Crake emerged as the clear and deserved 2025 Champions.

Throughout the weekend both Fylde and Llanfairfechan had challenged for the lead but ended in second and third places respectively.

The Handicap GC was won by Fylde with a five-way tie for second place

Whereas in the Level Play GC Llanfairfechan ran out decisive winners being undefeated over the weekend.

At Association Croquet, Crake were clear winners in the Short Lawn event

while Bowdon just held off Crake on hoop count to win the 18-point Handicap event.

And finally after a day of triple-banked 14-point Advanced singles, Fylde ran out victorious in the Advanced competition.

A Festival Manager’s prize awarded to the team running the most hoops over the course of the Festival was won by Fylde with 395 hoops run.

Finally thanks must be given to Southport for once more hosting the Festival and doing so with superb aplomb.

Robin Tasker
Festival Manager