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Ann Alvey Holds onto Millenium Trophy

12 July 2021 by Chris Alvey

Federation Millennium AC Handicap 10/11th July at Pendle – The women dominate….(spoiler alert)

Ann Alvey being presented with the 2021 Millenium AC Hcp Trophy

Clubs again sent their representatives to contest this event, well at least the members who were prepared to allow their names to be submitted in these risk-adverse times.

Pendle lawns looked resplendent in the sunshine for the start of play, but player’s optimism and the clouds, quickly clouded over as a very heavy cloud-burst passed through. After three rounds (manager tried to push for a 4th ) on the first day, only last year’s victor was unbeaten..each of which was a timed win, the 2nd & 3rd being by the margin of +2t & +1t – what a grinder, what a performance!

Day two opened with the sun back again and during the fourth round, the manager took the opportunity to ‘correct’ an omission from last year – taking a picture of the winner hoisting the proper ‘Pidcock Mallet’ trophy (due to ’20 isolation we didn’t have it available). The interruption didn’t break her campaign challenge however – another win taking her clear of the field.

Anne Alvey 2020 and 2021 Winner of Fed Mill AC Hcp

Round five – the match against her closest challenger (in effect the final), turned into a great match..both players expended their bisques sensibly but both ran out a long way from home. What followed could have degenerated into a classic ‘C’ class game of ‘Hide the Aunt Emma’, but it proved to be a real quality tactical tussle with the title going to (for the first time) the defending champion..queue another picture for this year’s gallery…

For the other place that gets recorded for posterity, the  runners-up spot, places changed throughout the weekend, and it came down to the vagaries of the Egyptian system to return a clear 2nd spot occupier at the death, the other woman in the field – Pendle’s own…Libby Dixon.”

Libby Dixon with the 2021 Millenium Hcp AC Runners Up award

2021, Federation, Millenniums, News, Pendle

Rigge, Essler and Skelton take Croquet Prizes in Pendle

22 June 2021 by Paul Rigge

Pendle June Advanced week-end 19/20 June 2021

June in Earby again delivers blue skies, freshly cut short parched grass (5mm) timed at 13 plummers, championship hoops set firmly into new holes, in short – perfect conditions for a croquet tournament over the weekend. Disappointingly only seven individuals availed themselves of this offer, so six games each beckoned (all-play-all).

The games were played competitively, some very competitively (with tight results +1).

The weather rules of Camelot came into play overnight – the heavens opened and it chucked it down while we enjoyed a ‘Normal’ Tournament Dinner and slept. Sunday dawned and the ground had absorbed every single drop, so all four courts were fully operational.

All things shake out, so by the mid-afternoon, the silverware could be presented:

Chris Clarke Bowl – Robert Essler
Jeremy Dyer Bowl- Steve Skelton
Overall Tournament champion (the David Openshaw Claret Jug) – Paul Rigge

Robert Essler with the Chris Clark Bowl
Steve Skelton with the Jeremy Dyer Bowl

2021, News, Pendle

David Cornes on way to National Croquet Final

16 May 2021 by Paul Rigge

National GC B Series – Pendle Round – Saturday 15th May 2021

David Cornes being presented with the Pendle GC B Series Trophy from Paul Rigge

This year, the series comprises of 24 rounds across the country with only 3 awarded to clubs north of the midlands. Our round, held this weekend, was the first of those. 

Despite the forecast (wet), players gathered from Leicester, Crake, Bury, Ripon Spa, Durham as well as Pendle’s own to complete for not only our tankard, but a place in the National Final at season end.

Play was organised into a single all-play-all block, and the players ‘peddled on’ impressively with the workload – the manager kept sending them back out to contest the next round as soon as a game score had been handed in!

At the presentation, the manager thanked the field for putting on such a strong show, some playing  in their very first tournament and noted that playing standard improved during the day as did the weather. The majority of scores being a tight 7-6 or 7-5. 

National points were earned by McCann, Leach & Daines but the Tankard and top spot was taken, by a very solid NW Federation member David Cornes.

2021, News, Pendle

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