Paul Rigge Wins Pendle Midweek Tournament by Barbara Dutton (11 July 10)

Sixteen players took part in the singles with one extra player entering the doubles. Lionel Tibble who won the recent Advanced weekend tournament was beaten into second place this time by Paul Rigge from Bury. Lionel did play the most games of the tournament, 16, and with a handicap of minus 1.5 was giving away bisques to the other players.

The A class winner was Paul Rigge beating Lionel Tibble in their final, the B class winner was Peter Wilson who beat Chris Donovan, and the C class winner was Howard Bowron who beat Ken Harper.  The Overall winner was Paul Rigge.

Local player Peter Dewhurst gained a silver badge for a round without using bisques.

In the doubles Ian Theakstone and Paul Rigge beat John Filsak and Howard Bowron.

The weather was mostly kind although the impromptu washing line erected on Wednesday tells another story.

Pendle Host Open Day by Barbara Dutton (27/06/10)

The weather could not have been better, the profusion of events on offer in the area gave everyone choice and we had a succession of visitors all keen to try the game. Andrew Stephenson MP couldn’t spare the time to play this visit, but he did accept a brew as he continued his very busy day in the region. Visitors and members all enjoyed the day and we hope to see more visitors in the future, always welcome to watch a match or come along and play.

Pendle Double in CA Tournaments by Barbara Dutton (30/05/10)

A team from Shrewsbury travelled up to Pendle for a weekend playing in two of the prestigious association croquet tournaments. On Saturday it was the Mary Rose advanced croquet match, first round, and the home team of Peter & Liz Wilson, Andrew Webb and Roger Schofield went forth to do battle in the drizzle. The lawns soon dried up and the match went expeditiously with doubles and singles going Pendles way before lunch to leave the home team 3-0 up. After lunch only Robert Dodds from the visitors managed to snatch a win in a tight match against Liz Wilson, the final result being a resounding win for Pendle 6-1. They now progress to face Nottingham in the second round.

On the Sunday after an overnight in Barnoldswick at Monks House, the Shresbury team of Peter Dork, Roberts Doods, Sean Sheridan and Brian Christmas went out to meet the home team of David Pollitt, Robin Delves, Ron Welch and once again Roger Schofield for the Secretary Shield defence. Chilly but sunny dry weather gave good conditions and in the morning the visitors won the doubles but the singles went Pendles way, so 2-1 at lunch. In the afternoon honours were even with two wins each, so the final result was a win for Pendle and Craven 4-3 and they go on in further pursuit of retaining the Secretary Shield.