Tony McCann from Croquet Durham wins A Level Trophy at Bury.

Alison Murray from Leicester wins A Level plate.

Bury CC welcomed players from Himley, Leicester, Crake Valley, Northampton, Long Eaton Park, Durham, Ealing & Bury to their first A Level+ Tournament. Weather conditions were excellent, and we are pleased to say many players complimented the lawns.

The 2 day event saw some very close competitive play in an amiable sporting atmosphere. Full details of scores can be found on Croquet Scores.

Thank you to John Crossland for managing & refereeing the event

Submitted by Roy Spencer

7-8th May 2022

Neil Adams representing Westmorland won the B Class tropy with 5/5.

Neil specially mentioned Liz Wilson (Fylde CC) and Paul Rigge (Bury CC) with whom he has  been practicing and attending NW Coaching sessions.

He was delighted by an automatic handicap reduction from 5 to 4.5 and even more so when the  tournament handicapper acted to bring Neil’s handicap down to 3.

The C Class trophy was won by Eileen Magee.

The tournament ran as a Swiss Amalfi System (Search Wiki) . This concept turned out very well and did indeed produce the promised last round ‘big match’. 

The lawns were unusually slow at first,  perhaps suffering from the Cotton Mills damp air? But returned to normal on Sunday with a warm breeze and a little Sun.