Pennine Cup retained by West 5-4 over East by Charles Waterfield (24/09/07)

This year’s cross-Pennine challenge, contested by a team drawn from the North West against the combined Croquet North & Yorkshire Federations, took place at Pendle & Craven on Sun 23 rd Sept. Many thanks are owed to this club (in particular Abdul Ahmed) for hosting the event and laying on excellent food! The 3-lawn match format mixes advanced doubles and singles, with three handicap singles.

The results (NW names first) were:
Ken Cooper & Robin Delves beat Andy Davies & Alice Fleck +3t;  James Hawkins & Tony Thomas lost to Charles Waterfield & Roger Staples -24;  Roger Schofield & Tony Phillips beat Phil Errington & Derek Knight +13
Advanced Singles: Ken Cooper (-1) lost to Andy Davies (-1) -26tp: James Hawkins (0) lost to Charles Waterfield (1/2) -17;  Roger Schofield (3) lost to Phil Errington (3) -12;
Handicap Singles: Tony Phillips (7) beat Derek Knight (7) +20; Tony Thomas (8) beat Roger Staples (8) +8; Robin Delves (11) beat Alice Fleck (9) +15;

PENNINE CUP REGAINED BY NORTH WEST 7-2 (13/8/06) by Charles Waterfield

The annual cross-Pennine challenge cup, contested by a team drawn from the North West against a team from the Croquet North & Yorkshire Federations, took place this year at Pendle & Craven on Sun 13th Aug in cold blustery conditions.

Usually played at Heaton Park, this was a new venue and it is encouraging to report that the lawns are showing significant improvement, compared to earlier this season. Both the clubroom facilities and catering were first class. The match format is a mix of advanced doubles and singles, with some handicap singles.

The results (NW names first) were: Level Play: John Haslam & Andrew Winn beat Charles Waterfield & Mike Evans +12; James Hawkins & Tony Thomas lost to Peter McDermott & Alice Fleck -10; Rob Essler & Barbara Haslam beat Phil Errington & John Kennedy +8; John Haslam (-½) lost to Charles Waterfield (0) -8; James Hawkins (0) beat Peter McDermott (1½) +23; Barbara Haslam (2½) beat Phil Errington (3) +23. Handicap Singles: Rob Essler (2½) beat John Kennedy (6) +8; Tony Thomas (8) beat Alice Fleck (9) +14; Andrew Winn (8) beat Mike Evans (10) +6t.

The Pennine Cup players from left to right – Tony Thomas, Andrew Webb, James Hawkins, John Kennedy, Charles Waterfield, Mike Evans, John Haslam, Alice Fleck, Barbara Haslam, Peter McDermott, Phil Errington, Rob Essler, (photo – Charles Waterfield).