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Australia Win at Southport

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Australia Beat North West Fed Team 29-11 by Ian Lines (4 Aug 10)

Australia and north west rep[resentative team at Southport 2010
Australia and north west representative team at Southport 2010
A team of 7 from the North West Federation played the Australians (the Mac team plus Greg and Malcolm) at Southport this week. The lawns at Southport were in good condition, though quite green and easy after all the recent rain. The day started well for the NW Fed with two wins in the doubles, but the Australians began to assert themselves in the afternoon singles. The star performance from the NW Fed was Dave Nick, with a win in the doubles and 3 wins in the singles against Stephen Forster, Ian Dumergue and Greg Fletcher.  Southport provided an excellent lunch and afternoon tea, which were enjoyed by all the players and about 30 spectators. By the end of the day Australia were leading 19-6.

Doubles (NW Fed names first): Ian Lines & Andrew Winn lost to Stephen Forster & Martin Clarke -11tpo (C); David Walters & Dave Nick beat Robert Fletcher & Ian Dumergue +12tp (N); Ken Cooper & Lee Hartley beat Pete Landrebe & Kevin Beard +4.

Singles (NW Fed names first): Paul Rigge lost to Greg Fletcher -20qp; Dave Nick beat Stephen Forster +13tpo; Ken Cooper lost to Robert Fletcher -25; Ian Lines lost to Ian Dumergue -26tp; Paul Rigge lost to Malcolm Fletcher -13tpo; Lee Hartley lost to Martin Clarke -7tpo; David Walters lost to Pete Landrebe -5; Ken Cooper lost to Stephen Forster -26tp Andrew Winn lost to Kevin Beard -8 Paul Rigge lost to Martin Clarke -14 Lee Hartley lost to Robert Fletcher -24tp; Dave Nick beat Ian Dumergue +16; Ian Lines lost to Greg Fletcher -17tp; David Walters lost to Malcolm Fletcher -24; Andrew Winn lost to Pete Landrebe -13tpo; Ken Cooper lost to Kevin Beard -17; Lee Hartley lost to Stephen Forster -24tp; Paul Rigge lost to Robert Fletcher -26tp; David Walters beat Ian Dumergue +15; Ian Lines lost to Martin Clarke -16tpo; Dave Nick beat Greg Fletcher +3; Andrew Winn lost to Malcolm Fletcher -26.

On Day 2, Australia cemented their overnight lead and won overall 29-11. Many thanks to the Southport Club for their very kind hospitality.

Doubles: Ian Lines & Andrew Winn lost to Pete Landrebe & Kevin Beard -24; David Walters & Dave Nick lost to Stephen Forster &Martin Clarke -17tp; Lee Hartley & Ken Cooper beat Robert Fletcher & Ian Dumergue +4; Paul Rigge & Steve Jones* lost to Greg Fletcher & Malcolm Fletcher -7. (*) honorary NW Fed player

Singles: Dave Nick beat Pete Landrebe +26tp; David Walters beat Martin Clarke +26; Ian Lines lost to Kevin Beard -22; Andrew Winn lost to Steven Forster -4; Lee Hartley lost to Greg Fletcher -13tp; David Walters lost to Kevin Beard -20; Dave Nick lost to Robert Fletcher -13tpo; Andrew Winn lost to Martin Clarke -26tp; Ian Lines beat Malcolm Fletcher +12; Ken Cooper lost to Ian Dumergue -6; Paul Rigge beat Pete landrebe +4.

David Maugham wins Bowdon Advanced Weekend

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David Maugham Wins Bowdon June Advanced Weekend by Ian Lines (06/06/10)

The 2010 Bowdon June Advanced Weekend was won by David Maugham who beat James Hopgood in the final (+26tp, +15tp, +26tp). James had played well to beat Ian Lines in the semi-final, and hence earn his CA Silver Medal for getting to his first final in a 16 player knockout in a first class level singles event. The consolation Egyptian Event was won for the second year in a row by David Walters, who beat David Mooney in a closely contested final game.

The Peterson Trophy was presented to David Maugham by John Saxby, and thanks were recorded to Alan Mayne for the excellent lawns, Barry Keen and Colin Irwin for setting the hoops, and to John Saxby and his team of helpers who provided the magnificent catering.

The Bowdon lawns on Saturday were just becoming interesting at about 11.5 Plummers in the sunshine, and with hoops firmly set at 1/50″ there was a reasonable level of interactivity in most games, although breaks and tps were still relatively easy once established. Unfortunately, overnight rain made the lawns and hoops comparatively easy on Sunday.

Ian Lines wins Southport Advanced Weekend

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Ian Lines won the Southport Advanced Weekend by Ian Lines (19/04/10)

Ian Lines beat Keith Aiton +15, +26, -5tp, -24tp, +26 in a closely contested final to win the Jubilee Tankard at the Southport April Advanced Weekend. All the preceding rounds of the 16 player main event also went exactly according to seeding, with no great surprises. The consolation plate (a flexible Swiss) was won by James Hopgood with 5/6, only losing to Lionel Tibble who was also playing well.

The final was a fairly interactive match, with both players making uncharacteristic errors, generally caused by the slight hills around some hoops (all set at ~1/32″) leading to some difficult hoop approaches. The early season top dressing and sand was also sticking to the balls a little in the morning, which also made things slightly tricky. However, both players shot quite well throughout the match. Keith’s tps in the afternoon, when conditions got drier and easier, were very neat, but he just failed to hit a few shots in the final deciding game.

Many thanks to Southport for laying on an excellent tournament, and particularly to Terry Foster for all his work setting out the lawns, and for stepping in at the last minute to replace Lee Hartley, who was stranded abroad (is this the first time a croquet tournament has been affected by a volcanic eruption?). Congratulations also to Paul Rigge for getting his handicap down to -0.5

   

    

 

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