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Neil Adams and Betty Bates Win Hunstanton Trophies

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Hunstanton AC 122nd Annual Four Day Tournament – Saturday – Tuesday, 28-31 August 2021

Janet Kendal, Chairman, Hunstanton Croquet Club presents trophies to the Winners of the 122nd Annual Four Day AC Tournament on 31/08/2021: Back row: Philip Eardley (A-Class) & Peter Thompson (B-Class). Front row: David Houston (Runner-up in the Egyptian), Neil Adams (C-Class & Egyptian); & Betty Bates (D-Class).

Philip Eardley managed this event and George Noble was the Referee of Tournament. There was a full entry of 24 players from all over the country. The players competed in two events: a Handicap Egyptian for the ‘Egyptian’ & ‘Rothwell’; and American ‘Blocks A-D’ according to handicap (Advanced, Level or Handicap). A match report will be provided on the CA website after the event.

The results of all games can be seen on croquet scores at: https://croquetscores.com/2021/ac/hunstanton-august.

Neil Adams from Westmorland won both the ‘C’ class Advanced and the Overall Handicap ‘Egyptian’ as well as gaining his Silver and Bronze awards.

Betty Bates from Fylde won the D Class event.

Lou Pell Wins Fed 2021 Millenium Hcp Golf Croquet

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Simon Robins (Crake Chair) presents Lou Pell with Millenium GC Hcp Trophy

The North West Federation Millenium Handicap Golf Tournament featured 12 players (handicaps 7 to 12) from seven different clubs – Westmorland, Chester, Fylde, Penrith, Pendle & Craven, Crake Valley & Bury

A heavy soaking of the lawns the night before meant they ran slow to start but speeded up as the sun smiled and the standard of play was high.

2 blocks of 6 meant everybody got 5 games at the end of which it was calculated who had won most games and most hoops if equal to determine semi finalists

Howard Bowron (Penrith & North Lakes), despite giving free shots galore being a 2 handicapper, still managed to get to the semis where he succumbed to Chester’s Tom Grievson 4-7. The other semi was contested between David Carpenter, of Pendle & Craven, losing out to Fylde’s Lou Pel also 4-7.

Tom and Lou then contested the final, watched by all competitors, with Lou coming out the eventual winner 7-4 !

2 trophies were awarded, one to be given back next year and another that Lou will keep for ever presented by Simon Robbins

A big thank you to Sandra Cornes who ran the tournament in a truly beautiful location.

(Some additional information provided by David Cornes)

Another Successful Pendle Tournament

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Pendle B and C Level Tournament 8th and 9th May

Lorna Dewar with the B Class Trophy and Manager Peter Wilson

Twelve competitors were divided into two blocks of 6 all play all.  Lorna Dewar (1½ ) fresh from her first triple and win over James Hopgood in Edinburgh last weekend, was the favourite in the B Class and so it proved with 4 wins beating Steve Skelton also on 4 wins but winning the clash between the two of them. The C Class was won by Roger Staples winning all games in his block.  

Roger Staples being presented with the C Class Trophy

Special mention to Philip Jay and John Henderson in their first Advanced Competition.

The lawns were complimented and stood up to the continuous rain on Saturday.  Sunday proved much brighter. 

Thanks to the manager Peter Wilson who ensured everything ran smoothly and entertained with two spectacular contact leaves, one with all 4 balls in contact in the middle of the lawn!

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