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2019 National Inter Club Tournaments

8 June 2019 by Chris Alvey

The Croquet Association organise a range of national competitions for clubs.  Here is the list of tournaments featuring north west clubs in 2019:

THE LONGMAN CUP 2019 (AC)
Handicap play, players must have a Handicap between 3.5 and 20.  Teams must have a gross handicap of at least 24.
Featured Bowdon, Bury, Chester, Pendle and Southport – see Longman Cup results here
9 May – Pendle lost to Tyneside 3-4
25 May – Southport lost to Bury 2-5

10 Jun – Bowdon lost to Chester 0-7
8 July – Bury lost to Tyneside 2-5
Chester to play Letchworth in Semi-final ……

THE SECRETARY’S SHIELD 2019 (AC)
Handicap play for players with a maximum handicap of 20. Normally one doubles and six single matches are played in a single day by a team of four, but variation is possible – refer to the full regulations for details.
Featured Chester – see Secretary’s Shield results here 
19 May – Chester beat Tyneside 4-3
24 Aug – Chester beat Ashby 7-0
Chester to play St Albans in Final …….

THE MARY ROSE INTER-CLUB TROPHY 2019 (AC)
Advanced play, players must have Handicaps of 0 or greater and teams must have a gross handicap of at least 4.
Featured Bowdon, Chester, and Pendle – see Mary Rose results here
02 July – Bowdon beat Pinchbeck 4-3
09 July – Chester beat Pendle 4-3
29 July – Chester lost to Nottingham 2-5
20 Aug – Bowdon beat Newport 5-1
05 Oct – Bowdon beat High Wycombe 4-3 in final

THE SHORT CROQUET INTER CLUB TROPHY 2019 (AC)
Handicap play on Short Lawn – in each team, one player with a short croquet handicap of 3+, others 5+. Maximum handicap of 10. Teams must have an aggregate short croquet handicap of at least 25.
Featured Bury, Bowdon, Chester, Penrith, Southport and Westmorland – see Short Croquet Inter Club results here
10 May – Bowdon beat Bath (w/o)
13 May – Kington Langley beat Chester (w/o)
19 May – Nottingham beat Southport (w/o)

4 Jun – Penrith beat York 8-3
6 Jun – Bowdon beat Huddersfield (w/o)

15 Jun – Bury beat Nottingham (w/o)
19 Jun – Penrith beat Westmorland 9-2
02 Aug – Bowdon beat Penrith 7-4
05 Aug – Bury beat Kington Langley 6-5

17 Sep – Bowdon beat Bury 9-2 in Final

THE INTER-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 (AC)
Advanced Level, no handicap restrictions.
Featured Bowdon – see Inter-Club results here 
11 May – Bristol beat Bowdon 6-1

THE GOLF CROQUET MURPHY SHIELD 2019 (GC)
Featured Pendle – see GC Murphy Shield results here   
25 April – Pendle beat Ripon Spa 6-1
19 May – Croquet Durham beat Pendle 5-2

THE GOLF CROQUET INTER-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 (GC)
No NWFCC clubs entered this year – see GC Inter-Club results here 





2019, Croquet Association, Federation, News

Croquet on Radio Lancashire

15 April 2019 by Chris Alvey

Liz Wilson and Paul Rigge recently starred on Radio Lancashire to talk about ………… Croquet !!!

They appeared on a Thursday evening chat show (11th April) about minority and grassroots (definitely not mainstream) sports and were interviewed by Scott Wallis over a one hour programme.

You can listen and learn by following this link (you may have to register with the BBC) – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p073jt5w

You even get to hear Santana, Stereophonics, Gabrielle and Ronan Keating – Life is rollercoaster!

Paul Rigge and Liz Wilson at Radio Lancashire Studios (photo: Scott Wallis)

2019, Federation, News

Winn and Kenworthy – Adv Millenium Winners

15 April 2019 by Chris Alvey

NW Federation Millennium Advanced AC Tournament 13/14 April 2019 at Bowdon

2019 Adv Millenium Class A Winner Andrew Winn receives the trophy from Secretary David Walters


Bowdon hosted the NWF Millennium Advanced Tournament last weekend.  Fourteen players entered the tournament representing Bowdon, Bury, Chester, Fylde, Liverpool and Pendle.

The tournament is split into two classes – A and B – depending on individual handicaps

Andrew Winn (Bowdon) won the A Class event beating Ken Cooper (Bowdon) in what turned out to be the final, whilst Paul Kenworthy (Bury) won the B Class on count back after a 3-way tie. Liz Wilson had handicap reduction from 1 to ½.

2019 Adv Millenium Class B winner Paul Kenworthy receives trophy from David Walters, Bowdon Secretary.

A Class Results
   
Lee HartleybeatMark Lloyd+8
Andrew WinnbeatJames Hawkins+13
David WaltersbeatRobert Essler+17
Lee Hartley beatDavid Walters+1
Mark LloydbeatJames Hawkins+8
Ken CooperbeatRobert Essler+22
Ken CooperbeatJames Hawkins+3
David WaltersbeatMark Lloyd+12
Andrew WinnbeatRobert Essler+23
Lee HartleybeatAndrew Winn+17
Ken CooperbeatMark Lloyd+1
Andrew Winn beatDavid Walters+2
James HawkinsbeatLee Hartley+8tpo
Robert EsslerbeatMark Lloyd+1
Ken CooperbeatLee Hartley+7
Andrew WinnbeatMark Lloyd+2
James HawkinsbeatDavid Walters+9
James HawkinsbeatRobert Essler+5
Andrew WinnbeatKen Cooper+25
    
B Class Results   
Paul KenworthybeatRoger Schofield+10
Jerry GuestbeatLiz Wilson+12
Peter WilsonbeatMartin Granger Brown+12
Paul KenworthybeatJerry Guest+8
Peter WilsonbeatRoger Schofield+10
Liz WilsonbeatMartin Granger Brown+6
Liz WilsonbeatPaul Kenworthy+5
Roger SchofieldbeatMartin Granger Brown+1
Jerry GuestbeatPeter Wilson+11
Liz WilsonbeatPeter Wilson+17
Martin Granger BrownbeatPaul Kenworthy+1
Jerry GuestbeatRoger Schofield+18
Martin Granger BrownbeatJerry Guest+11
Roger SchofieldbeatLiz Wilson+5
Paul KenworthybeatPeter Wilson+15

See more pictures on the Bowdon website – click here

2019, Bowdon, Federation, Millenniums, News

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