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New Web Photographer Discovered?
Remember the photography competition held cat the recent Festival of Croquet? We now have a winner:
First Prize:
Liz Wilson for picture entitled Advanced Dressing –
Liz also won second prize for her study of Baffled Bury –
Congratulations to Liz who gets the prize of her choice of something nice and expensive to drink!
Well done Liz.
Ian Burridge and his son, Euan, are raising funds in aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma research by touring croquet at 21 clubs in five days – clubs selected were those who have hosted CA Selection ‘Eights’ events.
No single player has ever played at all 21 previous host venues before, but Ian & Euan intend to tick them all off within Five Days! The full list of croquet clubs being; Hunstanton, Colchester, Hurlingham, Roehampton, Surbiton, Ramsgate Compton, Southwick, Jersey, Hamptworth, Ryde, Parkstone, Budleigh, Sidmouth, Nailsea, Cheltenham, Bowdon, Heaton Park, Southport, Pendle & Craven and lastly Nottingham.
So far over £4800 has been raised.
Play at Bury (Heaton Park) 2 June:
For the record, Paul Rigge (0) played Ian (0) and Harry Anderton (10) played Euan (10), with both Bury Club members winning their games against the visitors but the real winner on the day was of course the LLR charity with the tour so far raising a sum in excess of £4800.
Play at Bowdon (1st June):
Ian Burridge (photo by Samir Patel)
Following the first day’s play of the June Advanced Weekend on Saturday (1/6/13), Nottingham members Ian Burridge and his son Euan visited Bowdon as part of their plan to play a game of Golf Croquet at 21 clubs in 5 days in aid of the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research charity. To support this worthy cause there was a fish supper at the club with profits going to the charity.
Play at Pendle:
Ian Burridge and his son Euan travelled to Earby as part of their 22 club challenge to raise money for Leukemia and Lymphoma research. They have almost reached their £5000 target and pendle & Craven were their 20th club visited in the 5 days, with one more before their home club of Nottingham.
Ian is the current Treasurer of the World croquet Federation and a member of Great Britain’s test team. He plays off scratch so had to give home player Geoff Whitaker 7 bisques. Geoff put up a good effort but Ian beat him 7 -4. Maureen Whitaker played on level terms with Euan (11) but managed to beat him 7-1. Euan had won 8 games previously which is a splendid effort for such a young player.
Southport Charity One Ball Croquet supports Prostate Cancer UK
Southport Croquet Club held a charity One Ball event on Sunday afternoon (28 April) in aid of Prostate Cancer research. Members were asked to wear blue and, in spite of driving rain stinging across the lawns, 22 stalwart members turned out to face the elements and had a surprisingly good time. There were a good many prizes for things such as fastest game, sho
t of the day and highest scoring game. Graham Goode, a visiting player from Bury was overall winner and Southport’s Peter Bundred was Runner up. But probably the greatest prize was the cup of tea that warmed chilled hands at the end. With Gift Aid the total raised was £270 for the charity.
