Bury Win 2017 Federation Festival for Sixth Time
If a team was short of a player – no problem – a quick free transfer from another club saved the day with only minimum confusion. The south lawns were pristine and the north lawns continue to improve – a great tribute to Don Williamson and Terry Dunbar who manage these lawns. The Southport club were not only great hosts but early risers, setting out 13 lawns each day plus all the accompanying bits and pieces like gazebos, tables, chairs, etc. As always the catering team rose to the occasion par excellence! Ivan Wheatley thanked the club for making this Festival a wonderful occasion. He also paid tribute to tournament manager James Hawkins whose efficient management ensured everyone were in their right places at the right time, (well almost everyone!). Results: Individual successes resulted in some handicap changes: Advanced Croquet event – Fylde won again for the third year in succession. When all the points were aggregated, Bury Croquet Club emerged as 2017 Festival champions for the sixth time since the event was established in 1994. Congratulations to all our worthy winners. Same time (?), same place, next year – see you there?
Betty Bates (Fylde) from 14 to 12; Mike Steer (Bowdon) from 4 to 3.5; Chris Alvey (Bury) from 18 to 16; Ivan Wheatley (Westmorland) from 7 to 6; Sue Pritchard (Westmorland) from 18 to 16.
Short Croquet event – Bowdon won for the second year running.
Handicap Croquet event – Westmorland.
Golf Croquet event – Bury.
Peruse the 2017 Festival photos below. The top is simply an automatic slideshow – let your mouse hover on image to see titles. Below the slideshow is a thumbnail gallery of all the slides – press on any thumbnail to start a manual slideshow (i.e. use navigation arrows to change slide) from that point in the gallery.
Tony Thomas says
My apologies, now corrected, Tony
Sylvia Steer says
Thanks for the splendid photos and report. I hope you may be able to correct an error in the handicap changes.
MIKE STEER went from 4 to 3.5 . Sylvia Steer went from 5 to 6 but you don’t need to include that!
Thanks for a wonderfully managed event.