National GC B Series – Pendle Round – Saturday 15th May 2021

This year, the series comprises of 24 rounds across the country with only 3 awarded to clubs north of the midlands. Our round, held this weekend, was the first of those. 

Despite the forecast (wet), players gathered from Leicester, Crake, Bury, Ripon Spa, Durham as well as Pendle’s own to complete for not only our tankard, but a place in the National Final at season end.

Play was organised into a single all-play-all block, and the players ‘peddled on’ impressively with the workload – the manager kept sending them back out to contest the next round as soon as a game score had been handed in!

At the presentation, the manager thanked the field for putting on such a strong show, some playing  in their very first tournament and noted that playing standard improved during the day as did the weather. The majority of scores being a tight 7-6 or 7-5. 

National points were earned by McCann, Leach & Daines but the Tankard and top spot was taken, by a very solid NW Federation member David Cornes.

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

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.  

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!