16/08/2020 by Mike Flannery

GC Open Championship, Southwick – 13-16 August

Three of Bowdon’s finest Golf Croquet players competed in the GC Open Championship,  from 13th to 16th August. 

John-Paul Moberley is playing off of -5 and was one of the favourites to lift the title, Will Mellor is on 1 and playing his first major championship; young Jack Good (2) is also competing. 

Matches were played in blocks of 8 on an all-play-all basis. Unfortunately, Will was been drawn in Block A, the same block as J-P; Jack played in Block D. The top 4 of each block qualified for the knockout rounds while the others contested the Plate.

After qualifying for the Championship Knockout by finishing 2nd in his group, John-Paul lost in the first round and then proceeded to win the Bowl competition; Will & Jack played well in their blocks without qualifying but Jack went on to win the Plate Knockout competition.

Granada News last night featured a report on Croquet. Filmed at Bowdon Croquet Club last week, the report highlighted the popularity of Croquet band how it satisfies the government recommendations for safe social distancing.

David Walters demonstrated some neat hoop running and even taught Reporter, Mike Hall, to run a hoop! John Dawson extolled the virtues of the sport before Liz Taylor Webb totally surprised the Reporter with …………..well, see for yourself: