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Neil Adams and Betty Bates Win Hunstanton Trophies

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Hunstanton AC 122nd Annual Four Day Tournament – Saturday – Tuesday, 28-31 August 2021

Janet Kendal, Chairman, Hunstanton Croquet Club presents trophies to the Winners of the 122nd Annual Four Day AC Tournament on 31/08/2021: Back row: Philip Eardley (A-Class) & Peter Thompson (B-Class). Front row: David Houston (Runner-up in the Egyptian), Neil Adams (C-Class & Egyptian); & Betty Bates (D-Class).

Philip Eardley managed this event and George Noble was the Referee of Tournament. There was a full entry of 24 players from all over the country. The players competed in two events: a Handicap Egyptian for the ‘Egyptian’ & ‘Rothwell’; and American ‘Blocks A-D’ according to handicap (Advanced, Level or Handicap). A match report will be provided on the CA website after the event.

The results of all games can be seen on croquet scores at: https://croquetscores.com/2021/ac/hunstanton-august.

Neil Adams from Westmorland won both the ‘C’ class Advanced and the Overall Handicap ‘Egyptian’ as well as gaining his Silver and Bronze awards.

Betty Bates from Fylde won the D Class event.

Lou Pell Wins Fed 2021 Millenium Hcp Golf Croquet

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Simon Robins (Crake Chair) presents Lou Pell with Millenium GC Hcp Trophy

The North West Federation Millenium Handicap Golf Tournament featured 12 players (handicaps 7 to 12) from seven different clubs – Westmorland, Chester, Fylde, Penrith, Pendle & Craven, Crake Valley & Bury

A heavy soaking of the lawns the night before meant they ran slow to start but speeded up as the sun smiled and the standard of play was high.

2 blocks of 6 meant everybody got 5 games at the end of which it was calculated who had won most games and most hoops if equal to determine semi finalists

Howard Bowron (Penrith & North Lakes), despite giving free shots galore being a 2 handicapper, still managed to get to the semis where he succumbed to Chester’s Tom Grievson 4-7. The other semi was contested between David Carpenter, of Pendle & Craven, losing out to Fylde’s Lou Pel also 4-7.

Tom and Lou then contested the final, watched by all competitors, with Lou coming out the eventual winner 7-4 !

2 trophies were awarded, one to be given back next year and another that Lou will keep for ever presented by Simon Robbins

A big thank you to Sandra Cornes who ran the tournament in a truly beautiful location.

(Some additional information provided by David Cornes)

Peg Decides Fylde Croquet Winner

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GED SMOLSKAS WINS FYLDE SHORT AC JUBILEE TROPHY 24/25 July 2021

Ged Smolskas

As with so many tournaments this year our numbers were down, we had six. On the plus side it created single banked games and a pleasantly quiet atmosphere during the games. Two time winner John Henderson beat Fylde’s Phil Snowden in round 1 with a masterclass of patience. Gediminas Smolskas narrowly beat John in a nail biting finish. Phil beat Ged in the final round. Both players are learning the game rapidly, but Phil pegged Ged out and his extra experience got him home.

Unfortunately by this point we had two withdrawals from our already small field of six. Both absentees had very good reasons. Replacements were brought in.

After the last round with a three way tie out of only four players, the tie breakers all remained equal. Five areas at different distances from the peg were chosen with 2 points for the nearest (2 yards), six points for the farthest ( 8 yards). John, Ged and Phil were asked to secretly select three areas on paper, then cards were drawn to decide the order of play. Ged scored 3 and 4 but missed from 6, but that proved to be the winning score.

The lawns played fast.

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