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One Ball Croquet Raises £630 for Bowel Cancer UK

7 April 2015 by Chris Alvey

Bowdon and Southport Raise £630 in a few hours

Bowdon players at their 2015 Charity One Ball Event
Bowdon players at their 2015 Charity One Ball Event

Two north west clubs took part in the national CA One Ball Charity Challenge this year.  The designated charity for 2015 was Bowel Cancer UK, since their house colour is purple, competitors were asked to wear something purple.  Entrants usually donate £5 and with other initiatives such as a raffle, a substantial sum of money can be raised in a few hours of enjoyable croquet.

Bowdon and Southport held events on Easter Monday and coincidentally both attracted 34 players and raised similar sums of money (£250 and £254).  Consequently, each club is entitled to send five players to the national finals in Surbiton.

At Bowdon, Graham Good won their charity one-ball event by winning all his four games 14-7, 14-11, 14-7 and 14-5. Second placed was John Haworth.  John and Graham were the only two players to win all their matches.

Derek Lunt receiving the Southport One Ball Charity Trophy from organiser Tony Thomas
Derek Lunt receiving the Southport One Ball Charity Trophy from organiser Tony Thomas

Over at Southport, the far end of the lawns kept disappearing intermittently as a sea mist rolled in from the Irish Sea.  Nevertheless, we believe all players returned to the clubhouse with their sanity intact for a presentation to Ken Allen for the fastest game; Chris Sweeney for ‘Hoop of the Day’; Don Williamson for ‘Shot of the Day’ and the overall winner, Derek Lunt, for most games won.

A total sum of £504 was raised between the two clubs.  With Gift Aid, this raises the donation to Bowel Cancer UK to £630, a wonderful achievement, well done to both clubs.

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