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Barry Keen Wins Bowdon Handicap Weekend (Bowdon website 09/05/12)
21 players, ranging in handicap -1.5 to 20, competed in the Bowdon Handicap weekend (5-7 May). The event was managed by Lorna Frost and included 16 players from Bowdon. Barry Keen was the overall winner and gained a handicap reduction from 10 to 9. Runner up was Ros Pimlott and the Egyptian Winner was Janet Davies from Chester. Andrew Kenyon obtained a CA bronze award and a handicap reduction from 22 to 20.
THE ASSOCIATION CROQUET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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| David Maugham | Ian Lines | Keith Aiton |
80 of the world’s top croquet players are now taking part in the world championships in Adelaide, Australia.
There are 8 blocks of 10 with the top 4 from each block going through to the knock-out phases.
Bowdon is represented by the 3 members shown above.
Block results:
-28th Apr: David Maugham won all three matches whilst Ian Lines and Keith Aiton each won one out of three
-29th Apr: David Maugham 3/3 (so far 6/6), Ian Lines 3/3 (4/6), Keith Aiton 2/3 (3/6)
-30th Apr: David Maugham 3/3 (so far 9/9), Ian Lines 1/3 (5/9), Keith Aiton 2/3 (5/9)
-1st May: Ian Lines beat Greg Bryant in a play-off game
Knock-out phase:
-2nd May: David Maugham lost to Alan Walsh, Ian Lines lost to ex-Bowdon club member Jenny Clarke (nee Williams)
Plate competition, Block 2:
-2nd May: Keith Aiton won 4/4 matches
Plate Quarter-final:
-4th May: Keith Aiton beat Alan Honey
Plate Semi-final:
-5th May: Keith Aiton lost to Mark Avery
Knock-out Final:
-6th May: Reg Bamford (South Africa) was crowned the World Champion when he beat Robert Fletcher (Australia) 3-2
The final wasn’t short of interactivity – Hopgood TPO’ed Nick in the first and reduced the game to two balls, before a late fightback. The two following games were much more democratic (i.e. scrappy) than the hoop scores might indicate. Meanwhile, Bury’s Matt Holmes beat Alain Giraud to win the final of the condolence event.
First Round: James Hopgood bt Ray Lowe +19tp; Matt Holmes bt Derek Knight +17; Alain Giraud bt Alan Pidcock +19; Peter McDermott bt Lee Hartley +21; Jerry Guest bt Rachel Rowe +17; Dennis Graham bt Arthur Rowe +9; Dave Nick bt Carol Lewis +2.
Quarter-finals: James Hopgood bt Matt Holmes +6; Alain Giraud bt James Hawkins +17tp; Jerry Guest bt Peter McDermott +26; Dave Nick bt Dennis Graham +20;
Semi-finals: James Hopgood bt Alain Giraud +17tp -9 +24; Dave Nick bt Jerry Guest +14 +6
Final: Dave Nick bt James Hopgood +4otp -20tp +26
Reprinted from Southport Visiter (19/04/12):
