Bowdon were narrowly beaten 3-4 in the semi-finals of the CA Longman Cup by Letchworth who went on to win the final 4-3 against Hurlingham at Surbiton. But won the 3rd place trophy on Sunday.
On Saturday Bowdon went 3-1 up against Letchworth before the other 3 games had to be paused because of the heavy rain in the afternoon flooded the lawns. On Sunday the weather was much drier and we were able to resume the games albeit on fairly sodden lawns. Unfortunately after closely fought games, Letchworth won the remaining games.
In the play-off for 3rd/4th place Bowdon managed to go 4-2 up against Harwell/Eynsham with the final game going to Golden Hoop – eventually won by Harwell/Eynsham.
The team was.
Adrian Apps (3.5) 
Nigel Matthews (3.5) 
Mike Flannery (11) 
Barry McKenzie (9)
3rd place winning team with Trophy
Tankard Presentation 
Longman Cup Trophies
The semi-final scores against Letchworth are:
| Adrian (3.5) & Mike (11) beat | David Matthews (3.5) & Colin Davies (7) +13 |
| Nigel (3.5) beat John Noble (4.5) +24 | Barry (9) beat David Clancy (14) +7 |
| Adrian lost to John -2 | Nigel lost to David M -21 |
| Barry lost to Colin -2 | Mike lost to David C -12 |
In the play-off for 3rd/4th against Harwell/Eynsham
| Adrian & Mike beat Hugh Manson (6) | & Nick Goodwin (14) +5 |
| Nigel lost to Noel Harris (8) -1 | Barry beat David Spicer (4.5) +6 |
| Adrian beat David +3 | Nigel lost to Hugh -25 |
| Barry lost to Noel -1 | Mike beat Nick +22 |