Bowdon Griffins secured a great, if close, win by 4 games to 3 at Pendle, in the Croquet North West AC Handicap League on Saturday 19th July. Despite lagging behind by 1 game to 2 in the morning, a strong afternoon singles performance enabled Griffins to move to victory. The closest game was won by Mike Shelmerdine who held his nerve to beat Vincent George 23-22. Charles was well ahead in his game with Mark Kerr when Mark had to go home feeling unwell and conceded the game. This win moved Bowdon up to 4th place in the League with 2 wins from 5 matches.
The Griffins team, with their handicaps, was:
Pendle’s team was; Paul Dowdall 7, Vincent George 10, Mark Kerr 14 and Andrew Gould 16
Game results were as follows, with the Griffins’ scores first:
Dave and Ros beat Paul and Andrew 16-11
Charles beat Mark by default, and lost to Vincent 11-16
Mike beat Vincent 23-22 and lost to Mark 12-26
Dave beat Paul 26-23
Ros lost to Andrew 17-26