Bowdon lost, 1 -6, at Southport in the Longman Cup Semi Final on Tuesday 20th August. Our team have had a remarkable run in this national knock-out competition. They began with a win away at Ashby, followed by another long journey to win at Nottingham. The quarter final match against Wrest Park was their only home match, which they won. Yet another away match, this time the semi-final at Southport, ended their run of victories. Southport were always going to be very tough opponents. In their previous 3 rounds Southport had only conceded a total of 4 games. We are very proud of this team, who have shown what it is to compete in handicap play.
The Bowdon team was, with their handicaps, once again:
The Southport team, with their handicaps, was; David Venables 11, Peter Williams 11, Eddie Green 11 and Eileen Rossiter 18.
The game results were as follows, with Bowdon’s scores first:
Andrew and Cas lost to Peter and Eileen 12-18
Liz beat Eddie 18-11, and lost to Peter 6-19
Ed lost to David 3-26, and Eddie 5-21
Andrew lost to David 12-19
Cas lost to Eileen 12-16