Captain Margaret Moss and her team of Mike Dale, Philip Thompson and Alison Acton took on Pendle in the NWF GC Handicap League. The Bounders were unbeaten so far this season, Pendle are in second place but have lost 2 games. So all to play for.
The Pendle team was: Mike Bradbury (5), Ian Longstaff (8), Sharon de Maine (8) and David Carpenter (9).
Margaret commented that Bowdon hosted a friendly but very competent team from Pendle on Monday 18th. It was a cloudy day, with no problem of avoiding sunburn. Pendle won both the doubles games and did better in the morning singles. Bowdon revived after lunch, but too late to avoid the first loss this season. Losing by 12 to 6. Alison did well, as she has throughout the season. At present, Pendle and Bowdon are at the top of the handicap GC North table, with 8 points each.
Match scores as follows:
Doubles:
| Bowdon | Result | Pendle | Score |
| Mike & Phil | lost to | Mike & Ian | 6 – 7 |
| Margaret & Alison | lost to | Sharon & David | 3 – 7 |
Singles:
| Sharon | David | Mike | Ian | |
| Mike | 4 – 7 | 7 – 5 | 7 – 6 | 7 – 6 |
| Philip | 7 – 1 | 6 – 7 | 3 – 7 | 7 – 2 |
| Margaret | 6 – 7 | 6 – 7 | 7 – 4 | 2 – 7 |
| Alison | 7 – 3 | 5 – 7 | 7 – 3 | 3 – 7 |