Category: CA Competitions

Club Member, John-Paul Moberly, captained the England team at the WCF GC World Teams Championship, held in Nelson, New Zealand, between 6^th – 12^th January. Also in the England team are Richard Bilton, Tobi Savage & Stephen Mulliner. England played in Block B, along with New Zealand (the 2016 defending champions), Australia & Ireland. Block A had Egypt, the 2012 winners, USA, South Africa & Sweden. The teams played each other team in their block in one-day Test Matches. The top two in each block progressed to the semi-finals, finals and third/fourth place play-off. The bottom two in each block played a Plate event, in which the main objective is to avoid being eighth and, hence, relegated to Tier 2 for the next Championship in 2024

The England team finished 2^nd place in Group B, thus qualifying for the semi-finals. There, they lost to the winners of Group A, Egypt, so played USA, the other losing semi-finalists in the 3^rd/4th place play-off. They won this match which meant a 3^rd place finish overall.

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Bowdon beat High Wycombe (4-3) in the final of the CA Mary Rose Competition at Surbiton on Saturday 5th October.

Many congratulations to Bowdon.

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Confirmation of the team and results:

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The High Wycombe team was:
Stephen Wright (0), Mike Porter (0), Keith Pound (2) and Richard Peperell (4)

Alan and Martin lost to	Stephen and Mike -20
Will beat Keith +4	Charles beat Richard +7
Alan lost to Stephen -17	Martin lost to Mike -23 TP
Charles beat Keith +23	Will beat Richard +25

The results of the earlier rounds of this knockout competition can be seen here

Bowdon member J-P Moberley captained the England GC team to a successful 3-0 win in the GC Home Internationals played at Balgreen CC in Edinburgh over the weekend 21st – 22nd September.

John-Paul won all his matches in convincing wins over Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Well done J-P!
Full details can be found on Croquet Scores Website

Bowdon won the Short Croquet Inter-Club Competition Final on 15th September in York beating Bury 9-2.
The Bowdon team was:

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The Bury team was: Richard Leach (6), Vi Richards (7), Harry Anderton (7), David Leach (10).

Louise & Cas beat	Richard & David 14-7
Sue – beat Vi 14-5 – beat Harry 14-5 – lost to Richard 4-14	Nigel – beat Harry 14-6 – beat David 14-10 – beat Vi 14-6
Cas – beat Vi 14-8 – beat Harry 10-8	Louise – lost to Richard 10-14 – beat David 14-8

Congratulations to all the team and in particular to Nigel who was playing in his first match for Bowdon and won all his games.

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Two Bowdon players, Jack Good and Margaret Moss, competed in the All England Golf Croquet Handicap National Final at the peaceful Camerton and Peasedown Croquet Club in Somerset. The club is on the edge of Peasedown, formerly a coal mining village, but now a commuter village for Bath and Bristol. Jack and Margaret were the only players from the North and Midlands Final to participate. It was  a friendly weekend, in lovely weather. The handicaps ranged from -4 to +12.  Out of the 13 players who completed the tournament, Jack came third, with 8 wins and Margaret came 9^th with 4 wins and a draw. The winner was Dominic Averold of Bristol. Jack was the only player to beat him. Margaret lost to Dominic at the golden hoop.

David Maugham is playing in The President’s Cup, the top event of Eights Week, at Sidmouth on 5th-9th September. He is the only Bowdon member to play in any of the 5 Eights Week events.

Bowdon beat Nottingham 4.5 – 2.5 in the semi-final of the Mary Rose Inter-club Trophy on Monday 2 September. The Bowdon team was:

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Alan (0) & Martin (2) beat	Dave Gunn (0.5) & Martin Beacon (2)
Will (4) beat David Brydon (2) +5 – beat Michael Finnegan (2.5) +18	Adrian (4) lost to Michael Finnegan (2.5) -6 – beat David Brydon (2) +7
Alan lost to Dave Gunn -12	Martin and Martin Beacon agreed a draw

Will’s two wins reduces his handicap to 3.5

High Wycombe play Woking in the other semi-final, with the final being played at Surbiton on 5 October.

Steve Reynolds and John Lucas were joined by Jack Good at this event, which gave Bowdon a chance of winning something. The weather proved to be challenging with very heavy showers on both days. On Saturday, lunch was taken early while the lawns dried out after becoming unplayable due to the soaking. There were 8 competitors initially but 2 had to withdraw from playing on the Sunday, which required the manager, David Barret to juggle the pairings creatively. Eventually Steve won 1 out of 5, John won 2 out of 4 and Jack won a very impressive 5 out of 5. Accordingly Jack can go through to the national finals. Steve has prepared himself well for Wild Wednesday by moving his handicap from 11 to 12, and Jack should be proud to have had his handicap reduced from 24 to 14.

Above, Jean Hargreaves on left and David Barret on the right who managed the weekend. The players, on Sunday, from left are, Steve Reynolds (Bowdon, 11 raised to 12), Richard Leach (Bury, 24 reduced to 16), Jack Good (Bowdon and Bury, 24 reduced to 14), John Dawson (Chester 2.5), John Lucas (Bowdon, 2.5) and Geoff Sonley (Penrith, 14). All a bit damp but cheerful after a nice tea.

Steve Reynolds and John Lucas will represent Bowdon at the All England Area Final at Bury, over the weekend of 31 August – 1 September.

We wish them the best of luck.

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