There are just a few places left in the midweek Short Croquet tournament – Wed/Thurs 23-24 July.
Play on one day only is possible.
Email me if interested at deadlybmedley@gmail.com
CqE AC Open Championships – 5th – 13th July
Bowdon members, Alison Maugham, Euan Burridge and Jack Good are trying their hands at the Open AC championships, for both Doubles and Singles. Alison is taking part in both the doubles and Singles and its Singles too for Euan and Jack. We wish them well.
Alison was unfortunately knocked out in the first round of the doubles with her partner Nigel Polhill. However they subsequently found their form and won the Doubles Plate beating Mike town and David Warhurst 23 – 19 & 26 – 3. Well done Alison and Nigel.
You can follow the matches on Croquet Scores by clicking here.
Bowdon beat Hurlingham GC Interclub – 4th July
Bowdon travelled to Edgbaston to play Hurlingham in the quarter final of the GC Interclub competition. The team under Nigel Matthews Captaincy was Angharrad Walters, Jack Good and Tom Grievson.
The Hurlingham team was Aston Wade, Mark Ormerod, Tom Coles and Roderick Sheen.
Bowdon were just a bit too strong for Hurlingham beating them by 4 to 2 with one match drawn. Well done Bowdon, who progress to the semi final. Details of which will follow.
Team Photo:
Match scores
| Bowdon | Result | Hurlingham | Score |
| Angharrad & Jack | Beat | Aston & Tom | 7 – 3 3 – 7 7 – 3 |
| Jack | Beat | Aston | 7 – 2 7 – 6 |
| Tom | Beat | Mark | 3 – 7 7 – 4 7 – 6 |
| Angharrad* | Drew | Tom | 7 – 5 6 – 7 |
| Nigel | Beat | Roderick | 7 – 4 7 – 4 |
| Nigel | Lost to | Mark | 4 – 7 4 – 7 |
| Tom Greivson | Lost to | Roderick | 7 – 3 5 – 7 2 – 7 |
* As Bowdon had already won the tie, it was decided not to play the deciding game between Angharrad and Tom, allowing both teams to battle the traffic home.
You can find more details on the Croquet Scores website by clicking here
GC Open Championships – 24th-29th June
Club members Euan Burridge and Jack Good are containing their summer of entering competitions across the country, but mainly it seems in Budleigh Salterton! This week they back in Budleigh, for the British GC Open Championships. Jack and Euan are both in the singles competition and are also trying their hand at Doubles too. Euan is partnering with Callum Johnson and Jack with Richard Bilton.
The Doubles comp takes place on 24th and 25th June and the Singles follows between 26th and 29th June.
You can follow their progress on Croquet Scores website by clicking here for the Doubles comp and here for the Singles comp.
We wish them well in both competitions.
European GC Club League – 28th & 29th June
Here’s a first, Bowdon haven’t entered the European GC league before but are going to give it a try next weekend, in Carrickmines, nr Dublin. The Bowdon team,ably led by David Beddy, includes Carol Steinberg, Ros Pimlott, John Bagnall and Mike Flannery.
So what is the European League? Over the 28th and 29th of June, Carrickmines are hosting one of the weekend heats of the European Golf Croquet Club League Championship. There are 44 clubs from all over Europe participating in this competition across eleven weekend heats between April and July. In June, Bowdon will play against club teams from the Czech Republic, Spain and the hosts; Carrickmines.
The teams playing at Carrickmines this weekend are:
Carrickmines (IRE)
Newcastle (IRE)
Metis (CZE)
Real Club Pineda de Sevilla (SPA)
Real Aeroclub de Vigo (SPA)
Real Club de Golf Vista Hermosa (SPA)
Leighton Linslade (ENG)
Bowdon (ENG)
All of the teams will be hoping to progress through to the finals weekend at Sussex County Croquet Club in Southwick, England in October. We wish our Bowdon croquet players the best of luck in this competition.
Midweek B-Level Tournament
The Midweek B-Level AC Tournament was held on 17th & 18th June at Bowdon. The competition is for CqE members with handicaps between 8 and 0 with the winner holding the Sheila Back Trophy for the year. Six Bowdon members took part: Charles Harding, Brian Medley, Alan Dix, Robert Essler, Adrian Apps with Nigel Matthews standing in to make up even numbers.
The lawns were in excellent condition, thanks to the ground staff, and the tournament expertly managed by Lorna Frost.
The finalists were Paul Harbord (0) and Adrian Apps (3). On a lovely sunny day Paul needed only 2 games to win the best of 3 games and the Sheila Black Salver.
Peter Rothwell won the Egyptian competition. The full results can be seen here
Men’s, Women’s & Mixed Doubles Championship – 11th & 15th June
The Croquet England AC Mens, Women’s & Mixed Doubles Championships are taking place at Nottingham, this week. Bowdon members Jack Good and Euan Burridge are taking part.
Jack Good & Euan Burridge play in the Men’s. Jack faces old Bowdon member Ian Lines in the first round, whilst Euan has a bye. Jack is partnering Gabrielle Higgins in the Mixed Doubles and they face Annabel McDiarmid and Rick Harding in the fist round.
We wish them well
You can keep up with their progress on croquet Scores by clicking here.
Home Internationals – 7th & 8th June
This weekend saw the Home Internationals taking place at Budleigh Salterton. Players from around the Isles representing England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Three Bowdon members have been selected to play and represent their counties.
David Maugham and Jack Good are in the England team, David is England Captain. Angharrad Walters is playing for Wales.
Following a weekend of play, England came first , narrowly beating Ireland in second place, Scotland came third, with Wales coming last. You can read an overview of the weekend by visiting the Croquet England website by clicking here.
You can view all the scores here.
June Advanced Tournament Results – 31st May – 1st June
Bowdon held its annual June Advanced Association Croquet tournament from 31st May – 1st June. The recent rain meant that refreshed green lawns greeted the 16 competitors, the weather varying dramatically from hot sun to heavy downpours and cold winds.
Most games in the main knockout event went according to seed, the first big surprise being Neil Adams (Crake Valley, -1.5) beating world number 39 Debbie Lines (Peterborough, -2.5) in a lengthy best-of-three semi-final, which wasn’t resolved until 2pm on the second day.
The other semi-final saw Ian Lines (Peterborough, ex Bowdon, -1.5) beating Angharrad Walters (Bowdon, -2) in swifter fashion, leaving Ian with enough spare time to play a couple of filler “consolation” games – losing one of them to an on-form Brian Medley (Bowdon, 0.5). Angharrad went on to win the consolation Egyptian competition.
The late start to the final meant that the format reverted to it being a single game rather than the traditional best of three or five. After solid break play and clinical shooting by both players it looked like Ian was going to lift the trophy as he has done so many times over the years. An uncharacteristic miss from Ian, however, with only 2 hoops left to run, gave Neil the chance he needed to secure a well earned victory.
The trophies and prizes for both this event and the North West Federation Millennium Advanced Croquet event were presented by Club President Lorna Frost.
The competitors appreciated the fine catering provided by Lorna, assisted by Cas, and spectators also enjoyed a plant sale and some excellent cakes.
The names of competitors and results of all the games can be found here: https://croquetscores.com/2025/ac/bowdon-advanced-weekend
Longman Cup – Bowdon Lose to Pendle – 29th May
Bowdon were drawn to play Pendle in the first round of the Longman Cup. The match was played at Bowdon on good lawns in mostly fine weather. Mike Flannery, the team Captain, was unable to play, so Lorna Frost kindly agreed to act as Captain for the day. The rest of the team were Andrew Thomson, John Bagnall and Mike Blackburn.
While the captain was away sipping champagne in France leaving the rest of us having to do battle against a strong Pendle team and at times very strong winds. We did our best with a couple of close games, but it just wasn’t good enough on the day.
Their team was
Paul Dowdall 7
Catherine Parnell 8
Andrew Gould 10
Mark Kerr 12
Andrew and Lorna lost to Paul and Mark -1T
John lost to Catherine -5T
Mike lost to Andrew -9
Andrew lost to Paul -12
Lorna lost to Catherine -12T
John lost to Andrew-3T
Mike lost to Mark -1T.