Category: CA Competitions

Bowdon travel to Chester to play in the next round of the Longman Cup.

The provisional team is

Scores will be added later.

Bowdon host Southport in the quarter final of the GC Inter-Club Championships.

Bowdon team is:

The scores will be added later.

The GC British Open Championships took place last weekend at Southwick.

In the singles, club member J-P Moberly was beaten in the semi finals (2-1) by Robert Fulford, who went on to win the final by beating Reg Bamford 2 to 1.

In the doubles J-P Moberly was playing with Tobi Savage but they were beaten 2-1 by Aston Wade & Richard Bilton. The Championship was won by Euan Burridge & Callum Johnson beating Aston and Richard 2-1 in the final.

J-P Moberly Captained the England team in the GC Test Match against Spain held last weekend.

England put up a brave fight but were defeated 14-12 after 3 days of play. All the scores can be found here.

WEEKEND UPDATE:

Alain Giraud and Simon Jenkins were competing in the Men’s Championship. James Death won the Championship beating Mark Suter win the final. You can see all the scores here.

Whilst neither of them won, Alain did win one of the consolation events, the ‘Du Pre Singles’ at the Men’s Championship beating Phil Eardley in the final. You can see the scores here.

Alain partnered Annabel McDiarmid in the Mixed Doubles Championship, but they were knocked out in the first round. Ian Burridge & Rachel Gee were the eventual winners, the scores can be found here.

Better luck next time!

England were the overall winners (loud cheers from England supporters) of the tournament at Carrickmines Croquet Club, in Dublin. Wales were ranked fourth in this event (boos from Welsh supporters), but defied the predictions by finishing a creditable second (loud, and tuneful, cheers from Welsh supporters)!

England, with Bowdon’s David Maugham as Captain, beat Ireland 4 – 0 and Scotland 3 – 1.

Wales, with Bowdon’s Angharrad in the team, beat Ireland 3 – 1 but lost to Scotland 2 – 3.

Now the result for which you are waiting. England and Wales drew 2 – 2. So England win overall with 9 wins and 3 losses, whilst Wales had 7 wins and 6 losses.

Angharrad won all 3 of her matches, and David Maugham won 2 and lost 1 of his matches. Well done both of you.

The All-England Area finals are to be held at Ashby (GC) on 30 July and Bury (AC) 20-21 August. Bowdon players can join these finals free of charge.

If you are interested in playing then contact Ken Cooper as soon as possible.

David Maugham is Captain of the England team and Angharrad Walters is playing for Wales, at this AC Level Advanced International Tournament. England are the top ranking team for this event, whilst Wales rank fourth, behind Ireland (second) and Scotland (third) . The event is hosted by the Carrickmines Croquet Club, Dublin.

We wish David and Angharrad the best of luck, irrespective of which team we may want to win the tournament.

Pendle have a tournament with Class events on 7th and 8th June, and a Handicap event on 9th and 10th June. If you are interested to play on either 2, or all 4, days please contact – Liz Wilson via croquet croquet@nottingham-lists.org.uk

York Croquet club have a Heart of Yorkshire Handicap Weekend, 11-12 June 2022. The weekend is aimed particularly at players with handicaps from 8 to 18. Please contact John Harris, Tel 01904 620211 Mobile: 07980 799019, jharrisnet@gmail.com

Last weekend Graham and Jack went to the Cheltenham GC Championship Series qualifier.

Taking a break from his GCSE’s, Jack entered the Cheltenham Ascot – his first croquet since the Inter-Club Final in September. Cheltenham had 18 withdrawals, so Graham was persuaded to play.

Jack won all his block games and in the round of 16 was ‘drawn’ against Graham who had won 3 of his 6 block games! Jack won 7-5, 7-5. On Sunday Jack won his quarter-final against Lionel Tibble 7-4, 7-3 and his semi-final against Nick Saxton 7-5, 7-3.

In the final Jack played James Death on his ‘home’ club lawns, Jack lost 7-1 in the first game, but found more control in an improved second game which James came through to win 7-5 and take the title. As the losing finalist Jack automatically qualifies for the end of season Ascot Final, again at Cheltenham!

Well done Jack and Graham.

The full scores can be found here