John-Paul Moberley won the GC First Eight Championship held at Sussex County Croquet Club over the bank holiday weekend.
The full report can be seen by clicking here.
Congratulations J-P!
J-P Moberley Wins GC First Eight Championship
GC Open Championship, Southwick – 13-16 August
Three of Bowdon’s finest Golf Croquet players competed in the GC Open Championship, 13th-16th August.
John-Paul Moberley is playing off of -5 and was one of the favourites to lift the title, Will Mellor is on 1 and playing his first major championship; young Jack Good (2) is also competing.
Matches were played in blocks of 8 on an all-play-all basis. Unfortunately, Will was been drawn in Block A, the same block as J-P; Jack played in Block D. The top 4 of each block qualified for the knockout rounds while the others contested the Plate.
After qualifying for the Championship Knockout by finishing 2nd in his group, John-Paul lost in the first round and then proceeded to win the Bowl competition; Will & Jack played well in their blocks without qualifying but Jack went on to win the Plate Knockout competition.
All the scores can be found here: GC Open Championships
GC All-England Handicap Final
The GC All-England Handicap Final will be held at Hamptworth, 12/13 September
Owing to lack of numbers, there will be no Area Finals in this year’s event; it will just consist of a final. If anyone would like to play, entry paid for by the club, then please contact Ken Cooper by Saturday, 27th June.
Update from CA & NWF re Coronavirus
The CA & NWF have postponed or cancelled a number of the tournaments and competitions.
In particular the May Handicap tournament which was due to be played at Bowdon has been cancelled.
The latest notices can be found by following the following links:
For CA notice click here.
For NWF notice click here
CA Tournaments and Coaching – 2020
Meet new friends, see new places, learn new skills. Why not try something different with some friends from our club? The CA tournament and coaching programme is full of opportunities and the link below shows those that are near to our club in 2020. Unfortunately it looks like the events listed are all tournaments and there are no coaching sessions planned locally yet. For advice or more information, including how to enter, speak to our tournament secretary or one of our club coaches or have a look on the Croquet Association website using the link at the bottom of this poster.
Please click on this link to see a schedule of tournaments in the North.
WCF GC World Teams Championship
Club Member, John-Paul Moberly, captained the England team at the WCF GC World Teams Championship, held in Nelson, New Zealand, between 6th – 12th 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 2nd 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 3rd/4th place play-off. They won this match which meant a 3rd place finish overall.
Daily results will be found by clicking here
GC Elite Squad Practice – 23/24 November
The England GC team are holding a warm-up weekend at Bowdon at the end of this month (23/24th Nov). It will be over two days when the England team will play the Elite Squad. There will be singles and doubles.
3 full lawns will be in use by the squad over the weekend.
The games will start at 9.30am each day
Teams:
England – J-P Moberly, Stephen Mulliner, Tobi Savage, Richard Bilton
Elite Squad – Ian Burridge, William Gee, Rachel Gee, James Death
It will not only be a chance for members/spectators to see some of the country’s best GC players in action, but also the England team. It doesn’t seem like there is much top level GC around this neck of the woods so it’s a great opportunity for people to come and spectate – the more spectators the merrier!
Bowdon vs High Wycombe – CA Mary Rose Final at Surbiton (5 October)
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.
Confirmation of the team and results:
Will Mellor (3.5)(Captain) 
Alan Mayne (0) 
Martin Granger Brown (2) 
Charles Harding (3)
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
GC Home Internationals (21-22 September)
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 win the Short Croquet Inter-Club Competition Final, 15th September in York
Bowdon won the Short Croquet Inter-Club Competition Final on 15th September in York beating Bury 9-2.
The Bowdon team was:
Cas Sinclair (Capt) (6) 
Louise Cheyne (4) 
Sue Cooper (8) 
Nigel Matthews (10)
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.