St Mary's Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2PL
Bowdon’s remarkable prowess at Golf Croquet is further evidenced by Margaret Moss who will be carrying Bowdon’s hopes in the All-England GC Handicap area final on Saturday 31st July at Ashby. Best of luck Margaret.
Bowdon beat Woking 4-3 on Tuesday 27th July, and now have a spot in the GC Inter Club final at Surbiton.
Match details can be found here.
Well done to the team:
Bowdon beat Chester 7-0 in the 1st round of the CA Mary Rose competition on Sunday 18th July.
The Bowdon team was:
| Brian (2) & Will (3) beat | Mark Lloyd (0.5) & Jerry Guest (2) +25 | David (3) beat Robin Tasker (3.5) +5 | Adrian (3) beat David Guyton (6) +6 |
| Will beat Jerry +5 | Brian beat Mark +5 | David C beat David G +24 | Adrian beat Robin +12 |
Bowdon beat Nottingham 5-2 in the 2nd round of the Longman Cup on Thursday 24th June.
The Bowdon team was:
In the afternoon,
Following the result, Nigel’s handicap reduces to 4.5. And Adrian’s reduces to 3
The next round is the quarter finals against Tyneside – to be played by 6th Sept
Bowdon beat Nottingham 6-1 in the CA Inter-Club GC competition on Sunday 20th June.
The Bowdon team was:
Full scores are on croquetscores link
Bowdon beat Sheffield 5-1 in the 1st round of the Inter-Club GC competition on Sunday 23rd May.
The full scores can be seen on croquet scores website
The Bowdon team was:
Bowdon beat Chester 4-3 in the 1st round of the CA Longman Cup competition on Wednesday 19th May.
The weather stayed dry with some glorious sunny spells. The rustiness of all players following the recent lockdown restrictions showed up in all games with some excellent shots followed by some atrocious ones. However home advantage eventually paid off.
Bowdon will now take on Nottingham, at home, in the 2nd round
The details are (Bowdon names first):
In the afternoon,
The Bowdon team was :
Bowdon beat Sheffield & York 6-1 in the first round of the CA Inter-Club AC competition on Sunday, 9th May.
It was be the first time the two clubs have ever met.
The Bowdon team was: Angharrad Walters, John-Paul Moberly, Brian Storey and Simon Jenkins.
Sheffield & York team was: Eugene Chang, Callum Johnson, Trevor Billard and Derek Knight.
The full scores can be seen on the attached link
As is usual each year, Bowdon is willing to pay for 2 players from the club to play in each of the All-England Area Finals:
31 July: All-England GC Handicap Area Final at Ashby CC
21-22 August: All-England AC Handicap Area Final at Bury CC
If you would like to be considered for playing in either event then please let Ken Cooper know as soon as possible.
Winners/Runners-Up of the Area Finals are entitled to play in the respective National Final:
4-5 September: All-England AC Handicap National Final at Sidmouth CC
11-12 September: All-England GC Handicap National Final at Sidmouth CC
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!