St Mary's Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2PL
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
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.
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
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 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:
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:
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.
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 9th 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:
| 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.