Category: CA Competitions

Club members Jack Good and Euan Burridge are competing this weekend in the GC First eights in the annual Ricki Savage Memorial trophy.

Jack and Euan did well in their block, both winning 5 matches and progressed to the semi finals of the trophy. Unfortunately they were drawn to play each other and Jack won by 2 – 0. The other semi final was between Tobi Savage and Stephen Mulliner. Tobi beat Stephen 3 games to 2, and went on to play Jack in the final. Jack won the first game 7 – 4 but Tobi won the next two, 7 – 3 and 7 – 5 to win the Ricki Savage Memorial Trophy. Well done Tobi and commiserations to Jack and Euan.

The tournament is taking place at Ramsgate. As well as Jack and Euan the rest of the eight were; Dom Aarvold, Ian Burridge, Albie Willett, Stephen Mulliner, Tobi Savage and Aston Wade.

You can follow match scores here

It’s that time of year again when Bowdon hosts The Northern Championships. Players will be competing for The Faulkner Cup awarded to the Championship Winner, current holder Club Member David Maugham. The runner up receives the Bowdon Cup, current holder is Kiwi Aaron Westerby. The Tollemache Plate is awarded to the winner of the players who lost their first round matches. Dave Kibble is currently holder of the Plate.

Bowdon players taking part are:

Other players include: Stephen Wright, Paul Rigge, Neil Adams, Mark Suter, Ian & Debbie Lines, Dave Kibble, Joel Taylor, James Hawkins and Ged Smolskas. We wish them all well.

1st Round	1/4 Final	Semi Final	Final
David Maugham Stephen Wright	David Maugham
Paul Rigge Neil Adams	Neil Adams	David Maugham
Mark Suter Andrew Winn	Andrew Winn	Andrew Winn
Simon Jenkins Angharrad Walters	Angharrad Walters		David Maugham
Ian Lines Mike Sandler	Ian Lines		Ian Lines
Nigel Matthews Dave Kibble	Dave Kibble	Ian Lines
Joel Taylor James Hawkins	Joel Taylor	Joel Taylor
Ged Smolskas Debbie Lines	Debbie Lines

Play starts at 9:30, the format is each match is best of three, with time limits of 4,7 & 9 hours. No fixed start time for afternoon play.

You can follow the scores on Croquet Scores by clicking here.

Bowdon reached the semi final of Croquet Englands GC Inter-Club competition. Their opponents were Phyllis Court Croquet Club, to save you looking them up they are based in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire.

The Bowdon team was Jack Good (-4), Nigel Matthews (0), Alison Maugham (0) and Angharrad Walters (-3). The Phyllis Court team was: Chris Roberts, Charlie von Schmieder, Rick Lilley and Ian Norris.

The morning games saw Bowdon go into a 2 game lead. With wins for Nigel and Alison, Jack and Angharrad drew their doubles game. The afternoon saw Bowdon win three of the matches to run out winners by 5 to 1. Jack Good came back from 6-2 down to win his last match 7-6 and Alison won all her games.

Well done – the final awaits, Roehampton being the opponents on 27th September. Further details to follow.

The individual game scores were:

Bowdon	Result	Phyllis Court	Score
Nigel	beat	Ian	7 – 3 7 – 4
Alison	beat	Rick	7 – 0 7 – 5
Angharrad Walters	beat	Charlie	7 – 4 7 – 4
Jack	beat	Chris	7 – 6 7 – 4
Angharrad & Jack	drew	Chris & Charlie	7 – 6 5 – 7
Alison	beat	Ian	7 -4 7 – 4
Nigel	lost to	Rick	5 – 7 5 – 7

A number of Bowdon members are taking part in various tournaments around the British isles this week.

David Beddy, David Maugham and Alison Maugham are over in Carrickmines, Dublin this week taking part in the All Ireland AC Championships.

You can follow their procgress on Croquet Scores by clicking here.

Meanwhile Charles Harding, Brian Medley, Nigel Matthews and Andrew Winn are traveling up to Crake Valley, in the Lake District to take part in Crakes AC Cavendish Clock on 6th and 7th August. You can follow their progress on Croquet Score by clicking here.

And last but not least Angharrad Walters is Captaining Wales in their pursuit of promotion to Tier 1 of the GC World Team Championship at Sussex County. Wales have a tough challenge on their hands as they have the likes of teams from Latvia and Norway to contend with!

Again you can follow how Angharrad and the rest of the team are doing on Croquet Scores by clicking here.

We wish all of them well. If I have missed anyone off please let me know.

Mike Flannery

England are hosting America at Budleigh Salterton on the 5th and 6th August. Club members Jack Good and Euan Burridge have been selected to play for England. With the amount of times Jack and Euan have played at Budleigh recently it’s almost a second home for them. Good luck to them both and the rest of the England team; Nick Archer, Aston Wade (Captain) and Tim Russell (Reserve).

You can read a bit more about the Test Match here. Croquet Scores website will show match score and you can find these by clicking here. Live streaming should be available here.

Bowdon have advanced to the semi final of Croquet Englands AC Inter-Club semi-final. Bowdon travel to Nottingham on Saturday 2nd August. Bowdon’s team was Angharrad Walters – Captain (-2), Jack Good (-1.5), Andrew Winn (-1), and Ken Cooper (-0.5).

The Nottingham team were: James Death, Omied Hallam, Keith Alton and Ian Vincent.

Bowdon did well in the opening games winning the doubles and one of the singles, going into lunch 2 games to 1 up. In the afternoon, Bowdon won 3 of games to Nottingham’s 1 and ran out 5 – 2 winners. Well done team. Off to the final now, to play either Surbiton or Sussex County, who have still to play their semi final.

The individual game scores were as follows:

Bowdon	Result	Nottingham	Score
Jack & Angharrad	beat	James & Omied	26 – 0
Ken	beat	Keith	26 – 10
Andrew	lost to	Ian	21 – 26
Jack	beat	James	26tpo – 14
Angharrad	beat	Omied	26 – 22
Andrew	beat	Keith	26 – 6
Ken	lost to	Ian	8 – 26

Bowdon hosted Bury in the quarter finals of this Interclub competition.

Bowdon team was Charles Harding – Captain (0.5), Brian Medley (1), Sylvia Steer (7) and Robert Essler (1). Bury’s team was Paul Kenworthy (0.5), Ken Jones (3.5), Tony Phillips (4.5) and Richard Leech (10).

The mornings games saw Bury with a narrow 2 to 1 lead. in the afternoon, the games where shared. As such Bury won by one game, 4 to Bowdons 3.

Better luck next year.

Bowdon	Result	Bury	Score
Charles & Brian	lost to	Paul & Ken	10 – 14
Robert	beat	Richard	24 – 14
Sylvia	lost to	Tony	10 – 16
Charles	beat	Paul	14 – 13
Brian	beat	Ken	26 – 4
Robert	lost to	Tony	8 – 18
Sylvia	lost to	Richard	11 – 15

The GC Home Internationals are being played this weekend at Balgreen Croquet Club in Edinburgh.

Angharrad Walters Captains Wales, Club member Euan Burridge, and former member JP Moberly, have been selected to play for England.

Good luck to them all.

UPDATE – England won the competition, winning all their games.

You can see how the matches went on Croquet Scores, by clicking here.

Members will know that a number of the club’s members play in tournaments around the country, and on many occasions do very well. Recently David Beddy and Andrew Gould have been on their travels.

Andrew played in Pendle’s Mid-Week event and won 2 cups: The David Hoyle high handicap and Fastest Game Cup with a 40 minute game! The good news for members is Andrew triggered a reduction in his handicap to 8. Well done Andrew.

David travelled further afield and visited Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club (to save you looking it up its 250 miles away in Kent!) entering their Pegasus Plate – AC Handicap Tournament. .Anyway David only went and won it! This was following his success at Nottingham GC B Class competition the week before, where he came third. Well done David.

You can read more about David’s exploits by looking at the tournament summary on Tunbridge’s website by clicking here

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