Category: NWF Competitions

The Angels hosted Chester in this NWF Advance B league match. Captain Charles Harding is off on his jollies, so Adrian Apps stepped in as acting Captain. The team is Brian Medley (1), Adrian Apps (4) and Mike Flannery (11).

The Chester team was Mark Lloyd (.5), David Cornes (4) and David Boyd (4).

The team worked out that they had already won the league which probably explained the 5 – 0 defeat by Chester. Not a great day for the Angels!

Match details as follows:

Bowdon	Result	Chester	Score
Brian & Mike	Lost to	David B & David C	21 – 26
Adrian	Lost to	Mark	15 – 17T
Brian	Lost to	Mark	16 – 25
Adrian	Lost to	David B	16 – 24
Mike	Lost to	David C	7 – 26

The Level Play GC team travelled up to Crake Valley for the last fixture of the season.

With the League title already secured the aim was to remain unbeaten. The team was stand-in Captain David Cornes (0), Sandra Cornes (3) and a first outing of the season for John Bagnall (6). Crakes team was Paul Galley (2), John Bowes (6) and Graham Jowett (6).

Special mention to John who won 3 out of his 6 games and Sandra for her consistent play. Bowdon ran out narrow winners 10 games to 8.

Match scores as follows:

	Paul	John	Graham	Bowdon Wins
David	3 – 7 4 – 7	6 – 7 7 – 1	7 – 3 7 – 1	3
Sandra	6 – 7 7 – 6	7 – 3 7 – 5	7 – 3 5 – 7	4
John	3 – 7 6 – 7	7 – 3 5 – 7	7 – 5 7 – 3	3
Crake Wins	5	2	1	8/10

Charles Harding and his team welcomed Bury to Bowdon to play in the NWL Advanced B league. Charles’s (1.5) team were Brian Medley (1) and Mike Flannery (11). This was Mike’s first Advance experience!!. Bury’s team were Paul Kenworthy (1), Chris Alvey (6) and Richard Leach (8)

The morning started well for the Angels winning both matches; the double and singles. After Lunch, Charles and Mike won their games to take the tie 4 games to 1.

Bowdon	Result	Bury	Score
Charles & Mike	Beat	Paul & Richard	23 – 16
Brian	Beat	Chris	26 – 16
Brian	Lost to	Paul	14 – 24
Charles	Beat	Chris	26 – 11
Mike	Beat	Richard	26-20

It seems that in recent weeks Bowdon and Bury have played each other numerous times, this time its the turn of the Griffins vs the Caesars in the NWF 26pt League.

The Griffins team was Mike Flannery (11), Robert Cuts-Watson, (10), Ros Pimlott (14) and Philip Thompson (22). The Caesars were: Tony Phillips (3.5), Chris Alvey (6), Anne Alvey (8) and Duncan Mechin (18).

The lawns were quite heavy and as such the Griffins struggles early on to get the ball to go where they wanted, might be the lawns but might be lack of skill, certainly that was the case for Captain Flannery, who lost both his games. The Doubles team of Robert and Phil did better winning their match against Tony and Duncan. Ros ended the day with a win for Griffins against Anne.

In the end Bury were winners by 5 games to 2.

Bury	Result	Bowdon	Score
Tony & Duncan	lost to	Robert & Philip	20 – 21
Anne	beat	Mike	26 – 9
Chris	beat	Ros	26 – 10
Tony	beat	Robert	26 – 13
Chris	beat	Mike	26 – 14
Anne	lost to	Ros	12 – 19 (T)
Duncan	beat	Philip	26 – 12

The GC handicap team welcomed our neighbours, Bury North, to Bowdon on Wednesday 2^nd September, in the NWF Handicap GC League. Our team was: Margaret Moss – Captain (12), Philip Thompson (9), Brian Jolly (9) and Carol Steinberg (10). Bury North’s team was Bernard Lord (4), Duncan Meachin (5), David Parrott (8) and Dawn Meachin (10).

The handicap team expected to be wet and bedraggled in their last match of the season. In the event, it just drizzled, and the team enjoyed the challenge of playing against a tough but friendly opposition. Bury North won by 14 – 5. The day was concluded with some choral singing from the combined teams.

Match details:

Bowdon	Result	Bury	Score
Brian & Carol	Beat	Bernard & Dawn	7 – 5
Margaret & Philip	Lost to	Duncan and David	3 – 7

	David	Dawn	Bernard	Duncan
Philip	7 – 4	3 – 7	7 – 2	6 – 7
Brian	6 – 7	5 – 7	7 – 3	5 – 7
Carol	4 – 7	5 – 7	5 – 7	5 – 7
Margaret	4 – 7	5 – 7	4 – 7	5 – 7

Bowdon play yet another match against Bury, this time it’s Burys Sovereigns team that are coming down to Bowdon to play in the NWF Level Play GC League.

The Bowdon team is Nigel Matthews (-1), David Cornes (0) and Sandra Cornes (3). Bury Sovereigns team was: Bernard Lord (4), David Barrett (5) and David Parrot (8).

Bowdon were on fine form and were 9 – 0 up at lunch time, Bowdon’s performance slipped a bit in the afternoon, only managing to win 7 of the afternoons 9 games! Nevertheless they ended up winning by 16 games to Sovereigns 2.

A brilliant performance and such an assured victory also meant that the team have an unassailable lead in the League, so are this year’s Champions of the North West Federation Level Play Golf Croquet League – well done team! Pats on backs all round.

Match details:

	Bernard	David B	David P	Bowdon Wins
Nigel	7 – 4 7 – 5	7 – 3 7 – 2	7 – 2 7 – 5	6
David	7 – 3 7 – 6	7 – 5 5 – 7	7 – 3 7 – 6	5
Sandra	7 – 3 4 – 7	7 – 5 7 – 3	7 – 7 7 – 3	5
Bury Wins	1	1	0	2/16

The Earls travelled to play Bury in the NWF 14pt League. Captain Charles Fraser’s team was: Charles Fraser (7.5), Ros Pimlott (7.5), Andrew Jenkins (8.5) and Phil Thompson (12). Bury’s team was Tony Phillips (2), Roger Schofield (4), Richard Leach (4.5) and Margaret Eccles (5.5)

Captain Fraser sends the following match report:

“Facing a strong, low-handicap Bury 14-point team, rain, and very slow, heavy lawns, the Bowdon team had a poor start to the match on Wednesday 26 August. On the wet lawns, almost every shot seemed to stop well short of the target. 

Bury took an early lead and held onto it till lunchtime, winning all the morning’s  matches. As the lawns dried out, the Bowdon team played better, running more hoops, but the strong Bury team held onto their advantage, winning very convincingly, nine games to one.

Particular mentions go to Ros Pimlott  who secured the single Bowdon victory of the day, to Andrew Jenkins who only lost his morning match by a single point, and to Philip Thompson who put in a fine show, and only just lost the final match of the day on Golden Hoop. 

Also on the positive side, the  forecast  thunder and lightning failed to materialise, much to everyone’s relief.

Match details:

Bury	Result	Bowdon	Score
Tony & Margaret	beat	Ros & Philip	14 – 11
Roger & Richard	beat	Charles & Andrew	14 – 1
Tony	beat	Charles	14 – 3
Roger	beat	Ros	14 – 2
Richard	beat	Philip	14 – 8
Margaret	beat	Andrew	8 – 7
Tony	lost to	Ros	4 – 14
Roger	beat	Charles	14 – 8
Richard	beat	Andrew	14 – 7
Margaret	beat	Philip	10 – 9

Garth Aspinall and his team hosted Bury in the NWF One Ball league match. The Team was: Garth Aspinall (20), Sheila Dix (14) and Andrew Jenkins (12). The Bury team was: Richard Leach (7.5), Duncan Meachin (12.5) and Simon Attwell (15).

The match was fairly evenly matched, with games being shared throughout the day. The end result was a draw 9 games all. Despite the draw today, Garth’s team remain unbeaten this season. Keep up the good work team!

Match details

	Richard	Duncan	Simon	Bowdon Wins
Andrew	13 – 10 13 – 08	11 – 13 11 – 13	13 – 10 13 – 10	4
Sheila	13 – 11 13 – 10	10 – 13 13 – 10	11 – 13 11 – 13	3
Garth	13 – 11 12 – 13	13 – 10 11 – 13	11 – 13 9 – 13	w
Bury Wins	1	4	4	9/9

A short trip down the M56, saw the Weekdayers under the captaincy of Nigel Matthews (5P) visit Chester, the top team in the league. The rest of the team was Ken Cooper (3P) and Paul Harris (1).

The Chester Team was: Andy Wilson-Chalon (2), Sally Slater (3.5) and Sarah Clements (5).

The day started well for Bowdon winning the first round of games 3 to Chester 0, However things didn’t go so well after that, with Chester winning 5 of the next 6 games to take the tie 5 games to Bowdon’s 4, and with it goes Bowdons chances of winning the league, never mind there’s always next year!

Match details as follows:

	Nigel	Ken	Paul	Chester Wins
Andy	11 – 6	14 – 6	4 – 10	2
Sally	11 – 7	9 – 10	6 – 9	1
Sarah	11 – 12	9 – 7	7 – 6	3
Bowdon Wins	1	1	2	4/5

Cas Sinclair (4) and her team of Lorna Frost (5), Andrew Jenkins (7) and Philip Thompson (7), hosted Crake in the North West Federation Short League. Crakes team were Chris Williamson (2), Colin Dykes (5), Louise McElarney (6) and Philip Halliwell (9).

Crake had been beaten only the other day by the Weekdayers, but sadly the Weekenders couldn’t replicate their fellow team, losing 12 games to 4.

Match details as follow:

	Colin	Chris	Philip	Louise	Bowdon Wins
Philip	9 – 13	5 – 11	6 – 7	8 – 9	0
Andrew	10 – 9	6 – 9	11 – 10	2 – 14	2
Lorna	10 – 11	6 – 14	14 – 10	2 – 14	1
Cas	8 – 9	7 – 8	14 – 6	2 – 11	1
Crake Wins	3	4	1	4	12/4