Category: NWF Competitions

Captain Cas Sinclair and her Short team traveled across North Wales today to play Llanfairfechan in NWF Short League. The team was Cas, David Beddy, Charles Fraser and Phil Thompson.

The Llanfairfechan team was: James Thomas (1P), David Cartlidge (9), Richard Ibbotson (9) and Elaine Crooke (10).

In the first session the games were shared, and in the second session Llanfairfechan won 3 of the games. Lunch was a good time for a break for Bowdon and in the third session they won 3 games and in the final session they won all 4 games. The Weekenders winning the day 10 games to Llanfairfechans 6. Well done Weekenders.

	Elaine	Richard	David	James
Cas	4 – 11	12 – 7	10 – 14	9 – 11
David	14 – 2	13 – 11	13 – 8	14 – 4
Charles	14 – 8	1 – 14	11 – 6	14 – 0
Phil	13 – 11	14 – 6	10 – 14	9 – 14

Captain Nigel Matthews (0) and his team of Fred Owen (6) and Alan Dix (5) hosted Westmorland in the NWF GC Level Play League. Bowdon are currently joint first in the league and Westmorland are in last place. So as far as form is concerned a victory is expected, we’ll soon see!

The Westmorland team was: Roger Brooks (-2), John Armer (5) and Mark Hutchinson (12).

The first few games were shared but Bowdon put the pressure on Westmorland and went into lunch 5 – 4 up. Returning to the lawns refreshed after a butty and a drink, Bowdon won all the afternoon trios of matches 2 to 1 and ran out 11 – 7 winners. Well done team.

Individual scores as follows:

	Mark	Roger	John
Nigel	7 – 2 7 – 3	7 – 5 4 – 7	7 – 2 7 – 6
Alan	7 – 3 7 – 3	6 – 7 5 – 7	6 – 7 7 – 6
Fred	7 – 3 7 – 3	5 – 7 3 – 7	6 – 7 7 – 5

Captain Margaret Moss and her team of Mike Dale, Philip Thompson and Alison Acton took on Pendle in the NWF GC Handicap League. The Bounders were unbeaten so far this season, Pendle are in second place but have lost 2 games. So all to play for.

The Pendle team was: Mike Bradbury (5), Ian Longstaff (8), Sharon de Maine (8) and David Carpenter (9).

Margaret commented that Bowdon hosted a friendly but very competent team from Pendle on Monday 18^th. It was a cloudy day, with no problem of avoiding sunburn. Pendle won both the doubles games and did better in the morning singles. Bowdon revived after lunch, but too late to avoid the first loss this season. Losing by 12 to 6. Alison did well, as she has throughout the season. At present, Pendle and Bowdon are at the top of the handicap GC North table, with 8 points each.

Match scores as follows:

Doubles:

Bowdon	Result	Pendle	Score
Mike & Phil	lost to	Mike & Ian	6 – 7
Margaret & Alison	lost to	Sharon & David	3 – 7

Singles:

	Sharon	David	Mike	Ian
Mike	4 – 7	7 – 5	7 – 6	7 – 6
Philip	7 – 1	6 – 7	3 – 7	7 – 2
Margaret	6 – 7	6 – 7	7 – 4	2 – 7
Alison	7 – 3	5 – 7	7 – 3	3 – 7

The Earls hosted Fylde in this week’s 14 pt Handicap League. This proved to be a tough match for Captain Charles Fraser and his team of Phil Thompson, Andrew Jenkins and Alison Acton. Fylde are currently top of the League whilst the Earls are in the leagues strongest position ie at the bottom holding everyone else up! However, still a few games to go and beating Fylde would be a good starting point.

Fylde’s team was Betty Bates (8), Benedict O’Connor (14), Barry Broughton (14) and Alison Broughton (18). As you might expect from the league leaders they were just a bit too strong for Bowdon, running out 7 – 3 winners. Tough luck for the Earls but good experience for those team members playing their first league game for the club.

Match Details as follows:
Doubles

Bowdon	Result	Fylde	Score
Doubles
Charles & Alison	lost to	Betty & Alison	9 – 10
Andrew & Phil	lost to	Benedict & Barry	3 – 14
Singles
Charles	lost to beat	Benedict Betty	9 – 14 14 – 11
Andrew	beat lost to	Betty Benedict	10 – 9 13 – 14
Phil	lost to lost to	Alison Barry	7 – 14 7 – 14
Alison	beat lost to	Barry Alison	14 – 13 6 – 14

Alan Mayne took his team to Southport on Saturday. The rest of the team was Nigel Matthews, Louise Cheyne and Carol Steinberg. The Southport team was Bill Nicholl (1.5), Gail Moores (4), Eileen Rossiter (6) and Tina Kelly (9).

The morning session saw Bowdon go into lunch 5 – 3 up. In the afternoon Bowdon continued where they left off before lunch and won 5 of the 8 games, resulting in a 10 – 6 victory for the Weekdayers. The Weekdayers are currently top of the League with 2 matches left to play.

Well done team.

Match details as follows.

	Tina	Eileen	Gail	Bill
Alan	11-10	11-10	14 – 1	13 – 10
Nigel	1 -14	14 – 6	14 – 7	14 – 6
Carol	6 – 14	8 – 14	11 – 8	8 – 14
Louise	2 – 14	10 – 6	14 – 9	3 – 14

The teams usual Captain, David Holland, wasn’t available for this fixture at Bury. As such Mike Flannery stood in, the rest of the team was Charles Fraser (12), Ros Pimlot (16) and John Bagnall (16). The Bury Peelers team was David Barratt (7), Richard Leach (10), Phil Nuttall (10) and their Captain Margaret Eccles (11).

Bury Park was a first venue for most of the team and Bury made the team very welcome on a lovely day in Bury. The morning sessions saw John and Mike play David & Phil play in the doubles, to be far not a great game, Bowdon took three bisques in an attempt to run yellow through 2, with no success! David and Phil also struggled and after three hours of misery Bowdon eventually win by 8 – 5. Ros faired mush better beating Richard by 26 – 13 and Charles was a close game with Margaret winning by 2 points.

After lunch the four games were split 50:50 resulting in a 4 to 3 victory for Bowdon.

Match Scores as follows

Bowdon Griffins	Result	Bury Peelers	Score
John & Mike	beat	David & Phil	8 – 5
Ros	beat	Richard	26 – 13
Charles	lost to	Margaret	13 – 15
Mike	beat	David	19 – 10
Charles	lost to	Richard	7 – 26
John	beat	Phil	15 – 11
Ros	lost to	Margaret	14 – 17

Charles Harding captained Bowdon on the team’s travels to Fylde this weekend. The match was in the NWF B-Advanced League. The rest of the team was Brian Medley and Alan Dix. The Fylde team was Peter Wilson (3.5), Andrew Webb (7) and Betty Bates (8).

The morning session saw Bowdon win the doubles but lose the singles, so 1 – 1 at lunch. In the afternoon, Fylde took an early lead but Bowdon won the last two games to come out victorious by 3 games to 2. Well done lads.

The individual games results were as follows:

Bowdon	Result	Fylde	Score
Brian & Alan	beat	Andrew & Betty	+17
Charles	lost to	Peter	-23
Brian	lost to	Peter	-19
Charles	beat	Andrew	+22
Alan	beat	Betty	+10

Bowdon traveled to Crake to play its next game in the NWF GC Handicap League. Margaret Moss was Captain, and Margaret will be ably supported by Alan Dix, Sheila Dix and Alison Acton.

Margarets reported that the Lake District was dry if windy day, and were met with a warm welcome by Crake Valley Croquet Club. Alan and Sheila Dix won their doubles. Crake did best in the morning singles, but Bowdon adapted to the lawns, and did best in the afternoon. Each of the Bowdon players won 2 games, leaving handicap cards unchanged. The result was an honourable draw. Our team remain undefeated, with one match to go this season. 

The Crake team were John Bowes (7), Brenda Knight (11), Karen Bowes (9) and Ray Hodgson (7).

Match scores as follows:
Doubles:

Bowdon	Result	Crake	Score
Alan & Sheila	beat	Karen & Ray	7 – 4
Margaret & Alison	lost to	John & Brenda	4 – 7

Singles:

	John	Brenda	Karen	Ray
Margaret	7 – 6	7 – 2	2 – 7	4 – 7
Alison	7 – 3	7 – 5	5 – 7	4 – 7
Alan	7 – 5	7 – 5	4 – 7	6 – 7
Sheila	7 – 4	3 – 7	7 – 5	7 – 4

Bowdon Level Play GC team captained by Nigel Matthews hosted Chester Centurions on Wednesday 30th July. The rest of the team was Alan Mayne and Alan Dix. The Chester Team was Rick Davies (4), Mark Lloyd (1) and Andy Wilson-Chalon (5).

The match was best of 18 games and Bowdon won by 10 games to 8. Well done team.

The game scores were as follows:

	Rick	Mark	Andy	Games Won
Nigel	7 – 3 3 – 7	7 – 4 4 – 7	7 – 4 7 – 3	4
Alan M	7 – 6 7 – 1	6 – 7 7 – 5	7 – 4 6 – 7	4
Alan D	4 – 7 6 – 7	2 – 7 7 – 5	7 – 6 4 – 7	2
Games Won	3	3	2

Bowdon Weekdayers under the captaincy of Alan Mayne (4P) hosted Westmorland in the NWF Short League. The rest of the team was; Nigel Matthews (4P), Robert Cutts-Watson (4) and Ken Cooper (2P)

TheWestmorland Team was; Roger Brooks (4P), Phil Hyman (4), Sue Pritchard (4) and Mike Hodgson (7).

The mornings play saw Bowdon storm to a 5 – 3 lead and after lunch kept the pressure on Westmorland winning the afternoon session also 5 – 3, resulting in a 10 – 6 victory for Bowdon.

The individual game scores where as follows:

	Roger	Phil	Sue	Mike
Alan	5 – 14	14 – 2	5 – 14	14 – 5
Nigel	4 – 10	8 – 5	14 – 11	8 – 7
Robert	7 – 14	8 – 9	14 – 5	9 – 8
Ken	14 – 3	9 – 6	6 – 14	14 – 4

Bowdon winners by 10 games to 6. Well done Weekdayers.