St Mary's Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2PL
News from the club
Bowdon lost to Chester 2-5 in the second round of the Longman Cup.
The team was:
| Adrian (4) & John (14) lost to David Boyd (6) & Nigel Worthington (12) by -3 |
| Liz (11) beat Brian Walton (7) by +2 and lost to Nigel on golden hoop |
| Andrew (10) lost to Sally Slater (14) by -15 and to Brian by -6 |
| Adrian beat David by +6 and John lost to Sally by -18 |
Bowdon beat Nottingham 5-2 in the quarter final of the GC Inter-Club Championships.
We now play Roehampton in the semi-final.
Bowdon team was:
| J-P beat Euan Burridge 7-6, 7-4 |
| Angharrad beat Neal Bacon 7-3, 7-3 and Lorna Dewar 7-6, 7-3 |
| Jack lost to Ian Burridge 7-2, 4-7, 6-7 |
| Nigel beat Lorna Dewar 7-4, 4-7, 7-1 and lost to Neal Bacon 5-7, 7-4, 1-7 |
| J-P & Jack beat Euan Burridge & Ian Burridge 5-7,7-2, 7-5 |
The full details can be viewed on this link: https://croquet scores.com/2022/gc/bowdon-vs-nottingham-inter-club
Due to an uneven number of players, Cas and Janet teamed up and won week 13 of the Wednesday Competition, with 84 points.
| 1st | Cas Sinclair/Janet Guthrie | 84 pts |
| 2nd | Sylvis Steer | 81 pts |
| 3rd | Carol Steinberg | 71 pts |
The full table can be found here
The GC British Open Championships took place last weekend at Southwick.
In the singles, club member J-P Moberly was beaten in the semi finals (2-1) by Robert Fulford, who went on to win the final by beating Reg Bamford 2 to 1.
In the doubles J-P Moberly was playing with Tobi Savage but they were beaten 2-1 by Aston Wade & Richard Bilton. The Championship was won by Euan Burridge & Callum Johnson beating Aston and Richard 2-1 in the final.
The annual festival of croquet took place the weekend of 25th & 26th June with Bowdon overall winners and winning 4 of the 5 events.
The NW Fed report can be seen by clicking here
Charles Harding captained the Bowdon team. The squad of players over the 2 days were:
A-Class Doubles: Charles Harding & Brian Medley
Short Croquet: Cas Sinclair, Brian Storey & Louise Cheyne
18pt. Handicap: Dave Holland, Adrian Apps, Andrew Whittaker & Liz Webb
GC Handicap: Margaret Moss, Ros Pimlott, Diana Jerman & Elaine Hibbert
Level-Play GC: Jack Good & Simon Jenkins.
Peter Mayne won week 12 of the Wednesday Competition with 87 points.
| 1st | Peter Mayne | 87 pts |
| 2nd | Angharrad Walters | 77 pts |
| 3rd | Lorna Frost | 74 pts |
The full table can be found here
There will not be a Saturday tea this week.
At last Mondays committee meeting it was decided that a different approach to Saturday teas was required.
Saturday teas will know be held on the second Saturday of each month commencing on Saturday 9th. July.
An organised croquet session will be held prior to tea. This will commence at 1.30pm and run to 3.45pm. It is hoped that members will support this new initiative.
J-P Moberly Captained the England team in the GC Test Match against Spain held last weekend.
England put up a brave fight but were defeated 14-12 after 3 days of play. All the scores can be found here.
WEEKEND UPDATE:
Alain Giraud and Simon Jenkins were competing in the Men’s Championship. James Death won the Championship beating Mark Suter win the final. You can see all the scores here.
Whilst neither of them won, Alain did win one of the consolation events, the ‘Du Pre Singles’ at the Men’s Championship beating Phil Eardley in the final. You can see the scores here.
Alain partnered Annabel McDiarmid in the Mixed Doubles Championship, but they were knocked out in the first round. Ian Burridge & Rachel Gee were the eventual winners, the scores can be found here.
Better luck next time!
England were the overall winners (loud cheers from England supporters) of the tournament at Carrickmines Croquet Club, in Dublin. Wales were ranked fourth in this event (boos from Welsh supporters), but defied the predictions by finishing a creditable second (loud, and tuneful, cheers from Welsh supporters)!
England, with Bowdon’s David Maugham as Captain, beat Ireland 4 – 0 and Scotland 3 – 1.
Wales, with Bowdon’s Angharrad in the team, beat Ireland 3 – 1 but lost to Scotland 2 – 3.
Now the result for which you are waiting. England and Wales drew 2 – 2. So England win overall with 9 wins and 3 losses, whilst Wales had 7 wins and 6 losses.
Angharrad won all 3 of her matches, and David Maugham won 2 and lost 1 of his matches. Well done both of you.
