St Mary's Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2PL
News from the club
Bowdon beat Sheffield & York 6-1 in the first round of the CA Inter-Club AC competition on Sunday, 9th May.
It was be the first time the two clubs have ever met.
The Bowdon team was: Angharrad Walters, John-Paul Moberly, Brian Storey and Simon Jenkins.
Sheffield & York team was: Eugene Chang, Callum Johnson, Trevor Billard and Derek Knight.
The full scores can be seen on the attached link
As is usual each year, Bowdon is willing to pay for 2 players from the club to play in each of the All-England Area Finals:
31 July:Â Â Â Â Â Â All-England GC Handicap Area Final at Ashby CC
21-22 August:Â All-England AC Handicap Area Final at Bury CC
If you would like to be considered for playing in either event then please let Ken Cooper know as soon as possible.
Winners/Runners-Up of the Area Finals are entitled to play in the respective National Final:
4-5 September:Â Â Â All-England AC Handicap National Final at Sidmouth CC
11-12 September: All-England GC Handicap National Final at Sidmouth CC
In order to increase the availability of lawns, it was agreed at the last committee meeting to allow double banking on lawn 1 with effect from Monday 19th April. This is within the allowable covid-19 restrictions and will enable an additional 2 members to play at the club in the same time slot.
The booking system now shows the lawns as: Full A; Full B; Lawn 1P; Lawn 1S; Short A; Short B; Short C.
Full A and Full B are the two lawns at the top of the bank (the old lawns 3 & 4). Lawn 1 is the one in front of the clubhouse and is the only one to be used for double banking. Short A, Short B & Short C are the lawns nearest the entrance gate.
Please make sure when booking a lawn that it is the right one for you. If you book Lawn 1, either P or S, you may be double banked. If you are unhappy with double banking then you need to book Full A or Full B.
Note that the system does not allow double banking for those playing Golf Croquet.
The draws for this years club competitions are now displayed in the window to the left of the clubhouse door. and also shown below.
A reminder to all participants that the closing dates for each round will be strictly enforced.
There will be no extensions so please arrange your matches as early as possible.
If you are having any difficulties please contact the competitions officer Alan Mayne.
The rules for each competition can be found via the following link.
The draw, and results, will be shown on the Internal Competitions page in the Competitions section of the website.
Please see the attached notice of BCC Reopening
The lawns will be available for play from Monday at 10.00am. There are 3 full size lawns and 3 short lawns.
Please use the booking system to secure a lawn.
The 14pt and 18pt winter ladders have extended until 30 April to allow competitive play for those who wish to play.
Results to Alan Mayne by phone,text or email as usual.
There are 4 sets of balls in lawn 2 hut for use on lower lawns and 2sets in lawn 4 hut for use on upper lawns
Note that the clubhouse is only available for use of toilet facilities until further notice. Also social distancing must be maintained and no double-banking is allowed until further notice.
Lawns must be booked using the online booking system with a maximum of 3 sessions booked per member. However bookings can now be made up to 4 weeks ahead to accommodate the expected rush of bookings. As you will see there are 3 full lawns and 3 short lawns available with 2 hour sessions.
The CA advice for Covid-19 precautions is shown below.
Following the recent survey of members, the following teams have been entered in the NW Federation leagues together with the captains:
| Name of NW Fed League | Captain |
| B-Advanced | Brian Kerr |
| AC Weekend Handicap | David Holland |
| AC Midweek Handicap | Andrew Thomson |
| Short Croquet | Cas Sinclair |
| GC Handicap | Margaret Moss |
Members who have indicated that they are willing to play in the leagues are:
| B-Advanced | AC Weekend Handicap | AC Midweek Handicap | Short Croquet | GC Handicap |
| Adrian Apps | Adrian Apps | Adrian Apps | Charles Fraser | Mike Flannery |
| David Cotton | David Cotton | Mike Flannery | John Haworth | Diana Jerman |
| Martin Granger Brown | Charles Fraser | Charles Fraser | Carole Kelsall | Carole Kelsall |
| Brian Kerr (C) | David Holland (C) | David Holland | George Kistruck | Margaret Moss (C) |
| Nigel Matthews | John Lambie | Carole Kelsall | John Lambie | Fred Owen |
| Will Mellor | Nigel Matthews | John Lambie | Will Mellor | Brian Rust |
| Mike Sandler | Ros Pimlott | Nigel Matthews | Margaret Moss | Andrew Thomson |
| Andrew Thomson | Brian Rust | Ros Pimlott | Brian Rust | Angharrad Walters |
| Mike Sandler | Brian Rust | Carol Sinclair (C) | ||
| Andrew Thomson | Carol Sinclair | Angharrad Walters | ||
| Angharrad Walters | Andrew Thomson (C) | |||
| Liz Webb | Angharrad Walters | |||
| Liz Webb |
If there are any members, other than the above, who wish to play in any of the teams, please contact the respective captains.
The NWFed have asked for offers to design a logo for the Federation to help promote croquet in the area. So if you have a spare moment or two during lockdown why not get your creative talents to support the NWFed.
Details can be found on their website by clicking on this link
Following the announcement on 4 Jan 2021 regarding the Covid 19 restrictions, the club is closed for all play until further notice.
We will let you know when restrictions are lifted.
