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NOVICES TOURNAMENT, Saturday 19th September

Played for the Fotiadi Novices Silver Challenge Bowl, one of the nicest trophies that the club possesses. It is open to all new members and those who attended the Beginners' Course again this year, and it was run on the day by Lorna Frost.


Winner: Derek Watson

Novices Tournament Entrants
The Novices Tournament, open to all new members and those who attended the Beginners' Course, went very well ably managed by Lorna Frost.
The final was between Derek Watson and David Morrow with Derek winning plus 4T. Iman Van den Bout was 3rd with Esther Walker 4th.
Derek not only won the lovely Fotiadi Silver Challenge Bowl but also a top of the range mallet kindly donated by Jacques.
Format: We had 7 members entered in the competition which was run as 2 blocks (4 in one and 3 in the other), all playing all within their group, playing Short Croquet 14pt. games lasting a maximum of 1 hr. 15 mins. They were: Lance Vandersyde, Iman van Dembout, Esther Walker, Roger McCall, David Morrow, Derek Watson & Richard Abbott
The scoring was such that the winner of a game got 20 points plus the difference in the scores while the loser's score was the number of hoops he/she made.
The final and runners-up spot were competed for by the winners from each block, the 3rd/4th places by the runners-up from each block, the 5th/6th places by the 3rd places from each block and the 7th/8th places by the 4th places from each block.