NWF Millennium Short Croquet Tournament at Fylde, 13th May
Neil Thompson Iman van den Bout
Neil Thompson and Iman van den Bout represented Bowdon at the recent NW Federation Millennium Short Croquet tournament at Fylde.
There were 12 players divided into 3 groups of 4. Iman lost his first 2 group matches against opponents from Fylde and Pendle but won his third match against a player from Bury. He did not qualify for the semi finals but played 2 further matches in the afternoon against other non-qualifiers and won both games. Neil won his 3 group matches against opponents from Southport, Pendle and Penrith and so qualified for the semi-final where he beat John Henderson from Penrith. Unfortunately he saved his worst performance of the day for the final and blew up big time by thinking hoop 3 was hoop 1, losing to Jennifer Mawdsley from Southport. All in all the day went well. The hospitality at Fylde was good and, apart from one lawn which was a bit heavy, the lawns were better than the guys had expected from comments made to them beforehand. Overall, it was a good experience for them both in tournament play.