The Bowdon Blog 2014 - Part 2 (July - December)
(Click here for part 1, January - June 2014)
The annual Bowdon Blog contains a precis of what happened at the club during 2014.
Click here for all North-West Federation league results
Bowdon beat a very strong Ashby side 4-3 in the Inter-Club Golf Croquet knockout competition........
.................but fell at the next hurdle losing 5-1 at Watfotd
Brian Storey won the Mid-Summer Advanced Tournament at Heaton Park
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The London side consisting of Ken & Sue Cooper and Rupert Webb & John Wastell won the Bowdon version of the Inter-Counties.
James Hawkins won the Northerns 'A' Class.
for other winners click here
Bowdon won their second round match of the Longman Cup by beating Southport away.
There were Swinging Sunday wins for Jo Pierpoint and Gordon Hennell.
The Secretary's Shield team got through to the final by beating St. Albans 4-1. The Longman Cup team beat Southport and Chester to reach the semi-final.
Mark Avery won the North of England Championship
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Mike Steer won Wild Wednesday
Graham Good won the All-England Handicap Area Final. and followed it up later in the year by winning the national final at Pendle.
Some members took themselves off to Ripon for a Golf Croquet weekend.
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The club was given the honour of holding the President's Cup (the most prestigious of the CA Eights) which was won by Jamie Burch.
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Meanwhile, Bowdon's Matt Holmes won another of the CA Eights - the Spencer-Ell Cup.
Charles Harding managed and won the Sheila Black Salver.
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Mike Steer got out his video equipment and filmed some of the Bowdon v. Bury Short Croquet League match, featuring Carol Sinclair, John Haworth, Graham Abraham and Will Mellor, plus the A-Advanced League match v. Crake Valley, featuring Colin Irwin, Richard Smith & Francois Garcia.
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There were two great wins in national Cup competitions with Bowdon winning the Secretary's Shield and the Longman Cup.
The 2014 Longman Cup Team
Secretary's Shield final v Oxford University
The Wednesday Competition went to the wire with Lorna Frost winning by three points on the last day of the season.
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A new competition, to be played for annually, the Poppy Roquet, was introduced with Alan Mayne the first winner.
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John Haworth won the first of the Wednesday Winter One-ball competitions
followed by wins by Graham Abraham (twice), Leo Fletcher, Chris Evans, Pauline Hennell and Graham Good.
The year ended as usual with the AGM and the Dinner Dance.
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| THE
CLUB
COMPETITIONS 2014
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| WINNER |
RUNNER-UP |
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| Open |
Colin Irwin |
David Walters |
| B Class |
Barry Keen |
Charles Harding |
| C Class |
Bill Oxley |
Liz Webb |
| D Class |
Graham Good |
Kay Martin |
| E Class |
Bob Hunter |
Leo Fletcher |
| 14pt. Advanced |
David Walters |
Andrew Winn/Colin Irwin |
| 14pt. Handicap | Alan
Mayne |
Will
Mellor |
| Silver
Box |
Stephen
Moores or Colin Irwin (to be played) |
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| Short |
Bob Hunter | Frank Moir |
| Golf |
Graham Good |
Chris Evans |
| Handicap Doubles Final | Graham Good/Graham Abraham | Frank/Janice Moir |
| Handicap Ladder |
Graham Good |
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| Wednesday Seasonal Award |
Lorna Frost |
John Wastell |
| Wild Wednesday |
Mike Steer |
Lorna Frost |