Southport & Birkdale Croquet Club
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Chester win
the overall prize at this year's North West Fed Jamboree (28/06/10) Eileen Gallagher won the Southport Jubilee Handicap This year was
a two day event rather than the traditional three days. Sixteen
players battled through five rounds of a Swiss event over the two
days, very well managed by Barry Keen. Eileen Gallagher (Southport)
emerged victorious winning all five games, beating Peter Hallett
(Bowdon) in a close game. Tony Thomas (Southport) won the runner-up
prize with four wins. An enjoyable event, supported as always by
excellent catering, no wonder there are requests to return to the
three day format next year. Ian Lines wins Jubilee Tankard (18.04.10) Congratulations to Ian Lines (Bowdon)who beat last year's winner Keith Aiton(Nottingham)3-2 in a best of 5 final to win the Jubilee Tankard. Well done to James Hopgood(Edinburgh)who won the Swiss - Report by Ian Lines below
Ian Lines beat Keith Aiton +15, +26, -5tp, -24tp, +26 in a closely contested final to win the Jubilee Tankard at the Southport April Advanced Weekend. All the preceding rounds of the 16 player main event also went exactly according to seeding, with no great surprises. The consolation plate (a flexible Swiss) was won by James Hopgood with 5/6, only losing to Lionel Tibble who was also playing well. The final was a fairly interactive match, with both players making uncharacteristic errors, generally caused by the slight hills around some hoops (all set at ~1/32") leading to some difficult hoop approaches. The early season top dressing and sand was also sticking to the balls a little in the morning, which also made things slightly tricky. However, both players shot quite well throughout the match. Keith's tps in the afternoon, when conditions got drier and easier, were very neat, but he just failed to hit a few shots in the final deciding game. Many thanks to Southport for laying on an excellent tournament, and particularly to Terry Foster for all his work setting out the lawns, and for stepping in at the last minute to replace Lee Hartley, who was stranded abroad (is this the first time a croquet tournament has been affected by a volcanic eruption?). Congratulations also to Paul Rigge for getting his handicap down to -0.5. Full results as follows: MAIN EVENT Second Round Semi Final (best
of 3) Final (best of
5) CONSOLATION SWISS
OVERALL SUMMARY
Ray Lowe joins
committee (12.04.10) The photo below
shows him after a hard day at it catching up on everything that
needs done -
Thanks Ray :) New Bell Installed (12.04.10) The Bob Flemington commemorative bell was installed on the balcony on Sunday; Alice Dawson did the honours by giving the inaugural ring. Margaret donated £500 to club funds from part of the collection at Bob's funeral, the bell was purchased with from these funds and we hope that everyone will remember Bob when it is rung. Margaret Flemington wins Charity One Ball Event - Easter Monday (05/04/10) 22 Hardy souls turned out on a blustery day to compete in the Easter Monday Charity one ball event. Around £138 was raised for MacMillan Cancer Support. Congratulations to Margaret Flemington who won and Alan Farrell who was the runner up, thank you to all entrants for their support of the event.
Storage Shed (02/04/10) Our thanks go to Don and Terry for painting the walls and the floor of the new shed, we hope to start using in from Monday, so the balcony and the clubhouse should look much less cluttered. Winter Social Events (01/04/10) Wednesday night saw the last
in this year's calendar of Winter Social events with a group of
25 having a very enjoyable evening wine tasting at Portland Wine
Cellars. Souper Sundays - Great Success(31/03/10) Due to the success of the
Souper Sundays it was decided to continue them into April with the
last one now being on Sunday 11th April. Many thanks to everyone
who hosted a Sunday either heating up tinned soup or providing us
with a delicious homemade alternative - watch this space for the
recipes. Thanks also go to everyone who supported the soups they
will definitely feature in next years winter social calendar, hopefully
the weather will be better and we will actually get some lawn time
in as well. Charity One Ball Event - Easter Monday (30/03/10) This year's annual charity one ball event will take place on Easter Monday, it starts at 1pm and costs £4 to enter. It will be followed at 4pm with a Jacob's Join. All welcome no matter what your playing ability, this is a fun event. |
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