MAY HANDICAP WEEKEND, 1st-3rd May
The allocation date for this event has now passed and the
following people are confirmed entrants
Ken
Cooper
|
Bowdon
|
-½
|
|
Steve
Reynolds |
Bowdon |
10
|
John
Wastell
|
Bowdon
|
2½
|
|
Howard
Bowron
|
Penrith |
11
|
| Andrew
Webb |
Pendle
& Craven |
4½ |
|
Robin
Delves |
Pendle
& Craven |
11 |
| Lorna
Frost |
Bowdon |
6 |
|
David
Holland |
Bowdon |
12
|
| Janet
Guthrie |
Bowdon |
7 |
|
Margaret
Russell |
Bowdon |
12 |
Malcolm
Daines
|
Huddersfield
Syngenta |
8
|
|
John
Larmouth
|
Bowdon |
14
|
| Francois
Garcia |
Bowdon |
8 |
|
Barry
McKenzie |
Bowdon |
14 |
Barry
Keen
|
Bowdon |
9
|
|
Sue
Cooper |
Bowdon |
16
|
| John
Lucas |
Bowdon |
9 |
|
John
Saxby
|
Bowdon |
16
|
Derek
Buxton
|
Ashby
|
10 |
|
Carol
Steinberg |
Bowdon |
16 |
| Michael
Haytack |
Ashby |
10 |
|
|
|
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There are still
places left so contact Ian
Lines if you wish to enter.
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THE FLYING CIRCUS IS IN TOWN
The North West
Federation of Croquet Clubs invited all of the clubs in the
area to request any CA-based course that they thought might be useful
to
their members. A number of experienced croquet coaches have kindly
volunteered
their services to put on these 1-day courses.
Bowdon has chosen to hold a Silver-Gilt course on Sunday, 16th May, for
experienced
players with handicaps in the range 4 - 8. The course is
concerned
entirely with advanced play and is intended for those players who have
reached
a good standard in handicap play but have little or no experience of
advanced
play. There are a limited number of places available for
attendees,
the allocation of which will be made on a first-come-first-served
basis,
and is free of charge. Tuition will commence at 10.30am and will last
for
most of the day; please bring your own lunch. If you would like
to
attend then please
send an email to
Ken Cooper to see if there is a vacancy.
Please log on to the
NW Fed. website to find out what other courses they are running
which might be of interest
for your level of play.
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THE
BOWDON BLOG
No doubt we are all now looking forward to
the
new season but to whet your appetite even more the Bowdon Blog is back
with a brief report on what happened in 2009. January to May can
be
found by clicking here and
July-December will be published over the next three weeks.
(Remember that you can get more detailed information of 2009 by
clicking here
).
JUNE
David Maugham won the
Bowdon June Weekend trophy for the tenth time.
Richard Smith was runner-up in the Bath Advanced tournament.
Ian Lines won the Pendle Advanced and Brian Storey won the Cumbria Cup
at Crake.
There were two more tournament wins for David Maugham, the Men's and
the Easterns.
Wednesday Competition
Mike Steer, Steve Lewis, Ros Pimlott and Keith James all won a
Wednesday Comp. each.
Team Matches
St. Mary's lost two home matches to Crake (5-2) and Southport (4-3) in
the NW Handicap League but managed to beat Bury away 5-2.
Also in the NW Handicap League the Firs managed a good 5-2 win at Bury.
In the Advanced League the Saints had a close encounter with Crake
Valley, winning 5-4.
The Short team lost 11-5 at Southport and the Griffins beat Southport
4-3.
Other Highlights
Martin Granger Brown had the honour of meeting Prince Charles to be
presented with his MBE.
Bowdon won the Southport Jamboree Trophy, open to all NW Federation
clubs.
Ailsa Lines and David Maugham (E), Keith Aiton (S) and David Walters
(W) all played for their country in the Home Internationals. David
Walters had a 4/4 record but could not stop England from winning the
tournament.
Colin Irwin got out his cooking utensils to provide another superb
barbecue.
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LAWNS REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL 28th MARCH
Due to fungus and the bad weather all
lawns will have to be kept closed
until the official start of season on 28th March.
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See where you
finished in the end of season club ladders
(compiled on 18th
October) by clicking here.
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View all the
winners of the internal club competitions played in 2009 by clicking
here
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REFEREE'S
EXAM S
13th/14th MARCH
Christine Irwin and Barry Keen are planning to hold a referee's
examination
day at the club on the weekend of 13th/14th March. Please let Christine
know
if you wish to take the exam. There will not be a Laws Course this year
so
get your Laws Book out and do some revision - the club needs some more
referees!
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NORTH-WEST
FEDERATION LEAGUE TEAMS
Bowdon will
again
be playing their league games next season in the NW Federation League.
Apart
from the usual teams that the club puts out, there will be a new team
playing
in the Golf League, captained by Alan Mayne.
League
|
Team
|
Captain
|
Advanced
|
Bowdon
Saints
|
Ken
Cooper
|
|
Bowdon
Canons
|
Lorna
Frost
|
Handicap
|
Bowdon
St. Marys
|
Ros
Pimlott
|
|
Bowdon
Firs
|
Steve
Reynolds
|
Short
League
|
Bowdon
|
David
Holland
|
Midweek
|
Bowdon
Griffins
|
John
Saxby
|
|
Bowdon
Earls
|
Francois
Garcia
|
Golf
|
Bowdon
|
Alan
Mayne
|
If you want to play in any of these teams
then you simply have to tick the
appropriate line on the entry form for internal competitions that you
received
with the January Clang.
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YOUTH CLUB
The next 'Youth Club' will be on Friday, 19th March.
You are
invited
to come along to the club house at around 7pm to play pool,
shove-ha'penny,
cards or just have a sociable drink.
Please contact
Pam Sword if you require more details.
See you there!
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CANASTA AND SCRABBLE AT
THE
CLUB
To
take the place of croquet over the winter months, why not come down and
play
Canasta and/or Scrabble? Even if you've never played before, there will
be
people there who can teach you.
On Tuesdays, Canasta
sessions
will be held in the afternoon.
Bring your own lunch down to the club at around 12.00pm; play begins at
1pm
and goes on until about 4pm.
On Thursdays Scrabble is
played.
Bring your own lunch for 12 to start playing at around 1pm.
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