June started with the Bowdon Advanced Competition which
went with the form book with David Maugham winning the event and Ian Lines
runner-up; Brian Storey won the Egyptian.
The June Advanced Tournament
It was a mixed month for the Bowdon
league teams. In the NW Advanced League Saints were well beaten 6-0 at home
by Crake Valley.
In the Handicap League St. Mary's started off with a fine win at Southport with captain
Rupert Webb leading from the front and winning his doubles with Janice Moir
and his singles match. There were also wins from Ros Pimlott and Sue Cooper.
Later in the month, though, St. Mary's met Firs in the big local derby at Bowdon and went
down 4-2. St. Mary's also drew 3-3 at home with
Southport Victoria. This match was notable for Jane Wilkinson making her
team debut and helping Ken Cooper to a doubles win in the morning session.
Firs' other match was a 6-0
defeat at Pendle & Craven.
In an exciting match against Pendle, Griffins (in the Midweek League) drew 3-3 after being
2-0 down at lunch with wins for John Saxby, Jenny Dennis and Sue Cooper.
The Short team started their season off with an 8-8 draw at Fylde
to gain, what was to be, a vital point at the
end of the season.
Steve Lewis took another Mars Bar
in the Wednesday comp. with other winners in June being Ken Cooper, John
Saxby and John Leckie/Chris Lewis (joint winners). John Saxby's win
was with a record points total of 98 (meaning he pegged out in all three
games and had only six hoops scored against him).
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John Saxby wins the Mars Bar with Janice Moir (2nd), Richard Griffiths
(3rd) and Steve Lewis (4th)
The traditional Barbecue took place
at the end of June and was, as usual, a great success, with many thanks going
to Colin Irwin and his band of helpers.
Away from Bowdon there were some brilliant
performances by Bowdon members. David Maugham went to Oregon
and came third in an International Invitational Event and
brought home $500 in prize money. Ian Lines won both halves of the draw
to win the Pendle Advanced.
Also victorious, in 'B' level tournaments were Andrew Winn (Edgbaston),
Mark Lloydd (Bristol), Sylvia Steer
(Sidmouth) and Richard Griffiths at Parkstone.
Also in June David Maugham and Ian Lines (England) and Keith Aiton and
Chris Dent (Scotland) were picked to play in the Home Internationals at
Heaton Park.
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JULY
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Wild Wednesday, the pinnacle of the Wednesday Competition, was held in
July and won by Chris Lewis with Lorna Frost and Cecil Davies close behind.
The other July Wednesday winners were Ros Pimlott and Janet Guthrie.
Chris Lewis gets
the Wild Wednesday Cup (and a Mars Bar)
Another mixed month for the Bowdon league teams. In the Advanced League
Saints lost 5-4 at Southport
and won away 4-2 at Bury whilst
Canons lost their only match of the month, 4-2 on the new lawns at Pendle.
Pendle wasn't any better for St. Mary's in the Handicap League where they
suffered their second 6-0 drubbing
of the season. St. Mary's other match ended in a 3-3 draw at home to Bury Caesars.
Firs had a good win (4-2)
at Southport Victoria but also went down 6-0 at home to Fylde.The Short
team carried on in the form that would eventually see them as champions with
a 10-6 win at Llanfairfechan and Griffins managed a third successive 3-3 draw, this
time with Chester at Bowdon.
The Northerns Week was
moved from its traditional spot in August to July and right into the middle
of the heatwave. The temperature in the sun was measured at 110oF. during
one match on Lawn 1. Bowdon players had a good week with only David Turner
of Tyneside taking away a trophy - the Handicap singles. There were wins
for Brian Storey ('A' Class), Dennis Graham (B), John Larmouth (C), Alan
Linton/Ian Lines (Advanced Doubles) and Ian Lines/John Larmouth (Handicap
Doubles).
John Haslam and Sylvia Steer get
out of the sun whilst Jerry Guest and Alan Linton brave the heat
Margaret Russell won the Swinging Sunday event and Roy Edwards, now a far-country
member, achieved his lifetime ambition of winning the CA Gold Award by doing
his first ever triple peel at the age of 79.
Margaret Russell
receives her Swinging Sunday trophy and Roy Edwards - the triple peeler!
Bowdon was well represented at the British Open with David Maugham,
Keith Aiton, Ian Lines and Steve Lewis all taking part. The event was won
by Robert Fulford with Reg Bamford runner-up.
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AUGUST
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August proved to be a much better month for the Bowdon league
teams, only losing one match out of seven played. There was only one match
in the NW Advanced League, a 3-3 draw for Canons at Southport. Two good wins
for Firs against the two Bury teams (4-2 v. Caesars and 5-1
against Peelers) in the Handicap saw them climb up the table. St. Mary's
carried on with their disappointing season by losing by 6-0 (for the third
time in the year) to Fylde away. The Short team marched on, this time comprehensively
seeing off Bury 12-4
at home and Chester, by the same
score, away. The Griffins made it 4 out of 4 Bowdon victories against Bury in the month
with a convincing 5-1 away win.
The main event of the month was the North of England Championships.
There was a strong field with 7 of the world's top 50 taking part and the
8 Bowdon members in the field of 24 all applied themselves well, with Keith
Aiton the eventual winner.
In the Wednesday Comp. two wins for Chris
Lewis at the start of the month gave him a hat-trick. Chris was now really
starting to put some pressure on Steve Lewis who responded on the third Wednesday
of the month by taking the Mars Bar himself. The other winner in the month
was John Leckie.
A very good month away from Bowdon for its members with two wins by David
Maugham at Tyneside
and the Ranelagh Cup
at Roehampton (for the second year running). Martin Granger Brown won the
Advanced
Tournament at Edgbaston for the second year running. John Wastell won
the 'B' at Southport
with Richard Griffiths as runner-up and Dennis Graham taking the Plate event.
Martin Granger Brown - winner at
Edgbaston
Bowdon's own version of the 'Counties' was won by
Steve Lewis' Cheshire team.
'Counties' Winners
- Cheshire
(left to right) Steve Lewis, Margaret Russell, Carol Steinberg and Alan
Mayne
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SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
The Bowdon league teams had a mixed time during September and October -
winning 5 and losing 3 of their matches.In the Advanced League the Saints
finished their season with a 5-1 home win over
Pendle & Craven and ened up 3rd in the league. Canons lost in home
matches against Bury (0-6) and
Crake Valley
(2-4) to finish bottom of the league. A good win, though, in the last
match for Frank Moir to beat Crake's Dave Nick (113th in the world). In
the Handicap League Chester were the visitors twice, beating Firs 5-1 but
losing
to St. Mary's 4-2 in their only home win of the season. There was a tremendous
finish in this match with Mike Steer coming from peg & 2 v. peg &
peg to beat Janet Davies. Firs finished up 4th and St. Mary's 8th.
Steve Reynolds
Short team captain
In the Wednesday Competition there were two
wins for Sue Cooper, one each for Jane Wilkinson, Jean Teare and John Wilkinson
(to edge him into third place overall). There was one more win for Steve
Lewis, to confirm him as the overall winner, with Chris Lewis finishing in
second place.
Steve Lewis
The big national
events were the group of tournaments known as the Eights.There was mixed success
for Bowdon members in these with the pick of the bunch being David Maugham's
sceond place in the main event, the President's Cup, losing out to Robert
Fulford and a mention for Ian Lines who was runner-up in the Chairman's Salver.
All club championships were completed
except for the final of the 14-point Handicap including Colin Irwin winning
the A Class for the twelth time. Click here
for a list of all winners.
Colin Irwin
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