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).
).
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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