THE BOWDON CALENDAR
The 2010 Calendar for Bowdon Croquet Club has now been published and a copy
can be
obtained by clicking
here.
This not only shows
the lawn usage for the
coming season but also where our league
and cup teams are playing and what events
are taking place at the club and in the region.
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SOME LAWNS WILL BE USABLE AFTER THE
REFEREES' EXAMS
Christine Irwin and Barry Keen are holding a referees' examination day at
the club this weekend.
All four lawns have been marked out and holes cut. Hoops will be put out
for the course and they will be left out so that members will be able to
play some croquet from Monday, 15th March.
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MINUTES OF NW FEDERATION
To see the minutes of the AGM, held
last week at Culcheth, please
click here.
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MAY HANDICAP WEEKEND, 1st-3rd May
The allocation date for this event has now passed and the following people
are confirmed entrants
Ken Cooper
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Bowdon
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-½
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Michael Haytack |
Ashby |
10 |
Alan Mayne
|
Bowdon
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½
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Steve Reynolds |
Bowdon |
10 |
John Wastell
|
Bowdon
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2½
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Howard Bowron
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Penrith |
11
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Andrew Webb |
Pendle & Craven |
4½ |
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Robin Delves |
Pendle & Craven |
11 |
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Lorna Frost |
Bowdon |
6 |
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David Holland |
Bowdon |
12
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Janet Guthrie |
Bowdon |
7 |
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Margaret Russell |
Bowdon |
12 |
Malcolm Daines
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Huddersfield Syngenta |
8
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John Larmouth
|
Bowdon |
14
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Francois Garcia |
Bowdon |
8 |
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Barry McKenzie |
Bowdon |
14 |
Barry Keen
|
Bowdon |
9
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Sue Cooper |
Bowdon |
16
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John Lucas |
Bowdon |
9 |
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John Saxby
|
Bowdon |
16
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Derek Buxton
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Ashby |
10 |
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Carol Steinberg |
Bowdon |
16 |
There are still 2 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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See where you finished in the end of season club ladders
(compiled on 18th October)
by
clicking here.
View all the winners of the internal club competitions played in 2009 by
clicking
here
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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
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Team
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Captain
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Advanced
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Bowdon
Saints
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Ken Cooper
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Bowdon
Canons
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Lorna Frost
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Handicap
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Bowdon
St. Marys
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Ros Pimlott
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Bowdon
Firs
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Steve Reynolds
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Short League
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Bowdon
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David Holland
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Midweek
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Bowdon
Griffins
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John Saxby
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Bowdon
Earls
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Francois
Garcia
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Golf
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Bowdon
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Alan Mayne
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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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