The Ashby B Golf Croquet team have got their season off to a winning start with a 10–2 victory at Long Eaton B, followed by a much closer home match against Nottingham B which Ashby won 7–5.
Wed 30th May: Long Eaton B 2–10 Ashby B. Eileen reports: Derek & Eileen Buxton and Peter Richards played the first match of their season against Long Eaton B. Long Eaton had phoned to say that the weather was awful but we decided to play. The rain dried up and we played under overcast clouds. The score was a 10–2 win to Ashby, but the result does not represent the play of the Long Eaton team, as all games were hard-fought. We were rewarded with an excellent lunch and good company. A good time was had by all.
Sat 2nd June: Ashby B 7–5 Nottingham B. Richard reports: Derek & Eileen and Richard Sanville played a very closely-fought match against Nottingham B. Nottingham were 3–1 up after the first two rounds, but the lunch break at that stage seemed to revive the Ashby team, and we won the next two games to level at 3–3. Four of the remaining six singles games went to the deciding 13th hoop, three of these ending in Ashby’s favour including the decisive game between Derek and Mary. Derek was the star Ashby player, winning 4 of his 5 games.
The Ashby C team’s first match was a 6–6 home draw against Bakewell B.