Sat 6th July, Moira Manager and reporter: Arthur
Five players contested the second running of the Derek Buxton Trophy on what turned out to be a drizzly Saturday. So the lawn conditions were easy in the sense that they were slow and good control was possible, but everyone had problems trying to hit long rushes. Five players needed five rounds, with a sit-out in each round, so the games had a rolling 1h 45m time limit, although only three of the ten games didn’t get to 18 points.
Half the games were close affairs, including two +1T and two +3 scores. Everyone won at least one game, and special mention must go to Adam at handicap 16 who garnered two wins, one against Derek and one against a slightly out of form Mick.
The last round featured the match between Arthur and Richard, which would decide the outcome of the trophy as Arthur had 3 wins and Richard 2 before that round. Both players had good spells of play, and Richard was on a finishing turn only needing to run rover when he missed a longish return roquet conceding a lift to Arthur who hit the shortish lift shot and made the two hoops needed to finish.
Derek’s final duty was to present the eponymous trophy to Arthur.
Results:
Winner: Arthur Rowe 4 wins
Runner-up: Richard Sanville 2 wins
3rd: Adam Wheatley: 2 wins
