Mon 13th July, Moira
The Ashby team of Heather, Ormond, Martin and Colin won a close GC Bowl (Tier 3) quarter-final match 4-2 against High Wycombe, to set up a semi-final fixture against Bury.
Results (CroquetScores)
Ashby win the East Mids 14-point AC league
Sat 11th July, Moira Manager/reporter: Richard
Ashby, Leicester and Nottingham contested this year’s East Midlands 14-point one-day AC competition for teams of three.
The competition was played as three rounds of games, each round comprising four singles games with a time limit of 1hr 45 mins. With an odd number of players overall (3 x 3) this meant one player had to sit out each round. By the end of the day, each club had played a total of eight games.
The final result was as close as ever, with Ashby (Keith, Arthur and Richard) finishing as winners with 5 wins, followed by Leicester on 4 wins and Nottingham on 3 wins.
The last game of the day to finish, between Richard Sanville (Ashby) and Tom Dewar (Nottingham), was really tight and could easily have gone either way but in the end Richard held on to a narrow lead to claim the win. Had Tom won this game, all three teams would have finished on the same number of wins and Leicester would have won the trophy on hoop difference, thanks to an outstanding day’s play by their star player Owen Pugh who easily won all his games well within the time limit, conceding just 4 points overall.
Results (PDF)
E Mids GC Div 2: Two 6-6 draws for Ashby B
Ashby B’s two latest league matches have both finished in 6-6 draws, firstly the away match against Southwell B on Fri 3rd July, with Ashby B represented by Paul S (making his debut), Ormond and Colin C. Then on Mon 6th July Ashby B (Paul S, Ormond and Richard S) drew in a home match against Nottingham A.
Kate wins the Perry Bowl ladies’ tournament
Sat 4th July, Moira Report by Julie B; photo by Lesley
For this year’s Perry Bowl we had six great ladies. The weather was good to us. It was overcast in the morning and sunny in the afternoon.
The first round was a fast one for Jayne and Julie Smith, only 25 minutes, with Jayne winning. Avril’s games were the last to finish in all rounds!
After round 3 Kate, Pat and Jayne all had 2 wins each.
After round 4 Kate and Pat had 3 wins each.
Round 5: Kate vs Jill, and Kate gets her 4th win. Well done! Pat vs Julie, and Julie has won that one.
So Kate Ibbitson has won the Perry Bowl with 4 wins.
Pat Barnes and Jayne Smith finished joint runners-up with 3 wins.
Julie Smith and Jill Goodall finished with 2 wins, and Avril York 1 win.
Well played to all of you and thank you to Lesley for doing the afternoon for me.
E Mids GC Div 1: Ashby A 7-5 Leicester A
Mon 22nd June, Moira
Ashby A (Mike, Arthur and John) won 7-5 against Leicester in sweltering conditions.
Roger Watson wins Ashby’s National Forest AC tournament
June 13th & 14th, Moira Manager/reporter: Arthur
Eight players, mostly from Nottingham, contested this event in fine and mostly sunny weather. The Egyptian scoring meant that there were three games which could yield a winner going into the last round, but in the end Roger Watson emerged undefeated over the weekend to claim the trophy and a well deserved handicap reduction to 1.5.
E Mids GC Div 1: Dunston A 5-7 Ashby A
Fri 12th June, Dunston (Lincs)
Ashby A (Keith, Christine and Ray M) travelled to Dunston and won 7-5.
E Mids GC Div 2: Ashby B 8-4 Sheffield Parkhead B
Fri 12th June, Moira
Ashby B (Maurice, Penny and Pete B) beat Sheffield Parkhead B 8-4 at Moira, including three straight singles wins in the final round.
GC Inter-Club Bowl: Ashby 6-1 Branston
Mon 8th June, Moira Report by Martin
Ashby hosted Branston (Lincs) in the second round of the national GC Tier 3 team knockout.
The day started out very gloomy and wet, and our visitors were held up on their journey by an accident near Nottingham but this meant that most of the bad weather was avoided.
The result of a 6-1 win for the Ashby team of Heather, Ormond, Colin and Martin doesn’t fairly reflect the close play.
Anyway, a good day of croquet, picnic lunch and pleasant conversation.
TEAMS
Ashby: Heather Hardy (4), Ormond Hooper (5), Martin Wroughton (5), Colin Carr (6)
Branston: Pauline Donner (4), Judy Crowe (5), Claire Worsnop (6), Marion Pile (10)
RESULTS
Heather and Ormond 7-4, 7-3 Pauline and Judy
Martin 7-3, 7-2 Marion
Colin 7-4, 4-7, 7-6 Claire
Heather 7-6, 7-1 Pauline
Ormond 7-2, 3-7, 5-7 Judy
Martin 6-7, 7-4, 7-5 Claire
Colin 7-4, 7-3 Marion
GC Bowl draw/results (Croquet England)
Club GC Singles Knockout
We have had a good entry of 28 players for the GC Singles Knockout.