Cross-Pennine challenge retained by West
23 Sep 2007 (Other News)
This year's cross-Pennine challenge, contested by a team drawn from the North West against the combined Croquet North & Yorkshire Federations, took place at Pendle & Craven on Sun 23rd Sept. Many thanks are owed to this club (in particular Abdul Ahmed) for hosting the event and laying on excellent food! The 3-lawn match format mixes advanced doubles and singles, with three handicap singles. The results (NW names first) were:
Doubles
Ken Cooper & Robin Delves beat Andy Davies & Alice Fleck +3t
James Hawkins & Tony Thomas lost to Charles Waterfield & Roger Staples -24
Roger Schofield & Tony Phillips beat Phil Errington & Derek Knight +13
Advanced Singles
Ken Cooper (-1) lost to Andy Davies (-1) -26tp
James Hawkins (0) lost to Charles Waterfield (1/2) -17
Roger Schofield (3) lost to Phil Errington (3) -12
Handicap Singles
Tony Phillips (7) beat Derek Knight (7) +20
Tony Thomas (8) beat Roger Staples (8) +8
Robin Delves (11) beat Alice Fleck (9) +15