Andy Sherwood wins the National Forest AC Handicap Weekend

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Andy Sherwood wins the National Forest AC Handicap Weekend

Ten players gathered in gloomy conditions on the morning of Saturday 15th June to contest this event. We had ten entries, with 5 from home club Ashby, so we played a 5 round Egyptian event as Ashby v 'Rest of the World'. In reality, 4 out of the 5 RoW places were players from York on a foray to the Midlands, with one from Nottingham. On Saturday we were treated to a lot of rain, occasional lightning and hail, and a few sunny spells. After 3 rounds, we were very wet but had two players with 3 wins, Mark Innes from Nottingham and Andy Sherwood from Ashby playing in his first AC competition. It was also 8-7 to the RoW v Ashby in the subsidiary competition.

We had much better weather on Sunday, which saw more completed games (6/10 v 5/15 on Saturday). Andy continued his fine form, qualifying for a bronze award in his morning game and winning all 5 games in the weekend. Debbie James was runner up amongst the players with 3 wins, having won her last game whilst her rivals lost theirs. Ashby beat RoW 14-11.