David Artingstall won the Bury GC C-Level Series Tournament

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22nd July (GC - Tournaments)

David Artingstall (Bury) won the GC C-Level tournament at Bury beating John Bowes (Crake Valley) in the Final (10-6)

12 players were welcomed to Whitehead Park, Bury on a lovely warm sunny day which added to the everyone's enjoyment of the day.

Play consisted of two blocks, both producing some exciting closely fought matches.

Block A was dominated by David Artingstall (Bury) who won all 5 of his matches, followed closely behind by John Bowes (Crake Valley) who won 4 of his matches, thus gaining their places in the Semi Final.

Block B was closely contested with 3 players each winning 4 games - Brenda Knight, Karen Bowes and Ray Hodgson (all Crake Valley), however it was Karen and Ray who won through.

David beat Ray (7-5) and the ensuing husband and wife battle between John and Karen Bowes was won on this occasion by John (7-4), however Karen beat Ray (7-4) to take 3^rd place.

The Final was a 19- point match between David and John, an exciting and, at times, nail-biting match with some excellent play by both men. David emerged victorious and took the Bu-Level GC Tournament Winner's prize of The Golden Eagle Trophy (10-6), presented by David Barrett, the Club President.

Doreen Curtis (Chester) won the Plate and Sharon de Maine (Pendle) the Shield.

Full results can be seen on https://croquetscores.com/2024/gc

Thanks go to Referee John Crossland, Tournament Manager and Admin team, the Grounds Team and the all-important Refreshments Team.