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Match Reports 2001/02
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Seven Heaven
(from the Bath Chronicle)
Bath Croquet Club's youngest member Eugene Chang made his mark at the recent Nailsea Handicap Tournament.
The 16 year old, who has a handicap of 14, was playing in his first Croquet Association tournament and went on to win all of his seven games.
This weekend Chang and his team-mate Jamie Waldron will represent the club at the prestigious All England National Croquet Finals.
Meanwhile, Audrey Whitaker won the Cope Cup at a recent tournament in Poole.
Daniel Mills won the Longman Cup for B Level singles at Budleigh Salterton with seven wins out of seven. He also won the handicap singles in Bowden, near Manchester.
Mills' handicap has improved from 4 to 1.5 and he is now ranked in the top 150 in the UK.
Club colleague Louise Bradforth has moved up to 93rd in the UK.
September 2002
Cheltenham B Level Advanced Report
35 players arrived in Cheltenham full of the joys of spring, and eagerly awaiting the first tournament of the season. Unfortunately the weather was not as kind to us as we had hoped. The combination of an icy cold wind and driving rain was not very enticing. Indeed Abdul Ahmad was forced to leave the tournament early because his mallet’s leather grip had “expanded”, and he was unable to dry it overnight. Still it was good to swing the mallet again, better than being at work!
We did also have some good weather and there was some excellent croquet played. Special mention must go to our international players Jonathan Lamb from Brussels (originally Salisbury) and Fernando de Ansorena from Spain. The food as always at Cheltenham was excellent and we were all made very welcome. Well done to Richard Wainman who wore shorts throughout and John Moore who was determined to sport them for at least one day!
The tournament was smoothly managed by Rick Davis of Nottingham, with Eileen Magee as Referee of the Tournament. Rick cleverly devised two events - the idea being that two different people would win, but of course these things don’t usually go to plan! Event 1 was Egyptian with each player starting on 50 points. Event 2 was based on points gained on AHS Handicap Cards. Well done to Jenny Williams of Bowdon with 73 points in Event 1 and a gain of 97 AHS points for Event 2. Abdul Ahmad of Pendle and John Moore from Tyneside shared 2nd place in Event 1 with 68 points. John also gained 82 handicap points. Mike Hoggett of Cheltenham scored 67 AHS points and Bruce Rannie won his silver award.
April 2001
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