Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

Advanced Tournament 3-4 August














The second AC tournament on Wrest Park’s new lawns attracted a small entry, the home club’s members being augmented by visitors from Letchworth, the West Country and Sweden. It was won by the manager, Rod Ashwell, who finished equal with David Marsh on four wins from five games having won the game between them. David did not go unrewarded, having his handicap reduced from 1 to ½. Apart from the lightest and shortest of showers the sun shone all weekend, and the received opinion was that the lawns were playing much better than at the tournament a month previously, and this in spite of the fact that little mowing had been done in the interim.

The 3 hour time limits resulted in some tight finishes when the result swung on late changes of fortune, but there were more conclusive wins, among them Rod’s against John Bevington where he was looking for a combination peg-out to complete a straight triple but just failed to get a forward rush on the spare ball by the peg.

Sally Marsh took complete charge of the catering and served up delicious chicken and pork for lunch, following this up with a made-to-order sandwich service at teatime. All this while sharing the pavilion facilities with Flitwick Cricket Club on Saturday and Silsoe Park Rangers Football Club on Sunday. Our thanks to her and to Cliff and Jan Hayes.

Rod Ashwell (-½) 4/5

David Marsh (1½) 4/5

Simon Carlsson (0) 3/5

Don Gaunt (0)  2/5

John Bevington (1) 2/5

George Woolhouse (2) 2/5

Jonathan Wolfe (3) 2/5

John Hall (6)  1/5



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“I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day” - George Woolhouse and Don Gaunt in play, with Simon Carlsson seated in the background.

Don Gaunt referees Rod Ashwell’s sweep shot in his game against John Bevington (it hit).

L-R: Don Gaunt, Faith Gaunt, Simon Carlsson, David Marsh, John Hall, George Woolhouse, Rod Ashwell, Jan Hayes, Sally Marsh, Cliff Hayes, Jonathan Wolfe and John Wheeler