Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

Annual Dinner 2016

This took place on 25th November at the Lower Stondon Golf Club, which is fast becoming a regular venue. Many thanks to Peter Aspinall who made all the arrangements and wrote out all the placecards with our menu choices, an invaluable aid to guests and staff alike. After the meal club chairman David Woolley presented the prizes for all but one of the club competitions, the last of which is due to be concluded during the first weekend of December.



Individual club competitions


Steel Cup (Advanced)

Winner: Rod Ashwell

Runner-up: Nick Evans (who received the Bottomley Plate as runner-up)


Archer Cup (Handicap)

Winner: Eric Audsley

Runners-up: Nick Evans and David Woolley


Ashwell Cup (Handicap – All England qualifier)

Winner: John Bevington

Runner-up: Geoff Strutt


John won the Area Final held at Edgbaston and went on to play in the National Final at Hamptworth.


De Grey Plate (Handicap)

Winner: Richard Keighley

Runner-up: Cliff Hayes


De Grey Cup (B level Advanced)

Winner: David Woolley

Runner-up: Geoff Strutt


14 point Trophy (Advanced)

TBD - the final is between Tim Brewer and David Marsh


Golf croquet (Handicap)

Winner: Eric Audsley

Runner-up: Roy Bradbury


Club team competitions


Mary Rose (Advanced) – Wrest Park beat Northampton, Pinchbeck and Nottingham to reach the final at Surbiton, where they beat East Dorset 5-2 to take the trophy for the fifth time.


Longman Cup (Handicap) - Wrest Park beat Nottingham and Hunstanton before losing to Enfield, who went on to win the competition, beating High Wycombe in the final.


EACF Beds & Herts League (AC - Handicap) – Wrest Park finished 2nd with three wins and two draws from six matches.


EACF Western Area League (GC - Handicap) – Wrest Park finished 4th with two wins from five matches.


Inter Counties – Bedfordshire, consisting of members of Wrest Park, finished 6th in Division 2 with five wins from 10 matches.


Keith Palmer organised the GC League matches, Peter Aspinall managed the Longman Cup team, and Bryan Harral organised everything else.


Clockwise from left: Gill Brewer, Tim Brewer, Caroline Stroud, Roger Stroud, Denise Aspinall, Peter Aspinall, Shelagh Bagni, Ross Bagni, Cliff Jones’s daughter Samantha, Cliff Jones

Tom Anderson, George Collin, Geoff Strutt, Richard Keighley, Wendy Audsley, Eric Audsley, Rosemary Morris, David Morris

Sharman Harral, (David Woolley), Jane Evans, Nick Evans, (John Bevington), Richard Skidmore, Rob Chatwin, Bryan Harral

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