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-
Archer Cup (Handicap)
Winner: Eric Audsley
Runners-
Ashwell Cup (Handicap – All England qualifier)
Winner: John Bevington
Runner-
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-
De Grey Cup (B level Advanced)
Winner: David Woolley
Runner-
14 point Trophy (Advanced)
TBD -
Golf croquet (Handicap)
Winner: Eric Audsley
Runner-
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-
Longman Cup (Handicap) -
EACF Beds & Herts League (AC -
EACF Western Area League (GC -
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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