Club
Croquet
Wrest Park
Bryan Harral (0) and Cliff Hayes (20) beat Alan Clark (2) and Robin Barry (10) +10
John Bevington (1) and Richard Keighley (18) lost to John Smallbone (3½) and Adam Huby (10) -
Bryan Harral beat Alan Clark +17
John Bevington lost to John Smallbone -
Richard Keighley beat Adam Huby +3T
Cliff Hayes beat Robin Barry +8T
In the doubles John Smallbone got off to a cracking start by going round to 4-
After lunch Bryan was the first to finish. John B got to penult early but John S was always dangerous and the turning point came when JB went to run 2-
v Northampton (home) 16 May drew 3-
Bryan Harral (0) and Peter Aspinall (11) lost to Mike Hills (2½) and Jane Evans (18) -
John Bevington (1) and John Tew (9) beat Peter Stansfield (3) and Richard Cain (9) +7T
Bryan Harral lost to Mike Hills -
John Bevington beat Peter Stansfield +6T
John Tew lost to Richard Cain -
Peter Aspinall beat Jane Evans +6T
In the doubles Bryan and Peter seemed to have the upper hand when Peter pegged Mike out, but Jane managed to get round only to miss the peg from a short distance. However she hit in shortly afterwards and made sure. The two Johns made it 1-
After lunch Northampton moved into a 3-
v St Albans (home) 27 April won 5-
Bryan Harral (0) and Peter Aspinall (11) beat Heather Bennett (4) and Geoff Morrisson (18) +3T
John Tew (9) and Richard Keighley (18) beat Chris Frost (4.5) and Roger Bowman (14) +22
Bryan Harral beat Heather Bennett +16
John Tew lost to Chris Frost -
Peter Aspinall beat Roger Bowman +18
Richard Keighley beat Geoff Morrisson +15
This season’s campaign got off to a bright start with a good win against St Albans who beat us 4-
© Wrest Park Croquet Club
Beds & Herts League 2017
v Melgrave (away) 4 Sept lost 0-
Bryan Harral (0) and Geoff Strutt (9) lost to Robert Skeen (6) and Peter Whiting (6) -
Peter Aspinall (10) lost to Keith Harker (8) -
Bryan Harral and Peter Aspinall lost to Robert Skeen and keith harker -
Geoff Strutt lost to Peter Whiting -
This was the playoff for second place, so we still made the podium. The winners were Watford, and the final League table is on the EACF website.
v Letchworth (home) 18 July won 5-
Bryan Harral (0) and Peter Aspinall (10) beat George Woolhouse (2½) and Jeremy Scott (3½) +22
David Woolley (8) and Richard Keighley (18) beat Ian Mantle (3) and Martin King (14) +1T
Bryan Harral beat George Woolhouse +8
David Woolley lost to Ian Mantle -
Peter Aspinall beat Jeremy Scott +5
Richard Keighley beat John Hall +19
v Enfield (away) 28 June lost 2-
Bryan Harral (0) and Peter Aspinall (10) beat David Frost (4½) and John Street (8) +10T
David Woolley (7) and Geoff Strutt (9) lost to Tony Elliott (6) and Michael Broadway (14) -
Bryan Harral beat David Frost +17
David Woolley lost to Tony Elliott -
Geoff Strutt lost to John Street -
Peter Aspinall lost to Michael Broadway -
v Watford (away) 3 June won 4-
Under the greenwood tree -
|
Doubles |
Singles |
||||
|
P |
W |
L |
P |
W |
L |
Bryan Harral |
7 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
Peter Aspinall |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
Richard Keighley |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
John Bevington |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
John Tew |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Geoff Strutt |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
David Woolley |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Cliff Hayes |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |