Annual Dinner 2018

Individual club competitions 2018 (or, for those who remember old radio comedy, Much-Winning-by-the-Marsh)

Steel Cup (Advanced)

Winner: David Marsh

Runner-up: Bryan Harral (awarded the Bottomley Plate as runner-up)

Archer Cup (Handicap)

Winner: David Marsh

Runner-up: John Tew

In order to conclude the competition a degree of managerial manipulation was required. John Tew had reached the final but was due to be away before David Marsh and David Woolley could play their semi-final, so David played John and won, and later played David Woolley. Had he lost, the final would have had to be postponed until next year and his game against John would have been classed as a friendly, but he won and thus won the competition overall.

Ashwell Cup (Handicap – All England qualifier)

Winner: Richard Keighley

Runner-up: David Woolley

Richard and David played at the area final at Ashby. David won it and Richard was runner-up, so both qualified for the final, which was held at Wrest Park and won by Thomas Halliday of Enfield CC.

De Grey Plate (Handicap)

Not contested this year.

De Grey Cup (B level Advanced)

Winner: David Morgans

14 point Trophy (Advanced)

Winner: Bryan Harral

Golf croquet (Handicap)

Winner: Ross Bagni

Runner-up: Eric Audsley


Club team competitions

Mary Rose (Advanced) – Wrest Park beat Letchworth but then lost at home to Surbiton by the narrowest of margins, losing the deciding game by 1 on time.

Longman Cup (Handicap) - Wrest Park lost to Enfield in the first round.

EACF Beds & Herts League (AC - Handicap) – Wrest Park finished fourth having the same number of wins as the two teams above them, but fewer draws. The B&H League was won by St Albans, who also won the EACF Leagues playoff held at Wrest Park.

EACF Western Area League (GC - Handicap) – Wrest Park finished fourth with two wins and a draw. The league was won by Northampton Mallets.

EACF Central & West Area League (GC B level - Level play) - Wrest Park finished fifth with one win, losing the rest all by the narrow margin of 3-4. The league was won by Enfield.

Full results tables for all the Leagues can be seen on the EACF website.

Richard Keighley organised the GC League matches, Peter Aspinall managed the Longman Cup team, and Bryan Harral managed the Mary Rose and Beds & Herts League teams.


Club members participating in CA selection and other events

The Spencer Ell (3rd eight)

David Marsh played in this event.

The Selectors Weekend

Cliff Jones played in this event.

The GC B level final

This tournament is made up of players who have done best in various qualifying events during the season. David Ball, Roger Stroud and Rob Chatwin qualified for the final, and David and Roger played in it, David reaching the semi-final.


Chairman’s Award

Richard Keighley

© Wrest Park Croquet Club  

After several years at the Lower Stondon Golf Club, the venue for this year’s dinner moved to The Jolly Coopers in Wardhedges, just down the road from Silsoe. The event was ably organised by Peter Aspinall, and we had a room and a bar to ourselves. 28 people came, and afterwards chairman David Woolley presented the prizes for the various internal club competitions.

Technical note: the wall lighting played merry hell with the camera’s white balance and gave everyone the appearance of suffering from a severe case of jaundice. Efforts to correct this could not be applied in a totally consistent manner, hence the variations in tone.

David Marsh, who won both the main handicap and advanced competitions.


Richard Keighley, who won the Chairman’s Award, an award for outstanding service to the club over the season.


Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

2018 Archive