Beds & Herts League 2023
v Northampton (home) 15 August won 6-
David Marsh (-
John Bevington (1) and Peter Aspinall (10) beat James Skelton (2) and Jane Evans (16) +4t
David Marsh beat Lionel Tibble +20
John Bevington beat James Skelton +25
Peter Aspinall beat Mike Hills +23
Peter Rothwell beat Jane Evans +15
The League season concluded with a comprehensive win against Northampton which meant that we won the League for the third year in a row. A warm and sunny day, with the lawns freshly mown that morning. In the doubles David was joined by Peter Rothwell, playing off 14 in his first league match. This gave them six bisques, and after Peter had got to 4-
After lunch the top three singles were all won by large margins and Peter R, who was playing full bisque base 10 and therefore only in receipt of four bisques, finished it off not long after completing a rover peel at the second attempt. We now face our third attempt to win the Leagues play-
Thanks as ever to team captain Bryan Harral for his organisation, encouragement and tea-
v Watford (home) 15 June won 4-
A good win in difficult and hot conditions, against frustrating opposition in some cases.
David Marsh (-
Bryan Harral (-
David Marsh beat Simon Hathrell +24
Bryan Harral beat Alan Clark +15
Tim Brewer lost to David Robinson -
Peter Aspinall lost to Eddie Chung -
v Letchworth (away) 10 May won 4-
David Marsh (-
Bryan Harral (-
David Marsh beat Keith Rhodes +10
Bryan Harral lost to John Noble -
John Bevington beat Colin Davies +18
David Woolley beat Martin King +1t
After the doubles were divided the first two singles to finish left the match still all square. The rain then intervened, and after David Marsh won his game the pundits (our team among them) were predicting a draw, as David Woolley was behind and not at his best. But he clawed his way back, and time was called with the scores level. Martin took a shot at David’s balls when he might have been better off joining up, and David then made the golden hoop -
v St Albans (home) 4 May drew 3-
Bryan Harral (-
George Collin (-
Bryan Harral beat Chris Frost +23
George Collin lost to Steven Mills -
John Bevington beat Stuart Stafford +12
Peter Aspinall lost to Mike Hann -
The League is down to five this season as Enfield could not guarantee to be able to field a team and have had to withdraw.
In the doubles George and John had made little progress and when John stuck in 1-
David Woolley runs 2-
© Wrest Park Croquet Club
The team for the match against Northampton:
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Peter Rothwell peels partner through rover in his game against Jane Evans.
Club
Croquet
Wrest Park