News Item 23 2008
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8 June 2008
Ian Lines won the Pendle & Craven Advanced Weekend to retain the David Openshaw Trophy.
Report by Ian Lines and Photograph by Barbara Dutton.

L-R Ian parkinson, Ian Lines and Mike Porter. The tournament was slightly depleted with just 9 players, so the manager decided on a flexible Swiss format, but with a consolation A class and B class. Everybody played everybody else in their class, but also played some games against players from the other class.

Ian Lines won the overall event, winning all his games, all but one with a triple peel. The consolation A class was closely contested, with Ian Parkinson and Brian Storey both on 2 wins from 4 games within the A class, but Ian Parkinson had a better overall record and so was awarded the A class Chris Clarke Trophy. The B class was even closer, with Mike Porter, Peter McDermott and Roger Schofield all on 2 wins from 3 games within the B class. However, Mike Porter also had a good win against Brian Storey and so was awarded the B class Jeremy Dyer Trophy.

The lawns at Pendle & Craven continue to improve, and although still a little slow (9 to 10 Plummers), are flat and uniform. The hoops were extremely well set at just under 1/32nd inch, and were firm enough that careless play got punished.

Congratulations should go to Mike Porter on completing his second ever triple peel in a tournament, and to Brian Storey for taking his lifetime total of triples into double figures.

Thanks should also be recorded to Pendle & Craven croquet club for their warm hospitality and excellent catering.

Handicap changes:

Ian Lines -2 to -2.5
Peter McDermott 1.5 to 2

Summary

Ian Lines (-2) 6/6 (5 tps) - Overall winner

Ian Parkinson (1) 4/6 - Consolation A class winner
Brian Storey (-0.5) 4/7 (2 tps)
Tom Griffith (1) 4/7
David Barrett (0) 2/5

Mike Porter (2) 3/6 (1 tp) - Consolation B class winner
Roger Schofield (4) 3/6
Peter McDermott (1.5) 2/6
Ken Jones (3) 0/7

Full Results

Tom Griffith beat Mike Porter +13
Roger Schofield beat Ken Jones +17
Ian Parkinson beat Peter McDermott +15
David Barrett beat Brian Storey +3
Ian Lines beat Tom Griffith +26tp
Mike Porter beat Ken Jones +15tp
Ian Lines beat Brian Storey +26tp
Peter McDermott beat Roger Schofield +18
Ian Parkinson beat David Barrett +9
Tom Griffith beat Ken Jones +21
Ian Lines beat Roger Schofield +26tp
Mike Porter beat Brian Storey +5
Peter McDermott beat Ken Jones +15
Ian Parkinson beat Tom Griffith +16
Brian Storey beat Peter McDermott +24tp
Ian Lines beat David Barrett +13tp
Roger Schofield beat Mike Porter +2
Ian Lines beat Ken Jones +24tp
Mike Porter beat Peter McDermott +25
Brian Storey beat Ian Parkinson +13
Tom Griffith beat David Barrett +1(t)
Brian Storey beat Roger Schofield +16
Ian Lines beat Ian Parkinson +15
Tom Griffith beat Peter McDermott +15
David Barrett beat Ken Jones +14
Ian Parkinson beat Mike Porter +15
Roger Schofield beat Ken Jones +20
Brian Storey beat Tom Griffith +12tp

Photographs by Mike Porter
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Ian Lines in play! Would you show off those shorts? Ken Jones in deep concentration. Ian lines linging up a....... Roger Schofield in play. Brian Storey's lond take off! ian Lines croquet shot!
Ian Lines' turn ended Tom Griffith's hoop approach Brian Storey's final peel preparations Brian Storey weighing up prospects of running the rover watched by the referee!! An elated Brian Storey after completing a successful Triple Peel The triumphant Threesome
30 July 2008
Pendle and Craven Advanced Weekend 7-8 June 2008.
Report by Ken Jones.

I was finally persuaded to venture north into the wilds of Yorkshire to play croquet at the Pendle and Craven Club in Earby last year. Articles in the Gazette over the previous three years detailing the trials and tribulations of finding a new location for this Club made me think I would find a ploughed field somewhere near a cemetery. The second part was true, but my return visit this year shows that the lawns themselves have made incredible progress in the last two years.

The clubhouse is well established with a bar at one end and facilities to support the excellent catering at the other. To a long-standing member from Edgbaston, the provision of proper toilet facilities and electric lighting is something of a novelty – Edgbaston has just celebrated its centenary and we only switched on the power for the first time last year! Pendle and Craven Club really has matured very rapidly and should be on the ‘must visit’ list for all who venture to the north of England.
Saturday morning saw nine of us assembled in the sunshine. An unexpected haemorrhage of players crying off in the final few days had reduced the expected 13 to a number which could be accommodated comfortably on three lawns with much single banking. Numbers of four in the A class and five in the B class were reversed by lunchtime as Tom Griffith won his first B class game and then announced his correct handicap. At least your correspondent benefited by ending no lower than fourth in the lower block on Sunday afternoon.

At the top end the overall tournament was being sewn up by Ian Lines, also managing, with scores of ‘+lots(tp)’ appearing with metronomic regularity throughout Saturday. Ian continued in similar vein on Sunday to end with 6/6 wins and five triples. The separate A and B class trophies were won by Ian Parkinson and Mike Porter respectively, both in much more closely fought contests. The rest of us sat and marvelled at Ian’s play, then tried rather less successfully to play good croquet against each other for an average of seven games each throughout the weekend.

Many thanks to Ian for the friendly, relaxed management and to Roger Schofield and other club members including the splendid catering crew for the warm welcome throughout the tournament. A most enjoyable weekend – I’ll see more of you there next year!

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