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31 August 2008 David Tunbridge wins the All England handicap Championship Area Finals on 30 and 31st August at Pendle and Craven Croquet Club. by Barbara Dutton Players who qualified through their own clubs competitions at Pendle, Bowdon, Bury, Fylde, Huddersfield, and Southport came to Earby to compete for 3 places in the finals of this year’s event to be held at the Roehampton Club on 13/14th September. With one dry but humid day and one very wet one the players were challenged by conditions as well as their opponents. After some very close matches the three going forward to the finals are:- 1st place with 5 wins out of 5, David Tunbridge from Bowdon. 2nd place with 4 wins out of 5, Malcolm Daines from Huddersfield. 3rd place with 3 wins out of 5, Eileen Gallagher from Southport after a 5 way tie break. FULL RESULTS (5 Rounds Swiss event): 1st Round: Malcolm Daines beat Barbara Young Francois Garcia beat Robin Delves Charles Harding beat Geoff Young Eileen Gallagher beat John Lucas David Tunbridge beat Betty Bates Patrick Cheyne beat Eileen Rossiter 2nd Round David Tunbridge beat Eileen Gallagher John Lucas beat Geoff Young Eileen Rossiter beat Betty Bates Patrick Cheyne beat Francois Garcia Robin Delves beat Barbara Young Malcolm Daines beat Charles Harding 3rd Round Eileen Rossiter beat Barbara Young Eileen Gallagher beat Charles Harding David Tunbridge beat Patrick Cheyne Robin Delves beat John Lucas Betty Bates beat Geoff Young Malcolm Daines beat Francois Garcia 4th Round John Lucas beat Betty Bates David Tunbridge beat Malcolm Daines Francois Garcia beat Geoff Young Charles Harding beat Barbara Young Eileen Gallagher beat Patrick Cheyne Robin Delves beat Eileen Rossiter 5th Round Charles Harding beat Eileen Rossiter Patrick Cheyne beat Betty Bates Malcolm Daines beat Eileen Gallagher David Tunbridge beat Robin Delves Francois Garcia beat John Lucas Geoff Young v Barbara Young unplayed. Awards: Charles Harding received the Bronze Award in his match against Barbara Young. Handicap Changes: Malcolm Daines from 9 to 8 Eileen Gallagher from 18 to 16 | |||||||
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