The Rush
The Journal of Pendle & Craven Croquet Club
A member club of the Croquet Association
Editor: Barbara Dutton
12 Holme Street, Cotton Tree, COLNE, Lancs BB8 7BT
Tel:01282-863800 Email: bjdcottontree@btinternet.com
| Issue No. 93 December 2007 | |
 Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and lots of croquet in the New Year. It is with great sadness that we report the death, on Wednesday 5th December, in Blackburn Royal Hospital, of Betty Brierley OBE, our Vice President and great benefactor to this club. No other details available at this time. New Members: David & Meriel Harkness, Beechwood Corner, Beech Close, Menston, Ilkley LS29 8NU Tel: 01943-877407. We welcome them to the club. Anyone requiring keys to the club, please contact Peter Dowdall. There is a £10 deposit. Full instructions re club security will sent. Earby Community Centre events: Mince pies Fri 7th December drop in for a chat. Tel: 842221 for further information. WINTER SOCIAL EVENTS: Wed November 14th Croquet Beetle Drive, this was very successful raising over £100 for the club. Fylde have a fun games day on Sunday 9th December at 2pm. Details from Liz Wilson Website: www.fyldecroquet.co.uk Quiz Evening in the Pavilion, Thu 10th Jan 2008 7.30pm incl. supper to be hosted by: Mr & Mrs Roper and Mr & Mrs Hall £5 per person Annual Dinner to be held 22nd February 2008 at Colne Golf Club 22 booked and paid so far. Space is limited so please get your bookings in quickly. Send together with your cheque for £16pp made out to Pendle & Craven Croquet Club to: Peter Dowdall, 2 The Coach House, Bishopdale Court, SETTLE, N.Yorks BD24 9EB. WINTER LAWN CLOSURE: The lawns will be closed from 31st October 2007 to 15th March 2008 for maintenance, please volunteer to help if you are able. Contact Abdul. 2008 CA & Non-CA Tournaments held at our lawns: 21-24 March John Beech Handicap Tournament Manager David Maugham. 17-18 May ‘B’ Class Advanced Weekend Liz Wilson. 19-20 April Golf Croquet Handicap Tournament Manager Abdul Ahmad 7 - 8 June Advanced Tournament Manager Ian Lines. 21-22 June Millennium Handicap Manager Abdul Ahmad 15-18 Jul Midweek Tournament Manager John Filsak. 23-25 Aug August Handicap Weekend Manager Peter Wilson. Open Day 2008 will be held on Sat 14th June from 10am Internal Doubles Competition will be held on Sun 27th April. You will be allocated a partner from those entering. Bring your own lunch and get those bookings in to Abdul for a fun day. The AGM held on Sat 1st December was well attended. On finances, Treasurer, Peter Dowdall, explained that tournament entries were down this year but the number of tournaments held was up so we showed a decent profit. The money raised for the John Beech Memorial Fund has been spent on the sign and the new beech tree planted in the top corner or the grass car park. The tree is small, but as Kathleen Beech said, John didn’t begin big, the tree will grown. Remaining monies should be returned to the general fund for maintenance. Peter said that subs did not need to rise this year but future provision must be made for equipment depreciation. Peter was thanked for his continued financial husbandry. Chairman, Geoff Whitaker, thanked Roger Schofield, John Filsak, Abdul Ahmad and Peter Wilson for managing the 9 tournaments, internal competitions and the Musk Cup, which has been awarded to us again for 2008. Team Captains of all the Leagues were thanked for their efforts in a highly successful year. Jeff Perrris was thanked for his unstinting advice and help on the lawns and Abdul Ahmad for his work in implementing the advice and organising the workers. Barbara Dutton was thanked for her efforts on the garden. Abdul Ahmad was also thanked for the brilliant website. Maureen Whitaker, as organiser, and all the caterers who did such a splendid job throughout the season were thanked for their efforts. Members are encouraged to bring their friends to try the game and hopefully encourage them to join. It was decided to remove the ‘Over 50's’ part of the title from the Midweek Tournament. Liz Wilson encouraged all members to join the CA as they had supported the club financially on set up. As 2007 Captain of the North West League team she said all matches had been played and the club finished mid table. She was unable to continue as Captain and was thanked for her past hard work. David Pollitt,. as Captain of the North West Handicap team, thanked the 12 players he had used and said the club finished 4th in the table. Robin Delves, as Short team Captain, said we finished in third place a great improvement on last years bottom place. New members played and did well. The Schofields were thanked for their long trek to Llanfairfechan to play their match. As Captain of the Longman Cup team he lost out on a change of date, but will not do so again. Geoff Whitaker, as Golf Croquet team Captain, said we played 7 and won 6 and brought home the trophy. Played new players wherever possible. GW on behalf of Roger Schofield, Captain of East Pennine League team, said that they played 2 home and 2 away matches and won 3 lost 1. John Filsak, Captain of the Mary Rose team, a National B level Knockout Competition, said that over the 4 rounds, on paper, we were the weaker team. However, we made the final at the lovely venue of Wrest Park and played above our weight and won. Liz Wilson won both her games and Robert Essler battled us to Victory. All players thanked for their support. David Pollitt, re Secretary Shield, we got knocked out in the first round by the eventual winners of the competition. Internal Competitions: Barlow Ball :Robert Essler 1st, John Filsak runner up Aston Trophy: Robin Delves 1st, John Snowden runner up Pendle Shield Short: Robin Delves 1st, Abdul Ahmad runner up Skelton Trophy Golf: Abdul Ahmad 1st, Pam Pollitt runner up. Progressive One Day: run by Roger Schofield, Winners; Robin Delves & David Pollitt One Ball Competition: run by Roger Schofield, Abdul Ahmad 1st, Robin Delves runner up. Short Ladder: Robin Delves Golf Ladder: Abdul Ahmad Handicap Ladder: no winner In 2008 some internal competitions will be all play all, some will be Knockout and some will be one day competitions. See the website or the pavilion noticeboard for details and get your entries in via Abdul Ahmad as soon as possible. A small charge of £2 per entry is made. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS All officers have to resign but may stand for re-election. Roger & Kathryn Schofield sent notice that they were resigning from the committee. Chairman (GW), Vice-Chair(BD), Treasurer and Membership Secretary(PD) and Club Secretary (AA) returned unopposed. Abdul Ahmad also elected as Minutes Secretary. Bar Committee: Walter Flattery elected as Chair, with Robert Hall and Ann Dowdall plus Peter Dowdall as Treasurer. Ann Dowdall agreed to continue as Child Protection Officer. Handicappers remain as: John Filsak, Robin Delves and David Pollitt. Joh Filsak was elected as Club Captain. Team Captains: Advanced : John Filsak Handicap: David Pollitt Short: Peter Dewhurst Midweek League and East Pennine League and Longman Cup: Robin Delves Golf: Geoff Whitaker Mary Rose: John Filsak OTHER POSITIONS: Tournament Secretary - John Filsak, Manager of Catering and Refreshment Manager - Maureen Whitaker, Internal Competition Manager - Abdul Ahmad, Publicity Officer and Rush Editor - Barbara Dutton, Pavilion Keeper - Maureen Whitaker, White Lining - Robert Hall. Green keepers - Geoff Whitaker, together with Simon Beech and Robert Sagar, with backup from Abdul Ahmad. Equipment Manager - David Venn Your committee members are: Peter and Ann Dowdall, Geoff and Maureen Whitaker, Abdul Ahmad, Robin Delves, Barbara Dutton, Walter Flattery, Roy Berry, David Pollitt, John Filsak, Peter Dewhurst, Robert Hall and David Venn. PROPOSED RULE CHANGES Re rules 3.3 and 3.4. We are not legally permitted to state that no person under 18 may hold office, therefore this rule change is eliminated. Re rule 6.11b this amendment was voted down. However, it is pointed out that members who have not paid their subs by March are technically ineligible to vote at meetings or play in matches. The other minor grammatical amendments were left to the committee. The North West Federation is running a Golf Croquet Coaching Course at Culcheth Club on 12th - 13th April 2008. The Millennium Handicap Tournament has been awarded to Pendle again. Our club is encouraged to support the North West Federation and to support the Tournament at Southport on 28th-29th June 2008. Entries for the Leagues to be in before December 31st 2007. Geoff Whitaker and Abdul Ahmad will represent Pendle at the next meeting on Sat 8th March 2008 at Culcheth. Can team Captains please support the tournament at Southport on 28th & 29th June. We need 3 players for Handicap, 3 for Golf, 2 Advanced, 3 for Short on each day. Not necessarily the same players each day unless you want to make a weekend of it. Sandra Jensen offered a fund raising quiz evening for next Sep/Oct to take place in the Pendle Forest Sports Club. There would need to be 8 teams of 4 - 6 people, not just club members, bring your friends. Indoor Croquet at Earby Community Centre. This can be arranged on Thursdays from 10am - 4pm. The mat is at the Community Centre but the hoops have to be collected and returned to the pavilion. Ilkley players are keen, so support from Pendle would be appreciated. Bring your own lunch, there is a good dining area. £12 room hire to be shared among the participants. This requires a little forward planning so 1 week’s notice appreciated. Contact Abdul. Year Book Please contact Peter Dowdall if you can assist with checking the details for the new Yearbook and Rules book, this is a priority. Committee meetings 2008. Wed 23rd Jan, Wed 19th Mar 7.30pm start. Wed 11th Jun, Wed 6th Aug 8pm, Wed 6th Oct, Wed 10th Dec 7.30pm. AGM Sat 6th Dec 10am. * Winter meetings may be changed to daylight hours, please watch the newsletters for details of any change.* Meetings are open to any member and are held in the Pavilion. If you have any items for the Agenda for the next Committee Meeting, please let: Abdul Ahmad, Secretary, know at least one week before the date: ie by 16th January 2008. Contact details 01282-601770, Email; pendleandcravencc@yahoo.co.uk or in writing to: 35 Church St, Barrowford, Nelson BB9 6EB. Please visit the web site, the address is at the top of the page.
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