Rob Strover won the Bury GC B-Level

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Finalists Frank Sharps and Robert Strover

Robert Strover (Bishop Monkton) won the GC 'B' Level Tournament beating Frank Sharps (Crake) in the Final (7-6) at Whitehead Park, Bury.

Play consisted of two blocks and, since there were only 8 players competing, each match was played to 15 points. In the three rounds some of the matches took a long time to resolve. David Barrett (Bury) and Rod Bowden (Llanfairfechan) had a 33-minute battle for the first hoop in their match, however, once run, the match did pick up a pace and Rod went on to win (8-1).

In Block A, both Frank Sharps and John Tidy (Sheffield) won 2 out of their 3 matches, thus ensuring their places in the Semi Final. In Block B Robert Strover won all 3 of his matches earning his place in the Semi Final. The remaining 3 Block B players all won 1 match, but Margaret Crossland (Sheffield) won her place in the Semi Final on net hoops.

The decision was made that, after the long sessions in the rounds, the matches would revert to 13 points for the remainder of the matches.

In the Semi Final Frank beat Margaret (7-5,) Robert beat John (7-3) which meant that fellow club players Margaret and John met in the 3^rd/4^th Playoff. Margaret won (7-3)

Rod Bowden (Llanfairfechan) and Robert Mumford's (Ripon Spa) 5^th/6^th playoff match was tight, but Rod came through (7-6) to win the Plate.

The 7^th/8^th Playoff featured Bury players David Barrett and Bernard Lord, which David won (7-3).

We experienced excellent play from both Frank and Robert in the Final and everyone enjoyed watching this closely fought match which concluded with Robert running the final hoop and thus winning the cup.

Club Chairman, Roy Spencer, presented the trophies and medals.

Thanks go to the referee, John Crossland, the Tournament Manager and Admin team, the Grounds Team and, of course, the Catering Team, for making the day an enormous success, which everyone involved enjoyed.

Full results can be seen on Croquet Scores https://croquetscores.com/2025/gc