Phyllis Court lost to Nottingham 3-4

[<<] [>>] by Roger Steeper at Phyllis Court
23 Aug (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)

The splendid Thames-side setting of Phyllis Court was the venue for the Inter Club Bowl semi final, which was a finely-balanced contest only decided, in favour of Nottingham, with the very last shot of the day. Six of the seven match-ups went to all three games and six of the twenty games were decided at the 'golden hoop' (hoop 13, if you prefer). As often happens, the morning doubles was left at one game each at lunch break, then the singles played out to see if they provided a result. They did not and with the match score at 3-3, a very nervy deciding leg of doubles was resumed and taken through all 13 hoops before the winner was decided. Everyone agreed it was a wonderful day of competitive croquet played in the best spirit. The individual scores can be seen on croquetscores.com (23 Aug).