Bowdon lost to Nottingham B 4-7

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29th August (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)

Nottingham 'B' arrived at Bowdon for the semi-final tie feeling quite pensive as their A-team had lost heavily against the same opponents in the previous round. Things started well for the visitors, with a 3-0 clean sweep in the first round of two singles and the doubles. Bowdon responded well taking the second round of singles games taking them 3-1. After a superb lunch, the players donned their waterproofs, as the forecast rain had arrived. Nottingham took the final session 3-1 for a 7-4 win to progress to the final.

Individual scores were:

Viv Staley & Sarah Butler (N) beat Ken Cooper & Robert Cutts-Watson (B) 10-4
Julieann Trembling (N) beat Alan Dix (B) 9-0
Roger Steeper (N) beat Nigel Matthews (B) 14-1

Julieann (N) beat Nigel (B) 8-7
Ken (B) beat Roger (N) 14-11
Alan (B) beat Viv (N) 7-5
Robert (B) beat Sarah (N) 11-10

Viv (N) beat Nigel (B) 14-1
Sarah (N) beat Ken (B) 12-5
Roger (N) beat Alan (B) 14-8
Robert (B) beat Julieann (N) 10-9

Games were timed at 90 minutes.