Camerton & Peasedown lost to East Dorset 3-4

[<<] [>>] by Keith Southern at Camerton & Peasedown
23rd April (GC - Murphy Shield)

On April 21 East Dorset narrowly edged Camerton & Peasedown 4-3 in the first round of this year's competition on a chilly day at Peasedown St John. These teams had last met in the 2019 final. The closeness of this year's match is reflected in the hoop score of 98-97.

East Dorset led 2-0 at the lunch break with one singles unfinished at 1-1 but Camerton & Peasedown fought back to take the afternoon singles 3-1, making the match score 3-3. So the unfinished morning singles would be decisive. East Dorset won that at the 12th hoop with a short angled jump shot over the opponent's jawsed ball. .

Teams and handicaps :

Camerton & Peasedown: David Richards (1), Mark Godfrey-James (2), Des Back (4), Nigel Wulcko (5).

East Dorset : Greg Vaughn (1), Mark Hamann (2, Tim Hughes (3), Michelle Leonard (3).

Scores (East Dorset names first) :

Greg and Mark beat David and Mark 7-6, 7-4

Michelle beat Des 7-3. 7-4

Tim beat Nigel 7-6, 4-7, 7-5

Greg lost to David 2-7, 5-7

Mark lost to Mark 4-7, 7-3, 3-7

Tim beat Des 7-5, 7-6

Michelle lost to Nigel 7-6, 5-7, 5-7

The full results are also on Croquet Scores.