Ashby Croquet Club

PERRY BOWL (LADIES' TOURNAMENT)

Perry Bowl (Ladies' Tournament)
Annual one-day club tournament for ladies, 13-point Golf Croquet handicap singles.

Previous winners:
2004 Marilyn Murray
2005 Christine Mounfield
2006 Rachel Rowe
2007 Eileen Buxton
2008 Rachel Rowe

2009 Competition not held

2009 REPORT

The Ladies Day competition scheduled for Saturday 20th June had to be cancelled due to a shortage of entries.

2008 REPORT

Played on Saturday 21st June. After days of good weather, Ladies’ Day was grey and drizzly. Ten ladies from Ashby and Leicester Croquet Clubs braved the weather to compete for The Perry Bowl. Results: The winner was Rachel Rowe with 5 straight wins. Eileen Buxton was runner-up with 4 wins +18 3rd Sue Ryan from Leicester CC With 4 wins +9 4th Lindsey Thomas 3wins, 1 draw 5th Cynthia Bacon 2wins, 2 draws 6th Judith Rowe 2 wins 7th Marilyn Murray 1 win, 2 draws 8th Josie Tolton (LCC) 1 win 9th Cynthia Steele 1 draw 10th Sandra Sewell (LCC) All of the games were well-fought and everyone appeared to enjoy the event. Thanks to Marilyn who helped to set out the three lawns and took in all of the hoops at the end of play. She also provided the drinks throughout the afternoon. Afternoon tea was enjoyed by the competitors and the timekeeper. Of course only the finest china crockery was used befitting the event! Rachel was presented with The Perry Bowl by Eileen, last year’s winner. Our visiting timekeeper John Sewell was also the “official photographer".

2007 REPORT

The Ladies Day Competition was played on Sunday 17th June in an oasis of fine weather. Disappointingly only five ladies had entered the competition: three from Ashby and two from Market Bosworth. However we had a very enjoyable afternoon. Afternoon tea was taken after the first two games, when we were joined by Arthur, Barrie and Dave. The final two games were contested fiercely as any one of three players could win. Eileen was victorious with Rachel a close second and Judith an admirable third. It was nice to have two visiting players who said that they had enjoyed the whole experience as they usually only play at their own club. Rachel, last years winner, presented "The Perry Bowl" to Eileen. Results Eileen ( 3) won 4 Rachel (0) won 3 Judith (5)  won 2 Ann (6)     won 1 Shirley (6) won 0

2006 REPORT

Played on Saturday 17th June.

The Ladies’ Day Golf Handicap fielded 8 players. It was lovely to see Jayne Penn-Davis and Sue Nickson, also to welcome Ayako King and Judith Rowe. Chris Mounfield, Marilyn Murray, Rachel Rowe, and Eileen Buxton were the other member-players. We played 5 rounds of 13 points, 25-minute games. Rachel was the overall winner with 5 wins with Eileen in second place with 4 wins and Jayne third on 3 wins. We had an enjoyable afternoon of play in glorious weather.

Our thanks go to Tim King for setting the hoops, Geoffrey Ellott for time keeping, and Ray Mounfield for white-lining. Dave Davies, Barrie March and Sheila Shepherd, (a new member) visited during the afternoon. It was nice to see them. Eileen managed the competition.

The King children played happily, Aidan especially enjoying the bucket of water! (Report by Eileen)

Order of Play and Scores

Round 1

Ayako King 4 Judith Rowe 7

Chris Mounfield 4 Eileen Buxton 6

Marilyn Murray 1 Rachel Rowe 4

Jayne Penn-Davis 4 Sue Nickson 0

Round 2

Rachel 7 Sue 0

Ayako 1 Jayne 7

Judith 2 Chris 5

Eileen 4 Marilyn 4

Round 3

Ayako 1 Chris 7

Rachel 4 Jayne 2

Marilyn 4 Sue 2

Judith 0 Eileen 7

Round 4

Marilyn 3 Jayne 3

Judith 4 Sue 4

Eileen 6 Ayako 3

Chris 3 Rachel 5

Round 5

Eileen 7 Sue 2

Ayako 4 Rachel 7

Chris 0 Marilyn 3

Judith 2 Jayne 5

Handicaps

Chris 0; Eileen, Marilyn & Jayne 4; Rachel 5; Ayako, Sue & Judith 6

2005 REPORT

Seven Lady Members played in an all-play-all golf croquet handicap competition on Saturday, June 18th. The weather was glorious. During the afternoon we had a lovely tea and then continued playing croquet. The Perry Bowl was won by Chris Mounfield, she is playing very well and winning games and competitions alike. She is now a scratch player! Chris won 4 (+25/-10) Eileen won 4 (+22/-15) Jayne won 3 (+24/ -18) Marilyn won 3 (+19/-9) Joan won 2 (+18/-19) Joyce won 1 (+7/-30) Sue (+12/ -28) Chris won on hoop difference. All the games were 20 minutes duration/ 13 point. Everyone enjoyed the afternoon. It was lovely to welcome some new members to Club Competition. (Report by Eileen)

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