Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

GC B level (3+) League 2025

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v Letchworth (home)     26 August     won 15-3

Wrest Park: Peter Rothwell (2), Gill Brewer (5), Tony Meredith (6), Chris Harrison (7)

Letchworth: Stuart Haggett (5), Sue Bathmaker (6), Tracy Martin (7), Robin Mead (8)

Our last match resulted in a substantial win against Letchworth and left us fourth in the table. Peter Rothwell was eligible to play as his handicap had only gone down to 2 the week before. Once again the doubles went 1-1, with Gill and Tony beating Sue and Tracy 7-3 and Peter and Chris losing to Stuart and Robin 6-7. After that the singles were rather one-sided, with only Robin’s two wins against Chris and Tony preventing a clean sweep for Wrest Park. Gill’s lemon cake was much appreciated by both sides.

Gill Brewer in play against Tracy Martin in the final round of singles, which she won 5-3 on time (the time limit is 50 minutes).

v Enfield (away)     25 July     lost 8-10

Wrest Park: Tim Brewer (3), Richard Keighley (5). Gill Brewer (5), Chris Harrison (7)

Enfield: Colin Carver (3), Nicola Hyde (3), Nigel Owen (4), Philip Hawes (8)

As in the previous match it all came down to the last round of singles. We shared the doubles round, took the first round of singles 3-1 and shared the next round 2-2. Enfield won the third round 3-1 to leave the scores at 7-7, and did it again in the final round for a winning score of 10-8.


v Northampton (away)     23 July     won 10-8

Wrest Park: George Collin (3),Tim Brewer (3), Gill Brewer (5), John Kirkham (9)

Northampton: Paul Chard (5), Martyn Palmer (6), Diana Dunkley (9), Archie Brown (9)

The match format is one round of doubles and four rounds of singles, giving 18 games altogether. The doubles games were shared and Northampton took the first round of singles 3-1. The next two rounds were shared, but in the final round Wrest Park overcame the two-game deficit by winning all four games to win the match 10-8.

The results of the matches in the various GC leagues can be found on the EACF website. Wrest Park have two matches remaining in the B level league, against the top (Enfield) and bottom (Letchworth) clubs.