Colchester beat Nottingahm 4-3 to meet Cheltenham in the final of the AC Inter-Club.
On a glorious sunny day at home, Nottingham went 2-0 down before Sanaa won the other singles game before lunch. Ian and Debbie won in the afternoon to take us 3-2 ahead, but Rob and Colin won in quick succession to put us out of the event.
Paddy Chapman & Ian Lines lost to Ian Burridge & Rob Fulford -17tp (F)
Debbie Cornelius lost to Colin Hemming -3
Sanaa Hallam bt Steve Woolnough +16
Paddy Chapman lost to Rob Fulford -8tp
Ian Lines bt Ian Burridge +17
Debbie Cornelius bt Steve Woolnough +23
Sanaa Hallam lost to Colin Hemming -16
The following report is taken from the CA website:
By Geoff Johnson at Ashby CC 7 September 2013:
Sunday 8th September saw twelve hopefuls from all over the country arrive at Ashby CC to attempt to become this year's Centre Stage national champion.
Despite being threatened with continuous rain, the weather was kind to us, (no rain at all!), and packed agenda kicked off with a block stage with two blocks of six, all-play-all, producing four contestants for the semi-finals.
Chris Jackson from Nottingham CC narrowly beat David Pickard from Ben Rhydding CC by 7-5 in semi-final one, whilst Geoff Johnson from Watford CC beat Ken Eccles from Bury CC by 7-3 in semi-final two.
The final was very tightly contested, but in the end Chris Jackson won on the 13th hoop, to record a 7-6 victory and lift the 2013 trophy!
This was an excellent day's golf croquet and a good way for mid handicap players to experience competitive play, and start entering 'B'-level tournaments. I think all present really enjoyed it, and I can only encourage all clubs to consider entering a team in next year's competition, (details can be found in the CA handbook).
Thanks to Ashby CC for hosting us, and thank you to all the players who participated in such good spirit.
