A Nottingham team beat Tyneside 4-3 at the half-way venue of Ripon Spa Hotel to reach the final of the Golf Croquet Inter-Club Shield (the Murphy Shield) against Watford.  Arrangements for the final have yet to be made, but it is due to be played at a neutral venue.

Ian Vincent & Patricia Duke-Cox bt John Moore and Colin Green 6-7, 7-3, 7-2
Eileen Buxton bt Colin McDonald 7-4, 4-7, 7-4
Kath Wright bt Alison Heywood-Hill 7-2, 7-2

Ian Vincent bt John Moore 7-3, 7-2
Patricia Duke-Cox lost to Colin Green 4-7, 7-4, 1-7
Kath Wright lost to Colin McDonald 4-7, 5-7
Eileen Buxton lost to Alison Heywoard-Hill 5-7, 1-7

Cheltenham have beaten Nottingham A 4-1 in one semi-final of the AC Inter-Club competition.  Our other team play Colchester at Nottingham on Sunday 22nd September, to meet Cheltenham in the final.

The results, with Cheltenham names first, were: 

Chris Williams & Sarah Burrow beat Keith Aiton & Richard White +25tp(W)
Chris Williams lost to Keith Aiton -26tp(5)
Sarah Burrow beat Richard White +20tp

Dave Kibble beat Martin Beacon +3
David Foulser beat Ailsa Lines +11

The remaining two games were not played.