A stalwart Nottingham team of Dave Gunn, Mike Hedge, Martin Beacon and Ian Draper travelled to Surbiton at the crack of dawn on Sat 2nd October in pouring rain to contest the final of the 2021 Mary Rose inter-club AC competition, with Surbiton as the opponents. Very sadly, due to persistent torrentuial rain making the lawns unplayable, the best-of-7 match had to be abandoned at 1-1, and a rematch has been scheduled for early next season. Thanks to the Nottingham team and best wishes for the postponed final.
Photo: Mike Hedge (L) & Dave Gunn (R). Photo / montage credit – Beatrice McGlen.
Nottingham beat Bowdon 6-1 in the semi-final of the Mary Rose inter-club competition.
On Wednesday (29th September) a Nottingham team of Dave Gunn (0.5), Ian Draper (0.5), Mike Hedge (1.5) and Alex McIntyre (1.5) played at home to a visiting team from Bowdon: Mike Sandler (0.5), Will Mellor (2.5), Nigel Matthews (3.5) and Adrian Apps (3.5). By lunchtime Nottingham were 2-1 up, and by early afternoon (when your reporter left) Draper had had a quick victory and the other three matches looked poised. In the event Nottingham won all three for a resounding 6-1 victory.
Congratulations to the Nottingham team, and best wishes for the final against Surbiton on Saturday 2nd October at Surbiton.
Detailed results (unconfirmed) below. A formal report with photos will be published when available.
Nottingham names first:
Draper & Gunn vs Sandler & Mellor +24
McIntrye vs Matthews +9
Hedge vs Apps -7
Gunn vs Sandler +5
Draper vs Mellor +26
McIntryre vs Apps +17
Hedge vs Mathews +2
