National level play golf croquet competition 5 – 6 August 2017

The national level play golf competition was hosted at Chester croquet club on the weekend of August 5th and 6th. After some late cancellations, 12 people played for the Maggie Cowman trophy over the two days of play. The final match for the trophy was contested by David Boyd of Tarporley CC and Garry Greenwood of Chester CC. In a best of three format, the winner was Garry Greenwood who received the trophy and a personal medal. As runner up, David received a bottle of the exclusive ‘Sloping Lawn’ wine, vintage 2017. The Chester Bowl was won by Steve Marsh (Bakewell); he received bottle of 2017 ‘Slanting Lawn’. After a very tight final game, Jayne Taylor (Chester) won the Telfords Plate and a bottle of 2017 ‘Tilting Lawn’

Tournament winner Garry Greenwood
David Boyd receiving his trophy from tournament manager David Crawford
Jayne Taylor with her trophies