On Sunday, 8 June, Chester’s team of Mark Lloyd (captain), David Boyd and David Guyton played host to Bowdon Angels in the NW Federation Advanced B-Level association croquet league.
The final result was a 4 – 1 win for Chester but it was a much closer match than appears from the result. Three of the four wins by Chester were won by the slimmest of margins of one, two or three hoops. By lunchtime the score was equal. Bowdon had lost the singles game but had won the doubles game by two hoops in the morning. In the three singles games in the afternoon, which all went to time, David Guyton finished two hoops ahead. Mark Lloyd and David Boyd were both hehind when time was called but managed to overtake in their final innings by one and three hoops respectively. The result could have gone in Bowdon’s favour. But it didn’t. Well done the Chester AC team!