Southport are hosting the Spencer Ell Tournament this weekend.
This is a tournament where 8 of the top players in the CA play for 5 days against each other .
Players taking part are Neal Bacon,Lorna Dewar,David Harrison-Wood, Dave Kibble, Annabel McDiarmid, Mark Ormerod , Paul Rigge, Robert Wilkinson. All Players are minus players and visitors are welcome to come and watch some superb play
Wonderful Croquet in the Spencer Ell Tournament (Report by Peter Williams).
We were privileged to host the national Spencer Ell Competition in September, when the third top best players available in the country competed for this very prestigious trophy (see full details in last months Newsletter). Some great Croquet was played over the five days and it was great to see club members enjoying the action as they watched some fabulous play. It was also re-assuring for us mere mortals to witness top players making mistakes such as playing the wrong ball!!
The outcome was not decided until the final round of games was completed and the worthy winner was Lorna Dewar (pictured) from Nottingham Croquet Club with Robert Wilkinson of Bristol the gallant runner-up.