Westmorland 8 Falcons 10

All the games were pretty much nip and tuck with the exception of Betty's games which were over pretty quickly with the away team beating her in less than 20 minutes under the advantage system.

After the first round of singles it was a draw, after the second round including the doubles it was a draw, after the third round it was still a draw. So all to play for. Colin Don and Alison won for the Falcons in the last round, Betty lost 7-3.

Fylde thanked Westmoreland for their hospitality and in particular were impressed by Fiona's home made cake.

Posted by Betty, 2nd September

Coasters 2 Crake 8

27th August - Really? Persistent precipitation was the backdrop for this day of croquet. The rainfall on the players and more so on the lawns was the reason for calling a halt at lunchtime. The weather conditions were deemed unfit. Stewart and Robert pulled off a win in the doubles and Stewart one in the singles but after that Fylde winners were not forthcoming. All credit to Crake Valley for their consistent play and a well deserved win.

Fylde: Sue Clarke 7, Jude Acda 8, Stewart Houghton 12, Robert Bentwood 9.

Posted by Sue, 27th August

Fylde Coasters 6 - Pendle 12

Fylde: Philip Bass 8, Catherine Bass 8 (c), Ursula Walker 12, Helen Froggatt 12.
Pendle: Mike Bradbury 3, Cathy O’Brien 6, Sharon de Maine 9, David Carpenter 11 (c)

The final scoreline, as usual, doesn’t tell the full story.
Sunny, breezy day and lots of congenial play. Teams earned one apiece in the Doubles round and by lunch the scores were still level at 5-5.
Well done to Helen who, in her first League match, won the first of her Singles games.

Six games went to ‘golden hoop’ - five going Pendle’s way.

Our Player of the Match is Ursula, winning in four of her five matches and only narrowly missing a clean sweep at the golden hoop (6-7) in her last game of the day.

Posted by Catherine, 21st August

Fylde Falcons 10 Bury North 8

Some fine shots from both sides made for a great day. Thanks to Bury for thei visit and sportsmanship. Long hoops from Colin!

Posted by Barbara, 1st August.

Bury North 10 Fylde Coasters 8

Posted by Sue, 13th July.

Fylde Falcons 10 Bury South 8

A close match with scores level after 3 rounds of singles. Some good long hooping from both teams made all to play for in the final 4 games. Lindsay found her form and the Broughtons produced the wins to finish the match 10 - 8

Posted by Barbara, 13th July.

Bury South 10 Fylde Coasters 8

A day of mixed weather challenges. Occasional light rain between sunny spells and cool breeze in the morning transitioned to a very breezy, cold afternoon - with a bit of sun. By half time, the Coasters were 7-3 down. Fortified by a sit down in the warmed clubhouse at lunch, the Coasters went back into battle, winning 5 of the last 8 games.

In Robert’s game with Simon, Philip was called upon to adjudge whether Red had completed running the hoop. The ball was clearly through. Unknown to Philip, it was Robert’s ball …and his last hoop to win the game!

At the end of the day, with one game still in play, the other players were enjoying cake and tea, courtesy of Bury while Catherine and Barbara were head scratching over start score adjustments on the scoresheet.

Exclamations were made as the final game finished. Stewart’s Black simultaneously cleared Yellow and ran the hoop for itself giving him his first League game win. Well done team!

Posted by Catherine, 9th June.

Crake 11 Falcons 7

Crake ; FRANK SHARPS 5, CHRIS WILLIAMSON 6, BRENDA KNIGHT 12, RAY HODGSON 12.
FALCONS; ALISON BROUGHTON 9, TED WALKER 9, BARBARA WALKER 11, BARRY BROUGHTON 11.

Warm sunshine greeted us at Crake Valley but a cool wind at times. A poor start saw us lose both doubes and the first 4 singles 6-0 to Crake!

Barry started the fight back, hooping from the corner to take hoop 1, knocking this ball into the jaws of hoop 2 and following on with a similar shot to hoop 3. Alison struggled to come to terms with the lawns but did succeed with a great jump shot.

The score at lunch 8-2 to Crake. Our team rallied and we managed to reduce the deficit.

Posted by Barbara, 1st June.

Falcons 10 Pendle 8

Falcons: Ted 9, Alison 9, Barbara W 11, Lindsay 11.
Pendle: Mike Bradbury 4, Cathy O'Brien 6, Sharon de Maine 9, David Carpenter 10.

On a lovely sunny summers day the match started on time. The doubles were shared, Ted and Lindsay winning 7 -2 whilst Alison & Barbara fought a close game agains Cathy & David narrowly losing 7 - 5.
The falcons made a flying start (Webmeister groans) winning 5 of the first 8 singles, the score at lunch 6 - 4.
The first 4 singles after lunch were won 3 -1 by Pendle making the match all square with 4 to play.
In the final round the 3 FALCONESSES won whilst the old FALCON lost to the oppositions top malleteer!

Posted by Barbara, 26th May.

Westmorland 7 Fylde Coasters 11

A win for Fylde Coasters has put them top of League North for Handicap Golf.
In the first round Doubles against David Sneath (5) and Bob Lear (9), Philip Bass (6) and Claire Pearson (8) came out winners 7-6. Catherine Bass (9) and Robert Bentwood (10) started well against Mark Gregory (10) and Marysia Lear (12) but faded to lose 5-7.

Three good wins in the first round Singles plus two wins in the second round (one Golden Hoop scored from the boundary) put Fylde ahead 6-4 at lunch.
It was an overcast day but warm. Pleasant conversation exchanged at lunch together with a moist date and walnut cake baked by Marysia was very enjoyable.
Fylde restarted well with three further wins. With the score at 9-5 for Fylde, Westmorland had to target all four final round games to Draw. Claire emerged victorious first and Robert followed soon after - clinching a good win for Fylde.

Posted by Catherine, 20th May.

Coasters 9 Falcons 9

Derby Day!

The Coasters below Falcons on top.

Photographs by The Boss 27th April.