FYLDE 13 CULCHETH 9

Fylde: Alan Morton (7), Ian Theakstone (8), Geoffrey Lipshaw (10), Philip Bass (11)
Culcheth: Bob Connop (2), Alan Wright (5), Bernard Groom (6), Pat Barlow (10)

MORNING DOUBLES
A heavy shower of rain just before the start of play made the lawns a little slow paced.

Fylde won 4 of the doubles matches to put them in a good position at Lunch.
Alan and Philip beat Bob and Pat 7-5
Ian and Geoffrey beat Alan and Bernard 7-5
Alan and Geoffrey beat Bob and Bernard 7-3
Geoffrey and Philip beat Bernard and Pat 6-4

Jump shots could be seen all morning from the Culcheth players and Fylde had to make sure they moved any ball within Jump shot distance. However, Bob had the most spectacular in trying to save the game against Alan and Philip when he attempted a shot from several yards which had the height but the direction took it past the hoop. Alan and Ian lost on a Golden Hoop to Bob and Alan. Alan had set up to run hoop12 and tie the game but some good tactical play by Bob left him in the best position to approach Hoop 13 and so win the game. Ian and Philip also lost 6-7 to Alan and Pat . Fylde 4-2 at lunch.

AFTERNOON SINGLES
ROUND 1
Fylde 2 Culcheth 2- Alan won hoop 5 against Bernard with a jump shot left his ball in front of Hoop 6 to win consecutive hoop points.
ROUND 2
Fylde 2 Culcheth 2-Ian and Alan won Golden hoop games to keep Fylde in front. Philip lost to Bob on a Golden Hoop game.
ROUND 3
Fylde 2 Culcheth 2
ROUND 4
Fylde needed 2 wins from this round to win the match. Alan lost to Bob 6-7. But Ian, Philip and Geoffrey all won their games to give Fylde a 13-9 win.
Congratulations to Ian who won 6 matches, triggered handicap 7 and gave a Mars Bar performance Thanks to Cath and Betty who served teas and laid out the buffet for the players. Much appreciated.

Posted by Alan, 15th July 2010

Bury North 8 Fylde 14

At last a win for Fylde - third time lucky!

Bury: Susan Hardman 9, Mick Sandiford 10, Maureen Whittle 10, Vi Richards 12
Fylde: Betty Bates 8, Ian Theakstone 8, Catherine Bass 9, Philip Bass 11

The mixed weather conditions at Coronation Park saw the teams, adding and removing layers through the day. In the morning session Fylde quickly won four out of the six doubles games, with only one game going to full time. With time to spare, it was agreed to play a singles match before lunch. Two wins for Ian and Betty gave a lunchtime score of 4-6 in Fylde's favour.
In the next two rounds, Fylde won five of the eight games and needed to win at least one remaining game to take the match. Ian, Philip and Betty won their matches to take Fylde to victory. Ian was man of the match, winning all SEVEN of his games. Well done and a very large Mars Bar owed by the Match Captain.

Congratulations to Bury on the reopening of their lawns after the flattening process

Posted by Catherine, 4th July 2010

Fylde 9 Bury Souths 13

Fylde: Catherine Bass (c), (9) Geoffrey Lipshaw (10), Philip Bass (11), Catherine Morton (12).
Bury Souths: David Dean (3), Judith Gaskell (c)(5), Ken Eccles (12), Margaret Eccles (12).

Fylde struggled to find form in the morning doubles, managing only one win out of six remarkably low scoring games which all went to full time – 18 hoops to Fylde, 28 hoops to Bury from 6 games. After lunch, the pace quickened. Fylde made a better showing and by mid afternoon, play was drawn 9-9. However, Bury Souths fought back to level the singles play with 8 games each.

Posted by Catherine, 14th June 2010

SOUTHPORT 12 FYLDE 10

FYLDE: Alan, Catherine, Philip, Cath
SOUTHPORT: Mary Warren, Margaret Flemington, Jean Nolan, Sandra Disley

A lovely sunny day at Southport. Catherine and Philip had been to Wembley on Saturday to see Blackpool win the Championship play -off final and so the team wore Tangerine and White on arrival looking for an opening season win. The match format was agreed to be changed to allow the use of 4 lawns to play the singles in the morning session. SINGLES
ROUND 1
Fylde lost the opening round 3 games to1. Alan had the win beating Jean 7-3.
ROUND2
This round was halved with a win for Catherine 7-5 against Jean and Alan beating Sandra 6-5.
ROUND 3
Again this round was halved with Catherine winning a Golden Hoop game 7-6 against Mary and Philip beating Sandra 6-5.
ROUND 4
This round was also halved with wins for Alan beating Mary 7-3 and Philip beating Jean 6-5. So at lunch Fylde were two games behind with the score at 9-7 to Southport. Margaret Flemington had a very good performance winning all her 4 singles matches.

DOUBLES
After an excellent lunch, Fylde set about to try and close the 2 point gap in the score. Catherine and Philip got off to a good start by comfortably beating Margaret and Jean 7-3. Alan and Cath had a closely contested match before losing 6-5 to Mary and Sandra. Catherine and Cath had an excellent 6-2 win over Margaret and Sandra but again in a close game Alan and Philip fought back from 5-2 down to eventually lose 6-5 to Mary and Jean. This meant that Fylde needed to win the remaining 2 doubles to tie the match. Cath and Philip had a Golden Hoop win 7-6 but unfortunately Alan and Catherine found Mary and Margaret to be in good form and lost 6-2.

SUMMARY
A good effort by the team on a very hot day.

Posted by Alan, 23rd May 2010

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