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An enjoyable three days of hard fought matches at the annual over
50s croquet tournament in fairly Sunny Hunny. Weather forecasts of
doom and gloom were again ignored in the special micro-climate of
Hunstanton with morning, afternoon and evening sessions alternating
in bewildering fashion between chilling nor’easterly and sweltering
heat.
Excellent food and drink as always with the entertaining Saturday
night Chinese buffet extravaganza organised by Brian Saddington
complimenting fine lunches and scrummy teas served at the club.
There is a hard core of regular attendees of this friendly event
from clubs around East Anglia which this year was boosted by entries
from Pendle in Lancashire and Surbiton in Surrey.
One of the visitors from Pendle, Robin Delves, led from the start
with a string of wins through his audacious play. His pole position
was briefly challenged by the wily Woolhouse and Tutt of Letchworth
and by last year’s winner, Patricia Duke-Cox, but it was the
manager, Ian Storey, who finally claimed overall glory, completing a
flawlessly administered three days with an equally perfect victory
over Robin. As the Chairman so graciously put it – he can set the
hoops and serve the food next year too.
Jonathan Toye
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