John Browne celebrated his 80th birthday recently at croquet. He received his ‘OBE’ and enjoyed a lovely cake.
On a very foggy Saturday morning, 29 players managed to find their way to the croquet courts. Five players were able to win three games, John Cole, Bruce Field, Kevin Rubie, Neville Spry and Peter West.
The big winners were 14-7 Peter West and May Jones, 14-8 Peter West, Kevin Rubie and Bruce Field and 14-9 Elvy Quirk and John Cole, John Browne and Ray Burridge, Cheryle Toohey and Bruce Field.
The close games were:
• Ros Rennick 14 Russell Anderson 13
• Cheryle Toohey and John Cole 14 John Allegri and Phillip Moran 13
• Sandy Hepburn and Russel Anderson 14 Rex Toole and Loraine Todd 12
• John Cole and Peter West 14 Geoff Coles and Marie Spry 12
• Dorelle Scott and Neville Spry 14 Robin Pols and Cheryle Toohey 11
• John Browne and Bruce Field 14 Lorraine Todd and Vince Roberts 11
• Dorelle Scott 14 Vince Roberts and Sandy Hepburn 11
• Allan Jones and Ros Rennick 14 Bill Scott and Lorraine Todd 11
• Rex Toole14 Marie Spry 11
• Kevin Rubie and Robin Pols 14 John Browne and Alex Todd 11
• Doreen Rogers and May Jones 14 Rex Toole and Allan Jones 11
• Joan Littlejohn and Tony Thomson 14 Marie Spry and John Allegri 10
• Neville Spry and Alex Todd 14 Doreen Rogers and Fay Picker 10
• Neville Spry and May Jones 14 Allan Jones andDorelle Scott 10
• Fay Picker and Phillip Moran 14 Doreen Rogers and Elvy Quirk 10
• John Allegri and Ray Burridge 14 Ros Rennick and Bill Scott 10
• Come along if you would like to try croquet. That’s it, until next week.
By Pegging Out