Harry Fisher found time to give an informative interview to BBC South Today on the courts at Blewbury ahead of his flight to Melbourne for the Mac four nations world championships. He joins the England team captained by Samir Patel to do battle at the Victorian Croquet Club ((November 12-29). During a bit of a knockabout with reporter , Lewis Coombes. Harry underlined croquet’s initiatives to shed its image as a posh dated pastime by creating appeal for a wider demographic. Appropriately they were briefly joined by Bradfield schoolteacher, Anthony Hardwicke, who encourages his pupils to take up mallets: currently the girls are the most promising members of his weekly squad. Harry was upbeat about his team’s prospects: with five of the world’s top ten on his side, what could possibly go wrong. No home advantage of course. In the land that invented sledging, nothing can be taken for granted….
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