Last Saturday saw 3 club members battling it out in this year’s Charity One-Ball Regional Final. With Avril Rangoni-Macchiavelli injured, Brian Jamieson became a late replacement to join David Long and Carol Jamieson as Blewbury’s representatives.
With a record 51 entrants, the competition’s traditional Swiss format was abandoned this year in favour of a simple knock-out. David (last year’s winner) became the first casualty, losing his 3rd-round (last 16) match narrowly to Roehampton’s Jenny Gaskin. Carol went one better, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Watford’s Nick Archer. But it was Brian who progressed furthest, only losing in the semi-finals to the eventual competition winner, Ludolph van Hasselt from Hurlingham.
Well done all, and especially to Surbiton Club for laying on such fast lawns and excellent food, and for contributing all their proceeds to the £8,000+ raised for this year’s chosen charity, The Alzheimer’s Society.