Winner: Joe King
This year’s Roger Cambray Memorial Shield, our season-starting One-Ball tournament, was held on Easter Monday, 6th April.
With 16 entrants, the morning was organised in 4 blocks of 4, each block playing on one half-size lawn. The top 2 in each block then competed for the trophy through the afternoon, with others playing in a “plate” competition.
In the main competition, Joe King beat Nigel Cox in the final, while David Long beat Andy Robertson in a 3rd-place play-off. Deirdre Cochrane (last year’s winner) beat Claire King in the plate final.
The event was also our local heat for the National Charity One-Ball competition; with Joe unavailable for the Regional Final at Surbiton on May 16th, Nigel is set to represent the club. David will go into a ballot for any spare places, and Andy Robertson waits in reserve.
The event raised £177.50 for Save The Children, and everyone enjoyed the lunch provided by Joe King and Philippa Turner (with some help from Sandy Millikin and Tim Leverton).
David Long, Tournament Manager