Croquet but not as we know it.
Unfortunately, we were drawn to play West Chiltington at their home lawns. As has previously been mentioned on these pages, the lawns are the outfield of the village cricket pitch are rather bumpy, dry and have the sort of hills and vales that our Lawn 2 would look on with envy.
Having said that our hosts were very welcoming and a good afternoon was had by all. The initial doubles were split with a win to each side, but the singles proved more difficult with only Iain prevailing in an epic struggle. This left us having to win all three of the remaining matches, but only the doubles team of Andrew J and Wendy were successful. Overall 6 – 3 to the lawns of West Chiltington.
The tea and cakes, and sausage rolls and quiche were excellent by the way.
Andrew L