Author: lpassfield

Hanna and Teddy, members of the club’s U18s Academy, had an early start for their journey to Nottingham.  They were to compete, for the first time, as a doubles partnership in the National Schools’ and Clubs’ Championship.

Their meticulous preparation in the months leading up to the event had been led by Club coach, Nigel Dawson-Cocks.

The pairing played 4 rounds of 45 minute timed games in Block A against teams from High Wycombe, Cheltenham and Nottingham, winning 3 of their 4 matches and finishing second in their block.  They lost only to the eventual winners of their block, High Wycombe.

A placing of second in their block saw them in a playoff for overall third place which they won convincingly.

Teddy in action for Bath CC at the U18s Nottingham Championships

Hanna entered the further Sunday competition of GC singles.  Fifteen juniors took part in the event – 5/6/4 in the U18s/U14s/U11s categories. U11s on half lawns with block and playoff and the remainder on full lawns with 5 block games each deciding order. Again the games were timed to 45 minutes.

In Hanna’s U14s block, Alfie Baldwin from Nottingham won with a very strong 5 wins, with Hanna taking second place with 4 wins.

Congratulations to both Hanna and Teddy for their careful preparation and very creditable achievements. 

There is a further Juniors’ event in September in which we hope more of our Academy members will be able to participate.

The intermediate team travelled to Cheltenham in glorious sunshine for their first match of the 2026 season.  On arrival the mist had cleared and we knew we were to experience another very warm day.  So armed with sunscreen, hats and the enthusiastic words of the captain, the team greeted their opponents and settled on their allocated lawns.

The morning play saw the doubles pairing of Lynne Passfield and Tony Jackson get off to a good start.  They used their bisques well and set a commanding lead which they retained to win the match.  Hester and Mike Henebury both played very close games resulting in Bath being 2-1 ahead at lunchtime.

After lunch the temperature continued to rise and all players were searching for shade when not engaged in play on the lawns.  Again the hoops scored for each side were being fiercely contested and Tony almost gave the game to his opponent by conceding a lift when his own balls were nestled in corner one.  However, Tony was quickly able to regain his lead for a clear win on time.

The final score was 4-3 to Bath which reflected a closely fought afternoon session followed by tea and cake kindly provided by our Cheltenham hosts.