Following a number of withdrawls the GC Level team captain was faced with being unable to field a team for the away match at Weston-super-Mare. However he persuaded Ally Hoyland and Miriam Bolger, whilst playing for the GC handicap team at Camerton the day before, to play. For both this was their first games at

With the recent dry and hot weather conditions and despite recent watering Bath’s two lawns were running super fast, making it difficult to judge distances. However this was no deterrent for either team who valiantly took this in their stride. Weston’s team of six made a sterling show of determination to compete with Bath (handicaps

Worcester was only able to field a team of 3 for our final home match of the season. In the morning Tony & Barb trailed early and were beaten convincingly 6-17. George had a very close match with the lead exchanging several times but eventually lost 16-17. Bath was 0-2 down at lunch and all

Braving the hottest day of the year, the Bath croquet team visited Exeter for their final match in the league for advanced play, division 3. Home advantage for Exeter had an extra edge with lawns under regulation size, however this proved no obstacle to David Prescott who managed to overcome Mark Macnair narrowly to win

The GC Level team entertained a strong Cheltenham team at the Rec on 29 July. Harry Dodge was playing his first competitive match since last year and won all four of his singles games. The highlight was a tremendous hard fought tussle between Harry (-4) and Sam Cuthbert (-2) which Harry won 7-5. The morning