2005 South West Tour

Association Croquet

Since 2003, each season the Club has arranged a 5-day tour of the South West region with matches against different clubs in the region each day, and with 4 nights staying at Butcombe Farm, a local B&B.

Tour organiser: Mark Homan.

The 2005 tour was the usual highly enjoyable affair, notwithstanding having to play in rain for at least part of the time on 4 of the 5 days, but the evening cuisine in various pubs near Butcombe Farm easily made up for the daily soaking. The tour ended in particularly dramatic style on the last day at Dyffryn when the last two games, double-banked on the same court, both went to time with the final turn bringing the scores level, so that both games had to be decided by sudden death. One game went to each side leaving Watford the narrow winner of the match, and so in the end Watford finished the tour with wins in 4 out of 5 matches.