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went down to the final point with the current<br />
Chairman prevailing.<br />
The final went the same way with Ali Mark<br />
and Peter Tichbon winning the sudden death<br />
point against old hands Maria Bailey and Mike<br />
Dugdale. It has to be said, however, that Ali’s<br />
victory was rather controversial as she had<br />
started the evening partnering Andrew Barr and<br />
swapped men midway through the round robin<br />
phase. This sort of partner swapping is<br />
generally frowned upon at the tennis club but as<br />
someone said ‘well, she is Italian’. Anyway<br />
Peter survived through to the final without<br />
being replaced and the result clearly justified<br />
her actions.<br />
The following evening was the annual tennis<br />
club golf tournament which took place at the<br />
Wycombe Heights Par 3 course. The highlight<br />
of the evening was a stunning victory in the<br />
Ladies’ tournament for Maria Bailey whose<br />
magnificent round included a Par at the tricky<br />
17th –she lead from the start and ended as a<br />
clear winner. (Did I mention that she was the<br />
only lady competitor?). The Men’s tournament<br />
was a rather closer affair with Andrew Barr,<br />
Bob Went and last year’s winner Phil Harper all<br />
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challenging and ending up within two shots of<br />
each other but neither Andrew nor Bob were<br />
quite able to prevent Phil making it back-toback<br />
wins. Mind you Phil had taken it very<br />
seriously by withdrawing from the Mixed<br />
Handicap Tournament the previous evening in<br />
order to get in some late practice while Andrew<br />
and Bob had both competed in this and were<br />
understandably tired. Andrew Brown???<br />
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As the 2017 cricket season enters its final<br />
strait, we at P&TGCC can look back on the<br />
summer months with a mixture of satisfaction<br />
and frustration at our on and off field<br />
performances. Away from the playing side, our<br />
‘Great Village Cricket Tea’ was a big success<br />
and we have made improvements to our<br />
facilities to provide increased playing capacity<br />
for all ages. On the pitch however, it’s fair to say<br />
our fortunes have fluctuated this year following<br />
the Championship-winning heights of 2016.<br />
Both our 1st and 2nd XIs have struggled this<br />
year with injuries and the unavailability of key<br />
players but there has still been some entertaining<br />
cricket played in great spirit. One of the<br />
highlights was the 1st XI match away at<br />
Pinkneys Green which ended in a tie! An<br />
already patched-up P&TG side proceeded to<br />
lose their wicket-keeper and a key fielder to<br />
injury during the game, finishing the match with<br />
just 7 out-fielders but still managing to take the<br />
final Pinkneys’ wicket with the scores level after<br />
almost 4 sweltering hours in the field.<br />
There is plenty of good news from the Colts’<br />
side of the Club. Once again this year, Friday<br />
night and Sunday morning coaching sessions<br />
have been well-attended by over 80 children.<br />
On the competitive-playing side, our age-group<br />
sides have enjoyed another successful summer<br />
in 2017 with our Under-10s claiming bragging<br />
rights by winning seven and losing just one of<br />
their eight matches to finish top of their<br />
Division. We have also been encouraged by the<br />
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