
LAST weekend the four Mid North Coast golf croquet clubs met at Taree courts for the District Championships.
Forster and Port Macquarie contested Division 1 (handicaps up to 4) while all four clubs contested Divisions 2 and 3 – Division 2 being handicaps 5-8 and Division 3 handicaps 9 upward.
Representing Gloucester were Division 2: Bev Fagan (singles) and Bev Murray and Al Minis (doubles).
Division 3: Alec Bruce (singles) and Chris Sims and Denise Bruce (doubles).
In Division 2 Bev Fagan started with a marathon game against Forster but eventually went down 6-7.
Bev then went down to Taree and Port Macquarie 4-7 and 5-7 respectively.
In the doubles Gloucester started strongly with Bev Murray & Al Minis having a comfortable win against Forster 6-2. They then went down to Port Macquarie 2-7 before coming back convincingly 7-1 against Taree.
In Division 3 Gloucester again started strongly with Alec Bruce taking a win against Forster 7-6.
He then went down to Port Macquarie 4-7 before having a convincing win against Taree 7-2.
Playing the doubles Chris Sims & Denise Bruce were 3-7 against Taree, 3-6 against Forster and 4-5 against Port Macquarie.
Well done to all players. It had been a great day both competitively and socially.
By Bev MURRAY