Well, the terrain wasn’t flooded this year  -  no dead seagulls floating in the middle.

 

We got away with just a short sharp deluge in the morning, but by the time we all got our waterproofs on it was all over. And the wet stuff promised for 3pm didn’t materialise until the finals much later! Well done to the Main Finalists - Les Big Boys (David Plumhoff and Callum Lombard) and Crondall (Eliot Mortimer and Tomasz Drewniak) for battling it out in a downpour.

 

There were 29 teams from all over the Southern Counties region plus welcome visitors from Wales, Sussex (East), Kent and Heart of England (Leamington) and players from novices to national players. It was good to see Sophie Rowley  -  one of the England Female Junior Team who gained the Silver Medal in the European Junior Championships.

 

As usual, one of my favourite aspects of our Arundel competitions is the names teams choose for themselves. My favourite this time was ‘Frank and Sense’   (Frank Charlesworth and Christine Peat)  -  very appropriate for a Christmassy event.

 

Following the traditional format there were leagues in the morning and knock-outs in the afternoon, with 8 in the Main/Gold, 8 in the Plate/Silver, 8 in the Bronze and the remaining 5 in a 3-game snake Spoon. There were consolages in each of the three knock-out sections.

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There were some surprising results throughout the day with teams expected to sail through not doing so (I won’t name names) and others with less experience putting up a good show. (Albert’s Camel making the Main with a very new player  -  one to watch).

 

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