A great day for Eynsham Croquet. 22 starters for the National C Series at Cheltenham were whittled down to a final between Liza Furnival and Roger Booth.
Liza stormed away and was 4-1 up due to some excellent accurate clearances and helped by Roger having a senior moment and defending the wrong side of the hoop thus allowing Liza to stretch her lead further. Roger slowly clawed back with some long clearances and a scoring jump shot. 5-2 5-3 5-4 6-4 6-5 then at last 6-6 and onto the Golden Hoop. Much manoevering around the hoop as each tried to force a mistake, finally with Liza's ball in the hoop and Roger's only 6" away and too close to jump, Liza ran through as a very worthy winner.
Liza now progresses to the National final at Watford along with Roger who previously qualified by winning a C series at Camertown & Peasdale.