CROQUET - NAILSEA Croquet Club's league marches have now been completed.

CROQUET - NAILSEA Croquet Club's league marches have now been completed and here are the final league positions of their teams:

Federation South East played 5, won 3, lost 2, position 2; Federation Central 5, 2, 3, 4; Intermediate South East 4, 3, 1, 2; Intermediate Central 5, 2, 3, 4; B League South East 5, 4, 1, 1; B League Central 5, 4, 1, 2; Golf Croquet South East 4, 3, 1, 1; Golf CroquetCentral 5, 4, 1, 2; Golf Croquet South West 5, 0, 5, 6.

The two Advanced League teams still have three matches to play, so their final positions are not yet known.

A visiting team from Cornwall played a friendly match at Nailsea. The match consisted of a mixture of doubles golf croquet and singles association croquet. The golf croquet finished as a draw, six games all, but Nailsea lost the association croquet 11-7.

Golf Croquet, Nailsea 6, Cornwall 6: Chris Jackson and Meriel Forshaw drew 5-all and won 6-5; Andrew Buchanan and Don Clayton lost 3-2; Tony Bath and Valerie Jackson won 7-3 and lost 7-2; Ron Harridge and Don Clayton won 6-5 and lost 7-5; Meriel Forshaw and Tony Bath won 7-5; Chris Jackson and Valerie Jackson won 5-4 and lost 6-4; Ron Harridge and Tony Bath drew 6-all; Meriel Forshaw and Don Clayton lost 7-5.

Association Croquet, Nailsea 7, Cornwall 11: Pat Long won +17; Peter Dyke won +1T (15-14) and lost -3; Greta Stringer lost -3; Jim Gregory lost -4 and -6T (6-12); Brian McCausland lost -4T (10-14) and won +14; Kathy Wallace lost -3 and won +1; Mary Barnes won +2T (11-9) and lost -1T (9-10); Linda Shaw lost -8 and won +1T (11-10); Polly Reynolds lost -10 and won +2T (11-9); Brigit Clayton lost -15 and -10.

Two of Nailsea's Golf Croquet teams had a friendly match, Nailsea Central beat Nailsea South East 12-8.

Doubles: Brian Roynon and Polly Reynolds lost to David Murphy and Andrew Buchanan 6-4; Brian McCausland and Brenda Roynon lost to Ron Harridge and Greta Stringer 7-5; Brian Roynon and Polly Reynolds beat Mary Barnes and Andrew Buchanan 7-6; Brian McCausland and Brenda Roynon lost to Mary Barnes and Andrew Buchanan 7-3.

Singles: Ryan Cabble lost to Ron Harridge 7-4; Jim Gregory drew with Mary Barnes 5-5; Brian Roynon beat Mary Barnes 7-4; Polly Reynolds beat Ron Harridge 7-4; Ryan Cabble beat David Murphy 7-4; Jim Gregory lost to Andrew Buchanan 7-5; Brian Roynon beat Ron Harridge 7-1; Polly Reynolds beat Mary Barnes 7-6; Ryan Cabble beat Mary Barnes 7-2; Jim Gregory beat Ron Harridge 7-4; Brian Roynon beat David Murphy 7-4; Polly Reynolds beat Andrew Buchanan 7-5; Jim Gregory drew with Greta Stringer 6-6; Brian McCausland beat Andrew Buchanan 7-4; Brenda Roynon lost to Ron Harridge 5-7; Brian McCausland lost to Ron Harridge 7-3,

In an Intermediate League semi-final at Nailsea, Bristol had a convincing 6-1 win over Broadwas, due to their better break play. Bristol will play Exeter in the final on September 20.