18 April 2018 - Phyllis Court win joint AC/GC friendly v All England Club, Wimbledon
What a fabulous day we had today - everything was perfect.
The sun shone all day, so much so that shade was sought in the middle of the day.
The courts were presented in magnificent fashion by Head Gardener Paul, with our new white lining machine providing the beautiful finishing touch.
Our lunch in the Orangery was perhaps the best we have ever had for a match of this kind and Maitre d Magdalena did a great job in seeing that our meal was well paced, allowing plenty of time for more croquet in the afternoon.
The All England Club, Wimbledon were lovely guests and both teams really everyone enjoyed themselves.
And on top of all that, wee won the fixture too!
The GC doubles was tied at 3-3 going into the last pair of games and we held our nerve to win them both, for a 5-3 victory.
In the morning AC singles, Raouf Allim made his Phyllis Court team debut but lost, after one loose shot, to the lower handicapped visitor Mike Hann, but Richard Peperell levelled the score for PC with a handicap win over Jonathan Smith.
Smith got his own back in the afternoon game, where he won narrowly as a singleton against Allim and Peperell, but Frances Colman and Chris Roberts beat visitor Hann to level the AC score at 2-2.
So overall, it was a 7-5 win for Phyllis Court and afterwards Richard Peperell took the visitors out on his boat which they all loved (thank you Richard) - this was a super day.
PCC 'Friendly' GC - Raghu Iyer (5), Colin Morgan (5), Dianne Browne (6), John Maguire (9).
PCC 'Friendly' AC - Chris Roberts (0.5), Raouf Allim (1), Frances Colman (7), Richard Peperell (8).