Jan Rush stepped in at the last minute to organise the 2019 Cavendish Day tournament held on Saturday, 17trh August. 

As organiser for the last four years, Jan knew all about making it work smoothly, which, judging from the mess some of the scorecards got into, is more than can be said for some of the players! However Jan put them right as we went along, and all worked out well in the end.

Brian Bamford was this year's winner, with Linda Smith a very creditable runner up.

As it was a full day event, starting at 10 am and finishing about 6, catering was a bring your own lunch affair, but Steve Morse and Rob Pearmain who were on the catering rota for the event, sacrificed the chance to compete in order to provide tea, coffee & biscuits during the day. Thanks to them and to Jane Harris for organising the raffle which was drawn by Jan Rush, and to Mike Milward for another 100 Club Draw. And of course a big thank you to Jan for taking charge.

So a full day, then! And the weather stayed dry and warm and we had some sunshine! What more could you ask for? Well if pictures are the answer, go to the Photogallery - If you can think of better captions, then let me know!

Finally, as a reminder for next year, below is my interpretation of how the event is played - no doubt Jan will tell me if I've got it wrong! 

Objective: To score a point for each wood placed within a yard of the jack as measured by the Marker with a measuring stick. If even the tiniest fraction of the wood is outside the stick, nothing is scored.

Sessions: There are two sessions, morning and afternoon. The teams are recast for the afternoon session, otherwise the format is the same.

Teams: Players are divided into teams and play round robin against their team mates. This year, with 30 players, there were five teams of six, so each player played five games in each session.

Games: Each player has two woods and plays four ends against each opponent. Another team mate who is 'resting' is expected to act as Marker (with all the normal requirements of marking to be observed (give no help unless asked, decide which bowls score with the agreement of the players). Marking should be shared equally by all team mates in turn.

Scoring: Although.you play against opponents, only your own score is entered on your card, as the winner of the competition is the player with the highest number of individual points. To facilitate play, it is helpful if another team mate who is 'resting' marks the players' cards. The score is shown as cumulative for each session, and the totals from each session are added together to determine the overall winner.