Arden Tournament Report
Arden tournament was as always excellent fun! It was not the most competitive tournament of the season but that wasn't what people wanted for the final weekend. What people wanted was fun, sunshine and partying and that is exactly what Arden dished up (though they probably didn't actually control the weather). There was no sign of the breathalyser on Sunday morning, something probably quite a lot of players were grateful for as the Saturday night party lasted till around 4am. Jason and Caroline Burbidge's band provided the entertainment as is traditional and they were excellent (as is also traditional). There was a slightly unfortunate incident when some local youths thought it would be amusing to remove a horse from its pen, luckily they were stopped before they got very far and some of the Arden boys persuaded them not to do that kind of thing again. The exact details are not clear but these two excellent videos should give you a rough idea!
The Chav from Youtube
Chav Hunting - the video that was banned from Youtube, bought to you by the wonderful people at Sumo TV
Full Arden Results
BEST LADY PLAYER: Sophie Lodder
BEST MALE PLAYER: Todd Weston
A Division
Winners Welsh Dragons
Runners-up Highlanders
Best No.1 Sophie Lodder
Best No.2 Guy Robertson
Best No.3 Jess Shearing
Best Horse: Todd Weston's horse, Red Rooster
B Division
Winners Pendle Wildcats
Runners-up Pennine Brazil
Best No.1 Sammi Rowden
Best No.2 Sam Marsh
Best No.3 Kim Lampard
Best Horse Moneda [S.Rowden]
Winners Kent Arrows
Runners-up Welsh Dragons
Best No.1 Mike Turner
Best No.2 Nikki Robinson
Best No.3 Will Halcrow
Best Horse Nigel Lackford’s Horse
D Division
Winners Celyn 2
Runners-up Kent Darts
Best No.1 Tom McLeod
Best No.2 Lily Walton
Best No.3 John Marsland
Best Horse Simon Amor’s Horse, Sante
E Division
Winners Solent Sharks
Runners-up Solent Dolphins
Best No.1 Jess Fagot
Best No.2 Jono Keen
Best No.3 Richard Balmforth
Best Horse Jono Keen’s Horse, Slick
Juniors
Winners – Arden
Runners-up – Pennine Panama
3rd Place – Pennine Mexico
Best No.1 Tom Kitchen-Dunn
Best No.2 Moscha Paynter
Best No.3 Katie Newbrook
Best Horse Tomba [Sarah Newell]
Primary Juniors
Winners – Pegasus Croome PJ
Runners-up – Pegasus Croome
Minis
3rd Place – Arden
Best No.1 Harry Twinberrow
Best No.2 Josie Cameron
Best No.3 Natalie Cameron
Best Horse: Harry Twinberrow’s Zimbah