The Winter Shield

THE WINTER SHIELD
The Winter competitions were a bit of a muddle in the early days. We did hold a few winter matches in the late 70’s early 80’s but not as part of the Regional Championship.

They were beset with weather problems and a number were cancelled due to iced up waters. In 1984 we made the decision to hold the Winter competition in the better weather and from then on it was held in September/­October. We also decided to incorporate the Winter Competition into the Regional Championship Points and that has been the case since 1984.

Needing a Trophy, we commandeered the now defunct London West Championship Shield and this can be seen below. On the back of the Shield is recorded the London West Champions from 1968 to 1983. These are recorded below on a separate shield.

Scroll down to see the winners of these competitions.