The competition was won by Guildford & Godalming who beat Surbiton by 5 hoop points.

(3 members of the winning Guildford & Godalming team)

Results

Summary results

SCCC GC B/C Level One-day Competition

Congratulations to the three winners: Tony Nicholas, Trevor Hopper and Denis Murphy.

Full results

SCCC GC 2- One-day Competition

The competition was won by Morgan Case, who beat  Liz Farrow in the final round.

The final round was a playoff between the two blocks:

Morgans Case beat Liz Farrow 7-2
Roger Sutton beat Chrissie Merrington 7-2
Ian Cobbold beat Jonathan Isaacs 7-4
Jane Humphreys beat Richard Brooks 7-4
Neil Humphreys beat Chris Heath 7-4
Robin Wootton beat Richard carline 7-3

Club well represented in AC Home Internationals

Club member Dominic Nunns has been selected to play for England in the 2021 AC Home Internationals which take place on 12-13 June.

 Congratulations also to Chris Coull who has been selected to represent Scotland and Tudor Jenkins who is on the provisional list to play for Wales. 

Many congratulations to all three.

Calling All Members

As the season gets underway there are a multitude of jobs for which we need your help.

(New members may not be aware that most tasks at the club, apart from lawn maintenance, are carried out by volunteers from the membership as subscriptions do not cover the full cost of running the club.)

It’s a great way to get more involved in what’s happening around the club and meet other members. Currently we need help with the following:

Kitchen Contact: catering@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

In preparation for re-opening the kitchen and clubhouse, I’ve arranged a professional deep clean of the kitchen and bar on Thursday 13th May and need help with the following:

Emptying all cupboards, shelves, drawers etc before the cleaning.

Taking down the curtains, wash, iron, rehand.

Cleaning windows inside and out.

After the kitchen clean, washing and replacing all china, utensils etc.

Teams of 2, masked and working with doors and windows open.

Catering

Subject to the next step in the roadmap on 17th May, we plan to recommence catering on a slightly reduced scale for AC Intercounties on 29th May-1st June.

Help needed on each of the 4 days to prep and serve lunch.

I’ll circulate a separate list of other catering dates for both tournaments and corporate events. New volunteers always needed (as are cakes!).

Bar Contact: Chris Rolph bar@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

Volunteers also needed for the same dates as above to help in the bar.

Gardening Contact:Eileen Prodger gardening@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

Help needed to maintain the flowerbeds. Weeding, pruning, planting and watering throughout the season. Bedding plants welcomed.

Maintenance Contact: works@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

We have a working party who maintain the buildings, carry out minor repairs, painting etc. as well as major projects such as the new machine shed by lawn 3. Enthusiastic DIYers always needed.

General Housekeeping

Sadly, we don’t have any magic elves to keep things neat and tidy so if you see bins that need emptying, toilet rolls that need replacing, or any other small tasks, it would be appreciated if everyone would help in this way. Supplies can be found in the ladies changing room and the commercial dustbin is behind the hut near the rear entrance.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Linda Gavigan

phone or email on linda@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

Club Competitions Draws

There have been some minor amendments to the draws for some of the GC club competitions. Please check if you entered the Handicap Doubles, Level Play Div 2, Quaich or President's Cup.

Sussex hosts Dulwich in CA GC Inter-club

On Sunday 25th April we hosted Dulwich at Southwick for this first round match.
In this competition the venue is decided by previous ties played between the teams.
After a historical search it was found that Sussex had played at Dulwich in 2007 so this time it was due to be a home tie for us.
With COVID restrictions still in place, meaning our canteen and changing facilities were not open, it was agreed that players should bring their own refreshments and wearing of ‘whites’ would be optional. Both options strongly preferred by the home captain.
Dulwich were able to produce a very strong side with two of their players ranked in the top twenty both having -4 handicaps.

The teams were as follows:-

Results

Sussex names and scores are given first

Morning Doubles
Bob(-2) and Morgan(-2) lost to Pierre(-4) and Simon(-4)   7-5, 3-7, 4-7

Morning Singles
Richard(-2) beat Jonathan(0)   7-5, 7-6
Liz(-1) lost to Guy(-2)   7-4, 3-7, 5-7

Afternoon singles
Bob lost to Pierre     5-7, 6-7
Morgan lost to Simon    6-7, 3-7
Richard beat Guy      1-7, 7-4, 7-6
Liz v Jonathan   7-4, 6-7    All concerned deciding not to play the last game as the match was already won by Dulwich 4-2.

I thank my team for putting up a good  fight against strong opposition and wish Dulwich well in the next round.

Report by Richard Brooks

AC 14pt Competition 17th April 2021

Two blocks of six players played in separate competitions - level and handicap.

In the handicap event, both Chrissie Marrington and Bruce Carr won all their games until the final round when they met; Bruce beat Chrissie +3 to take the top place.

In the level event Chris Coull carried all before him with 5 wins.

Congratulations to them both.

Handicap winner Bruce Carr

Level winner Chris Coull

Results Blocks

GC Level Play Doubles Competition

Div 1 was won by Jonathan Isaacs and Liz Farrow
Div 2 was won by Hilary Bird and Peter Adams

Thanks to Linda Gavigan for managing this event.

Results