News
GC half day competition 16th March 2024
Manager Roger Sutton reports: The Sun shone for a change for our first half day tournament of the year.
The field was divided into 5 blocks of four and then all played all in each block.
Block 1 won by Konstantine Yudistev
Block 2 won by Paul Green
Block 3 Won by Les Ardley
Block 4 won by Susan Caulfield
Block 5 won by Pat Harden
Well done to the five winners.
Thanks to Roger for managing the event.
Full results
Block 1 | JL | DG | RS | KY | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Low | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Daphne Gaitley | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Reg Soffe | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Konstantin Yudintsev | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Block 2 | GG | CA | RH | PG | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Gooders | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
Chris Ardley | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Ray Hall | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
Paul Green | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Block 3 | LA | PG | JM | JS | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Les Ardley | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Pam Gooders | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
Jim Manders | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
Julie Soffe | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Block 4 | NS | PC | SC | RS | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nira Scutt | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
Peter Cave | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
Susan Caulfield | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
Richard Stewart | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Block 5 | KM | HJ | SK | PH | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kathy McColgan | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
Hilary Jolly | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Susan Kilby | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
Pat Harden | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Some pictures of the morning courtesy of Vincent L'Estrange. (click picture to enlarge)
Club Quiz Evening
An enjoyable quiz evening was held Thursday 14th March at the club. Four rounds of quiz questions interspersed with lasagne, salad and pudding. Winners were the Church Mice, led by Gabrielle. Not that their success was anything to do with questions about church buildings of course!
Grateful thanks to Fran Box for organising the evening, to Angela and Linda for the supper and to Anthony Bone for preparing the quiz and being an excellent quizmaster.
A few pictures of the evening.
A little of the social side of the old Sussex Croquet Club can be found in this final winter article from the archives. (illustration above: Illustrated London News, 18 January 1868)
Everything you need to enter the Club Competitions
The new season approaches and you can now enter for this season's club competitions.
Entry is on-line; if you are unable to enter on-line, please contact Fiona or Liz. If you do not use email, if at all possible please find a club member to receive your emails about these competitions.
Here are the pages you can use on the website:
This page (GC) or this page (AC) gives you the brief competiton details to help you decide which to enter.
You can enter the competitions here. Please read the instructions on the form!
You can see who has entered each competiton on this page.
If you have any difficulties, please contact competitions@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk
Deadlines for entries
To all competitions except Diana Brothers Drawn Pairs: Monday 18th March
Diana Brothers Drawn Pairs competition will be played on Tuesday 4th June and the deadline for entry is 28th May. This competition is pay-on-the-day (£5).
Paying for entries
Once the deadline for entries has passed you will receive an email (if you have given an email address) setting out how much to pay, the bank details required and the payment reference. Please do not pay before then. pay before then.
Curry Lunch at the Club, 18th February 2024
A very enjoyable Curry Lunch and Raffle was held today at the Club, with profits going towards the building fund. The curries were excellent (your writer went back for more!). Thanks to our wonderful team of catering volunteers for and excellet job.
A lot of prizes had been donated so we were given plenty of time for the first course to go down before tackling the pud. Thanks to the raffle organisers for their hard work.
Some pictures of the event.
Winter GC Doubles
The grey and drizzly start to the day didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 36 players gathered for the first GC Doubles tournament of 2024 and it was good to see familiar faces from other SECF clubs for the first time this year.
By the end of the first round the drizzle had cleared and play continued at pace with all 3 blocks finishing their first three games in good time for a welcome lunch of burgers, fries and salad provided by Rachel and Richard Pointon.
Two more rounds after lunch resulted in an outright win for Liz Farrow and Jonathan Isaacs who won all 5 of their games in Block A. Richard Brooks and David King won 3 games as did Robyn and Bob Clark. They were level on +1 hoop but Richard and David took second place as they had beaten Robyn and Bob.
David Dickins and Paul Brown won Block B with 4 wins. Bridget Goodman and Jane Powell took second place with 3 wins and + 3 hoops, closely followed by Sue and Tony Nicholas who also had 3 wins but -1 hoop.
Hilary Bird and Peter Adams took Block C with 4 wins. Jim Mander and Sheona McArthur came second with 3 wins and +9 net hoops. Joanne Crosby and Nira Scutt took third place with 3 wins and 0 net hoops. Rosemary and Pete Wyld were hot on their heels as they also had 3 wins but finished with -2 net hoops.
Report by Linda Gavigan
Thanks to Linda Gavigan for managing the event.
Full results
Block A | RB&DK | LF&JI | BB&RC | VL&SA | TJ&LD | TJ&FP | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Brooks & David King | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
Liz Farrow & Jonathan Isaacs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
Bob & Robyn Clark | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Vincent L'Estrange & Simon Ancell | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Tony James & Liz Drury | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
Tony Jolly & Fiona Phillips | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Block B | DD&PB | S&TN | RF&MD | BG&JP | FA&PG | FB> | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Dickins & Paul Brown | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
Sue & Tony Nicholas | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Rosemary Faulkner & Martin Daniels | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
Bridget Goodman & Jane Powell | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
Francis Ainley & Paul Green | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Fran Box & Graham Tucker | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Block C | PA&HB | JM&SM | GO&KM | R&PW | PC&DL | JC&NS | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Adams & Hilary Bird | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
Jim Mander & Sheona McArthur | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Gerald O'Brien & Kathy McColgan | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
Rosemary & Peter Wyld | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
Peter Cave & David Larkin | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Joanne Crosby & Nira Scutt | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Opportunity to take part in the Annual AC Charity On-Ball Competition.
This event is in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
Sussex County is hosting a local heat of this national charity competition.
It is open to all players, both from the club and from neighbouring clubs which do not run their own heats.
Date: Friday 19th April, play starting promptly at 10am
Last year 40 heats were arranged around the country and over £7000 was raised was the sponsored charity of the year.
GC players - you can play as well. Your handicap for the event will be calculated from your GC handicap so you don't need a separate AC handicap.
Come along, it's good fun. Wear something red!
Entry on-line on club website Fee: £10
Queries to Robin Wootton
GC Singles Competition 2nd February 2024
Four divisions took part. Division A was won by Tony Jolly; Division B by Chrissie Merrington; Division C by Paul Green and Division D by Rosemary Faulkner. Congratulations to them all.
Thanks to Rachel Pointon for the lunch and to Linda for managing so expertly (and providing cake!)
Full results
Division A | MC | PD | RB | TJ | BA | LF | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morgan Case | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
Peter Dowd | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Richard Brooks | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
Tony Jolly | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
Brian Aikens | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Liz Farrow | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Division B | JI | MD | AS | JL | DK | CM | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan Isaacs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Martin Daniels | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Andrew Stewart | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
John Low | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
David King | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Chrissie Merrington | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Division C | PG | TJ | GO | VL | DD | GT | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Green | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Tony James | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
Gerald O'Brien | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Vincent L'Estrange | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
David Dickins | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
Graham Tucker | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Division D | JM | PC | JC | RF | KM | FA | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Mander | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Peter Cave | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
Joanne Crosby | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
Rosemary Faulkner | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
Kathy McColgan | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
Francis Ainley | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Minor changes to club open competition entry system
A number of small changes have been made to the entry system. Your entry will now be accepted immediately if a place is available and the entry is not one of the last two places, or last four for doubles competition. In the latter two cases your entry will be maked Pending and will be accepted once a further entry (or 3 entries for doubles) is made. This will mean the competition Manager is not left with an odd number of players.
You should note that there are almost always withdrawals so you are very likely to get a place in the event.
Christmas GC Doubles
We were lucky to have chosen the best day over the holiday period, weather wise for the Christmas Doubles. Having struggleD with people dropping out I was able to start the tournament having found replacements with a perfect number of 32 players - 16 teams. My thanks to Tony Jolly and Richard Stewart for stepping in at the last minute.
I split the tournament into two groupings. Blocks 1 & 2 came together in a knockout, the winners being Martin Daniels (Bromley) partnering Paul Green, and Liz Farrow and Linda Gavigan as runners up. Block 1 & 2 Plate was won by Bob and Robyn Clark.
Blocks 3 & 4 were won by Jo Crosby and Nira Scutt who beat Tony Jolly and Rosemary Wyld in the final. Block 3 & 4 Plate was won by Shona McArthur (Preston) and Jim Mander.
All results are below or on Croquet Scores.
My thanks to Angela Avis for putting on a lunch although it was disappointing to note the numbers who took advantage of this.
A happy New year to all.
Roger
Thanks to Roger Sutton for managing the event.
Full results
Block 1 | BA&IS | MD&PG | PD&GD | B&RC | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Aikens & Ivan Segal | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
Martin Daniels & Paul Green | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
Peter Dowd & Gail Dowd | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
Bob & Robyn Clark | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Block 2 | RS&RS | NB&MJ | AS&KY | LF&LG | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Stewart & Roger Sutton | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
Nigel Bellingham & Michael Jay | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Andrew Stewart & Konstantin Yudintsev | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Liz Farrow & Linda Gavigan | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Block 3 | FB> | RW&TJ | JC&NS | SMA&JM | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fran Box & Graham Tucker | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
Rosemary Wyld & Tony Jolly | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Jo Crosby & Nira Scutt | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
Shona Mc Arthur & Jim Mander | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Block 4 | DL&SR | SA&SK | KM&PC | EB&SG | Wins | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Di Langridge & Sue Rice | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Simon Ancell & Susan Kilby | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
Kathy McColgan & Peter Cave | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Elizabeth Bell and Susan Gale | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Block 1 & 2 Knockout
Semi-Final | Final | Winner |
---|---|---|
Liz Farrow & Linda Gavigan | Liz Farrow & Linda Gavigan 7-5 | Martin Daniels & Paul Green 7-4 |
Brian Aikens & Ivan Segal | ||
Nigel Bellingham & Michael Jay | Martin Daniels & Paul Green 7-5 | |
Martin Daniels & Paul Green | ||
3rd and 4th place: Nigel Belllingham & Michael Jay beat Brian Aikens & Ivan Segal 7-6
Block 1 & 2 Plate
Semi-Final | Final | Winner |
---|---|---|
Richard Stewart & Roger Sutton | Peter & Gail Dowd 7-5 | Bob & Robyn Clark 7-3 |
Peter & Gail Dowd | ||
Andrew Stewart & Konstantin Yudintsev | Bob & Robyn Clark 7-1 | |
Bob & Robyn Clark | ||
Block 1 & 2 Plate 3rd and 4th place: Richard Stewart & Roger Sutton beat Andrew Stweart & Konstantin Yudintsev
Block 3 & 4 Knockout
Semi-Final | Final | Winner |
---|---|---|
Rosemary Wyld & Tony Jolly | Rosemary Wyld & Tony Jolly 7-6 | Jo Crosby & Nira Scutt 7-5 |
Simon Ancell & Susan Kilby | ||
Jo Crosby & Nira Scutt | Jo Crosby & Nira Scutt 7-5 | |
Di Langridge & Sue Rice | ||
3rd and 4th place: Simon Ancell & Susan Kilby beat Di Langridge & Sue Rice 7-2
Block 3 & 4 Plate
Semi-Final | Final | Winner |
---|---|---|
Fran Box & Graham Tucker | Fran Box & Graham Tucker 7-4 | Shona McArthur & Jim Mander 7-5 |
Kathy McColgan & Peter Cave | ||
Shona McArthur & Jim Mander | Shona McArthur & Jim Mander 7-3 | |
Elizabeth Bell & Susan Gale | ||
Block 3 & 4 Plate 3rd and 4th place: Kathy McColgan & Peter Cave beat Elizabeth Bell & Susan Gale 7-3