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Challenge & Gilbey
A good haul for the Club during the Challenge & Gilbey competitions which ran from Thursday until Sunday.
Paul Castell won the handicap Gilbey Goblet, beating David Gillett (also from SCCC) +5.
Liz Farrow won the Council Cup, beating Roger Mills +20.
Full report
The reduced entry this year allowed to tournament to be arranged as two two-day events as it was felt this would attract more weekend players than an event which started Friday lunchtime; this proved to be the case.
The SCCC lawns were a joy to play on, something Sussex members are getting perhaps too used to. Weather was generally warm and dry if windy the first day and with a sudden heavy lunchtime downpour on Sunday which had most (but not all) players running for cover.
The Gilbey Goblet had 16 entrants with handicaps ranging from -1 (four players) to 18 - quite a few forests of bisques seen around the edges of lawns. Four blocks of four players followed by semi- and finals and consolation games gave five games to all participants over Thursday and Friday.
The Goblet was won by Paul Castell (handicap 0.5) who won all the games he played, beating David Gillett (handicap 7) in the final.
With 16 players entering the Challenge Cup, only two were played for this year. The top eight played for the Roehampton Cup in a single block of seven games and this filled the Saturday and Sunday nicely. Eugene Chang pretty much overran the opposition, winning 6 out of 7 games and taking home what he said was his first A Class national win. Four players ended on 4 wins each in second place.
The Council Cup (B class) was played in two blocks of four with semi- and finals on the Sunday. The competition was won by Sussex member Liz Farrow in a determined final against Roger Mills, winning +20.
During the Gilbey Goblet Clive Grimley (SCCC, handicap 11) achieved his Bronze award. The fastest game prize was won by Eugene Chang and the peeling prize by Roger Mills (handicap 1.5) with a TP against John Reddish. Thanks to Roger for providing those prizes, so quite fitting he took one of them home himself.
SCCC provided a covid-19 secure environment for the competitions with most of the buildings closed and results being submitted and available to players digitally. Unfortunately no catering was possible but there was a fridge with self-service soft drinks and lager (and proper beer, thank you Clive for the Hophead).
John Low, Manager
Rain stopped play at the Opens last week. Fortunately Richard Carline was on hand with the sponge roller and cleared lawns 4 and 1 for play so the final could take place.
A sunny day of association croquet on Wednesday played in two competitions under handicap and advanced rules. Thanks to all who took part and followed Covid restrictions assiduously.
The handicap competition was won by Christine Merrington who won all her games. Congratulations Christine - hope you like your new handicap! Second place was Simon Ling.
Handicap Block | SL | RF | BC | AG | CM | MC | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simon Ling | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 21 | |
Rosemary Faulkner | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | -19 | |
Bruce Carr | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -18 | |
Alan Grundy | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | -23 | |
Christine Merrington | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 41 | |
Morgan Case | 5 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | -2 |
The advanced rules competition was played in two blocks of four with cross-over semi-finals and final. The winner was Chris Coull who beat Liz Farrow in the final. Congratulations to Chris.
Advanced Block A | CC | CH | JL | JI | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Coull | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 25 | |
Clive Hayton | 10 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 5 | |
John Low | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | -14 | |
Jonathan Isaacs | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | -16 |
Advanced Block B | LF | PD | CR | MC | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liz Farrow | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | |
Phil Dunk | 8 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | |
Chris Rolph | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | -6 | |
Martyn Cooperman | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | -4 |
Advanced Final Rounds | Games | Wins | Win % | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Coull | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | L.Farrow +12, P.Dunk +4 |
Martyn Cooperman | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | J.Isaacs +11, J.Low +13 |
John Low | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | C.Rolph +1, M.Cooperman -13 |
Clive Hayton | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | L.Farrow -12, P.Dunk +8 |
Jonathan Isaacs | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | M.Cooperman -11, C.Rolph +8 |
Liz Farrow | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | C.Hayton +12, C.Coull -12 |
Phil Dunk | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | C.Coull -4, C.Hayton -8 |
Chris Rolph | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | J.Low -1, J.Isaacs -8 |
There will be an extra AC 14pt competition in the one-day series on 16th September 2020. You can enter on-line now. £10 for members, £15 for non-members, no catering etc.
Annual Midweek Tournament
A gala of croquet at Southwick on Wednesday and Thursday with players in five different competitions in AC and GC, played under clear blue skies, as is always the case in Shoreham of course.
12 players competed on Wednesday and Thursday for the A class Abbey Challenge Cup, one of Sussex's more impressive pieces of silverware, and for the B class Scott Cup.
With limited numbers this year the Abbey Challenge was played in a flexible format to give the players as many games as they wished over the two days and were by and large left to their own devices by the manager: an American block as the basis, interspersed and followed by additional flexible Swiss games. Joel Taylor came fired up from the Eastern Championships and took the cup with 7/9 wins from nearest rivals Chris Coull and Chris O'Byrne. Congratulations to Joel.
Most notable performance was probably from veteran Paul Castell who beat Chris O'Byne +14otp in what Chris described as 'brilliant play' and 'amazing'. Paul went on to beat Chris again in the Swiss rounds.
The competition for the Scott Cup was a 5 match block which was won by Liz Farrow, with 4/5 wins. Congratulations to her. Chris Rolph won his Silver Merit Award with an all round break against David H Boyd, taking the game +3. Well done to Chris. David also made an all round break of 12 in the same game but alas ......
The three GC competitions were all single day events. 12 players competed for the Jellicorse Cup (A class) in two blocks with a single play-off round. The cup was won by Richard Brooks who beat Ian Shore 7-2. Congratulations to Richard. The B class competition (currently no cup) followed on Thursday and was in the same format; it was won by Stephen Hayns who beat Frances Low 7-6 in the final round. Congratulations to Stephen.
Unfortunately the original Covid restrictions only allowed us to have space for one block in the C class event. Nonetheless the six players had lawns 3 and 6 to themselves; Diana Langridge and John Knight both ended with 4 wins each; although Diana had beaten John, he had the better net score and so took the cup - not the Isaacs trophy as advertised but our open competition Daldy Cup which has been out of use for some time.
As recommended there was no manager's table or office and results were sent by text to the manager who uploaded them immediately to CroquetScores so they could be seen and checked, a system that worked very well. Everyone complied very well with the Covid restrictions on distancing etc and I am sure the croquet balls, carriers etc at Southwick have never been so clean. It is a shame there could be no catering, and we missed the Sussex beer. Still, the lawns played beautifully.
Full results on Croquetscores (AC) and CroquetScores (GC).
New lawn booking system
Francis has produced a new automated form to book lawns at the club.
Follow this link: sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk/calendar/make-booking
Bookmark the link in your browser for future use.
Another mammoth one-day GC competition at Southwick
Despite having to work within Covid-19 restrictions Roger Sutton deleivered another mammoth day of Golf Croquet to 42 players from SCCC and other local clubs on 17th and 18th July. So many wanted to take part that the event had to be spread over two days - and the next one in August is set to be a two-day competition as well.
Covid restrictions meant all play had to be in 6 player groups so there was no overall winner of each of the three levels of competition - two blocks of A level and C level play and three blocks at B level.
Very many thanks to Roger for the huge effort involved in mounting the competition in difficult conditions.
Results
A level
Block A Friday | IS | BA | RB | LF | RW | CM | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Segal | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | -11 | |
Brian Aikens | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | |
Richard Brooks | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
Liz Farrow | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -4 | |
Robin Wootton | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Chrissie Merrington | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | -1 |
Block A Saturday | MC | MH | JI | RS | TJ | PC | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morgan Case | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
Mark Hamilton | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | -10 | |
Jonathan Isaacs | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -10 | |
Roger Sutton | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -8 | |
Tony Jolly | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
Paul Castell | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | -2 |
B Level
Block B Friday | FP | TN | DK | FL | GT | SR | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiona Phillips | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | -6 | |
Tony Nicolas | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | -1 | |
Dave King | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
Frances Low | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -9 | |
Gavin Taylor | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
Sue Rice | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Block B2 Friday | SN | AS | NB | AO | BC | DL | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sue Nicholas | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | -9 | |
Andrew Stewart | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Nigel Barton | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
Avril Oulton | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | -1 | |
Bruce Carr | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
Diane Langridge | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Block B Saturday | RH | FF | SC | CR | LG | PH | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Hall | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
Fred Fredrich | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
Steve Chapman | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
Chris Rolph | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
Linda Gavigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -11 | |
Phillip Harrison | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -8 |
C level
Block C Friday | PH | RF | TE | RE | PM | SC | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Harden | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -16 | |
Rosemary Faulkner | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
Trish Ellis | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
Richard Elliss | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Pat Mecham | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
Susan Caulfield | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | -1 |
Block C Saturday | PB | NH | KP | LD | AA | MA | Wins | Net Hoops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Brown | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Nick Hamilton | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -10 | |
Keith Patmore | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
Linda Davis | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | -19 | |
Angela Avis | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Mike Akester | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
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