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Sussex County Croquet Club
Charity One Ball Handicap Heat
in aid of Myeloma UK (bone marrow cancer)
For Prizes & Places in Final Sunday 8th May at Surbiton CC
This excellent charity has a 'house colour' of orange, so for the heats and in the final we are encouraging everyone to wear something orange !
Sunday 3 April
9.30 start
Open to all Players
£10 (or voluntary donation in excess)
payable on the day
Refreshments: £8
(Coffee, Light Lunch, Tea & Biscuits)
Practice Session: Thursday 31st March 10.00 – for refreshers
and newcomers to One Ball
Booking Essential
Book on Line: Sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk
or contact Luc Berthouze: entries@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk
Dear all,
We have three winter tournaments upcoming. With a limited number of lawns, book early to avoid disappointment!
28 Feb 2016 GC 10/10 doubles only 4 places left
06 March 2016 Alternate Stroke Doubles
20 March 2016 GC Level play only 1 place left!
Any question, please email Tournament Secretary.
As the wind howls outside and the rain lashes the window, this dropped into my inbox from Richard Thompson:
The Corfu Croquet Club, in conjunction with the Kontokali Bay Hotel & Resort, has organised its first GC Croquet Holiday, following several very successful AC events. They have asked me to manage the varied Croquet programme, including the “First Greek GC Championship”.
Dates: 4th to 13th May 2016. There is a brochure for downloading here.
The current winter season and next summer season's tournament are now available to book online.
Wins by Neil Humphreys and Graham Tucker in the two classes
Our Winter GC tournament took place on Sunday, although there had been 28 entries
after late withdrawals 24 players took part. I was able to divide the players into two
Blocks of 12, under 5 handicaps and 6 – 12 handicaps.
There were 17 SCCC members, several were playing their first tournament, and 7 from other clubs a particular note should be made of Charles and Ellie Martin had made the trek from Ramsgate.
The tournament took place in dull weather with drizzle at times we were thankful however that it was fairly mild.
The Blue block 6 – 12 handicap was won by Neil Humphreys who had 5 wins out of 6 he pipped Bob Clark on a who beat who basis, Bob also had 5 wins. Third place went to Deborah Marcus with 4 wins.
The red block under 5 handicaps had been joined by Graham Tucker the highest ranked 6 handicap to even the numbers. It was won by Luc Berthouze who had 5 out of 6 wins. The runner up on a rather complicated formula (see below) was Roger Sutton with Richard Brooks in third place and Chrissie Merrington in 4th place, all had 4 wins.
We thank Deborah Marcus for lunch of soup and rolls, Robin and his team for preparing the lawns.
Last but not least I thank my wife Jenny for helping me record the scores.
These are Luc’s calculations of how the Red group placings were achieved.
There were 4 people tied on 4 wins (Sutton, Brooks, Wootton, Merrington)
First criterion is who beats whom.
Sutton beats Brooks
Sutton beats Wootton
Sutton did not play Merrington
Merrington played Brooks and Wootton and lost to both. Therefore on who beat whom we have: Sutton > Brooks / Wootton > Merrington
Then, we only need to resolve tie between Brooks and Wootton.
Brooks and Wootton did not play each other.
Brooks has higher hoop number (16 against 12).
Thanks Luc
Roger Sutton
2nd place: Luc Berthouze and Deborah Marcus with 3/4 wins and a peel.
3rd place: John Taylor and Fred Bell with 3/4 wins.
Peeling prize: Hugh Brown and Richard Carline with 2 peels.
As you will see there have been a number of changes to the website design.
This is being undertaken in stages as it was necessary to upgrade the underlying system to address the latest security issues and at the same time to improve the experience provided for users of smartphones and tablets.
There are still some tweaks to be done. If you have any (hopefully helpful!) comments please address them to the webmaster.
QUIZ EVENING
Thursday March 24th at 6pm
Fish and chip supper £10 per person
Teams of three to five people
( but if you haven’t a team, come along anyway, join a team and have some fun)
Prizes
Please enter names below or contact Chris Constable by phone or quiz@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk
Sussex County Croquet Club
WINTER TOURNAMENT
GC Level Play
(Eligible for inclusion in the Rankings)
Two Sections
Handicaps: 5 & under, and 6 – 12
Sunday 15th November
09.30 start – until Dusk
£10 payable on the day
(£8 SCCC Members)
Refreshments: £5
(Soup & Roll, Tea, Coffee & Biscuits)
Winter Dress (whites optional)
Booking Essential: Use on-line entry or
Contact Luc Berthouze:
entries@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk
I am in the process of upgrading the site so that it becomes mobile compliant. This is a significant amount of work and may take some time.
In the meantime the experience on a mobile device will not be as good as it should be. If you find it difficult there is a simpler layout available using the address: www.sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk/mobile
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