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Dear All - You have all been associated with running heats for this year's Charity One-Ball Championship. The final took place on saturday and I thought you might like early sight of the result. Below is the report I have prepared for the CA website and Gazette. What I would highlight is that 360 players participated in 27 heats and we raised £2678 for the Breast Cancer Campaign. This is a great achievement and I thank you all very much for you own efforts in making this happen. Equally important, I hope all your members had fun and will play again next year. - Kevin; 9.5.11
Lawrence Whittaker beat Daphne Gaitley to take the Maurice Reckitt Rose Bowl for the Southern B Level Championship at Southwick this weekend.
The Swiss consolation event was won by Jonathan Isaacs.
Full details below.
The Maurice Reckitt Rose Bowl
Consolation Event
1 Janet Overell beat Simon Tuke +19
2 Mark Hamilton beat John Low +14
3 Gene Mears beat Avril Rangoni Machiavelli +24
4 John Taylor beat Lawrence Whittaker +13
5 Daphne Gaitley beat Doug Sinclair +6
6 Collin Southern beat Michael Kay +5T
7 John Gosney beat Stephen Harbron +19
8 Andy Myers beat David Gaitley +7T
9 Stephen Harbron beat Simon Tuke +1
10 Collin Southern beat Gene Mears +19
11 Doug Sinclair beat David Gaitley +12
12 Andy Myers beat Michael Kay +9
13 Jonathan Isaacs beat Collin Southern +5
14 Andy Myers beat Mark Hamilton +18
15 Gene Mears beat Simon Tuke +19
16 David Cook beat Doug Sinclair +1T
17 Avril Rangoni Machiavelli beat Janet Overell +2T
18 John Gosney beat John Bateson +20
19 Stephen Harbron beat David Gaitley +14
20 Jonathan Isaacs beat John Gosney +21
21 Gene Mears beat Andy Myers +6
22 Collin Southern beat Stephen Harbron +16
23 Janet Overell beat David Cook +3
24 Doug Sinclair beat John Bateson +21
25 David Gaitley beat Simon Tuke +10T
Jamie Burch made it 3 in a row today when he beat Rutger Beijderwellen in the final of the Southwick Salver.
In a best of 3 final, Rutger took control completing a tpo and pegging Jamie out. However Jamie hit in and finished the game +7otp
The second game was +26tp to Jamie.
Results:
1 Rodney Parkins beat Collin Southern +5t
2 Rutger Beijderwellen beat David Parkins +25tp
3 Phillip Eardley beat John Low +15
4 Dick Knapp beat Daphne Gaitley +14
5 Gabrielle Higgins beat Mark Fawcett +26
6 Kevin Carter beat Paul Castell +14
7 Jonathan Hills beat Dominic Nunns +18
8 Robert Alexander beat Martin French +12
9 Tudor Jenkins beat Jolyon Creasey +19
10 Andrew Gregory beat Avril Rangoni Machiavelli +2
11 Jeff Rushby beat Doug Sinclair +3
12 Mary Knapp beat Alan Cottle +10
13 Jamie Burch beat Nigel Polhill +26tp
14 Rutger Beijderwellen beat Phillip Eardley +21tp
15 Gabrielle Higgins beat Dick Knapp +16tp
16 Jamie Burch beat Mary Knapp +8
17 Tudor Jenkins beat Robert Alexander +7
18 Rutger Beijderwellen beat Rodney Parkins +20tp, +26tp
19 Jonathan Hills beat Kevin Carter +13tpo
20 Jamie Burch beat Jeff Rushby +25, +20
21 Jonathan Hills beat Gabrielle Higgins +26, +14
22 Rutger Beijderwellen beat Jonathan Hills +13tp, +17stp
23 Andrew Gregory beat Tudor Jenkins +13, -3t, +5* (14pt)
24 Jamie Burch beat Andrew Gregory +26tp +20tp
25 Jamie Burch beat Rutger Beijderwellen +7otp, +26tp
The consolation event (Hands Egyptian) was won by Jeff Rushby.
Results:
1 Mark Fawcett beat Paul Castell +6
2 Nigel Polhill beat David Parkins +10
3 Jolyon Creasey beat Daphne Gaitley +22
4 Martin French beat Collin Southern +17
5 Mark Fawcett beat Doug Sinclair +25
6 Paul Castell beat Phillip Eardley +12
7 Kevin Carter beat Avril R Machiavelli +25
8 Dominic Nunns beat Alan Cottle +25
9 Dick Knapp beat Andrew Gregory +17
10 Dominic Nunns beat Mary Knapp +17
11 Alan Cottle beat Jolyon Creasey +9
12 Mark Fawcett beat Daphne Gaitley +7
13 Kevin Carter beat Nigel Polhill +9
14 Collin Southern beat Avril R Machiavelli +19
15 Martin French beat Doug Sinclair +26tp
16 Paul Castell beat David Parkins +10tp
17 Robert Alexander beat Dick Knapp +2
18 Daphne Gaitley beat Rodney Parkins +12
19 Phillip Eardley beat Mark Fawcett +3
20 Dominic Nunns beat Martin French +18
21 Paul Castell beat Kevin Carter +26tp
22 Jeff Rushby beat Doug Sinclair +20
23 Paul Castell beat Martin French +6
24 Nigel Polhill beat Dominic Nunns +12
25 Jamie Burch beat Mark Fawcett +14
26 Dick Knapp beat Philip Eardley +23
27 Robert Alexander beat Kevin Carter +24
28 Alan Cottle beat David Parkins +6
29 Mary Knapp beat Jolyon Creasey +4
30 Daphne Gaitley beat Collin Southern +13
31 Doug Sinclair beat Avril R Machiavelli +4t
32 Jeff Rushby beat Rodney Parkins +2
33 Kevin Carter beat Dick Knapp +16
34 Robert Alexander beat Mark Fawcett +23
35 Mary Knapp beat Tudor Jenkins +23
36 Philip Eardley beat Jolyon Creasey +2
37 Jonathan Hills beat Nigel Polhill +19
38 David Parkins beat Collin Southern ,+15
39 Daphne Gaitley beat Doug Sinclair +24
40 Kevin Carter beat Jeff Rushby +17
41 Alan Cottle beat Avril R Machiavelli +25
42 Paul Castell beat Rodney Parkins +4
43 Martin French beat Dick Knapp 26
44 Jonathan Hills beat Tudor Jenkins +26tp
45 Nigel Polhill beat Mary Knapp +8
46 Martin French beat Jonathan Hills +15
47 Dick Knapp beat Tudor Jenkins +24tp
48 Alan Cottle beat Philip Eardley +19
49 Kevin Carter beat Jolyon Creasey +5
Sussex won this year's Interclub Golf Croquet Day today, 6th March.
Details are here
The winning team were Richard Brooks, Maggie and Keith Webb and Paul Castell.
The winners were Jeff Rushby and Alan Rew who beat Keith Slatter and John Gosney to 1st place.
Thanks to John Gosney for preparing 6 lawns for the event and to Chris Constable for managing it and providing the soup and roll lunch - delicious even if she couldn't quite remember what was in it!
Gordon and his wife Sheila ( who died a couple of years ago) were members of the Club for many years.
Ken Pascall
I am writing to pass on the sad news that Ken Pascall, who was admitted to hospital in Haywards Heath only a week ago with pains in his arms, then deteriorated very rapidly, and has now passed away. Janet was with him in his final days. Both Ken and Janet have been keen Association players at Southwick taking part in Jamborees and in the alternate stroke doubles sessions most Wednesday mornings (apart from the coldest ones.) Janet describes croquet and SCCC as probably Ken's first loves and they counted themselves lucky to have found a game and club which suited them as a couple so well. The funeral will be in Croydon at Ken's "home" church after the 28th February; details will be published, in due course, in the Telegraph.
I am sorry to report that Fernando de Ansorena died on the 4th February, after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was a regular visitor to Southwick, playing in our AC tournaments, latterly the Seniors’ and in the European Championship. We enjoyed his company last year at one of our themed dinners, together with his wife Pilar and son Fernando. Several of our members have enjoyed his hospitality in Jerez, where he helped to found one of the first croquet clubs in Spain.
He was a great character he never really mastered very much English. He would furnish the bar with sherry, and fly back to Spain with a box of kippers. He generously provided the Harvey’s Trophy
Croquet has lost a colourful character we will miss him.
Fernando de Ansorena
Hyacinth Coombs was an SCCC Honorary Life Member.
Hyacinth was in hospital over Christmas but was then discharged; early this morning however she suffered a major heart attack.
Hyacinth was a bastion of both SCCC and of croquet. An extremely good player, she also numbered among her many talents the energy, social drive, and know-how needed to run our club's bar. She did this for many years.
Here she is pictured awarding the prizes at the August tournament in 2008
