The Webmaster had the audacity to go on holiday, so this collection of photos from the AC Ladies Day is a bit late. Thanks to Chrissie Merrington for the pictures.
Congratulations to our member Mark Fawcett who has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours for services to pension saving. Mark is Chief Investment Officer at the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), the workplace pension scheme set up by the government.
Two very evenly-matched teams met in the first round of the CA's Longman Cup on Thursday 8th June.
In the afternoon singles, played in handicap order, the SCCC team gave Roehampton, the reigning champions, a total of 3 bisques. SCCC went into lunch 1-2 down with Steve Chapman our winner. David Gillett restored parity but the next game was a win for Roehampton over Chrissie Merrington.
However, the two games that went to time resulted in wins for Simon Fenn-Tye and Steve Chapman and a 4-3 win for SCCC. The next round will be away at Ealing.
Thanks to David Gillett for this report
This was the first time the drawn pairs had been played using Advantage play. There were mixed views on the new system with those who liked it and those who didn’t!
Many hard fought games were played on a beautiful sunny day with the following winning their blocks:
Di Langridge & Rosemary Wyld
Fiona Phillips & Richard Pointon
Ian Johnson & Peter Wyld
Pam Gooders & Vincent L’Estrange
Sandra Towner & Gerald Gooders
Rita Dona & Chris Heath
They will all go through to the next round together with the best 2 runners up:
Ian Cobbold & Jenny Sutton
Diana Rolfe & Graham Tucker
Full results can be seen on CroquetScores and the order for the next rounds have been put on the website.
Many thanks to Roger for the time he spent working out all the starting scores.
Fiona
This was the first time the drawn pairs had been played using Advantage play. There were mixed views on the new system with those who liked it and those who didn’t!
Many hard fought games were played on a beautiful sunny day with the following winning their blocks:
Di Langridge & Rosemary Wyld
Fiona Phillips & Richard Pointon
Ian Johnson & Peter Wyld
Pam Gooders & Vincent L’Estrange
Sandra Towner & Gerald Gooders
Rita Dona & Chris Heath
They will all go through to the next round together with the best 2 runners up.
Ian Cobbold & Jenny Sutton
Diana Rolfe & Graham Tucker
Full results can be seen on CroquetScores and the order for the next rounds will be put on the website in due course.
Many thanks to Roger for the time he spent working out all the starting scores.
Fiona
A Block won by Chrissie Merrington & David King with 6 wins out of 6. The B Block was a tight affair with 4 teams on 4 wins but was won by Chris & Leslie Ardley on net hoops scored.
Thanks to Jonathan Isaacs for managing the event and to Angela Avis and Nira Scutt for organising the lunch.
| A | B&RC | CM&DK | FP&TJ | S&AN | SA&VL | GT&RC | MD&LG | DL&SR | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob & Robyn Clarke | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Chrissie Merrington & David King | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Fiona Phillips & Tony Jolly | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Sue & Anthony Nicholas | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Simon Ancell & Vincent L'Estrange | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gavin Taylor & Richard Carline | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Martin Daniels & Linda Gavigan | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Diana Langridge & Sue Rice | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| B | A&FF | AB&FB | FA&PG | A&KN | C&LA | PB&RE | PM&SC | NDS&TBP | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew & Fiona Fall | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Anne Bolland & Fran Box | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Francis Ainley & Paul Green | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Adam & Karen Newbould | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Chris & Les Ardley | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Paul Brown & Richard Ellis | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Pat Mecham & Sue Caulfield | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Normada De Silva & Tim Broughton Pipkin | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
The AC InterCounties was won by Middlesex. Sussex didn't do so well and was relagated. Never mind!
A big success for the club and a big thank you to everyone who helped in a very busy four days.
Some photos of the event, courtesy of Ray Hall.
12 players took part in a mini competition in AC Short Croquet format. Short Croquet is a recognised form of AC and is widely played in other parts of the UK, not so much in the South East. Being played on a half lawn it makes a transition from GC to AC easier as most shots are relatively short distance. In fact most participants were indeed originally GC players so it proved its worth in that respect. It is also only 14 points so each game takes a lot less time, allowing an AC tournament to be played in one day.
Three rounds were played in full and the fourth round only by those in contention (the chill wind for much of the day and the unfortunate need to double-bank half the games slowed the event down and detered others from playing the final round). Three of the four players ended round four with three wins but Robyn Clark was declared the winner on points scored.
Thanks to Frances Low for managing the competition, and for promoting Short Croquet at Southwick over the last two winters and bringing on a cadre of new AC converts.
| Robyn Clark | +7 | John Low | ||
| Richard Ellis | +6 | Carol Collins | ||
| Nicholas Beard | +8 | Gerald O?Brien | ||
| Frances Low | +5 | Rosemary Faulkner | ||
| Martin Daniels | +5 | Caroline Barnard | ||
| Val Hitchens | +6 | Ann Beard | ||
| Robyn Clark | +3 | Gerald O?Brien | ||
| Richard Ellis | +14 | Ann Beard | ||
| Rosemary Faulkner | +7 | Martin Daniels | ||
| John Low | +7 | Caroline Barnard | ||
| Carol Collins | +11 | Nicholas Beard | ||
| Frances Low | +1 | Val Hitchens | ||
| Gerald O?Brien | +14 | Richard Ellis | ||
| Martin Daniels | +5 | John Low | ||
| Ann Beard | +8 | Rosemary Faulkner | ||
| Frances Low | +1 | Nicholas Beard | ||
| Robyn Clark | +8 | Val Hitchens | ||
| Caroline Barnard | +1 | Carol Collins | ||
| Martin Daniels | +3 | Robyn Clark | ||
| John Low | +7 | Richard Ellis |
We are sad to announce the death of our member Bruce Carr earlier this week. Our sincere sympathies to his family. Further details in due course.
Bruce winning the 14pt AC competition in April 2021
Bruce will be greatly missed. He was always cheerful and welcoming. His leather jacket and pork pie hat were a familiar and distinctive sight!
