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Issue with the one-day competition form
Apparently users of more recent iPads who use their Safari browser can't see the whole of the competition choices offered. The list looks something like this:
Unfortunately the length of each line can't be changed so it is what it is. I believe you can solve the issue by using Chrome or other browser downloaded from the Apple store. Or use a phone - iPhones don't seem to be affected.
In the longer term I will change the form to avoid this limitation - sometime before Christmas.
This competition is reduced to Saturday afternoon only. The Sunday session will not take place. 3 games on Saturday pm only. You can still enter online (note for technical reasons the entry system will still show the Sunday in the event title)
Play starts at 1pm.
£5 entry fee for Sussex County members, £7.50 others.
GC level play doubles competition 22nd September 2023
A report from the Manager Richard Ellis:
We had a wonderful day today. Apart from a brief shower we were blessed with delightful weather.
The competition was played in 3 blocks. Block A, the top block, was hard fought but won by Richard Carline and Louise Taylor who only dropped one match. Block B was clearly won by Vincent L’Estrange & Simon Ancell, who won every match they played. Block C was very closely run between Diana Rolfe and Jim Mander against Rachel and Richard Pointon. They both had won 4 games, and ended up with net 10 hoops, so the final decision came to the last game where Rachel and Richard were able to beat Diane and Jim.
Angela and Hilary put on a wonderful spread for us at mid-day and we need to thank them for all their hard work.
Thanks also to Richard for managing the event with an awkward number of entries
Richard Carline & Louise Taylor
Simon Ancell & Vincent L'Estrange
Full results
| Block A | RW&AC | BA&KY | DK&RB | DD&SC | FP&TJ | LT&RC | LG&LF | Games | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Wootton & Alan Cottle | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Brian Aikens & Konstantin Yudintsev | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| David King & Richard Brooks | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| David Dickins & Steve Chapman | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Fiona Phillip & Tony Jolly | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Louise Taylor & Richard Carline | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Linda Gavigan & Liz Farrow | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Block B | AS&RF | BH> | DS&JR | SN&TN | FA&PG | VL&SA | DL&SR | Games | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Stewart & Richard French | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Beryl Hughes & Gavin Taylor | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Shand & Jill Richardson | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Sue & Tony Nicholas | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Francis Ainley & Paul Green | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Vincent L'Estrange Simon Ancell | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Diana Langridge & Sue Rice | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Block C | TJ&GD | FB> | RP&RP | DR&JM | PM&SC | TE&PG | Games | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony James & Gail Dowd | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Fran Box & Graham Tucker | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Rachel & Richard Pointon | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Diana Rolfe & Jim Mander | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Pat Mechen & Sue Caulfield | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Trish Ellis & Paul Griffith | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
SCCC Finals Week Schedule
Monday 25th September
10 am
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Freddy Reynold Cup | AC | Pam Gooders v Deborah Marcus |
Tuesday 26th September 2023
10am
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Committee Cup | GC | Peter Goldsmith v Jerry Key |
1pm
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Improvers Cup | GC | Konstantin Yudintsev v Jim Mander |
Wednesday 27th September 2023
2pm
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Handicap Singles Cup | GC | David Dickins v Richard Ellis |
Thursday 28th September 2023
10 am
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussex Gold Cup | AC | Liz Farrow v Phil Dunk |
13 pm
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Southwick Cup | GC | David Dickins v Konstantin Yudintsev |
14 pm
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Doubles Div 1 | GC | Ian Cobbold & Richard Carline v Richard Brooks & David King |
Friday 29th September 2023
10 am
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bush Cup | AC | Pam Gooders v Richard Carline |
Saturday 30th September 2023
2 pm
| Lawn | Competition | Format | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Quaiche | GC | Bob Clark v Morgan Case |
Other finals have had to be arranged for first week of October
Handicap doubles - Paul Green & Simon Fenn Tye v Ray Hall & Jim Mander 8 October 10.00 Lawn 8
Chairman's - Mon 2 October 10.00 lawn 4 Vincent L'Estrange v Simon F.T.
Doubles Div 2 - 6 October 10.00 Lawn 4 Di Langridge/Robyn Clark v Gooders
Supervets 6 October 10.00 Lawn 5 Peter Goldsmith v Ray Hall
Drawn pairs 4 October 10.00 Pam Gooders/VincentL’Estrange v Ian Johnson/Pete Wyld. Lawn 3
Already played / decided by block play:
AC Finals - winners
D’Esterre. Deborah Marcus
Daldy. Gerald O’Brien
Franc. Simon Fenn Tye
Moore cup. Dominic Nunn
New Challenge. Deborah Marcus
Paul Green CA C Series winner for 2023
Congratulations to Paul Green who won the CA C Series Final at Guildford & Godalming Croquet Club this last weekend.
This is one of the GC national competitions organised in handicap levels by the CA.
Well done Paul, next year it should be the B Series!
GC Winter Doubles
Club members can now enter this competition in two divisions. Follow menu: Play croquet - Club and team competitions - Winter club competitions.
These are for club members only.
Singles level play 4th September
A summer day at last! no rain and with a temperature reaching 25 degrees which although welcome meant everyone was happy to play a maximum of 6 games.
There were 30 entrants, with a third from clubs other than SCCC.
Many of the games were closely fought with games going to the golden hoop.
In Block A both Brian Aikens and Richard Brooks won 5 games but Brian won with net hoops of +14.
There was a clear winner in Block B with Simon Ancell winning all his games.
Block C was won by Gavin Taylor who won 5 games
Block D saw Francis Ainley win all 5 of his games.
Thanks to Angela and Martin Avis for doing the catering.
Fiona Phillips
Thanks to Fiona for managing the event.
| Block A | LF | MC | RB | AW | BA | CM | RW | TJ | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Farrow | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Morgan Case | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Richard Brooks | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Andrew Wilson | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Brian Aikens | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Chrissie Merrington | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Robin Wooton | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Tony Jolly | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Block B | AS | JG | MJ | SA | AH | DS | TN | DK | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Stewart | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| John Gosden | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Michael Jay | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Simon Ancell | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Andrea Huxley | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Shand | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Tony Nicholas | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | ||
| David King | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Block C | DD | GT | JP | PG | VL | JR | PH | SN | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dickins | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Gavin Taylor | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jane Powell | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Paul Green | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Vincent L'Estrange | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Jill Richardson | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Phil Harrison | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Sue Nicholas | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Block D | AO | FA | LG | PB | NDS | HW | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avril Oulton | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Francis Ainley | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Linda Gavigan | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Paul Brown | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Narmada De Silva | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Helen Wilson | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
CA Longman Cup Sussex County v East Dorset
Sussex County travelled to East Dorset for the semi-final of the CA's Longman Cup, a national handicap AC tournament. The result was a 6-1 defeat with Steve Chapman being our only winner. Three of the losses were quite convincing but the other three were by one, two and three points respectively. The last of these was in the doubles where an unfortunate leave after time was called allowed Est Dorset to go two ahead. Our hosts provided a nice lunch and we had an enjoyable day despite the result.
Individual results (ED names first):
Alan Jones & Chris Rice beat David Gillett & Simon Fenn-Tye +3T
Mike Rice beat Chrissie Merrington +20
Chris Weedon beat Steve Chapman +1T
Chris Weedon beat Chrissie Merrington +14
Alan Jones beat David Gillett +2T
Mike Rice lost to Steve Chapman -6
Chris Rice beat Simon Fenn-Tye +14
Very many thanks to the team of David Gillett (Captain), Chrissie Merrington, Steve Chapmen and Simon Fenn-Tye for volunteering to play in this match. It was a long way to trvel to Parkstone and back , and to play competitive croquet in the middle.
As its almost a year since I lost my dearest Pamela to dementia, I felt it would be rather appropriate to join the Brighton Memory Walk organised by the local Alzheimer’s Society at the end of September and at the same time raise a little cash to help with their work to alleviate the effects of this dreadful disease.
I can confirm I am now booked in for the walk and have set up a “Just Giving” web page to make it easy for anyone to contribute. The contact detail for the web page is :
www.justgiving.com/Bill-Arliss-BMW2023
I have to confess that I am having to stretch the walk title rather as any actual walking by myself of more than 50 yards becomes rather dodgy, so hopefully I will complete the 6.5km on my mobility scooter. I understand that the route we will follow takes us right along the sea front by the pier and will include all the journeys we both regularly made together by mobility scooters for several years past.
I do hope you will be able to give our charity some support.
Bill Arliss