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Sussex County Weekend Advanced Tournament 8th/9th April 2017
Knockout and Hands Egyptian consolation event
Knockout
James Hopgood beat Philip Windred +26tp
Luc Berthouze beat Mary Knapp +21
Robert Alexander beat Tudor Jenkins +25
Jeff Dawson beat Peter Thompson +26
Phil Cordingly beat Phil Dunk +14
Nigel Polhill beat Daphne Gaitley +15
Neil Coote beat Liz Farrow +8
Mark Avery beat John Wells +26tp
Annabel McDiarmid beat Roger Tedsone+20
Philip Eardley beat David Cook +11
Mark Fawcett beat David Gaitley +24
Jeffrey Rushby beat Dave Gunn +1t
James Hopgood beat Luc Berthouze +17qp
Phil Cordingly beat Nigel Polhill +26
Philip Eardley beat Annabel McDiarmid +14
Mark Avery beat Neil Coote +26tp
Jeff Dawson beat Robert Alexander +26tp
Mark Fawcett beat Jeffrey Rushby +26
Mark Avery beat Phil Cordingly +26tp
Mark Fawcett beat Philip Eardley +25
Semi Finals best of 3
Mark Avery beat James Hopgood +26tp, +26p
Jeff Dawson beat Mark Fawcett +18tp,-17,+25tp
Final
Mark Avery beat Jeff Dawson +17tp, +26tp
(Mark Avery had a 100% record of tps over the weekend)
Consolation Hands Egyptian
Philip Windred beat John Wells +13
Jeff Dawson beat James Hopgood +25tp
Peter Thompson beat David Gaitley +14
Tudor Jenkins beat Mary Knapp +2
Roger Tedstone beat Phil Dunk +12
Liz Farrow beat David Cook +6
Philip Windred beat Daphne Gaitley +4
Dave Gunn beat John Wells +1t
Jeff Dawson beat Neil Coote +18
Robert Alexander beat Jeffrey Rushby +11
Luc Berthouze beat Peter Thompson +15
Nigel Polhill beat David Gaitley +19tp
James Hopgood beat Annabel McDiarmid +26tp
Mary Knapp beat Phil Dunk +22
Tudor Jenkins beat Liz Farrow +3
Roger Tedstone beat David Cook +11
Phil Cordingley beat Philip Windred +15
Annabel McDiarmid beat Dave Gunn +16
Luc Berthouze beat Nigel Polhill +3
Philip Eardley beat John Wells +9
Philip Windred beat Mary Knapp +7
Liz Farrow beat Roger Tedstone +14
Phil Dunk beat David Cook +2t
Tudor Jenkins beat Nigel Polhill +1t
Annabel McDiarmid beat Luc Berthouze+26tp
Dave Gunn beat Daphne Gaitley +7t
Neil Coote beat Peter Thompson +8
David Gaitley beat Jeffrey Rushby +6t
Robert Alexander beat Phil Cordingley +17
Luc Berthouze beat Philip Eardley +11
Annabel McDiarmid beat John Wells +26
James Hopgood beat Robert Alexander +17tp
Mark Fawcett beat Annabel McDiarmid +13
Phil Dunk beat John Wells +16
Philip Windred beat Peter Thompson +14
Mary Knapp beat Neil Coote +2
Roger Tedstone beat Dave Gunn +14
Nigel Polhill beat Jeffrey Rushby +17
David Cook beat Tudor Jenkins +11
Robert Alexander beat Liz Farrow +17
James Hopgood beat Philip Eardley +23TP
Phil Cordingley beat Luc Berthouze +9
James Hopgood beat Dave Gunn +26tp
Winner of consolation event Philip Windred
No handicap changes notified
Chris Constable, Manager.
The one ball heat of the Charity One Ball competition was held at SCCC on Sunday 2nd April. The competition was played on an all plays all format (American Block). The event raised £152 in aid of Parkinson’s Disease and was won by Robin Wootten. Under the rules of the competition we can enter 1 person for every £50 donated towards the charity. This year we were eligible for three places which go to the highest 3 placed players that are available for the final at Surbiton on Sunday 7th May. Robin Wootton, Luc Berthouze and Rosemary Faulkner will therefore be representing us at Surbiton.
Results
| Name | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | Points | Hoops run | Position |
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| A Luc Berthouze | 11 D | 7 | 9 W | 4 | 13 W | 9 W | 13 W | 11 W | 5.5 | 77 | 2 | |
| B Daphne Gaitley | 11 D | 11 | 13 W | 13W | 6 | 10 | 13 W | 13 W | 4.5 | 90 | 5 | |
| C Liz Farrow | 13 W | 13 W | 13 W | 4 | 10 | 13 W | 12 | 11 | 4 | 90 | 6 | |
| D David Gaitley | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 W | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 D | 1.5 | 71 | 9 | |
| E Phil Dunk | 13 W | 9 | 13 W | 11 | 13 W | 10 | 13 W | 13 W | 5 | 95 | 3 | |
| F Janet Hoptroff | 5 | 10 W | 12 W | 13 W | 9 | 10 | 13 W | 13 W | 5 | 85 | 4 | |
| G Robin Wootton | 7 | 13 W | 11 | 13 W | 13 W | 13 W | 8 W | 13 W | 6 | 91 | 1 | |
| H Rosemary Faulkner | 8 | 8 | 13 W | 13W | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 W | 3 | 79 | 7 | |
| I Anne Smith | 9 | 5 | 13 W | 10 D | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1.5 | 74 | 8 |
SCCC 2017 SEASON OPENING DAY
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Grand Opening of the new lawns
Saturday 1st April
Please come to our new season opening day and support the official opening of our new lawns
Timetable of events:
10.30am Coffee, Tea & Biscuits
11am Grand opening of the new lawns
by Quiller Barrett, President of the CA
11.15am The President’s team v The Chairman’sTeam
All members wishing to play can elect to play GC, AC or one ball.
Players will be split between the President’s and the Chairman’s team
1pm Light lunch of homemade soup and a Ploughmans buffet
2pm Play continues
4pm Tea and Cakes
Please let us know if you want lunch on arrival. If you can’t come for the whole day – don’t worry, just pop in and join in the fun for as long as you wish.
SUSSEX COUNTY CROQUET CLUB
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
AGENDA
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Apologies
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Minutes of the AGM held on 12th March 2016
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Matters arising
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Chairman’s Report
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Treasurer's Report and Presentation of Annual Accounts
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Appointment of Auditor
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Secretary’s Report
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Election of Officers and Management Committee
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Club Plans for 2017 – 2018
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Engraving of Trophies
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Any Other Business.
Tea and Biscuits will be served after the meeting
The SCCC Great Curry Lunch
Sunday 5th February 2017 12 noon for 12.30pm
Menu
Mild Chicken Curry
Medium Lentil Curry
Mild mixed Vegetable Curry
Mild Punjabi Mushroom Curry
(Contains dairy products)
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The above curries are served with:
Plain Basmati Rice, Papadums, Mango Chutney & Fresh side Dishes
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Assorted Ice Creams & Fruit
All dishes are gluten free
£10
To book please sign up on the noticeboard or contact Fran Box by email or phone.
Huge thanks to Chrissy and her team for such an excellent Xmas lunch.
A few photos here.
Dear all
I set out below guidance on use of lawns over the winter, including priorities for lawn use and other aspects of winter play:
Perhaps more than in previous years, lawns will be in short supply this winter. We normally keep lawns 10 and 11 in use throughout the winter and rotate usage of the other lawns with lawns 1, 2 and 3 normally rested, as they are the lowest lying and shaded by the trees on the railway embankment and so never really dry out in the middle of winter. With lawns 7, 8, 10 and 11 out of action until May because of this year’s renovation, there will be only 4 lawns available for most of the winter.
There are three designated club sessions a week – Monday and Thursday afternoon GC and Wednesday morning AC, where priority is given to GC or AC respectively and given the shortage of lawns, this will have to be applied strictly this winter.
Tournaments and pre-arranged Academy coaching also have priority.
Other club-approved sessions take place during the week at pre-arranged times. During these sessions and at all other times lawns should be shared by club members and consideration given to any member wishing to play / practice outside any session going on at the time.
Other winter aspects
Use of secondaries
Secondary balls should be used during the winter in preference to primaries to even out wear and tear on the sets of balls. This will also help members to become familiar with using the secondaries.
Jump shots
As the ground is softer, jumping is not permitted.
Starting corner for GC
Please will all players remember to start GC social games over a yard away from the usual starting corner (corner IV as AC players know it) to avoid wear and tear in the corner.
Clive Hayton Chairman Sussex County Croquet Club
SCCC Finals Weekend
Saturday 1st October
10 am
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Lawn |
Competiton |
Players |
Winner and score |
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4 |
Quaich |
Richard Brooks v Luc Berthouze |
Luc Berthouze |
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1 |
Daldy Cup |
Chris Coull v Clive Grimley |
Clive Grimley |
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2 |
GC Handicap Doubles |
Les & Christine Ardley v Sandra Towner & Des Taylor |
Les & Christine Ardley |

Luc Berthouze (left) with the Quaiche. Dominic Nunns (right) with the Moore Cup and Millenium Shield (photo Mike Kavanagh)
2pm
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Lawn |
Competition |
Players |
Winner and score |
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1 |
Millennium Shield |
Luc Berthouze v Dominic Nunns |
Dominic Nunns |
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2 |
AC New Challenge Cup |
Chris Coull v John Gosney |
Chris Coull |
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4 |
GC Handicap Singles Final |
Linda Gavigan v Richard Nye |
Richard Nye |
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5 |
GC Improvers Competition |
Deborah Marcus v Richard Nye |
Deborah Marcus |

Deborah and David Marcus with cups (photo: Ray Hall)
Sunday 2nd October
10am
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Lawn |
Competition |
Players |
Winner and score |
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1 |
Moore Cup |
Dominic Nunns v Luc Berthouze |
Dominic Nunns |
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2 |
D’Esterre Bowl |
Clive Hayton v Clive Grimley |
Clive Hayton |
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4 |
Shine Salvers |
John Taylor & Ian Cobbold v David Marcus & Deborah Marcus |
David & Deborah Marcus |
2pm
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Lawn |
Competition |
Players |
Winner and score |
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2 |
Sussex Gold Cup |
John Taylor v Deborah Marcus |
John Taylor |
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4 |
President’s Cup |
Chris Heath v Ian Cobbold |
Ian Cobbold |
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5 |
Fryer Cup |
David Marcus v David Gillett |
David Marcus |
To be played after Finals weekend:
Freddy Reynold one-ball
Diana Brothers drawn pairs
Already decided by block play:
Bush Cup – winner Fred Bell
Hazell Parker Salver– winner Robin Wootton
Franc Cup - winner Pam Gooders
To be decided
Rookie of the year
Most Improved AC player
Most improved GC player
If anyone has more photos from the Finals weekend, contact webmaster and he will put them on the website
ONE DAY GOLF CROQUET TORNAMENT
For players of all abilities
Winter season competition
Friday 21st October
10am Start
Level Play 13 point games.
Members £8 Non members £10
Whites not required
Manager Roger Sutton
Please e mail your entry to Roger Sutton
Brief results of the AC Advanced Tournament held over the weekend of 23 - 24 September 2016 are:
The Solomon Cup was won by Richard M Smith, pictured here on left, with Clive Hayton SCCC Chairman, centre, and Nick Harris, Manager, right.

Results:
Richard M Smith beat Bill Arliss
Nick Harris beat Paul Watson
Luc Berthouze beat Tudor Jenkins
Matt Holmes beat Liz Farrow
Richard M Smith beat Nick Harris
Matt Holmes beat Luc Berthouze
Richard M Smith beat Matt Holmes 3-0
Plate event
Tudor Jenkins beat Liz Farrow
Paul Watson beat Bill Arliss
Luc Berthouze beat Nick Harris
Bill Arliss beat Liz Farrow
Tudor Jenkins beat Paul Watson
Luc Berthouze beat Paul Watson
Tudor Jenkins beat Bill Arliss
Nick Harris beat Liz Farrow
Luc Berthouze beat Bill Arliss
Nick Harris beat Tudor Jenkins
Paul Watson beat Liz Farrow
The Sussex Tumbler was won by Alan Clark, pictured left.

Results:
Alan Clark beat David Cook
Simon Tuke beat Jeff Rushby
Phil Dunk beat Chris O'Byrne
John M Taylor beat Chris Coull
Chris Coull beat David Cook
John M Taylor beat Chris O'Byrne
Alan Clark beat Jeff Rushby
Phil Dunk beat Simon Tuke
Alan Clark beat Chris Coull
Phil Dunk beat David Cook
Chris O'Byrne beat Simon Tuke
John M Taylor beat Jeff Rushby
David Cook beat Simon Tuke
Alan Clark beat Chris O'Byrne
Chris Coull beat Jeff Rushby
John M Taylor beat Phil Dunk
David Cook beat Chris O'Byrne
Phil Dunk beat Jeff Rushby
Chris Coull beat Simon Tuke
Alan Clark beat John M Taylor