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We have received the following email notice:
Subject: Egypt vs. Rest of World Croquet Challenge
As some of you already know, on August 9/10 a Golf Croquet match will be held at Roehampton between teams of 6 players from Egypt and the Rest of the World. The RoW team is expected to contain the 6 highest ranked eligible players, namely Reg Bamford, Chris Clarke, Robert Fulford, Rutger Beijderwellen, Stephen Mulliner and Sharif Abdelwahab.
The match will consist of 21 matches (9 doubles, 12 singles). It has the potential to produce the highest quality of play ever seen and the result should be a nail biter.
If you would like to attend as a spectator you need to contact the Roehampton Club (Tristan McIlroy, tristan.mcillroy (@)roehamptonclub.co.uk), the cost is £5 per day.
If you are prepared to act as a scorer and/or on-court referee (and save £5!) then please email the webmaster who will forward your message to the appropriate person. There will be a barbecue on the Saturday evening and if you would like to attend that please also email the webmaster of this site.
Those of you who view this site with Internet Explorer will be pleased to know that the very annoying flashing beetle which has been inhabiting the text areas of this site has been exterminated! 
Sussex County Croquet Club v Medway (away) For the third year running we were drawn against Medway in the First Round. Medway were again able to field a much stronger team than us, with three 1 handicap players and a 4 against our range of 3.5 to 7. In the morning, we lost the doubles and one of the singles, with the other match pegged down as unfinished. This meant that we had to win all four singles in the afternoon to stay in the tie. Medway obviously didn't mean to let us do this, as we were fed and watered handsomely over lunch! Despite (or because of) this, our two Johns (Taylor and Gosney) managed to beat their lower handicap opponents, but Medway's other players proved too strong for Gene Mears and Brian Kitching in the remaining two matches. As a result, we lost the tie 4-2 with one match unfinished. Details (Southwick players first):Details (Southwick players first):
Morning
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John Taylor (3.5) & Gene Mears (4) |
v |
Paul Miles (1) & Robert Alexander (1) |
Lost -10 |
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John Gosney (7) |
v |
David Tester (1) |
Lost -22 |
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Brian Kitching (5) |
v |
Rodney Parkins (4) |
unfinished |
Afternoon
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John Taylor |
v |
Paul Miles |
Won +8 |
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Gene Mears |
v |
Robert Alexander |
Lost -24 |
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Brian Kitching (5) |
v |
David Tester |
Lost -6 |
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John Gosney |
v |
Rodney Parkins |
Won +15 |