Sussex County Open Half Day Singles – 12 February 2025

An unusually dry afternoon allowed us to play the first GC competition of the year. 20 hardy souls braved the cold weather to play some excellent croquet across 5 blocks. 

Division E was the first to finish, with Sue Kilby winning all her games and only dropping 9 hoops.

Division D was very hard fought, with all games being very close. Eventually Stephen Collett won all his games to take the division, but everybody won at least one game.

Diana Rolfe stormed through Division C, winning all her games.

The lower handicap Divisions, A and B, were much closer, with both going to the final game. In Division B, Tony James and Robyn Clark both played some excellent croquet early on, only to lose their final games. Tony, nonetheless, held on to win by one net hoop over Kathy McColgan, who played exceptionally well against lower handicapped players.

Finally Division A went right down to the wire, with everybody having won one game going into the final round. Konstantin beat Bob Clark leaving Paul Green and Morgan Case both requiring a good win to take the title on net hoops. Paul won 7-4 to put him tied with Konstantin on wins and net hoops, but as Konstantin had won the head to head, he took home the much prized box of chocolates.

Thank you to everybody who made it such a good natured and enjoyable afternoon. David

And thanks to David for managing the event.

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