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Sussex County Open GC Singles – 30 May 2025
A lovely day was promised by most of the weather forecasts for the GC Singles competition on Friday 30 May. In the event, the morning was cold with a threat of rain, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of our 30 competitors.
The format was for five divisions with six players in each division, all of which were looking to be very well matched. At this stage the Tournament Manager would like to apologise for any marital stress caused by putting two married couples in the same block as each other!
Division A proved to be very competitive, with some excellent croquet played by all. Going into the final Game Liz Farrow had won all four, but a win by Simon Ancell (even by one hoop) would have snatched a late victory. After some fine play, Liz prevailed 7-6, thereby winning her group and all her matches.
Division B went with the form book; both Tony Jolly and Jonathan Isaacs taking four wins out of five. However, Tony, with +14 net hoops to Jonathan’s +11, came out the winner.
In Division C, Jill Richardson was the standout performer winning four of her matches to take the group and reduce her handicap to 3. Well done, Jill!
Division D was the closest of all and had the tournament manager reaching for his calculator. Going into the final round Sam Holder had won four games, and Robin Wootton three. Sam went down 7-5 to Jim Mander leaving Robin requiring a 2 hoop win over John Low to win the group. John fought all the way to take it to the golden hoop, which Robin won, putting him level with Sam on wins and net hoops. However, this was not enough, with Sam winning the group due to his head-to-head win over Robin earlier in the day.
Division E also went down to the final round, with Kathy McColgan, Tony Marjoram and Christopher Mabley all having won 3 games to that point. Tony and Christopher both went down 7-6 in their final game, leaving Kathy McColgan to take the Block with a 7-3 win.
Thanks to all who took part in a very good-natured day.
Thanks to David for managing the event and to the catering team of Anne Stanton and Rosemary Faulkner for providing lunch.
Full results
| Division A | RC | LF | BA | KY | SA | BH | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Clark | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Liz Farrow | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Brian Aikens | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Konstantin Yudintsev | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Simon Ancell | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Ben Harwood | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Division B | JI | TJ | AS | AH | RC | AN | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Isaacs | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Tony Jolly | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Andrew Stewart | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Andrea Huxley | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Robyn Clark | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Anthony Nicholas | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Division C | PG | GT | SW | MG | FA | JR | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Green | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Gavin Taylor | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Stephen Wingrove | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Michael Gentry | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Francis Ainley | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jill Richardson | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Division D | JM | RW | SN | SH | JL | MB | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mander | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Robin Wootton | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Sue Nicholas | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sam Holder | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| John Low | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mark Barnham | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Division E | KM | CM | TM | HM | LD | AM | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy McColgan | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Christopher Mabley | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Tony Marjoram | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Helen Mabley | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Linda Davies | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Angela Marjoram | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 |