Sussex County Southern Challenge

The Southern Challenge is a GC competition run at and by Sussex County Croquet Club for local clubs.

It was a hot day, the hoops had been reset and were very tight making hooping difficult.

I had fortunately put time limits on all games which kept the tournament moving at an acceptable pace.

Although there was an imbalance of handicaps - Bromley and Canterbury averaging 7 & 8 handicaps while Sussex County averaged 1 - the tournament finished very close and it was the last round victory (their first of the afternoon) of Canterbury over Hove Beach that gave the victory to Sussex County for the second year running.

Hove Beach were second and Sussex County 2 were third.

Tournament result

1st Sussex County 1 3 wins + 24 hoops
2nd Hove Beach 3 wins +15 hoops
3rd Sussex county 2 3 wins +5 hoops
4th Lodsworth 2 wins + 2 hoops
5th Bromley 2 wins - 12 hoops
6th Canterbury 1 win - 31 Hoops

Thanks to Roger for managing the event.