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GC Doubles Tournament 9th September
Report from Roger Sutton, Manager
The half-day doubles tournament on the 9th of September was hastily re-arranged to accommodate the 6 Spanish players who had entered the Sussex Open over the previous weekend. Their flight back to Spain on the Sunday evening had been cancelled and so I rearranged the blocks and included Jenny and I to make the numbers.
The winners of each block were
Block 1 - Helen and Andrew Wilson 3 wins +7 hoops
Block 2 - Sue Kirby & Diana Rolfe +3
Block 3 - Pilar Alvear & Sergio Garcia 3 wins +9
Congratulations to Helen and Andrew, Sue and Sue, Pilar and Sergio.
And thanks to Roger for managing the event.
Full Results
| Block 1 | S&TN | A&HW | LA&LA | R&JS | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue & Tony Nicholas | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Andrew & Helen Wilson | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Lourdes Alvear & Luis Alarcon | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Roger & Jenny Sutton | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Block 2 | SK&DR | M&AA | SG&SC | PG&AG | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Kilby & Diana Rolfe | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Martin & Angela Avis | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Sue Gale & Susan Caulfield | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Peter Goldsmith & Alan Grundy | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Block 3 | LM&LG | PA&SG | DL&RE | MMF&MB | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laki Marangos & Linda Gavigan | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Pilar Alvear & Sergio Garcia | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| David Larkin & Richard Ellis | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Manuel Marcos Fal & Maria Baurguete | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
CqE Diplomas for David King and Frances Low
Croquet England Diplomas recognise those club members who have given outstanding service to croquet and have been active in Club or Federation affairs over a long period. Diplomas have been awarded this year to David King and Frances Low. The citations read:
David has been a member of the club since 2011. He is always ready to offer help and is very keen to help people play and improve their game. David is a club coach and he coaches on Academy GC courses as well as helping with newcomers on our four free lessons introductory offer. His welcoming nature and friendly patient approach have been key to getting many newcomers to join the club.
David’s background as an accountant means he is great assistance to the club treasurer and he acts as the examiner of the club’s annual accounts as well as helping out with monthly accounts and the financials for special events. He also acts as the Treasurer for the South East Federation.
It was in the three GC World Championships that SCCC has held since 2019 that David’s organisational and people skills came to the fore. In 2019 he acted as the main point of contact for visiting players on their transport arrangements between the four host clubs - Southwick, Compton, Tunbridge Wells and West Worthing. In 2022 and 2023 he ran the player registration process and the gate for spectators.
David has captained club teams, most recently in the South East Fed GC R league where SCCC have been champions in 5 of the last 11 years. David regularly plays in tournaments. In doubles his regular partner is Richard Brooks and they are a very successful pair in local tournaments.
David is a regular helper at our corporate / society events and has taken on organising a couple of them this year.
Frances has been a Grade 2 AC coach since 2006, an examining coach since 2014, a GC coach since 2016 and an AC referee since 1998.
She is a founder member of the committee that runs the Croquet Academy and has been a strong advocate of AC coaching. Her teaching background gives her a good basis for coaching and she sets high standards.
Frances is also a member of Rottingdean Croquet Club and coaches members there in AC as well as encouraging them to enter South East Federation and other events.
Frances has been very concerned about the decline in AC playing numbers. To counter this, she has led the introduction of Short Croquet at Southwick. Initially with Winter modular courses that she ran in 2021, 2022 and 2023 to introduce people to Short Croquet. During the playing season in 2022 and 23 she backed these courses up with regular Wednesday morning roll-up sessions. She has gone further in 2023 and 2024 with Short Croquet doubles tournaments and in 2024 two Short Croquet jamborees with teams from Southwick and other local clubs (several players for other clubs have benefitted from her Short Croquet Coaching as well). We now have more people playing AC than for many years, many of whom played only GC a couple of seasons ago.
Frances helped during the recent World Championships at Southwick with the player registration process and by scoring on the lawn side scoreboards.
Frances is a regular tournament manager for our one-day GC and AC tournaments and for SE Federation events held at Southwick.
Congratulations to them both.
Stephen Custance-Baker wins Sussex Open Golf Championship
The Sussex Open this year was a truly international affair. 8 Spaniards had flown in from Seville and Steiner Olsen had flown in from Norway. Add to that Peter Balchin had driven up from Wales.
The Spanish players
Saturday the field was split into 4 blocks and games battled against the rain all day, fortunately the lawns stood up to the rain and all lawns remained playable.
The first four in each block would go forward to the championship knockout on the Sunday.
Block one was led by Steiner Olsen followed by Martin French, Andy Jones and Jonathan Isaacs. Block two was won by Richard Gardener followed by Mark Hamilton, Liz Farrow, and Maria Burguete. Block three was led by Kim Taylor followed by Pilar Garcia, Stephen Custance-Baker and Arturo Garcia. And finally block four was won by Konstantin Yudintsev, with Colin Britt Lourdes Alvear and Bob Clark. So the Championship Knockout continued with its international flavour.
There was a slight improvement in the weather on the Sunday but heavy overnight rain had made courts 2 and 3 unplayable.
The last 16 played a single 13 point game, which was also the case for the quarter final. We were mindful that our Spanish visitors would have to leave at 5 o’clock to catch their flight home. For the losing quarter-finalists a bowl event was played which was won by Steinar Olsen.
Steinar Olsen
Liz Farrow, Richard Gardener Kim Taylor and Stephen Custance-Baker battled through to the Semi Final, which was played as a best of three 13-point games.
Richard Gardener beat Liz Farrow 7-5 5-7 7-3 and Stephen beat Kim 7-2 3-7 7-5.
This set up a final between Richard Gardener and Stephen Custance–Baker. Stephen got the better of this winning 7-2 5-7 7-2 and so won the Hamilton Trophy which was presented to him by the Mark Hamilton, in honour of his mother.
Stephen Custance-Baker
Those not in the knockout played a plate event which was won by Giles Peperell.
Giles Peperell
Thanks to Roger Sutton for managing the event and to Linda Gavigan for the pictures.
Full result
| Block 1 | SO | SRJ | MMF | MF | JI | AJ | JH | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinar Olsen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Sergio Rueda Jimenez | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Manuel Marcos Fal | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Martin French | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Jonathan Isaacs | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
| Andy Jones | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Jane Humphreys | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Block 2 | RP | CD | RG | NH | MJB | MH | LF | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Platt | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Caroline Denny | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Richard Gardener | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Neil Humphreys | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Maria Jesus Burguete | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mark Hamilton | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Liz Farrow | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Block 3 | RB | SC | KT | LdA | GP | PPG | DS | AGA | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Brooks | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Stephen Custance-Baker | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Kim Taylor | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| Luis de Alarcon | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Giles Pepperell | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Pilar Plasencia Garcia | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Douglas Shand | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |
| Arturo Gross Ariza | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Block 4 | PB | LVA | CM | IGA | CB | KY | RTC | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Balchin | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Lourdes Valdenebro Alvear | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Chrissie Merrington | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Ignacio Gross Ariza | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Colin Britt | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Konstantin Yudintsev | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Robert T Clark | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Championship
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Final | Final | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantin Yudintsev | Pilar Plasencia Garcia 7-5 | Liz Farrow 7-3 | Richard Gardener 7-5, 5-7, 7-3 | Stephen Custance-Baker 7-2, 5-7, 7-2 |
| Pilar Plasencia Garcia | ||||
| Martin French | Liz Farrow 7-6 | |||
| Liz Farrow | ||||
| Richard Gardener | Richard Gardener 7-5 | Richard Gardener 7-6 | ||
| Arturo Gross Ariza | ||||
| Andy Jones | Maria Jesus Burguete 7-4 | |||
| Maria Jesus Burguete | ||||
| Robert T Clark | Robert T Clark 7-3 | Kim Taylor 7-5 | Stephen Custance-Baker 7-2, 3-7, 7-5 | |
| Jonathan Isaacs | ||||
| Colin Britt | Kim Taylor 7-3 | |||
| Kim Taylor | ||||
| Stephen Custance-Baker | Stephen Custance-Baker 7-3 | Stephen Custance-Baker 7-5 | ||
| Mark Hamilton | ||||
| Lourdes Valdenebro Alvear | Steinar Olsen 7-3 | |||
| Steinar Olsen |
5-8th place 'Bowl'
| Semi Final | Final | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Pilar Plasencia Garcia | Pilar Plasencia Garcia 10-4 | Steinar Olsen 7-4, 7-4 |
| Maria Jesus Burguete | ||
| Robert T Clark | Steinar Olsen 7-5 | |
| Steinar Olsen | ||
Plate Event
| Plate | PB | CB | KY | CM | IGA | LVA | RB | LdA | DS | GP | RG | NH | CD | RP | JI | AJ | MMF | SRJ | JH | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Balchin | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Colin Britt | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Konstantin Yudintsev | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chrissie Merrington | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ignacio Gross Ariza | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lourdes Valdenebro Alvear | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Brooks | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Luis de Alarcon | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Douglas Shand | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Giles Pepperell | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Arturo Gross Ariza | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Neil Humphreys | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Caroline Denny | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Platt | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Isaacs | 3 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andy Jones | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manuel Marcos Fal | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Sergio Rueda Jimenez | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Jane Humphreys | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
Sussex County visit West Chiltington
The Sussex County team of Rachel & Richard Pointon. Jo Crosby & Nira Scutt travelled to West Chiltington on Tuesday to play a South East Croquet GC Handicap League match.
Black clouds were gathering around the croquet lawns, and a few rumbles of thunder heard, but fortunately the rain held off and Sussex County won a closely fought match 5-4.
Thanks to West Chiltington for their hospitality and an excellent tea! This match followed an earlier 8-1 win at home to Cheyney in the same competition.
Alan Theobald
It is with much sadness we report the death of Alan Theobald on Wednesday 28th August having suffered from deteriorating health in recent years.
Alan was a respected and active member who contributed much to the club including his lengthy service as a member of the Management Committee. He was also competitions secretary from 2008 until about 2011 and a member of the Academy coaching team.
Fellow member Gerald knew him well and said Alan had spent his childhood in Hove, attending Hove County Boys School. He became an industrial chemist of some renown and had three daughters.
Gerald visited him often in his nursing home in Hove for enjoyable chat and coffee.
He was an original 'hut buddy' - cleaning and painting them every year.
He played both AC and GC codes of croquet and won a number of club tournaments: his first were the High Bisque Salver in both 1997 and 1998. Later he took up Golf Croquet and in 2004 he won the GC Doubles Cup with Sharon Wood, later to become his wife. He followed this with two wins of the GC Singles Cup in 2008 and 2011. He maintained his AC involvement and in 2011 he won the Castell Soda Syphons with the then Chairman Alan Rew. They came second the following year. (The Castell Soda Syphons was an alternate strokes AC competition; the trophies were donated by Elizabeth and Paul Castell.)
Longer serving members of the club will remember him with fondness. Once such, Frances, commented:
Alan was a loyal and respected Club member. He played AC when I first encountered him. He was playing in a SECF tournament. He joined SCCC and got married to Sharon. Alan took to GC very rapidly and developed into a good player. He represented the Club and acted as GC handicapper.
He was always helpful and happy to pass on his skills via coaching. Condolences to Sharon. Happy memories of Alan in his playing days.
Fellow member David goes further back:
I remember Alan from my schooldays as we both attended the same grammar school in Hove. He was a bit older than me being a sixth form prefect whilst I was still a third form boy.
The only reason for us coming into contact was that he demurred from giving me a half hour “cap and shoe” detention for not wearing my school cap because his older brother John, also a former prefect, was going out with my best friend’s sister.
He was also my partner once during the Shine Salvers competition, and during a couple of other inter club matches. We also attended the same bridge tuition course at Brighton and played regularly each week with our wives at his and Sharon’s house. I was sad to learn of his demise.
Picture shows (L to R) Elizabeth Castell, Alan Rew, Paul Castell and Alan Theobald
Sussex County reach Final of The Murphy Shield
The Murphy Shield is a knock out GC competition organised by Croquet England.
On 31st August Sussex County hosted Guildford and Godalming in the semi final and our team of Simon Ancell, Vincent L’Estrange, David Dickens and David King put us in a very strong position after the morning’s play by streaking into a 3 – 0 lead.
However, the afternoon’s play was not quite as straightforward as Guildford and Godalming began to stage a comeback with some tenacious play. Despite this rally, the lead was just too much for them to overcome and Sussex County held firm and ran out winners 4 -3.
Well done the team and thank you to all who represented us in the earlier rounds to enable us to get to this position.
The final will be played at a neutral venue following the playing of the other semi final between Watford CC and Chester CC.
David King, David Dickens, Simon Ancell and Vincent L’Estrange, Murphy Shield Semi Finalists
Thanks to Brian Aikens for organising our team in this event.
Sussex County B wins Restricted League
Paul Green, Organiser of the team writes:
They did it!
Members from Guildford & Godalming, who were at our club, for a Murphy Shield match, brought the news that their club lost the last R-League match they had to play. As they were the last club who could draw level with us, we are now certain we have won the R-League (though the result is still unofficial).
This league consisted of 14 teams from 13 clubs.
I would like to thank David Dickins, who played in all 4 matches, and was the staff around which the team did so well. He also chauffeured the team on our two away matches. Francis Ainley played in three games and brought in excellent results. Ray Hall played in two matches and brought in a disproportionate number of wins for his position as the highest handicapped player in the team. Thanks to Linda, who brought home the winning game against Ealing. To Robyn, thank you for playing against Surbiton. Finally, to Andrew Stewart who, with David Dickins, won the hardest fought doubles match I have ever seen at Ealing, winning the Golden Hoop in the third game. Well done team, we made a little bit of history, together.
Thanks to Paul Green for organising the team and arranging the fixtures; it's not an easy job.
Sussex County Open Half Day Singles 30 August
A lovely afternoon’s croquet on a delightful end of August day saw 4 blocks of four players vying for bragging rights (although Linda assures me that the prizes will be delivered to the respective winners. All the blocks were hard fought, and the matches were very close, as you would expect given that the handicaps were well matched in each block.
In Block A Paul Green, Jim Mander and Sam Holder all won 2 games. Paul managed to clinch the win with +4 net hoops compared to +1 for the other two.
Everybody in Block B recorded a victory, but Diana Rolfe claimed the win with +6 net hoops. Paul Griffiths was second with +1.
Block C was the tightest of all; Pat’s Mechen and Harden and Rita Dona all won two games. The Pat’s were also level on net hoops, but Pat Harden was awarded the win as she beat Pat Mechen in the head-to-head. Notwithstanding, I think they both deserved to be in the photo!
Finally, Martin Avis was the runaway winner of Block D with 3 wins. Sue Kilby came second with two wins.
Thank you to all the participants for making it a pleasurable afternoon.
And thanks to David Dickins for managing the event.
Full results
| Block A | PG | SH | GD | JM | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Green | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sam Holder | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Gavin Dancy | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jim Mander | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Block B | DL | PG | SC | DR | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Larkin | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Paul Griffiths | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Susan Caufield | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Diana Rolfe | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Block C | AJ | RD | PM | PH | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Jones | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rita Dona | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pat Mechen | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pat Harden | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Block D | MA | PG | AA | SK | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Avis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Peter Goldsmith | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Angela Avis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Susan Kilby | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Sussex County AC Annual Tournament
30 out of a maximum 32 players took part in this year's Annual Tournament, 10 in the A class, 14 in the B class and 6 in C class.
Ideal weather for AC, pleasant sunshine to enjoy if you wish, but warm in the shade, and a light breeze to refresh, whilst you watch your opponent go round to 4-Back!
The event was played on the Club's new Quadway hoops; this may have contributed to the lack of TP's and length of games in the A class, and the nearly half of all games in the B class which went to time rather than peg-out!
In the A class, which was played as a flexible Swiss, the lower handicapped players in the group rose to the top of the table on the first day, with the exception of Jim Field who had a clearly off-form 1/3 wins; Adam Swinton, newly down from h/c 3 a month ago to 1.5 (congratulations) made a strong start with 2/3 wins.
By lunchtime of the second day the Manager was rather fearful of a tied and not easily resolved ending, with 4 players on 3/4 wins. However, wins by two of the four, Neil Coote and John Daniels, in the last match gave a clear win to John, as he had beaten Neil in an earlier round. This was John's second time taking the Abbey Challenge Trophy as he previously won in 2022.
With a large entry of 14 players in the B class the Swiss proceeded with little difficulty, other than the number of games going to time previously noted. The spread of handicaps was 1.5 to 8 and by the end of the first day the lower handicapped half of the draw had largely established themselves at the top of the table. The winner was David H Boyd who won all his games, ahead of Peter Thompson who lost only to David.
The C class of 6 players played a five round block and quietly got on with their games over the two days, for which the Manager was very thankful. Only 2/15 games went to time which is a very good standard. As in the B class, the winner, Steve Chapman, won all his games; Christine Rice, second placed, lost only to Steve. Steve also gained his Silver Merit Award and reduced his handicap to 7 so double congratulations to him.
Thanks very much to Rachel Pointon, ably assisted by Richard Pointon, Elizabeth Bell, Angela Price and Jo Mander for the excellent lunches each day, and to the various cake makers as well. AC players enjoy their lunch (and cake)!
It was great to see such a large number of players taking part and I hope next year will be as well attended.
John
Full results
| A class | Games | Wins | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Daniels | 5 | 4 | S.Allen +2,A.Cottle +15,G.Hewitt -11,N.Coote +15,P.Castell +8 |
| Neil Coote | 5 | 4 | A.Cottle +22,J.Field +13,A.Swinton +4,J.Daniels -15,S.Allen +4 |
| Paul Castell | 5 | 3 | G.Hewitt +2,A.Swinton -15,J.Field +9,R.Wood +15,J.Daniels -8 |
| Stephen Allen | 5 | 3 | J.Daniels -2,L.Farrow +4,A.Cottle +17,G.Hewitt +13,N.Coote -4 |
| Guy Hewitt | 5 | 3 | P.Castell -2,R.Wood +3,J.Daniels +11,S.Allen -13,L.Farrow +26 |
| James Field | 5 | 2 | L.Farrow +26,N.Coote -13,P.Castell -9,A.Cottle +5,R.Wood -6 |
| Roger Wood | 5 | 2 | A.Swinton -4,G.Hewitt -3,L.Farrow +13,P.Castell -15,J.Field +6 |
| Adam Swinton | 5 | 2 | R.Wood +4,P.Castell +15,N.Coote -4,L.Farrow -17,A.Cottle -2 |
| Alan Cottle | 6 | 2 | N.Coote -22,L.Farrow +24,J.Daniels -15,S.Allen -17,J.Field -5,A.Swinton +2 |
| Liz Farrow | 6 | 1 | J.Field -26,A.Cottle -24,S.Allen -4,R.Wood -13,A.Swinton +17,G.Hewitt -26 |
| B class | Games | Wins | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| David H Boyd | 5 | 5 | T.Dutton +20,P.Thompson +2,R.Peperell +19,S.Turner +1,D.Houston +1 |
| Peter Thompson | 5 | 4 | J.Low +3,D.H Boyd -2,D.Houston +6,S.Wingrove +2,S.Turner +10 |
| Richard Peperell | 5 | 3 | C.Merrington +3,S.Wingrove +20,D.H Boyd -19,D.Houston -5,M.Rice +3 |
| David Houston | 5 | 3 | M.Hamilton +21,C.Rolph +3,P.Thompson -6,R.Peperell +5,D.H Boyd -1 |
| Jonathan Isaacs | 5 | 3 | S.Wingrove -2,S.Turner -1,T.Dutton +23,T.Elliott +16,M.Hamilton +22 |
| Stephen Wingrove | 5 | 3 | J.Isaacs +2,R.Peperell -20,S.Turner +3,P.Thompson -2,C.Rolph +18 |
| Mark Hamilton | 4 | 2 | D.Houston -21,J.Low +24,C.Merrington +10,J.Isaacs -22 |
| Christopher Rolph | 4 | 2 | T.Elliott +15,D.Houston -3,M.Rice +13,S.Wingrove -18 |
| Mike Rice | 5 | 2 | S.Turner -13,T.Elliott +12,C.Merrington +19,C.Rolph -13,R.Peperell -3 |
| Tim Dutton | 5 | 2 | D.H Boyd -20,C.Merrington -24,J.Isaacs -23,J.Low +1,T.Elliott +16 |
| Simon Turner | 5 | 2 | M.Rice +13,J.Isaacs +1,S.Wingrove -3,D.H Boyd -1,P.Thompson -10 |
| John Low | 5 | 1 | P.Thompson -3,M.Hamilton -24,T.Elliott -3,T.Dutton -1,C.Merrington +4 |
| Chrissie Merrington | 5 | 1 | R.Peperell -3,T.Dutton +24,M.Rice -19,M.Hamilton -10,J.Low -4 |
| Tony Elliott | 5 | 1 | C.Rolph -15,M.Rice -12,J.Low +3,J.Isaacs -16,T.Dutton -16 |
| C class | CR | AN | DG | SC | RP | KN | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Rice | 15 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 2 | |
| Adam Newbould | 14 | 26 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 3 | |
| David Gillett | 9 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 4 | |
| Steve Chapman | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | |
| Richard Platt | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5 | |
| Karen Newbould | 11 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
Perry from the Club’s Pear Tree
The perry made from the Club’s pears has won an award this year at the Brighton & South Downs Beer and Cider Festival. Samples of this year’s vintage will be made available in Spring of next year for members to try!
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