The Under 21 Australian GC Singles and Doubles were recently held at Geraldton. Jamie Gumbrell from NSW won the Singles and Jamie and Ethan Gumbrell won the Doubles. Click here for all the results.
The 2020 AC Skills Development Squad has been selected. Croquetwest would like to congratulate the following players on their inclusion: Geoff Longshaw, Erica Smale, Jennifer Brand, Raelene Willis and Elizabeth Petrich.
Congratulations to Alan Sands and Meagan Reynolds on winning the Men’s and Women’s State Singles held at Bunbury Central and Moorabinda Croquet Clubs. Runner-up in the Men’s was Ian Dumergue and for the Women’s was Dale Jury.
The Geraldton Croquet Club will be hosting the ACA Under 21’s National Singles and Doubles competition from the 18th to 20th January 2020. Click here for the tournament program.
Australia will be playing in the World GC Teams Tier 1 event in Nelson New Zealand from the 6th to 12th of January 2020. They have been drawn to play New Zealand on day 1, England on day 2, Ireland on day 3, then depending on results either the semi-finals or consolation play-offs. Other nations playing are Egypt, USA, South Africa and Sweden.
The Australian team is Robert Fletcher (Victoria), Edward Wilson (South Australia), Peter Landrebe (New South Wales), Chris McWhirter (Western Australia).
Alison Sharpe of New South Wales is the non-travelling reserve and Martin Clarke (Western Australia) is travelling as Manager and High Performance Manager.
Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Be safe on the roads as you gather with family.
Happy Hooping.
From Croquetwest
Croquetwest has selected the AC State Team, consisting of four men and five women, to compete in Brisbane in March 2020.
Men: Jeff Newcombe, Ian Dumergue, Eric Ayling and Alan Sands (Captain)
Women: Megan Reynolds (Vice-Captain), Sheila Twine, Sandy Boon, Megan Fardon and Kay Swan.
Special congratulations to Sheila and Kay on being selected for the first time. In addition, Zac Reid has been selected as a non-travelling reserve.
Helen Eagle won the 2019-20 AC State Open Handicap Singles event. This is her 3rd win in this event, having previously won in 2004 and 2010. Jeff Newcombe (who won in 2017) was runner-up and Tim Barkes (who won in 2018) was third.
The GC Pennant season concluded last week. A total of 15 club teams took part, including one from Narrogin, which travelled to Perth on four Tuesday evenings. Three Perth clubs travelled to Narrogin for day games. Other country teams will of course be welcome to compete next year.
Forrest Park was the Champion Club, winning both the A and B Grade Pennants. Como won the C Grade.
Best players and runners-ups over the course of the season were:
A Grade: Chris McWhirter (Forrest Park) from Brett McHardy (Forrest Park)
B Grade: Maureen Spencer (Cambridge) from Myles Harmer (Forrest Park)
C Grade: Graeme Broadbent (Como) from Marcus McGavock (Forrest Park)
Chris McWhirter was interviewed for a TV show called Undercurrent for Channel 44 on the 28th Oct. Click here for a link to the clip of the interview.
