The GC Selection Committee have announced that the following players have accepted their place in the 2017 GC State Team. The GC Nationals will be held in Brisbane from the 6th to 10th September.
Chris McWhirter (Captain)
Martin Clarke (Coach)
Brett McHardy
Alan Sands
Torben Bak
Fleur Brockway
Janine McHardy
Sue Anderson (Vice-Captain)
Kay Chynoweth
Dorothy Bull
Here is a photo of the triumphant AC MacRobertson Shield winning team. First time Australia has won this prestigious event since 1935!
Back row: Peter Landrebe (Manager), Simon Hockey, Robert, Malcolm and Greg Fletcher
Front row: Stephen Forster and Ian Dumergue (Captain).
Congratulations to Brett and Janine McHardy on finishing runners-up in the GC Australian Doubles held at Cairnlee in Victoria. They lost the final in three tightly-fought games against David Wise and John Arney from South Australia. All the results on croquetscores.com.
Congratulations to the Australian AC team, captained by WA’s Ian Dumergue, on winning the the most prestigious teams event in Association Croquet, the MacRobertson Shield. Australia beat the US in the final test last night (with one day still to play). This gave Australia a clean sweep, beating New Zealand in the second test and winning against England in the first test. This is the first time Australia has won the event since 1935. What a fantastic result for Australian Croquet and an amazing achievement by Ian personally.
Click here for a summary by Croquetwest’s Archivist, Marty Clarke.
All the results, as usual can be found on the wonderful croquetscores.com website.
Croquetwest has issued an Expression of Interest for the position of Coach for the Association Croquet Advanced Skills Squad. The EOI closes on the 13th May. Click here for more details.
The format of the State Open Singles, to be held 13th-14th May at Como, has been updated. The new flyer for the event is attached to the Croquetwest Calendar entry, click on the link, top right of the page.
The Australian AC team, led by WA’s Ian Dumergue as the Captain, takes on England, New Zealand and the United States in the 2017 MacRobertson Shield, the peak teams event for Association Croquet in the world. The event runs from the 18th April to the 4th May at Rancho Mirage, California, US.
Congratulations to Australia on their all-the-way win against England in the first round. New Zealand pulled out a last gasp win against the US.
Click here for more information about the event and players. Results can be found on croquetscores.com.
New GC Handicap rules from the ACA come into effect on the 3rd April. Click here for all the details on the ACA website. The changes include the introduction of a new handicap card that have been distributed to all clubs by Croquetwest.
New GC Handicap information for all WA players is now available. Click here to go to the GC Handicap lists.
Congratulations to Ian Dumergue who was the runner-up in the AC Australian Men’s Singles. Peter Ross and Jeff Newcombe made it through to the last 8. Jannine Hawker also played in the final 8 in the Women’s tournament.
The AC Eire Cup runs from the 22th to the 26th March. Follow all the results on croquetscores.com. Best of luck to the Western Australian team.
Due to a technical issue with the Croquetwest Calendar link (top right-hand on the home page), it has been changed so it now shows the calendar in a Croquetwest website page. The Calendar link can also be found under the Events tab.
