National Representation
- 2018 Over 50’s World Championships
- He even gets a special mention in Janine’s profile for the Ladies World Champs in 2019 – Janine enjoys playing doubles with her husband (that big hitting Aussie Brett McHardy).
- 2017 GC World Championships
State Representation
GC ISS 2013,2014,2015, 2016, 2017 WINNERS! , 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
National Titles
- 2014 GC Presidents Third Eight, 2019 First Eight Runner Up
- 2018, 2019 ACA Bronze Medal
- 2017, 2023 GC Open Doubles Runners Up
- 2022 GC Gold Medal Winner
State Titles
- 2017, 2023 State Open Men’s Singles
- 2018 State Open Mixed Doubles
- 2018, 2019, 2022 ACA Bronze Medal
- 2015, 2019, 2023 State Golf Croquet Country Open Singles
- 2017, 2021 & 2022 State Open Doubles
One event I wasn’t sure where to put was this one.
International Events
Brett and Janine toured New Zealand and played in a number of tournaments.
46 players travelled to Nelson – including some from Australia – for the 2019 GC National Championships taking place over 7 hectic days of competition.
Through the final knock-out, the familiar names of Felix Webby, Duncan Dixon and Edmund Fordyce made it through to the semi-finals, joined by Brett McHardy (Australia) who overcame Brian Bullen in a tightly fought quarter final over three games. In the semi-finals, both Felix and Edmund overcame Brett and Duncan respectively, in relative comfort, setting up the best of five final to be played on Friday morning. As it turned out, Edmund won the final in straight sets 7-4, 7-3, 7-6. Third place was taken by Duncan Dixon who beat Brett McHardy 5-7, 7-3, 7-0
https://croquet.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/January-2019-Croquet-Matters.pdf
In that same tournament, Brett and Janine made the semi finals of the Open Doubles.
Last year I was lucky enough to spend some time with Brett in Melbourne for the GC Open Doubles and Singles Carnival. Apart form teaching me the finer points of how to play doubles, he also shared his tricks to keeping in peak physical shape during a tournament. I’m not sure how many times we went to Dan Murphy’s but it was the 1st place we stopped upon arrival.
‘In addition to cooking a mean breakfast, ‘Diffman’ enjoys a laugh, all things motoring and devouring Pure Blondes!
