It was great to see a strong field of players come together for the President’s Eights. Live streaming of Day 2 and 3 of the event was available and you can watch it at your leisure from the following link. https://livestream.com/mysportlive/events/10148448
It was a very tight competition with two of the eights determined by the final game of each block.
First Eight: Winner Kevin Beard (Yarrawonga), Runner-up Peter Freer (Canberra).
Second Eight: Winner Shane Downie (Traralgon), Runner-up Richard Parks (Monash).
Third Eight: Winner Kevin McGlynn (Canberra), Runner-up Mark Scruton (Canberra).
Full Results can be found on Croquetscores
Previous results
| GC First Eight | ||
| Winner | Runner-up | |
| 2022 | Kevin Beard ( Vic ) | Peter Freer ( ACT ) |
| 2021 | Not played | |
| 2020 | Lester Hughes ( Vic ) | Owen Dickinson ( Vic ) |
| 2019 | Peter Landrebe ( NSW ) | Brett McHardy ( WA ) |
| 2018 | Fleur Brockway ( WA ) | Peter Freer ( ACT ) |
| 2017 | Chris McWhirter ( WA ) | Terry Hopkins ( Vic ) |
| 2016 | Chris McWhirter ( WA ) | Geoff Jamieson ( Qld ) |
| 2015 | Peter Landrebe ( NSW ) | Alison Sharpe ( NSW ) |
| 2014 | Kevin Beard ( Vic ) | Martin Clarke ( WA ) |
| 2013 | Lester Hughes ( Vic ) | John Van Der Touw ( Vic ) |
| 2012 | Terry Ericson ( Qld ) | Greg Bury ( Qld ) |
| 2011 | John Levick ( NSW ) | Peter Landrebe ( NSW ) |
| Second Eight | ||
| Winner | Runner-up | |
| 2022 | Shane Downie (Vic) | Richard Parks (Vic) |
| 2021 | ||
| 2020 | Peter Freer ( ACT ) | Barry Jennings ( SA ) |
| 2019 | Kevin Beard ( Vic) | Lawrie Simpson ( Qld ) |
| 2018 | Judy Wembridge ( Vic ) | Barry Haydon ( SA ) |
| 2017 | Gail Hopkins ( Vic ) | Ron McBride ( SA ) |
| 2016 | Terry Hopkins ( Vic ) | Graham Whiteway ( SA ) |
| 2015 | Peter Freer ( ACT ) | Judy Wembridge ( Vic ) |
| 2014 | Judy Wembridge ( Vic ) | Lester Hughes ( Vic ) |
| 2013 | Peter Nicholson ( Qld ) | Pam Gentle ( NSW ) |
| 2012 | Joe Dimech ( NSW ) | Martyn Prins ( NSW ) |
| 2011 | Tony Hall ( ACT ) | Martyn Prins ( NSW ) |
| Third Eight | ||
| Winner | Runner-up | |
| 2022 | Kevin McGlynn (ACT) | Mark Scruton (ACT) |
| 2021 | Not played | |
| 2020 | Michael McKenzie ( Vic ) | Gerda Lambeck ( NSW ) |
| 2019 | Peter Freer ( ACT ) | Janine McHardy ( WA ) |
| 2018 | Andre Daniel-Dreyfuss ( Vic ) | Chas Quinn ( Vic ) |
| 2017 | Lester Hughes ( Vic ) | David Wise ( SA ) |
| 2016 | Kyle Mula ( Vic ) | Steve Thornton ( NSW ) |
| 2015 | Graham Keating ( Tas ) | Bernie Pfitzner ( SA ) |
| 2014 | Brett McHardy ( WA ) | Joe Dimech ( NSW ) |
| Ladies Eight | ||
| Winner | Runner-up | |
| 2020 | Mary McMahon ( Qld ) | Pauline Markwell ( NSW ) |
| 2019 | Geraldine Trivett ( Qld ) | Rosemary Newsham ( Qld ) |
| 2018 | Kate Logan ( SA ) | Shirlene McBride ( SA ) |
| 2017 | Shirlene McBride ( SA ) | Patricia Watts ( Vic ) |
| 2016 | Virginia Arney ( SA ) | Kate Logan ( SA ) |
| 2015 | Janine McHardy ( WA ) | Pam Gentle ( NSW ) |
| 2014 | Bernie Pfitzner ( SA ) | Virginia Arney ( SA ) |
| 2013 | Anna Miller ( Vic ) | Rosemary Newsham ( Qld ) |
| 2012 | Tricia Devlin ( Vic ) | Sue Beattie ( Tas ) |
| 2011 | Judy Wembridge ( Vic ) | Anne Quinn ( Vic ) |
