A busy week for many. The weather was challenging at times, especially in Bunbury. Strong winds Saturday and then high humidity Sunday.
State C Grade Singles
With a new date on the Calendar, the State C Grade Championship attracted a strong field of 14 players.
Many thanks to Victoria Park for hosting and to John for his organisation and tournament managing skills.
- Winner: Anthony Nelson (Dunsborough)
- Runner Up: Richard Lobb (Forrest Park)
Full results on Croquetscores.
Winner of Swiss Event below – Allan Hardingham from Dunsborough.
Sorrento Doubles
Jan and Terry (Team Craddock) prevailed at today’s very closely contested club championships. Wendy Price and Janice Davidson (Sister Act) were runners-up (again); with the “Hurt Team” (Amanda and Larry) placing third.
It was a VERY exciting competition to watch and no-one could predict the winners before the last shot was played. Also, thanks go out to Di for refereeing and Sandy for the setting up.
Full results on Croquetscores.
Country Singles A and B
Moorabinda hosted the annual Country Singles and it was great to see players from such a wide variety of clubs participating.
Being a long weekend, accommodation was difficult to find. Don’t ever let this put you off entering though as clubs can often help organise a billet.
We saw some great perfomances with many matches being decided on the 19th hoop. A few highlights, Barrie going through undefeated and dropping his handicap by 2, John winning at his first outing in A Grade and a marathon of rocqueting between Dawn and Les.
Country Singles A
- Winner: John Bird (Moorabinda)
- Runner Up: Torben Bak (Forrest Park)
Country Singles B
- Winner: Barrie Stewart (Halls Head)
- Runner Up: Alistair Potts (Narrogin)
Full results on Croquetscores.
Belmont Coaching Day
Belmont club held a full day of coaching and tips on Saturday, with Kim and Megan Reynolds.
Members received stroke coaching in single ball shots, hoop running, bombards and stop shots.
Dodging the rain, additional topics included faults, crushes, hoop setting, etiquette, community engagement, how to run a ‘Have-a-go’ day, advertising tips and some fun games to introduce beginners to. Of particular interest were the slo-mo footage taken on site of double tap and crush shots. The club also received a ‘show-bag’ of croquet goodies.
It was a full day of varied activities!
Grants Applications Open
York – Croquet Challenge
York Croquet Club held its annual Croquet Challenge during February. The challenge which is a doubles competition and open to anyone who is not a Club member, was played between 8 teams.
After 7 rounds of fun and competitive croquet , the 3 top teams ( Bendigo Bank, Rippeyhill and Cheeky Mallets ) were tied on 5 wins each therefore the winner was decided on net points ( points for less points against ) with Bendigo Bank winning with +22 and the other two teams tied for second place with +9.
Congratulations to Robin and Selina
Pictured with Club President Kay Anderson are Robin Milner and Selina Carmichael from Bendigo Bank receiving the Croquet Challenge trophy and the traditional block of Toblerone.
Thank you to Eric for running the Challenge again and to all the participants for taking part and making for a really enjoyable 4 weeks of croquet.
Around the Country
Queensland GC Men’s Open Singles
- Winner: Bob Martin
- Runner Up: Gordon Giles
Full results on Croquetscorres.