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Croquet Tournament Results

SUMMARY 2010

EVENT WINNER RUNNER-UP
3 and Under Singles Peter Landrebe Ken Edwards
5 and Under Doubles Peter Landrebe & John Levick Tim Murphy & Ken Edwards
Senior Citizens Week Stephen Howes Bruce Buchanan
Fransted Trophy not played
Rookies and Novices not played
Win Dickinson Memorial Trophy not played
   
Bronze Singles John Campey David Stanton
Silver Singles Bob Green Greg Deakin
Gold Singles Brian Smith Jean Pack
Platinum Singles Neil Hartley Brian Smith
Silver Doubles Gregory Deakin & Bob Green Lydia Mitchell & Heather Smallbone
Gold Doubles Jacky Mcdonald & Peter Smith Brian Smith & Margaret Burke
   
Bronze Brooch David Stanton Wal Fernance
Silver Brooch Bob Green Mac Thomson
Gold Brooch Neil Hartley Brian Smith
Platinum Brooch not played
   
Bronze Pennants Cammeray Manly
Silver Pennants Chatswood Mosman
Gold Pennants Maitland Mosman
Premier Pennants not played
   
Bronze Handicap Singles    
Silver Handicap Singles Barbara McDonald Lesley Fransen
Gold Handicap Singles    
   
NSW State Handicap - Beryl Chambers Memorial Trophy Trevor Black Graham Cullen
NSW Championships - Mens Open Singles Pete Landrebe Jim Nicholls
NSW Championships - Womens Open Singles Claire Bassett Alison Sharpe
NSW Championships - Open Doubles John Levick & Trevor Bassett Claire Bassett & Tim Murphy
NSW Championships - Open Singles Alan Walsh Tony Hall
NSW Championships - Y Event Martyn Prins Mike Hughes
NSW Championships - Plate Event Brian Smith Stephen Howes
   
NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Womens Open Singles Alix Verge Pam Gentle
NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Mens Open Singles Mike Jenner Ron Johnstone
NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Open Doubles Mike Jenner & Nick Macoun Christine Pont & Max Wiltshire
NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Open Singles Ron Johnstone John Levick
   
NSW Golf Croquet State Handicap - Singles Ray Vize Joe Dimech
NSW Golf Croquet State Handicap - Doubles Barb Piggott & John Hincks Joe Dimech & Lyn Dimech
Golf Croquet - Division 1 - Singles Martyn Prins Steve Thornton
Golf Croquet - Division 1 - Doubles not played
Golf Croquet - Division 2 - Singles not played
Golf Croquet - Division 2 - Doubles not played
Golf Croquet - Division 3 - Singles not played
Golf Croquet - Division 3 - Doubles not played
Golf Pennants - Division 1 Maitland Sutherland
Golf Pennants - Division 2 Maitland Black Mosman
Golf Pennants - Division 3 Killara Mosman
   
Eva Short Memorial Trophy Claire Bassett Alison Sharpe
Selectors 10 Jim Nicholls Alan Honey
Champion of Club Champions Alison Sharpe Tim Murphy
A.C.A. Bronze Medal - Association Jim Nicholls Peter Landrebe
A.C.A. Bronze Medal - Golf Croquet Alix Verge John Levick
   
Elsie Wall Memorial Trophy Wall Fernance and John Campey  
President's Award Geof McDonald  


DETAILED RESULTS 2010

Silver Doubles, 8th - 12th February 2010

Silver
Doubles
PLAYERS RESULTS
LM&HS GD&BG JC&LF Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 For Against Nett
L Mitchell & H Smallbone1 12
9
19
0
24052-122
G Deakin & B Green211
11
 17
22
36143181
J Carmichael & L Fransen34
26
5
17
 15258-63

Gold Doubles, 16th - 18th February 2010

There was a disappointing number of entries for this tournament - even after the handicap range had been extended, there were only three pairs entered, so a double round robin was played.

The critical day was day 2, when the winning partnership of Jackie McDonald and Peter Smith (Maitland) lost their first game to Margaret Burke and Brian Smith by one hoop, then won their second game against them by a single point.

Although there was some splendid roqueting, the overall standard of play was moderate, with only one game being pegged out.

Gold Doubles PLAYERS RESULTS
LM&FS JM&PS BS&MB Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 For Against Nett
L Mitchell & F Stove1 7
8
19
9
14384-413
J McDonald & P Smith226
19
 13
18
37646301
B Smith & M Burke315
24
14
17
 27059112

Bronze Singles, 22nd - 26th February 2010

Day 1 - refereed by Dennis Faggotter (Cammeray). A particularly hot day. At 10.30 am the outside temperature was 30 degrees in the shade. At 1.30 pm it was 34 degrees and at 2.30 pm 35 degrees.

Wall Fernance was unable to play his second game suffering from heat exhaustion and Geoff Boyce kindly agreed to suspend their game to be played on Friday morning at 7.00 am before the last games of the competition began at 9.30 am.

Another player, Georgina Offner, was suffering visible distress with only 30 minutes time left on the clock of the 2nd game. Patricia Gilchrist who was Georgina's opponent in this game agreed that it would be best to suspend play for the day.

Patricia and I received a lesson in how to peg down a game from Dennis Faggotter, an experienced ex state team player and referee. It was really interesting and a valuable experience for all concerned.

Day 2 - refereed by Heather Smallbone (Chatswood). The Temperature was much more tolerable today with a cool wind blowing across the lawns. Wall Fernance and Georgina Offner had recovered and both were able to play again.

Day 3 - refereed by Fay Stove (Coogee). John Campey has donated a thermometer to CNSW which will be housed on the Manager's table to be put out first thing before competition play.

Day 4 - refereed by Margot Johnson (Port Hacking). John Campey fixed the equipment trolley for lawn 2. "Thank you John for saving our backs." It is very difficult to try to steer a two wheel trolley with six hoops, a croquet centre peg, four flags and eight corner pegs etc on only one wheel.

Conclusion: By Saturday, 28th February, 2010 all the scores had been publicised in the Sydney Morning Herald, the winner being John Campey from Epping Club with 6 wins out of 7 games. The runner up was David Stanton from Cammeray Club with 4 wins out of 7 games.

Overall, three players had 4 wins, three had 3 wins and one had 1 win with an 18 point score. An inspiring competition for all concerned as everyone had a win . The game scores show that the completion was fierce with anyone being a contender for the Bronze Title.

Well done John and David!

Lesley Fransen (Mosman)
Tournament Manager

Bronze
Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
BA PG GB TC WF JC DS GO Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For Against Nett
Bebe Abdullah (Chatswood)1 1115141843837391-187
Patricia Gilchrist (Eastwood)27 11159910113726935
Geoff Boyce (Strathfield)31613 186183547990-114
Terance Clarke (Sutherland)4888 181266166118-528
Wall Fernance (Sutherland)5981817 1218113939126
John Campey (Epping)6181391818 1118610573321
David Stanton (Cammeray)7181318181410 449567282
Georgina Offner (Cammeray)815311188816 47963163

5 and Under Doubles, 27th - 28th February 2010

5 and Under Doubles
Block
PLAYERS RESULTS
PL&JL TM&KE RG&AV AS&PG SH&NH MP&TG Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 For Against Nett
P Landrebe & J Levick1 2614262619311189222
T Murphy & K Edwards25 2626tp(TM)26tp(TM)24410754531
R Graham & A Verge3260 232614289104-155
A Sharpe & P Gentle414224 917166127-616
S Harden & N Hartley51851826 26293104-114
M Prins & T Griffin62621222617 3112100123

5 and Under Doubles
Playoffs
 P Landrebe & J Levick
 P Landrebe & J Levick
26-0
 T Murphy & K Edwards
 M Prins & T Griffin
 M Prins & T Griffin
26-12
 S Harden & N Hartley
 R Graham & A Verge
 R Graham & A Verge
23-22
 A Sharpe & P Gentle

Silver Singles, 2nd - 4th March 2010

Disappointing again to see only 3 silver players enter this tournament, so a double round robin was played. To gain experience, David Stanton (Cammeray) H’cap14, entered. He accredited himself very well, winning 2 games.

Although a couple of players are approaching the gold division, I couldn’t help noticing their lack of confidence to make I back & continue to 3 back & set a leave. Likewise, there was often reluctance to retrieve balls from corners & boundaries,especially if it was an opponents ball. Apart from this there were some close & interesting games.

Alan Crapp (Chatswood) who is studying the Umpires Exam papers, came out to Tempe on Wednesday morning to help referee, again to get experience.

Thank you to the players for their assistance in setting up, & clearing the lawns each day.

Congratulations to winner Bob Green and runner-up Greg Deakin.

Heather Smallbone
Manager & Referee

Silver
Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
LT BG GD DS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Lindsay Thompson (Mosman)1 7
5
21
15
19
13
280123-434
Bob Green (Epping)226
26
 26
22
22
12
513473611
Greg Deakin (Eastwood)310
23
16
15
 26
26
3116104122
David Stanton (Cammeray)418
20
14
16
8
12
 288118-303

Gold Singles, 8th - 12th March 2010

Gold
Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
MT BS MM JP Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Mac Thomson1 15
5
22
23
20
5
190140-504
Brian Smith226
26
 26
26
26
21
515186651
Michael Mills314
26
18
19
 11
26
2114145-313
Jean Pack422
26
3
26
26
22
 4125109162

Senior Citizens Week, 22nd - 26th March 2010

With the withdrawal of Roger Timms through sickness on the Sunday a redraw was announced as players arrived on the Monday morning.

Day 1 was quite a pleasant day as it was cool and overcast with wet weather jackets required for a while in the morning. The results for the day were quite interesting as each player had won one and lost won. At the end of the day Michael Mills was in the lead and Stephen Howes in last place but threatening.

Day 2 was a warm to hot day, very humid and tiring. Brian Smith lost both games badly and dropped out of any consideration; whilst Georgie Ofner used her bisques well to record two wins and take the lead at the end of the day. Stephen Howes managed to get his game together to move into second place.

Day 3 was a cooler day, overcast for much of the day with a good breeze. Mac Thomson at last felt that his game had come back, recording two wins as did Michael Mills and Stephen Howes. At the days conclusion Stephen led with 5 wins from Mac on 4.

Day 4 a warm day but not an unpleasant one. It produced some surprises. Stephen lost to Michael Mills, Greg lost the unloseable having both clips on rover and Bruce only on 3 & 4, Georgie, a 16 handicap player had a run of 11 using only 3 bisques, Mac losing to Bob Green by one point. Interestingly, Stephen in first place and the writer, in last place were the only players finishing the tournament with net negative points.

During the week, because handicaps are updated immediately a trigger point is crossed saw S Tephen Howes being promoted to a 3 and Mac Thomson relegated to a 7. Bruce Buchanan came to within 1 point of going to Platinum on two occasions only to lose the following game.

In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have taken on the manager’s role, as I found it difficult to prepare myself to play and maintain concentration during play.

Brian Smith
Manager

Senior
Citizens
Week
PLAYERS RESULTS
BG GD MT BB MM GO SH BS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For Against Nett
Bob Green1 25221426102614413713345
Greg Deakin221 232426181326215114477
Mac Thomson32124 26261423264160141193
Bruce Buchanan4262619 72619264149126232
Michael Mills515142126 2126264149139104
Georgie Ofner62319191420 1625413613606
Stephen Howes712626211226 265138147-91
Brian Smith82610111222124 1115169-548

NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Womens Open Singles, 8th - 11th April 2010

NSW Golf Croquet
Championships
Womens Open Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
AV CP JM RJ PG JC NT Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 For Against Nett
Alix Verge1 7
7
7
7
7
7
7
3
7
7
7
7
7
6118745421
Christine Pont23
3
 5
7
7
7
7
5
3
7
7
7
7
43757323
Jacky McDonald35
5
7
6
3
 6
7
3
3
7
4
7
6
7
7
4
7
2-394106-125
Ros Johnstone45
3
4
5
7
5
7
 7
7
7
4
7
4
7
5
3-18487-34
Pam Gentle53
7
2
7
7
7
5
7
3
5
 7
7
7
7
448167142
Joanne Carmichael63
0
4
6
6
7
4
5
7
3
5
1
 0
4
0-105594-397
Nerida Taylor74
2
4
6
6
7
5
7
6
7
3
5
7
7
 2-47680-46
(corrected 23/04/2010)

NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Mens Open Singles, 15th - 18th April 2010

The weather was good; the croquet was interesting and very competitive. No one could be taken lightly. The music and strudel from Concordia was enjoyable but the children and their inattentive sometimes-rude parents presented some problems on Saturday and Sunday. Just the usual at Tempe.

Apart from demolishing the biscuits all participants were focussed on winning as many games and matches as was possible physically and mentally.

Mike Jenner proved to be superior to all comers only dropping a game to Bernie McAlary and a match to Nick Macoun. "2 Blades" Johnstone remained consistent throughout even beating his doubles partner John Levick in the last carry over game to ensure runner - up status. John Compton withdrew on the fourth morning with a back problem and so all results were amended to accommodate the withdrawal.

There were 29 games decided at the 13th hoop - that’s the luck or lack of in 13-point games.

Special thanks to Bev Smith, the tournament referee and her band of referees - Jacky McDonald, Ingrid Cohen, Wendy Fothergill, Bill Haines, Kath Coull, Jude Wilmore, Ros Johnstone and John Eddes who gave at least one day of their time and energy to ensure that games were refereed in a professional manner. The efforts of these people prepared to referee all day with little reward except a love of the sport was greatly appreciated by the players. Well done all the referees.

Thanks to the technophiles or reverse Luddites Martyn, Peter F, John E and Dennis for their willingness even eagerness to help a new manager to navigate through the recording system.

Congratulations to all the players for their play, their support and their friendliness to the organising staff and each other, making for a happy but competitive tournament. Best of 3 matches takes high degrees of cooperativeness, concentration and commitment as well as energy. The Men’s Singles was a high quality event well worth watching and much appreciated by all the spectators.

Robyn Compton
Tournament Manager

NSW Golf Croquet
Championships
Mens Open Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
JL NM BW MP MJ RJ PS JD BM PF Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For Against Nett
John Levick1 7
7
7
7
5
3
1
5
7
5
6
6
4
7
7
7
7
5
6
4-110910817
Nick Macoun26
3
 7
4
5
7
4
4
7
5
7
7
4
7
3
7
3
7
5
6
7
7
7
4
7
4-1140148-88
Barry Wells33
3
4
7
7
 6
6
5
3
4
5
7
7
5
7
7
6
7
4
6
3
3-7112128-169
Martyn Prins47
7
6
7
7
7
7
 6
6
3
7
5
2
7
1
5
7
4
7
7
7
5
7
5313413043
Mike Jenner57
7
5
7
5
7
7
7
7
 7
7
7
7
4
7
7
7
4
7
7
7
813137104331
Ron Johnstone66
7
7
6
7
6
7
7
7
5
7
6
5
 5
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
1
4
64148131172
Peter Smith77
7
7
6
7
5
5
7
5
7
5
6
7
6
4
 5
7
3
7
7
3
7
2
4-113213026
Joe Dimech86
6
6
7
7
7
3
4
7
4
7
7
5
4
7
3
6
7
6
7
 7
7
7
7
52144134104
Bernie McAlary91
4
5
2
7
4
7
6
2
3
7
4
6
1
5
5
2
3
 7
4
2
1-1387137-5010
Peter Freer107
7
1
7
5
7
7
5
7
5
2
5
3
7
7
7
6
7
3
6
4
7
7
 5112912275

NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Open Doubles, 26th - 28th April 2010

Conditions were generally pleasant with the lawns double cut and running between 8.5 and 9.5 plummers.

Many thanks to Rosie for her pre-dawn grass-mowing efforts.

Play was at times very competitive, with 17 of the 66 matches decided at the 13th hoop.

Christine and Max's efforts under pressure were noteworthy, with 5 of their 11 matches decided at the 13th hoop.

The pre-tournament prediction that 7 wins would be enough to reach the semis fell short of the mark, as the closeness of the competition led to all 4 semifinalists getting 9 wins.

Many thanks to the many asst managers who organised food, drink, score sheets, and cleaning up - much appreciated.

Martyn Prins
Manager

...and the winner's observations:

The massed spectators definitely got their money's worth with the best-of-three final, which started at 8:30am, not finishing until shortly after 1:30pm. While the calibre of play on the day was not the highest displayed by the four finalists over the course of the tournament with a number of missed hoops, there was plenty to keep the interest level up including:

Many thanks to Ron Johnstone for refereeing the final, to Martyn for Tournament Managering, and to John Levick, Rosie Graham, Jackie McDonald and Ros Johnstone for spectatoring some or all of the final.

Mike Jenner

NSW Golf Croquet
Championships
Open Doubles
PLAYERS RESULTS
RC&BS RG&MP CP&MW JB&MB RJ&JL PG&DF SD&BW PSJC CH&BM TH&PF RJ&JM NM&MJ Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 For Against Nett
Robyn Compton & Bev Smith1 3475574403424673-2711
Rosie Graham & Martyn Prins27 777577777196951183
Christine Pont & Max Wiltshire374 77777777697358154
John Bennett & Marjorie Bennett4436 3531727024174-3312
Ron Johnstone & John Levick57667 777777797543321
Pam Gentle & Dennis Faggotter677475 77337666365-26
Stephen Dilley & Barry Wells7626756 7747446166-58
Peter Smith & John Compton87667546 75724625937
Carol Hayes & Bernie McAlary974662732 73234969-209
Tony Hall & Peter Freer10734707776 777625395
Ros Johnstone & Jacky McDonald117625155375 625269-1710
Nick Macoun & Mike Jenner1277773777767 97245272

NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Open Doubles - Finals
 Ron Johnstone & John Levick
 Christine Pont & Max Wiltshire
0-7, 7-4, 7-5
 Nick Macoun & Mike Jenner
6-7, 7-3, 7-5
 Christine Pont & Max Wiltshire
 Nick Macoun & Mike Jenner
 Nick Macoun & Mike Jenner
7-4, 7-6
 Rosie Graham & Martyn Prins

NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Open Singles, 29th April - 2nd May 2010

What an interesting 4 days of golf croquet! Congratulations to all 13 competitors for their participation and for the very high standard of croquet played. All players gave their all, both physically and mentally, enthralling the spectators with their skilful play and tactical know-how.

The quarter-finalists were John Levick, Peter Smith, Peter Freer, Martyn Prins, Max Wiltshire, Ron Johnstone, Nick Macoun and Pam Gentle. These matches were played over 3 games with the winners being John, Peter F, Ron and Nick.

Ron defeated Nick and John defeated Peter to set up a final between Ron and lodger John. Ron eventually outplayed and outstayed John winning a very topsy-turvy 3 set battle.

Special thanks to Bev Smith, the tournament referee and her team of referees - Bill Haines, Jacky McDonald, Kath Coull, Betty Daniel, Max Hooper and John Compton - who gave freely of their time to ensure the competition ran smoothly. The players appreciated having referees for all their matches.

My sincere thanks to all the players and referees who helped ensure a smooth and successful Open Singles Championship.

Robyn Compton
Tournament Manager

NSW Golf Croquet
Championships
Open Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
TH PG RJ CP RJ JB MP PF JL PS NM MW BM Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 For Against Nett
Tony Hall1 77777362543656470-610
Pam Gentle21 777447177577646406
Ros Johnstone364 276721536735675-1911
Christine Pont4517 4767355775646049
Ron Johnstone55637 776775376706467
John Bennett647712 110446734474-3012
Martyn Prins7775747 64757777358155
Peter Freer87672777 4776787463114
John Levick977775777 736797742351
Peter Smith10757757163 75766769-28
Nick Macoun117577777576 4787657193
Max Wiltshire1277757757777 597865132
Bernie McAlary13724121333207 23581-4613

NSW Golf Croquet Championships - Open Singles - Finals
1stJohn Levick
 John Levick
6-7 7-1 7-0
 John Levick
7-2 7-5
 Ron Johnstone
7-3 2-7 7-3
8thPeter Smith
4thPeter Freer
 Peter Freer
7-6 7-6
5thMartyn Prins
2ndMax Wiltshire
 Ron Johnstone
7-4 7-5
 Ron Johnstone
7-4 0-7 7-5
7thRon Johnstone
3rdNick Macoun
 Nick Macoun
7-5 7-4
6thPam Gentle

Platinum Singles, 7th - 10th May 2010

Platinum Singles PLAYERS RESULTS
MC GB NH SH BS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 For Against Nett
Mark Callan1          
Gareth Bushill2  22
18
26
26
6
26
3124135-113
Neil Hartley3 26
24
 26
4
26
20
512612421
Stephen Howes4 22
21
22
26
 13
21
1125130-54
Brian Smith5 26
16
21
15
26
22
 3126112142

NSW Championships - Mens Open Singles, 27th - 30th May 2010

The NSW Men’s Open Tournament was held from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 May.

There were 19 entrants in total, giving 2 blocks of 10 and 9 respectively.

Because of the shortage of lawns at Tempe, play was divided over Tempe and 3 North Shore clubs, namely Mosman, Cammeray and Chatswood.

Conditions were mild for most of the period (18-20 deg), but with occasional very heavy rain causing Cammeray to be rescheduled.

Lawns at Tempe have been improving this year, due to hard work by Rosie Graham, Pete Landrebe and Scott the greenkeeper, and were comfortable to play, running around the 9 mark.

Special four-finned steel hoops built to 3 and 11/16 inch standards were set, and proved to be firm but fair.

This was a strong field, with previous winners and up-and-comers sprinkled throughout.

The format was block play for the first 3 days, followed by the top 4 from each block going into a knockout on Sunday the 30th.

In Block A Mike Hughes played some good croquet to beat Pete Landrebe, John Levick and Stephen Richards amongst others to come 5th with 5 wins from 9.

Gareth Bushill played less well than his best, winning 2 matches - both by 1 hoop after time.

In Block B Alan Walsh had good and bad days but ended up winning all 3 matches against the top seeds on the last day for 6 wins from 8 to make 2nd spot.

In the game against Alan Walsh on the Robert Fulford lawn, Tim Murphy felt motivated by the special feeling of the place and embarked on a sextuple peel. Tim broke down attempting to peel 3b go to 1b pioneer. The peel stayed in good position for rush peel but strikers went several yards past the pioneer. The dribbler to 1b pioneer hilled and missed.

Martyn Prins started inauspiciously with 2 losses at Mosman but then won all the rest - including matches against top seed Trevor Bassett and Alan Walsh - for 6 wins to take 3rd spot.

In the quarter-finals Pete Landrebe beat Kevin Beard with a flawless 5th turn triple, Honey beat Walsh in the battle of the Alans, Jim Nicholls beat Simon Watkins, and Stephen Richards just got past Martyn Prins 24-22 after Martyn blobbed in penult in his winning turn.

The semi-finals saw Jim Nicholls getting up past Alan Honey, and an exciting 2-ball finish from Pete Landrebe - after failing his TPO - to beat Stephen Richards 26-24.

A smooth display from Pete Landrebe - a multiple previous winner and the highest-ranked player there - gave him a 26TP-0 win over Jim, and the Men's title.

Many thanks to the managers, hoop-setters, and supporting cast who helped to make this competition fun and run so smoothly:

Martyn Prins

NSW Championships
Mens Open Singles
Block A
PLAYERS RESULTS
PL JL SW SR NM TH AH MH GB SH Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For Against Nett
Peter Landrebe1 26262626tp2302126tp266200152484
John Levick216 21232626052626416916186
Simon Watkins31626 2626tp26tp2626262682241011231
Stephen Richards422256 2626tp26tp1626266199129702
Nick Macoun511569 191726263110190-808
Tony Hall626tp1113026 232626tp14416516237
Alan Honey72626532626 2621266185131543
Mike Hughes8262614251086 17245156161-55
Gareth Bushill915841402216 23293216-1239
Stephen Howes10181213102619822 1119217-9810

NSW Championships
Mens Open Singles
Block B
PLAYERS RESULTS
TB KB TM AW KE JN MP NH BS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For Against Nett
Trevor Bassett1 61022601826tp26tp3114154-407
Kevin Beard226tp 262226tp2226tp26tp267200681321
Tim Murphy3262 14126tp926254129155-265
Alan Walsh4262626 26tp21926266186124622
Ken Edwards52322623 221126263159132276
Jim Nicholls6261612623 2626266170122484
Martyn Prins726926132317 22266162109533
Neil Hardie80021150149 22181194-1138
Brian Smith91719970116 060203-1439

NSW Championships
Mens Open Singles
Finals
 Simon Watkins
 Jim Nicholls
22-20
 Jim Nicholls
26-7
 Peter Landrebe
26tp-0
 Jim Nicholls
 Alan Honey
 Alan Honey
22-19
 Alan Walsh
 Stephen Richards
 Stephen Richards
24-22
 Peter Landrebe
26-22
 Martyn Prins
 Peter Landrebe
 Peter Landrebe
26tp-0
 Kevin Beard

NSW State Handicap - Beryl Chambers Memorial Trophy, Finals 3rd - 6th June 2010

The number of entries in the regional rounds was considerably lower this year but nine players qualified for the final series by winning the regional event in their club or region.

The regions/clubs involved were: Nowra, ACT/Queanbeyan, Maitland, Wagga Wagga, Orange, Sutherland, Sydney North West and Sydney North Shore.

The final series was held at Tempe over 4 days, June 3 to June 6. It began on Thursday in rainy weather which varied between light showers to heavy, Friday was terrible weather all day, Saturday was a good day and Sunday started well but ended in rain.

Despite the conditions the players played throughout apart from a period on Friday when the lawns were flooded which cause play to finish in the dark.

All players had at least two wins and all but one had some losses. There were a number of very close finishes, none closer than one of the early matches between Roger Timms and Brian Smith where all four clips were on peg just as time was called. Roger hit the peg, then Brian hit the peg and Roger hit the peg in extra time, to score the ‘golden point’.

16 games were decided by 6 points or less, some as golden points in extra time, and this is how handicap games should be. It was good to see most players using their bisques to set up and make breaks rather than defensively to stop their opponent.

Trevor Black from Maitland Club was very consistent and was undefeated to comfortably win the event with Graham Cullen from Nowra the runner up and Peter Lloyd third - all three are country representatives.

Although conditions made things difficult all players enjoyed the final.

A thank you to the referees, Heather Smallbone, Neil Hardie, Fay Stove and Patricia Goldrick, who also braved the rain to adjudicate in the games.

The format with regional events followed by a final is popular with the players but it would be nice to see more players participating to provide more competition in the regional rounds. Most blocks this year were only 4 players whereas 6 to 8 would be more interesting. See if you can become interested next year.

John Eddes
Tournament manager

NSW State Handicap
Beryl Chambers Memorial Trophy
North West Metropolitan Region
PLAYERS RESULTS
BS FS BG GD FL JC MO PG Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For Against Nett
Brian Smith1 232619262026266166129371
Fay Simpson221 171412152692114143-296
Bob Green32426 26172626205165136294
Greg Deakin4262022 182626165154110443
Fay Langdon510262317 202410413012195
John Campey6171416812 26171110137-277
Maureen O'Loughlin7138133138 4062173-1118
Pat Gilchrist818261923232219 5150102482

NSW State Handicap
Beryl Chambers Memorial Trophy
Finals
PLAYERS RESULTS
LF PL RT RH TM GC DS TB BS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For Against Nett
Lesley Fransen1 1426222216209202149175-268
Peter Lloyd219 222626131214265158108503
Roger Timms31814 2323181112263145180-356
Ron Humpherson417722 21111517182128149-217
Tony McArthur52581811 72212192122186-649
Graham Cullen61916211426 2216226156125312
David Stanton725232081614 7143127154-275
Trevor Black826232623262326 268199951041
Brian Smith926325222623268 5159171-124

Champion of Club Champions, 19th - 22nd June 2010

Mother Nature smiled sweetly upon the 12 competitors in this years championship. The field came from as far west as Wagga Wagga and Canberra, Forster in the north, the Hunter region and Sydney. It was perhaps the hottest field I have seen in many a year. Ray Vize, Brian Smith and Ron Johnstone (all newcomers) fought out some very hard battles against more experienced players and had some very good wins. In a very hard fought comp there were only two triple peels, one to Tim Murphy and John Levick also scored one. All competitors had at least one win. Tim Murphy and Alison Sharpe had one of the most exciting finishes seen for a long time when they were timed out at 22 all. Alison took the golden point when Tim was unlucky to make a terrific attempt to run his last hoop only to give a wiring lift to Alison who finished in her usual style. At the start of the last days play after 9 rounds three players had 7 wins from 9 games. After round 10 Tim led with 8 games and net of 108, Allison, 8 games net 102 and John Levick with 8 games net of 94. Alison had a win over Ray Vize 26-11 and Tim and John played to time with Tim gaining a 24-20 victory. Alison, after a wonderful 10/10 winning sequence in the Eire Cup, was the deserved victor finally winning by 5 hoops from runner up Tim after both won 9 games out of 11. My congratulations to both of them and to all the other competitors who played within the spirit of the sport. Croquet, with this field, was the eventual winner. My thanks goes especially to Brian Smith, Ron Johnstone and Martyn Prins without whose help, my job as manager would have been much more difficult.

John Levick
Manager

Champion
of
Club Champions
PLAYERS RESULTS
JL TM AW KE PG JN RV AS MP BS RJ MH Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 For Against Nett
John Levick1 2026TP262626262611242698246156903
Tim Murphy224 141726TP2626222326262692561441122
Alan Walsh3326 521262623262617117210172385
Ken Edwards421526 26182626262626268243167764
Pam Gentle590160 12120111212201104248-14412
Jim Nicholls6161992626 265202317237210191196
Ray Vize756116181 1116269152124257-13311
Alison Sharpe812232621262626 2626262692641471171
Martyn Prins9212171119142612 262065183207-248
Brian Smith10191111922211163 1922134255-12110
Ron Johnstone11191141221142651914 182163220-579
Mike Hughes12261222141772611262622 6209182277

NSW Championships - Womens Open Singles, 19th - 21st June 2010

This event had 10 players, which included Tricia Devlin and Anne Quinn from Victoria and Rosemary Newsham from Queensland, and was played in very pleasant sunny conditions on the Saturday and Sunday.

The top seeds, Rosemary Graham, Claire Bassett, Tricia Devlin and Alison Sharpe, worked their way through to register 6 wins apiece over the first two days making for a very interesting final day. The first round on day 3 match ups saw Alison defeating Rosemary and Claire defeating Tricia. The second round saw Claire and Alison fight out a close 26-21 win to Claire whilst Tricia defeated Rosemary. In the 3rd round Tricia and Alison fought out a close game to determine 2nd and 3rd places with Alison having to peg one ball out after time to win the match. Claire was the eventual winner, being undefeated throughout the tournament and only dropping 4 points having pegged out 8 of her 9 games.

Anne and Jean had a good final day winning all three matches.

Annette Du Preez, a 16 handicap player, may not have won any games, but gained in confidence as the tournament progressed resulting in her highest score and a break of 5. It is a pity more do not enter these events as the encouragement and advice received from senior players is invaluable.

Brian Smith
Manager

NSW Championships
Womens Open Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
RG CB TD AS NT AQ JP RN MS ADP Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For Against Nett
Rosemary Graham1 9792626202626266175124514
Claire Bassett226 26262622262626269230671631
Tricia Devlin3262 212620262626267199118813
Alison Sharpe4262122 2626262626268225871382
Nerida Taylor583177 8042614287194-1078
Anne Quinn6111513019 21262626515715075
Jean Pack715912132620 1426263161150117
Rosemary Newsham838121126716 22224127168-416
Margaret Sawers95060661012 18163211-1489
Annette Du Preez1040301315587 055210-15510

A.C.A. Bronze Medal - Golf Croquet, 2nd - 4th July 2010

Ten NSW players were selected to compete for the Australian Golf Croquet Bronze Medal. The winner of the Bronze Medal will be invited to contest for the Gold Medal against Bronze Medal winners from other States, at the Sunshine Coast in late August.

The standard of competition was extremely high, with every one of the competitors being capable of winning the Bronze Medal. Nearly 50% of all matches went to the best of 3 games and over 50% of all games showed a 7-5 or 7-6 result.

There were a number of standout games, with the very interesting contests being those when a "big hitter" and a "touch player" were playing against each other.

The final match was between the #1 and #2 seeds, as was fitting. The medal was decided not only by this match, but by the final game of the match. A Verge defeated J Levick 2-7 7-6 7-5.

I would like to congratulate all players, for their great competitiveness, their sportsmanlike attitude, courtesy to each other and to the referees and to myself as manager.

I would like to thank the referees who gave of their time to referee, country areas to do so. In particular those referees who travelled from Maitland, Newcastle and Blue Mountains. It was disappointing that of the 19 metropolitan clubs only Sutherland supplied referees for this high standard competition.

Ros Johnstone
Manager

Golf Croquet
Bronze Medal
PLAYERS RESULTS
AV JL NM SH SD TH RJ MW CP JD Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For Against Nett
Alix Verge1 2
7
7
7
7
7
5
7
6
7
7
7
4
7
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
913149110391
John Levick27
6
5
 7
7
7
7
7
7
7
4
4
5
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
711136104322
Nick Macoun33
2
4
6
 5
7
6
7
7
7
4
4
7
4
5
7
4
7
7
6
7
2
7
3
3-4128135-77
Steven Harden44
7
6
4
6
7
2
7
 3
7
6
4
6
6
4
6
7
7
6
3
6
7
6
2-9127147-208
Stephen Dilley57
5
2
4
4
5
4
7
6
7
 7
7
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
1
5
51119120-15
Tony Hall65
7
4
4
7
7
5
7
7
7
7
3
2
 7
7
7
4
7
7
7
7
7
78132117153
Ron Johnstone75
2
7
4
4
6
7
7
7
7
5
6
4
6
 7
7
7
7
7
6
7
5112512414
Max Wiltshire81
5
6
1
6
7
0
7
3
5
5
5
4
7
5
6
2
 4
7
7
4
3
1-12100141-4110
Christine Pont97
4
5
2
6
4
7
2
7
7
7
6
3
5
5
5
6
7
4
4
 2
7
5
1-9117149-329
Joe Dimech105
6
6
6
7
3
7
7
5
7
7
7
4
5
5
7
6
7
7
7
6
7
 50134120146

Gold, Silver and Bronze Pennants, July 2010

This year’s pennants have been most successful and thanks are due to all the clubs and players who competed. The results were all sent on time and my maths errors were politely pointed out quite promptly. To those players who won, well done-to those that didn’t manage it this year there is always next year. .

The final results are as follows:-

Gold - Winner Maitland, Runner up Mosman
Silver - Winner Chatswood, Runner up Mosman
Bronze - Winner Cammeray, Runner up Manly

The final of the Bronze Division was held at Tempe on Thursday 22nd July and it was really pleasing to see the numbers who arrived to support their clubs. All games were closely contested. Cammeray won the doubles 11-10, Manly won the No 1 Singles 14-13 and then Cammeray won the No 2 Singles 15-12.

Thank you to Heather Smallbone and Kath Coull for refereeing and to the team members for providing such nice refreshments.

In previous years some of the finals have been played as the best of three but after careful consideration it was decided that this was not necessary. Only one division needed a final and it was preferable to play that the same way as they played during the group matches.

Jacky McDonald
Tournament Committee

Gold
Pennants
CLUBS RESULTS
Mosman Chatswood Maitland Matches
Won
Matches
Nett
Games Place
1 2 3 For Against Nett
Mosman1 3
2
1
0
106602
Chatswood20
1
 2
1
0-248-43
Maitland32
3
1
2
 128441

Silver
Pennants
CLUBS RESULTS
Mosman Chatswood Sutherland Matches
Won
Matches
Nett
Games Place
1 2 3 For Against Nett
Mosman1 1
1
1
3
1-26602
Chatswood22
2
 3
2
249361
Sutherland32
0
0
1
 0-239-63

Bronze
Pennants
Group 1
CLUBS RESULTS
Killara Mosman Chatswood Manly Matches
Won
Matches
Nett
Games Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Killara1 1
2
2
2
1
1
109903
Mosman22
1
 2
3
1
1
1010822
Chatswood31
1
1
0
 2
1
0-4612-64
Manly42
2
2
2
1
2
 2411741

Bronze
Pennants
Group 2
CLUBS RESULTS
Sutherland Cammeray Strathfield Matches
Won
Matches
Nett
Games Place
1 2 3 For Against Nett
Sutherland1 2
0
2
3
127522
Cammeray21
3
 3
3
2210281
Strathfield31
0
0
0
 0-4111-103

Bronze
Pennants
Finals
G1Manly
 Cammeray
2-1
G2Cammeray

Golf Croquet Pennants, July 2010

In the following results M = Matches, G = Games, H = Hoops.

Division 1

Maitland A completed the rounds undefeated with a 2 matches to 1 win over Sutherland. Previously Maitland A defeated Maitland B 2-1 and Sutherland defeated Maitland B 3-0 . The Maitland A/ Sutherland match was a close affair with Maitland singles players Trevor Black and Stephen Dilley(J) starring with best of 3 game wins over Nick Macoun and John Eddes. The ever reliable Johnstone team destroyed the Maitland veteran team of Peter Smith and John Compton. Once again Roz showed Ron the art of hoop running. Maitland wins Division 1 Pennants with Sutherland second.

Golf Pennants
Division 1
 
SutherlandMaitland AMaitland BTotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Sutherland   13393651499023912
Maitland A2441   2548498923521
Maitland B02401345   1585-4-6-1403
                  
Gross2681268451199        

Division 2

Golf Pennants
Division 2
Metropolitan
KillaraChatswoodEastwoodMosman 1Mosman 2ByeTotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Killara   254901290001236   38114-6-11-6015
Chatswood1347   244312352447   6131720-3624
Eastwood36481338   25451445   718176272522
Mosman 1364224351234   2437   816148473831
Mosman 22437144424451230      61415600-923
Bye                  000000  
                           
Gross91917461616651115149110614165000        

Golf Pennants
Division 2
Northern
Maitland WhiteMaitland GreyMaitland OffwhiteMaitland WhiteMaitland GreyMaitland OffwhiteTotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Maitland White   25513647   36423642112318210195131
Maitland Grey1341   25530029   2556513179-2-5-522
Maitland Offwhite01381341   00231450   28152-8-14-4603
                           
Gross1479389251110000524109251198        

Golf Pennants
Division 2
Southern
Sutherland Wollongong 1Wollongong 2Jamberoo 1BJamberoo 2WTotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Sutherland   2440254814482437717173241432
Wollongong 11336   134213321338412148-4-7-4305
Wollongong 213332551   123524326141510-1-1723
Jamberoo 1 Blue255325502543   2439819185473141
Jamberoo 2 White1237255012351339   512161-2-31514
                        
Gross513159819191615168412154715146        

Semi-finals

Maitland Black d Eastwood 2 matches to 1
Rita Murphy/John Purnell d Dorothy Pratt/Shirley McLachlan 7/1,7/0
Bob Eyre lost to Greg Deakin 5/7,3/7
Robyn Wallace d Patricia Gilchrist 7/6,6/7,7/3

Mosman 1 d Jamberoo Blue 2 matches to 1
Mary Gibson/Joan Edmonds d Pat Moroney/Brenda Evans 7/4,7/4
Ron Humpherson d Helen Frazer 7/5,7/4
Barbara Martin lost to Roger Evans 3/7,5/7

Final

Maitland Black d Mosman 1 by 2 matches to 1
Rita Murphy/John Purnell d Mary Gibson/Joan Edmonds 6/7,7/5,7/4
Bob Eyre lost to Ron Humpherson 5/7,4/7
Robyn Wallace d Barbara Martin 7/5,7/0

Maitland has now won the Division 2 Title 4 consecutive years - the competition has been running 4 years.

Division 3

Golf Pennants
Division 3
Metropolitan
KillaraHurstvilleRSGCHolroydMosman 1Mosman 2TotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Killara   243724432435122536471020187582641
Hurstville1230   0140244625512551717218-1-3833
Holroyd123514432440   0239002128138-4-6-5116
RSGC13363646   133824281233818181-3-5-3225
Mosman 12432134500203652   2439817188221232
Mosman 201281339254636421233   717188-10-324
                           
Gross5121618202106141891123213615176817191        

Golf Pennants
Division 3
Northern
Maitland 1Maitland 2BranxtonMaitland 1Maitland 2BranxtonTotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Maitland 1   36421336   3648145081917661512522
Maitland 20015   12260125   01291495-4-61303
Branxton24362440   25453645   91916671410441
                           
Gross24515108225622670612931579        

Golf Pennants
Division 3
Southern
NowraMilton-UlladullaSouthern HighlandsJamberoo 1RTotalsNetWinsPosn
MGHMGHMGHMGHMGHMGH  
Nowra   13383648133851212413913
Milton-Ulladulla2441   1338364861312734-521
Southern Highlands01312445   365451113010322
Jamberoo 1 Red244302490241   28133-5-7-714
                     
Gross4911539132411127715140        

Semi-finals

Mosman d Milton-Ulladulla 2 matches to 1
Jenny Wills/Gil Cotton lost to Lorraine Patterson/Maureen Greenwood 7/6,3/7,2/7
Bill Knight d Moya Flynn 7/6,4/7,7/5
Unfortunately Milton-Ulladulla could not field a qualified fourth player and so had to forfeit the second singles.

Killara d Branxton 2 matches to 1
Ann Munro/June Gosewinkel lost to Anne & Greg Freeman 5/7,3/7
Janet Bell d Ruth Harden 7/3,7/6
Robynne Madgwick D Helen Enright 7/3,6/7,7/4

Final

Killara d Mosman 2 matches to 1
Ann Munro/June Gosewinkel lost to Jenny Wills/Gil cotton
Janet Bell d Bill Knight 4/7,7/3,7/4
Robynne Madgwick d Peter Burrows 7/4,5/7,7/5

All matches were closely fought with Killara the eventual winner. This was well deserved as they had topped the Metropolitan Group.

Gold Brooch, 2nd - 4th August 2010

Gold
Brooch
PLAYERS RESULTS
NH BS NH JG Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Neil Hardie1 6
15
6
17
5
8
0-657144-874
Brian Smith226
19
 21
23
25
26
2214096442
Neil Hartley326
21
26
24
 26
11
24134114201
John Gilhooly426
26
12
13
21
26
 20124101233

Silver Brooch, 9th - 12th August 2010

Day 1 saw some tight finishes. Time had been called when Bob Green took to the court and had a run of 9 and peg out to defeat Greg Deakin by 1. In the afternoon Ron Humpherson had a run of six to draw level with Greg, however he missed the peg. Greg then took contact and scored the winning hoop after time. In the meantime Mac Thomson had a run of 11 including the peg to beat Bob Green by 1 point, (Bob overlooked his contact option and missed the lift roquet after time had run out.).

Day 2 was cold and miserable with drizzling rain and this was reflected in the morning’s standard of play. After a disastrous morning Ron Humpherson got it all together to peg out and beat Mac. At the end of day two Bob leads Mac by 10 net points both having won three games with Ron and Greg on one win each.

Brian Smith (Manager)

Unfortunately after the start of Day 3 Brian Smith felt unwell and John Eddes filled in.

The morning games produced wins to Greg Deakin after being well behind, and to Bob Green. Greg & Bob also won the afternoon games despite late breaks by both their opponents.

Bob Green was the overall winner with 5 wins from 6 games, and Mac Thomson was runner up on countback from Greg Deakin.

John Eddes

Silver Brooch PLAYERS RESULTS
RH BG GD MT Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Ron Humpherson1 3
11
18
14
6
26
0-478130-524
Bob Green226
24
 20
26
17
22
3413582531
Greg Deakin319
19
19
12
 12
26
10107125-183
Mac Thomson426
16
19
18
26
21
 20126109172

NSW Championships - Open Singles, 13th - 19th September 2010

This event was played over 4 days from September 14 to 17. A very small entry of only 8 players (compared with 18 last year) was missing most of the top 10 players in the state. This may have been in part due to a number of top players having spent several weeks in the UK while the MacRobertson Shield was played, and some players had clashes with interstate and golf croquet events, but the trend of reduced entries in this and other events is disappointing. A single block of 8 players played a round robin at Tempe and the four highest ranked players finished in the top 4 places to proceed to the best of 3 game knockout stage. There were a number of close games during block play. Mike Hughes had the misfortune to miss pegouts in two consecutive games to eventually lose 26-25 in each of them. All players won at least 2 of their 7 games in this round robin phase. The most notable upset ws perhaps Brian Smith beating Tony Hall in round 6, with Tony unbeaten to that stage.

The semi finals both went to 3 games. Mike Hughes won the first game against Alan Walsh and had a comfortable lead in game 2, but Alan got in and played soundly to win game 2, and won game 3 comfortably. In the other semi-final, Martyn Prins won game 1 fairly comfortably, and Tony Hall had a comfortable win in game 2. Game 3 was the most interesting. Tony had the game well in hand, but then accidentally pegged himself out! A dour struggle ensued until Tony ran a very long penult hoop and subsequently hit Martyn and finished.

The final between Alan & Tony was a very exciting affair. Alan won the first match 26-22 and seemed to be about to win the second with the same score, but failed penult (both players for penult & peg) to enable Tony to finish, again 26-22. The third game followed a similar pattern. Alan was running a triple with his second ball which broke down at rover. Tony also proceeded to try a triple and was in good shape to do the final peel until he has the misfortune to partially block the rover hoop with his escape ball. He bombarded the blocking ball clear but could not peel partner, so he competed the break and set a leave. Alan had one shot to decide the game …. and he hit! This is the second time Alan has won the NSW Open (2008 was the previous time), and each time he has hit a lift shot in game 3 of the final where to miss was almost sure defeat.

In the 3rd/4th playoff Martyn beat Mike in 2 fairly clearcut games. The highlight was early in game 1 where, with Mike set up, Martyn ran about a 10-yard angled hoop2 and then ran 9!

The plate played a round robin with the two leaders to play a final. Stepehen Howes was undefeated, but going into the last round of the round robin no player was sure to qualify, and all players had some chance. In the event Brian Smith beat Neil Hartley narrowly, to make the final. The final was closely fought with Brian eventually winning 20-18. With time having expired, Stephen had a 50/50 4-back hoop to tie (with chances to go on and take the lead) but missed.

Conditions were tricky. On Tuesday the lawns were very slow as they had not been cut for a week. They improved on Wednesday after they had been cut, but were only moderately paced and bumpy in parts. Tuesday was damp in the morning, with a torrential downpour in the afternoon. Fortunately the weather improved thereafter and players were much happier. The tournament ran very smoothly - all players arrived promptly in the mornings to set up the lawns. In particular Brian Smith was first to arrive every morning and also helped me with management duties (this being my first stint as manager).

Mike Hughes

NSW Championships
Open Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
AW BS TH SH NH MT MH MP Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For Against Nett
Alan Walsh1 26262626262616617290821
Brian Smith210 2622131921293165-728
Tony Hall3515 26262626235147136113
Stephen Howes402012 326260287154-676
Neil Hartley510262426 23269314414225
Mac Thomson622262725 11122105172-676
Mike Hughes7252625212326 213167137304
Martyn Prins818262126262620 516382812

NSW Championships
Open Singles
Finals
 Tony Hall
 Tony Hall
10-26, 26-7, 26-14
 Alan Walsh
26-22, 22-26, 26-23
 Martyn Prins
 Alan Walsh
 Alan Walsh
11-26, 26-19, 26-9
 Mike Hughes

NSW Championships
Open Singles
Y Event
 Martyn Prins
 Martyn Prins
26-7, 26-17
 Mike Hughes

NSW Championships
Open Singles
Plate Event
PLAYERS RESULTS
NH SH MT BS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Neil Hartley1 1326171565243
Stephen Howes222 262637443311
Mac Thomson31113 1503969-304
Brian Smith4191717 25358-52

NSW Championships
Open Singles
Plate Event Final
 Brian Smith
 Brian Smith
20-18
 Stephen Howes

NSW Golf Croquet State Handicap - Singles, 21st - 23rd September 2010

The NSW Golf Croquet Handicap Championship - Singles event was held at Taree from Tuesday 21st September to Thursday 23rd. It followed the Doubles event which had been held in Gloucester from Saturday 11th to Monday 20th.

The championship began on Tuesday morning after a welcome to the competitors by Taree Croquet Club President, Bill Freeman. Among the 20 competitors, who came from 7 country clubs as far as Canberra in the south and Urunga in the north, were 4 members of the Over 50’s Golf Croquet Team who are off to Cairo in early October. One of these 4 was Taree member, Joe Dimech.

The weather was good and with 6 matches being held simultaneously, there was plenty of croquet. All competitors met the challenge of Taree’s 3 individually different courts and enjoyed the hospitality and camaraderie of a country croquet carnival.

Two blocks of 10 competitors were run over Tuesday and Wednesday. The results were close in both blocks and the outcome depended on the last round. Even then the majority of places were decided on net points.

Block A: 1st: Chris Crellin (Forster) 2nd: Ray Vize (Forster)
Block B: 1st: Bob Hokin (Taree) 2nd: Joe Dimech (Taree)

On Thursday, Chris and Joe played one semi-final, while Bob and Ray played the other. The final was played between Joe and Ray, while Chris and Bob played off for 3rd place. Results:

1st: Ray Vise
2nd: Joe Dimech
3rd: Chris Crellin

President Robyn Wallace and Jacky McDonald of the Tournament Committee both spoke to the assembled spectators, congratulating the winner and thanking the referees, who came from Maitland, Forster and Taree, for their valued assistance, the Taree Croquet Club Members who worked in the kitchen to provide lunches and morning and afternoon teas, and all competitors for their cooperation.

I would make a comment similar to the one John Compton made in the September 2010 "Croquet NSW Newsletter" regarding the NSW GC State Pennants. If this event is a State Championship, there should be players from all over the State, including Sydney.

Tom Akre
Tournament Manager

NSW Golf Croquet
State Handicap Singles
Block A
PLAYERS RESULTS
LD PJ PF WM JC BP CC RV WP MP Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For Against Nett
Lyn Dimech1 57426726734656-108
Pat Johnston27 4736324223859-2110
Peter Freer357 417257744555-107
William Munns4757 76475755545105
John Compton57775 745644524396
Barb Piggott677572 75776545043
Christopher Crellin7477775 77775838201
Ray Vize87773775 2765242102
William Paulson977577437 76545044
Margaret Pedemont10576172326 23955-169

NSW Golf Croquet
State Handicap Singles
Block B
PLAYERS RESULTS
SDs BH BW JD SC RW PJ JC JC Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For Against Nett
Stephen Dilley snr1 7667776755340134
Bob Hokin23 777577765040101
Brenda Wild375 67777655235173
Joe Dimech4727 777576494542
Sandy Coutts55613 772523650-148
Robyn Wallace667056 75624252-107
Penny Jude7332525 4713154-239
Janine Crellin87457777 45484355
John Coates926767757 44749-26

NSW Golf Croquet
State Handicap Singles
Finals
 Chris Crellin
 Joe Dimech
7-4,7-4
 Ray Vize
7-6,7-5
 Joe Dimech
 Bob Hokin
 Ray Vize
7-3,7-6
 Ray Vize

NSW Golf Croquet
State Handicap Singles
Play-off for 3rd
 Chris Crellin
 Chris Crellin
6-7,7-4,7-3
 Bob Hokin

NSW Golf Croquet State Handicap - Doubles, 18th - 20th September 2010

NSW Golf Croquet
State Handicap Doubles
Block
PLAYERS RESULTS
BP&JH ED&RW GD&BN TB&SDj RV&CV JC&PS JC&PJ JC&CC JD&LD BW&MP SC&PJ BS&RC Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 For Against Nett
B Piggott & J Hincks1 277776557777676614
E Dilley & R Wallace27 24537577675605737
G Dark & B Nelson357 4735727735575528
T Black & S Dilley jnr4677 7776677787455191
R Vize & C Vize56752 657674746269-79
J Compton & P Smith647757 7767246635946
J Crellin & P Jude7717672 7772776064-45
J Coates & C Crellin87727546 454745868-1010
J Dimech & L Dimech973777767 57787058122
B Wild & M Pedemont10652466677 4736067-711
S Coutts & P Johnston115723777747 776353103
B Smith & R Compton1264764723413 24770-2312

NSW Golf Croquet
State Handicap Doubles
Finals
 Trevor Black & Stephen Dilley jnr
 Barb Piggott & John Hincks
6-7, 7-6, 7-6
 Barb Piggott & John Hincks
6-7, 7-2, 7-4
 Barb Piggott & John Hincks
 Joe Dimech & Lyn Dimech
 Joe Dimech & Lyn Dimech
7-4, 7-2
 Sandy Coutts & Pat Johnston

Selectors 10, 8th - 10th October 2010

Selectors 10 PLAYERS RESULTS
JN AH MH TB NH RV BS NH Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For Against Nett
Jim Nicholls1 2626262626tp26267182761061
Alan Honey224 2622262624266174106682
Mike Hughes3913 26262426225146122243
Trevor Black4141911 152620192124146-225
Neil Hardie51116119 12625299152-536
Ray Vize614222126 26263126129-34
Brian Smith71481021104 26293166-737
Neil Hartley83201621232218 1123170-478

Golf Croquet - Division 1, 25th - 28th October 2010

Golf Croquet
Division 1
PLAYERS RESULTS
GM LH JE JM ST MP Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 For Against Nett
Geof McDonald1 7
4
5
5
5
4
4
7
7
6
1-45464-105
Lester Hughes26
7
 7
0
7
3
3
6
5
6
1-45060-105
John Eddes37
7
3
7
 7
7
6
3
5
3
30555503
Jacky McDonald47
7
4
7
4
6
 6
4
4
4
2-45361-84
Steve Thornton57
3
7
7
7
7
7
7
 7
3
366251112
Martyn Prins66
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
5
7
 466750171

Eva Short Memorial Trophy, 22nd - 23rd October 2010

Because of the low numbers for this years Event the decision was made to have a double ‘Round Robin’ over the 2 day period.. Glorious weather on the first day and temperatures were such that we were all continually searching for shade. All 6 games on Day 1 were pegged out as the players were continually looking for good breaks and effective leaves. Claire and Alison had a good tussle with both players each getting their first break of 9 early in the game. Claire went to the peg with her 2nd ball(black) and when Alison hit in, she went to the peg and pegged out Claire’s black ball. Alison’s back ball was on 4 back and once getting in was about to make Rover when ‘clunk’ went the red ball as it hit and sat on the right leg of Rover. Therefore the pressure was on Claire as she walked onto the lawn to then hit the red ball with her blue ball that sat just north of Hoop 4 (18yds) and ‘Whallop’ she succeeded !! Claire then gathered up the 3 balls and continued with a faultless 3 ball break to finish the game 26 – 23.

No great suprizes on Day 2. Pam Gentle and Nerida Taylor gave each other various opportunities on the lawn in their last game of the day and could have gone either but Pam finally won the game 17 - 8. In the early afternoon a sudden storm appeared from nowhere bringing torrential rain in a very short space of time. Adapting to this sudden and dramatic change of pace was all important for all our games that afternoon. What did catch everyone’s attention was a Bride arriving at the Concordia Club at 3.00pm in the middle of the storm tip-toeing her way between puddles between Lawns 2 & 3 heading for the Concordia Club where the assembled guests were eagerly waiting her arrival !!!

Congratulations go to this years Winner Claire Bassett and Runner-up Alison Sharpe.

Alison Sharpe (Manager)

Eva Short
Memorial Trophy
PLAYERS RESULTS
AS CB PG NT Matches
Won
Games
Nett
Points Place
1 2 3 4 For Against Nett
Alison Sharpe1 23
17
26
26
26
26
2214488562
Claire Bassett226
26
 26
26
26
26
36156531031
Pam Gentle39
15
1
8
 17
17
0-467138-713
Nerida Taylor412
0
2
2
26
8
 0-450138-884

A.C.A. Bronze Medal, 5th - 7th November 2010

The Association Croquet ACA Bronze Medal was played over the weekend of Nov 5 to Nov 7. This invitation event is for the best players in NSW with 9 players selected and one, Jim NIcholls earning his place by winning the Selectors 10 event. This was probably the strongest field for this prestigious event ever in NSW with all players having minus handicaps. The winner represents NSW in the Australian Gold and Silver Medal event in Tasmania in March 2011.

Unfortunately the weather was not particularly kind with play starting on Friday in unseasonably cold weather and the first session on Saturday played in rain with cool conditions but improved as the day went on.

The first round of the draw has the top ranked players playing the lower ranked players and surprisingly 3 of the top 4 seeds were beaten in the first round. After that on Friday the matches pretty well went according to expectations with only one other upset. Four different players completed triple peels on day 1: Jim Nicholls, Stephen Richards, Trevor Bassett and Alan Walsh. Overall the play was interesting and of high quality with some close finishes, particularly Tim Murphy hitting the peg in a 2 ball game from the A baulk to win 26-25 with his opponent John Levick’s single ball set up 3 feet from the peg ready to peg out and wired from Tim.

Alison Sharpe started day 2 with a triple peel against Trevor Bassett. The results against rankings continued on day 2 with 7 games being upsets, led by Jim Nicholls who kept beating everyone. Day 2 finished with 3 players on 5 wins from 6 games with Jim Nicholls a narrow leader on net points from Stephen Richards, with Peter Landrebe some distance behind, and on paper Jim having the easiest draw on the last day.

Day 3 saw some extraordinary results with 9 of the 15 games going against rankings; overall 20 of the 45 games did so indicating just how strong and even the field was. Peter Landrebe made a strong run to win the event with 3 wins including 2 triple peels and a big net points improvement. Stephen Richards dropped off a bit winning one game, but the giant killer, Jim Nicholls had three more wins with sufficient margins to beat Peter Landrebe overall by 15 net points.

Overall 6 players completed triple peels, with Peter Landrebe doing two.

Therefore the top four were Jim Nicholls, Peter Landrebe, Stephen Richards and Tim Murphy. Every other player in the event won 3 games, with places 5 to 10 only decided on net points. A very even contest throughout. So Jim will represent NSW at the ACA Gold medal, and based on his play during this competition we may have another player in NSW who will be able to match it with the best in Australia – a good sign for the strength of our interstate team in the future.

John Eddes
Manager

A.C.A.
Bronze
Medal
PLAYERS RESULTS
TB PL SR TM KE JL AS RG JN AW Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For Against Nett
Trevor Bassett1 1502612926tp26183123201-789
Peter Landrebe226 26tp26tp262626260268208116922
Stephen Richards3269 9262626tp261266175111643
Tim Murphy423026 262618262426519519324
Ken Edwards52610521 269262103144178-347
John Levick626153250 26224263147174-276
Alison Sharpe726tp02262614 2322103149192-438
Rosie Graham8020112212626 6263138225-8710
Jim Nicholls92226tp262626262626 2682301231071
Alan Walsh102621222226tp2262419 318818445

Silver Handicap Singles, 15th - 17th November 2010

Five players contested the Silver Handicap event on November 15 to 17. Day one was played in rain throughout but the other two days were very good croquet weather.

Strangely, the play on the first day in the rain was the best of the competition with 3 games out of 4 being pegged out and breaks being made by all players, with and without the help of bisques.

Some low scores eventuated in later games with fear of the opponent seeming to override the desire to make breaks.

Heading in to the last round Lesley Fransen was undefeated and Barbara McDonald needed to beat Lesley by 8 points to win on a count back. When the bisques were all used by both players Barbara led 13-4, just enough to lead the event at that stage. It then progressed to 19-6 and finally to 20-10 giving Barbara a win in the game and the competition.

An unusual situation happened at the other end of the final table, with Margaret Sawers finishing fourth, but scoring more hoops than all the other players.

John Eddes
Manager

Silver
Handicap
Singles
PLAYERS RESULTS
BM LF DS GD MS Games
Won
Points Place
1 2 3 4 5 For Against Nett
Barbara McDonald (11)1 2015261237363101
Lesley Fransen (8)210 1626213736852
David Stanton (11)31312 122616371-85
Greg Deakin (9)4141721 2327584-93
Margaret Sawers (11)526191920 1848224