Inaugural Winter Golf Croquet Tournament 10-13 Jul 2012 Macquarie City Croquet Club | |
At last, after much arm twisting, Macquarie City held its inaugural Winter Golf Tournament from July 11th to 13th at our lawns on the corner of Karoburra Street and Lakeview Parade, Pelican. Our Federal Member of Parliament, Jill Hall, opened the competition by hitting the first ball and thoroughly enjoyed the lessons beforehand and the greeting extended to her by club members and players alike. 36 entrants from 12 clubs as far away as Jamberoo, Young, Orange, Port Macquarie and Forster supported by representatives from most of our closer clubs, competed fiercely for block supremacy. 45 doubles games of 40 minutes and 90 singles games of 50 minutes were played on our three lawns as two round robin competitions of level play. At the close of play , after 3 days of wonderful weather and fierce competition a sumptuous afternoon tea was held and then the awards for successful players were presented. Doubles Block A - Winner: Kevin Page & Elaine Coles, Runner Up: Ian Subbi & Fay Gunter Doubles Block B - Winner: Dianne Cheetham & Sally Atkins, Runner Up: Bill Munns & Sharlene Subbi Doubles Block C - Winner: Pat Moroney & Robert Greig, Runner Up: Peter Coles & Marie Munns Singles Block A - Winner: Ian Subbi, Runner Up: Dianne Cheetham Singles Block B - Winner: Peter Coles, Runner Up: Terry Cheetham Singles Block C - Winner: Elsina Dilley, Runner Up: Shirley Page Singles Block D - Winner: Edna Kelly, Runner Up: Mary Greig Singles Block E - Winner: Robert Greig, Runner Up: Ron Bell Singles Block F - Winner: Michael Bone, Runner Up: Sally Atkins Bev Smith and Barb Piggott (Tournament Referee) were spot on with their organising of the referee roster. Thank you both. Lots of intriguing events occurred during the tournamentt and it would be remiss of me not to mention some of the most notable. On Thursday, night a splendid dinner at the 16 Ft Sailing Club overlooking Lake Macquarie was enjoyed by 41 attendees and fun was had by all. In the lead up to this event, one visiting male ended up locked in one of our host’s bathroom while changing for the event. Some suggested it was a desperate effort on her part to get a man but all ended well when he escaped unscathed. During the tournament a "Lovely Legs Competition" emerged with some guys being very hardy and wearing shorts...no matter what. The ladies voted and the gold medal went to Bernie, with the silver going to Graham. Although this was all in good fun no expence was spared on the glamorous prize donated anonymously. We’ve taken all suggestions on board and hope to improve this event, in the future, thanks to the feedback from all concerned. Lastly and mostly importantly, a huge "Thank you!" to Peter Smith. We could not have organised this tournament without his expert help. |