Croquet Tournament Results
SUMMARY 2023
EVENT | WINNER | RUNNER-UP |
NSW AC 3 & Under Singles | Alison Sharpe | Trevor Bassett |
NSW 5 & Under Mixed Doubles | Rosemary Landrebe & Stephen Richards | Diane Scott & Stephen Pearce |
NSW GC Men's Open Singles Championship | Mark Scruton | Peter Freer |
NSW GC Women's Open Singles Championship | Jill Sullivan | Sue Sellers |
NSW Bronze Singles | Mary Lambert | Margaret Craig |
NSW GC Open Singles Championship | Peter Landrebe | David Scott |
NSW AC Men's Open Singles Championship | Tim Murphy | Trevor Bassett |
NSW AC Silver Singles | Paul Skvorc | Gerard Barry |
NSW Ricochet Open Doubles | Cheryl Patterson & Chris Williamson | Doug Cornish & Wayne Worrall |
CNSW Women's Open Singles | Kerri-Ann Organ | Kathie Grant |
NSW Ricochet Open Singles | Raymond Chapman | Margaret Sawers |
NSW AC Platinum Singles | Don Wright | Ted Woodley |
Beryl Chambers State Handicap | Ted Woodley | Julie Toms |
GC Division 3 Pennants | Wollongong | Nelson Bay Birubi |
GC Division 2 Pennants | Canberra | Marrickville |
GC Division 2 Doubles | Ian Donald & Ian McRae | Jaki Gaskell & Janelle Wilson |
GC Division 2 Singles | Rae Uptin | Brian Mitchell |
GC Advantage Doubles | Sharon Daley & Margaret Mitchell | Chris Cox & James Hannigan |
GC Advantage Singles | Margaret Carwood | Sharon Daley |
NSW GC Open Doubles Championship | Ethan Gumbrell & Jamie Gumbrell | Elizabeth Montague & David Scott |
DETAILED RESULTS 2023
NSW AC 3 & Under Singles, 4-5 February 2023
This event was held at Mosman because of the extended period required for renovation of the courts at Tempe. You will see that Ron Buist played in the blocks, but was replaced by Ted Woodley in the Y knockout. Ted was originally expected to play on both days, dut after a brief hospitalisation during the preceding week was not well enough to play on Saturday. Thanks to Ron Buist for agreeing to fill in for Ted at short notice.
The weather was great both days, if a trifle hot by the end of each day. Many thans to all at Mosman CC for making the event such a success, specially their President, Cali Craig, Games Captain Penny Paterson (Assistamt Tournament Manager), Ron Hympherson (referee) and the catering and grounds staff. The courts were mown three times in the 5 days before the tournament, and the result of this extra mowing was obvious. Lawn speed was better than I have seen at Mosman for some time. Lunches were available for purchase both days, alomg with a plentiful supply of biscuits, buns and cakes to go with tea and coffee.
In a very tight competition, no player was able to go through undefeated. Two of the 4-player blocjs were decided on net hoops, with 3 players on 2 wins each.
Alison Sharpe was a worthy winner after an excellent final, where she beat Trevor Bassett 26-8, in a game which went doen to the wire, the c;pseness of the battle not properly reflected in the score.
David Stanton
Tournament Manager
NSW 5 & Under Mixed Doubles, 18-19 February 2023
NSW GC Men's Open Singles Championship, 31 March - 2 April 2023
Venue: Canberra, 31 March - 2 April 2023
Tournament Manager: Kate McLoughlin
Tournament Referee: Adrienne Fazekas
Number: 20 players
Held in Canberra as part of their regular schedule of at least 2 Croquet NSW events a year. Canberra was able to organise and supply all referees and Tournament officials. There were 21 entries, with 1 late withdrawal (the event attracted 22 entries in 2022). We had one entrant from WA, who was visiting family in Sydney.
The event was run in 3 blocks of 7,7,6 people; with the first 2 and the 2 best third places in the X knockout finals, the bottom 2 from each block in the Plate, and the middle 4,5 and last third fighting out the ‘Y’ event.
Results
As in the Women’s GC event we have a new champion: Mark Scruton who defeated Peter Freer in the best of three final: 7-5,3-7,7-4. Peter Landrebe was third and David Woods fourth. Malcolm Powys came fifth, Derek Bull won the ‘Y’, David Scott the ‘W’ and John Gartner the Plate. Play was of a high standard, with spectators from Canberra and Sydney enjoying the quality of the competition.
Full results are on Croquet Scores.
Management
Overall the event went smoothly with fine mild conditions, and no rain eventuating. Players kept to schedule: with the Assistant Tournament Managers keeping the lawns full, and players making good time. Particular matters were:
Referees
Thanks to Adrienne Fazekas, Tournament Referee, we had 4 referees from Canberra each day, who were supervising. There were some calls of crushes which surprised some players.
Otherwise there were no major refereeing incidents, with players conducting themselves well.
Conclusion
Positive comments were received about the efficient organisation of the event, and the good standard of hospitality. The event finished before 4pm each day, with the Presentation being made about 3.30 pm on the Sunday. Many players had left by this time, but the local onlookers appreciated the conclusion to the final between two Canberra players.
Kate McLoughlin
Tournament Manager
April 2023
NSW GC Women's Open Singles Championship, 31 March - 2 April 2023
I volunteered to be Tournament Referee (TR) for this event, and agreed to also be Tournament Manager (TM) for Sat & Sunday since David Stanton was only available on Friday 24 March. It was a juggle being TM and refereeing, but this worked thanks to Ron Johnstone who came on Friday afternoon & Sunday in addition to his negotiated Sat stint as a referee.
Results
We have a new Women’s GC Champion, Jill Sullivan, who persevered to win against new talent Sue Sellers in a very close bo3 match, after Sue won the first game 7-3;
Pauline Markwell similarly came back from an initial 3-7 loss against Gerda Lambeck, to win in 3 games and come third.
Liz Montague won the Plate, defeating Karen Bisley 2-0 in their final.
Full results are on Croquet Scores.
Management
Overall the event went smoothly due to threatened rain holding off on all three days & players keeping the schedule moving. Particular matters were:
Referees
Thanks to Lynda Toms (Hurstville), Kaye Martin (Coogee) and especially Ron Johnstone (Sutherland) who refereed on all three days.
Referees were Supervising, and this worked well.
There were no major refereeing incidents, and the minor ones provided discussion fodder for the referee debriefs at the end of each day.
Topics included:
Regards
Peter Freer
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NSW AC Bronze Singles, 11-13 April 2023
This event was played at Killara Croquet Club as a single block of 7 players playing a round robin. Games were all ordinary level play – 18 point games as set out in Law 51.2.1 (starting from hoop 5). All games were played with a time limit of 2 hours, and all games were double-banked. All games were refereed by qualified umpires and referees. Thanks to Ron Buist (Killara) and Maria Morton (Warrawee) for taking on these duties.
Players were Robert Barrie (Cammeray), Margaret Craig (Killara), Fiona Gale (Holroyd), Mary Lambert (Killara), Lucy Rees (Cammeray), Jeremy Tenison-Smith (Killara) and Fidye Westgarth (Mosman). It was particularly pleasing to see two new players, Robert and Jeremy, playing in their first CNSW tournament.
The weather was predominantly fine, with just a few brief showers on Thursday. The morning were quite warm, but the afternoons were pretty cold. Killara provided a good array of morning and afternoon tea cakes, slices and buns, and players provided their own lunch.
Peter and Liz Montague assisted with the tournament management on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Ron Buist assisted by setting the courts up on Tuesday and Thursday, as well as repairing mallets and refereeing. The usual Tournament Manager at Killara, Susan Howland, was not able to attend as she is recovering from a hip replacement.
Mary Lambert won 5 of her 6 games to win the event. Margaret Craig and Lucy Rees each had 4 wins, with Margaret edging out Lucy on net hoops to take the runner-up position. All players had at least one win, and special mention should be made of Robert Barrie, who won 3 games, including his first two games in a CNSW competition.
David Stanton
Tournament Manager and Tournament Referee
13 April 2023
NSW GC Open Singles Championship, 21-24 April 2023
NSW AC Men's Open Singles Championship, 28-30 April 2023
NSW AC Silver Singles, 3-4 May 2023
NSW Ricochet Open Doubles, 26-27 May 2023
CNSW Women's Open Singles, 26-28 May 2023
NSW Ricochet Open Singles, 28-30 May 2023
NSW AC Platinum Singles, 5-6 June 2023
Beryl Chambers State Handicap, 9-12 June 2023
GC Division 3 Pennants Finals, 22-25 May 2023
GC Division 2 Pennants Finals, 5-8 June 2023
GC Division 2 Doubles, 15-16 June 2023
GC Division 2 Singles, 17-19 June 2023
GC Advantage Doubles, 28-30 June 2023
GC Advantage 2 Singles, 30 June - 2 July 2023
NSW GC Open Doubles Championship, 7-9 July 2023