Association Croquet
The Longman Cup is a national
inter-club croquet tournament that is run each year in England
and Wales. Club teams comprise 4 players who must each have
handicaps between 3.5 and 20, and with their aggregate handicap being at least 24. It is a knock-out competition within each region,
played with handicaps, with the regional winners progressing to
the national semi-finals and final at the end of the season.
Note that the
AC Handicap Doubles Variation to Law 43(a) was applicable to the doubles handicaps in all Longman Cup
matches. A handy lookup table can be used to
facilitate this calculation.
Fixtures contact: Simon Hathrell
Watford has done quite well in this event over the years. We were national champions in 2001, national finalists in 2003 and
2012, and regional
finalists in 2004 and 2005. In recent
years:
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Winning the Longman Cup in 2001
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2013: we reached
the quarter-finals, losing to Enfield.
2012: we reached
the national final, losing to Roehampton.
2011: we lost in
the second round to Guildford & Goldalming.
2010: we reached the
regional finals, losing to Parsons Green.
2009:
we lost in the second round to Wrest Park.
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Open GC C-Level
26pt Handicap