AC Association Croquet

This Tournament is an informal one-day Association Croquet singles competition held at Watford. It is primarily for club members and is not in the CA calendar, but there may be a few players invited from other nearby clubs in order to make the numbers up.

Title: September One-Day AC Tournament AC One-Day Tournament
results by year:
Handicaps: AC: any
Date: Saturday 13 September 2014
Number of places: 12
Manager: Simon Hathrell
Entries: Allocation: 24 March. Non-members by invitation after 16 August.
Entry fee: £5 (cash on the day)
Format: Flexible Swiss, 4 rounds
18-point games (variant 44(b)(4) in the Laws book),  2-hour time-limit per game.
Mixed formats: Level Advanced, Handicap Advanced or simple Handicap, with the higher handicap player choosing in each game.		  

Notes:

  1. Play starts at 09:30, and entrants should expect to play until 6pm.
  2. Refreshments and a light tea are provided but please bring your own lunch.
  3. Winner: the player with the most wins. Tie-breakers, in order:
    1. Wins vs. those tied if they have all played each other, otherwise 'matchpoints' (see the CA tournament regulations).
    2. Net index point gain (so wins played level against a stronger opponent count for more than handicap wins).
    3. "Quality of wins" (i.e. number of wins scored by defeated opponents).
    4. Wins within time.
  4. There will also be a consolation prize for the player, other than the winner, with the largest net index point gain.
  5. Whites are optional (but the manager thinks they look nice).

Results:

Results vs.: BH AM GJ CF AH RB JB JC AC WSS AR JS WINS MATCH
POINTS		 NET
INDEX
POINTS		 WIN
QLTY		 WINS
within
TIME
Brian Havill       +1T +5T +2T       +4T     4 - +40 7 0
André Machell     -1T +3       +5T +15       3 1 +20 5 2
Geoff Johnson   +1T   -5T +2T   +10T           3 1 +18 7 0
Chris Frost -1T -3 +5T           +3T       2 6 0 4 0
Adam Huby -5T   -2T               +9 +1T 2 4 0 2 1
Robin Barry -2T           -7T   +2 +5T     2 4 0 2 1
John Bee     -10T     +7T       -4T   +9 2 3 +2 3 1
Janet Carleton   -5T               +3 +9 -10 2 3 0 2 2
Alan Clark   -15   -3T   -2         +5T   1 5 -20 1 0
Wendy Spencer-Smith -4T         -5T +4T -3         1 3 -20 2 0
Arthur Reed         -9     -9 -5T     +1T 1 2 -19 1 0
John Smallbone         -1T   -9 +10     -1T   1 2 -21 2 1
Key:
Handicap Level Advanced Handicap Advanced
WINNER
Brian Havill
Participants
Name Club H'cap
John Smallbone Watford 3
Arthur Reed Watford 3½
Geoff Johnson Watford 4
John Bee Watford 5
Chris Frost St. Albans 5
Alan Clark Watford 5
Brian Havill Watford 5
Robin Barry Watford 9
Adam Huby Watford 10
André Machell Watford 16
Wendy Spencer-Smith Watford 18
Janet Carleton Watford 24

Handicap change: Brian Havill 5 to 4½