GC Golf Croquet

The Tournament is an open two-day Golf Croquet A-Class Level Play Singles competition staged at Watford, as one of the tournaments in the Croquet Association fixtures calendar. This year for the first time it IS part of the CA's national A-Level (0+) tournament series.

Open GC A-Level Tournament
results by year:

Title: Open GC A-level (0+) Series Tournament
Handicaps: GC: 0+
Date: Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 July
Capacity: 16
Manager: Geoffrey Johnson
Secretary: Eddie Chung
Email: click on link to send an email
Phone: 07806 639257
Address: please ask, or log in and obtain it from the CA member's directory
Entries: Allocation: 30 April; Closing: 24 June
Those who wish to enter and pay online may do so through the CA website in same way as entering a CA Tournament. Alternatively, postal entries should be submitted together with entry fee using the standard CA Tournament entry form.
Entry fee: £24 (CA Premium members), others £36.
Pay online (see above) or by cheque to the secretary, payable to "Watford (Cassiobury) Croquet Club".
Format: AMD, provisionally the standard Series format if full capacity.

Exceptions and additions to the standard CA tournament regulations:

  1. Players must be prepared to play up to 8 games per day.
  2. This tournament forms part of the National GC A-Level (0+) Series.
  3. Tea, soft drinks and biscuits are provided free of charge, and a cold lunch will be available for a small fee.
  4. Details of parking and other arrangements will be sent to participants before the event.

Block

David was in good form on day one, and after the opening all-play-all games David and Kim from Enfield topped the group both winning 7 out of 9, with John and Kevin from Watford close on their heels on 6 wins to qualify for the semi-final places.

Semi-Finals: Kim vs Kevin

A close opener was taken by Kim on the 13th hoop. Kevin came back strongly in the second to tie at 1-1, but Kim couldn't seem to miss taking the decider.

Semi-Finals: David vs John

In the first game John missed a straight shot from 5' on the 13th hoop, leaving it open for David to take the lead. John edged the second game, and in the decider David missed a similar 13th hoop shot for John to win.

The Final: Kim vs John

A hard fought Final with John running hoop 12 full length in the deciding third game to win the trophy.

The Plate

With just one round to go Simon was the only player with 4 wins out of 4, playing Eddie in the last round on 3 wins who was the only player who could catch him, but Simon needed just 3 hoops to seal overall victory. However Eddie had other ideas and proceeded to beat Simon 7-2 to win the Plate by the narrowest of margins, both tied on wins and hoops, Eddie winning on the head-to-head result!

Report by Jason Carley

Results:

Results vs.: DF KT KC JT EC GJ SHt SW AJ SHr WINS NET
HOOPS
David Frost   4-7 7-5 7-4 7-5 7-4 7-6 7-1 6-7 7-3 7 +17
Kim Taylor 7-4   7-5 5-7 7-4 5-7 7-6 7-3 7-3 7-4 7 +16
Kevin Connolly 5-7 5-7   7-6 5-7 7-4 7-5 7-1 7-2 7-5 6 +13
John Taylor 4-7 7-5 6-7   7-4 7-5 6-7 7-6 7-4 7-3 6 +10
Eddie Chung 5-7 4-7 7-5 4-7   7-6 7-6 5-7 7-4 7-4 5 0
Geoff Johnson 4-7 7-5 4-7 5-7 6-7   6-7 7-2 7-2 7-5 4 +4
Simon Hathrell 6-7 6-7 5-7 7-6 6-7 7-6   4-7 7-5 7-3 4 0
Stephen Webb 1-7 3-7 1-7 6-7 7-5 2-7 7-4   7-5 7-4 4 -12
Andy Jones 7-6 3-7 2-7 4-7 4-7 2-7 5-7 5-7   7-5 2 -21
Stephen Harbron 3-7 4-7 5-7 3-7 4-7 5-7 3-7 4-7 5-7   0 -27

Knock-out

SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
BEST OF 3 BEST OF 3
David Frost John Taylor
(6-7, 7-5, 7-6)
John Taylor
(4-7, 7-4, 7-5)
John Taylor
Kim Taylor Kim Taylor
(7-6, 4-7, 7-4)
Kevin Connolly
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:
Kevin Connolly
(10-8)

Winner John Taylor
Participants
Name Club H'cap
John Taylor Watford -1
Kevin Connolly Watford 0
Simon Hathrell Watford 0
Kim Taylor Enfield 1
David Frost Enfield 1
Eddie Chung Watford 1
Stephen Harbron Ealing 2
Geoff Johnson Watford 2
Andy Jones Phyllis Court 3
Stephen Webb Watford 5

Plate

Results vs.: EC SHt GJ AJ SW SHr WINS NET
HOOPS
Eddie Chung   7-2 5-7 7-3 7-6 7-4 4 +11
Simon Hathrell 2-7   7-3 7-6 7-1 7-2 4 +11
Geoff Johnson 7-5 3-7   7-5 7-4 7-6 4 +4
Andy Jones 3-7 6-7 5-7   7-1 7-5 2 +1
Stephen Webb 6-7 1-7 4-7 1-7   7-4 1 -13
Stephen Harbron 4-7 2-7 6-7 5-7 4-7   0 -14

Handicap change: Kim Taylor 1 to 0

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