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 England fixtures calendar. It is part of CqE's national A-Level (0+) tournament series.

Open GC A-Level Tournament
results by year:

Title: Open GC A-level (DG<2000) Series Tournament
Eligibility: GC: Dgrade below 2000
Date: Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 June
Capacity: 16
Manager: Simon Hathrell
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 CqE member's directory
Entries: Allocation: 25 April; Closing: 20 June
Those who wish to enter and pay online may do so through the CqE website in same way as entering a CqE Tournament. Alternatively, postal entries should be submitted together with entry fee using the standard CqE Tournament entry form.
Entry fee: £26 (CqE Premium members), others £40.
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 CqE 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 (DG<2000) Tournament 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.

Report to follow after the event.

Results:

Block A
Results vs.: GS DD EB EC CK RC GJ MH WINS NET
HOOPS
George Skinner   5-7 7-3 7-6 7-5 6-7 7-4 7-3 5 +11
David Dickins 7-5   7-6 7-4 5-7 7-4 7-4 2-7 5 +5
Edwin Bone 3-7 6-7   7-6 6-7 7-3 7-4 7-3 4 +6
Eddie Chung 6-7 4-7 6-7   7-5 7-4 7-5 7-5 4 +4
Cengiz Kaya 5-7 7-5 7-6 5-7   5-7 6-7 7-5 3 -2
Robert Cook 7-6 4-7 3-7 4-7 7-5   7-6 5-7 3 -8
Geoff Johnson 4-7 4-7 4-7 5-7 7-6 6-7   7-1 2 -5
Mike Hills 3-7 7-2 3-7 5-7 5-7 7-5 1-7   2 -11
Block B
Results vs.: HR IN DF MP RB MR JS DB WINS NET
HOOPS
Hugh Risebrow   7-6 4-7 7-3 7-1 7-6 7-3 7-4 6 +16
Ian Norris 6-7   7-5 7-1 6-7 7-5 7-6 7-5 5 +11
David Frost 7-4 5-7   4-7 7-4 4-7 7-2 7-1 4 +9
Margaret Page 3-7 1-7 7-4   6-7 7-5 7-4 7-5 4 -1
Ross Bagni 1-7 7-6 4-7 7-6   4-7 7-5 7-4 4 -5
Martin Read 6-7 5-7 7-4 5-7 7-4   4-7 7-4 3 +1
John Smallbone 3-7 6-7 2-7 4-7 5-7 7-4   7-3 2 -8
David Ball 4-7 5-7 1-7 5-7 4-7 4-7 3-7   0 -23
Knock-out
QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Block A Winner
George Skinner		 Margaret Page
10-5		 Edwin Bone
7-5, 5-7, 7-3		 Hugh Risebrow
7-6, 6-7, 7-5
Block B 4th place
Margaret Page
Block A 3rd place
Edwin Bone		 Edwin Bone
10-9
Block B Runner-up
Ian Norris
Block A Runner-up
David Dickins		 David Frost
10-9		 Hugh Risebrow
7-6, 7-6
Block B 3rd place
David Frost
Block A 4th place
Eddie Chung		 Hugh Risebrow
10-7
Block B Winner
Hugh Risebrow
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Margaret Page David Frost
7-6, 6-7, 7-2
  David Frost
5th-8th PLACES 5th-6th PLACES 5th PLACE
George Skinner Ian Norris
6-7, 7-6, 7-6		 Eddie Chung
7-6, 7-5
Ian Norris
David Dickins Eddie Chung
7-4, 7-5
Eddie Chung
7th-8th PLACES 7th PLACE
George Skinner David Dickins
6-7, 7-5, 7-5
David Dickins
Plate
QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Cengiz Kaya David Ball
10-9		 Geoff Johnson
6-7, 7-3, 7-5		 Geoff Johnson
7-5
David Ball
Martin Read Geoff Johnson
10-8
Geoff Johnson
Robert Cook John Smallbone
10-9		 Ross Bagni
7-2, 7-0
John Smallbone
Mike Hills Ross Bagni
10-6
Ross Bagni
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 David Ball John Smallbone
7-3, 7-4
  John Smallbone
13th-16th PLACES 13th-14th PLACES 13th PLACE
Martin Read Cengiz Kaya
7-6, 7-5		 Mike Hills
7-3, 2-7, 7-5
Cengiz Kaya
Robert Cook Mike Hills
7-3, 7-3
Mike Hills
15th-16th PLACES 15th PLACE
Robert Cook Martin Read
7-6, 3-7, 7-2
Martin Read
Participants
Name Club H'cap
David Dickins Sussex County 0
Ross Bagni Leighton Linslade 0
Eddie Chung Watford 1
Mike Hills Northampton 1
Ian Norris Phyllis Court 1
David Frost Enfield 1
Martin Read Hurlingham 1
George Skinner Watford 2
Geoff Johnson Watford 2
Robert Cook Cheam 2
Edwin Bone Cheltenham 3
Cengiz Kaya Watford 3
John Smallbone Watford 3
Hugh Risebrow Hamptworth 3
Margaret Page Ealing 3
David Ball Leighton Linslade 4