2009 Golf Croquet Grass Roots Tournament

Golf Croquet

The Club runs a preliminary tournament for the Grass Roots Golf Croquet Competition which is open to beginners without a handicap and higher handicappers with a Golf Croquet handicap of 9 and over. The competition is played as a series of 13-point doubles games with a change of partners after each game. The top four players play a singles semi-final and final and a number of players depending on the size of entry go forward to a regional final, to be held at home at Watford on Saturday 8^th August. The entry fee of £5 is paid by the Club. 

This national competition has been won by a Watford player twice in the last four years - John Walker in 2005 and Nick Archer in 2007.

The 2009 preliminary tournament was held in two blocks, on Tuesday 9th and Friday 12th June respectively.

Results:

Congratulations to Frances Skinner who went to to win the National Final, held at Northampton on 12th September. This is the third time in five years that Watford has produced a national champion, following in the footsteps of John Walker in 2005 and Nick Archer in 2007.