Association Croquet
The Mary Rose is a national inter-club team croquet competition that is run each year in England and Wales by the Croquet Association. Club teams comprise 4 players who must each have handicaps of at least 0, and with their aggregate handicap being at least 4. It is a knock-out competition played to Level Advanced rules, with the earlier rounds drawn on a regional basis to minimise travel times.
Fixtures contact: Simon Hathrell
This year is Watford's fifth year in the competition, having won it in 2017 and been runners-up in 2018.
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, Watford is participating this year in a revised, smaller competition.
Mary Rose match results by year:
Date | Opponents | Venue | Results (Watford names first) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarter-final Wed 29 Jul (10:00 start) |
Pinchbeck | Home | WON 4-1(Net index points: +8)
Handicap change: Mike Bowser 3 to 2½ |
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Semi-final Wed 2 Sep (10:00 start) |
Nottingham | Home | LOST 1-4(Net index points: -28)
Handicap change: Mike Hedge 3½ to 3 |
Name | Singles W-L |
Doubles W-L |
Total W-L |
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Nick Archer | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
Brian Havill | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Alan Clark | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Geoff Johnson | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Totals | 4-4 | 1-1 | 5-5 |
The full knock-out table for this year's results and an archive of the results back to 1989 for all clubs are maintained by the Croquet Association.
See also: