Association Croquet
The Longman Cup is a national inter-club croquet tournament that is run each year in England and Wales. Club teams comprise 4 players who must each have handicaps between 3.5 and 20, and with their aggregate handicap being at least 24. It is a knock-out competition within each region, played with handicaps, with the regional winners progressing to the national semi-finals and final at the end of the season.
Fixtures contact: Simon Hathrell
Last year we lost to Letchworth in the 2nd round.
Watford has done quite well in this event in the past, though with several players gaining lower handicaps and becoming ineligible for the Longman Cup our success has migrated more recently towards the Mary Rose instead. We were national Longman Cup champions in 2001, national finalists in 2003, 2012 and 2015, and regional finalists in 2004 and 2005.
Longman Cup match results by year:
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Round 1 Fri 27 May |
Enfield | Away | WON 4-3(Net index points: +20)
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Round 2 Wed 6 Jul |
Nottingham | Home | WON 5-2(Net index points: +20)
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Quarter-final Sat 6 Aug |
High Wycombe | Home | LOST 1-6(Net index points: -40)
Handicap change: Robin Barry 11 to 12 |
Name | Singles W-L |
Doubles W-L |
Total W-L |
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John Smallbone | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
Arthur Reed | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
David Robinson | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
Eddie Chung | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
John Bee | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
André Machell | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Robin Barry | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Alan Clark | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
Adam Huby | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
Totals | 9-9 | 1-2 | 10-11 |
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: