AC Association Croquet

This Tournament is an informal one-day Association Croquet singles competition held at Watford. It is primarily for club members and is not in the CA calendar, but there may be a few players invited from other nearby clubs in order to make the numbers up.

AC One-Day Tournament
results by year:

Title: Late Summer One-Day AC Tournament
Handicaps: AC: any
Capacity: -
Date: Saturday 10 September 2022
Allocation: Saturday 13 August (only applicable if over capacity by then)
Entries: Non-members may be invited from 4 weeks before the tournament to make up numbers.
Entry fee: £5 (cash on the day)
Manager: Simon Hathrell
Format: Swiss, 4 rounds
18-point games (variant 51.2.3 in the Laws book, 7th edition), 2-hour time-limit per game.
Mixed formats: Level Advanced, Handicap Advanced or simple Handicap, with the higher handicap player choosing in each game.

Notes:

  1. Play starts at 09:30, and entrants should expect to play until 6pm.
  2. Lunch and tea will be provided for a £5 fee.
  3. Winner: the player with the most wins. Tie-breakers, in order:
    1. Wins vs. those tied if they have all played each other, otherwise 'matchpoints' (see the CA tournament regulations).
    2. Net index point gain (so wins played level against a stronger opponent count for more than handicap wins).
    3. "Quality of wins" (i.e. number of wins scored by defeated opponents).
    4. Wins within time.
  4. There will also be a consolation prize for the player, other than the winner, with the largest net index point gain.
  5. Whites are optional (but the manager thinks they look nice).

Results:

Results vs.: MH AH SH RB GB AR WSS HB WINS MATCH
POINTS
NET
INDEX
POINTS
WIN
QLTY
WINS
within
TIME
NET
HOOPS
Mark Homan   +17 -18 +1     +6   3 - +27 6 3 +6
Adam Huby -17   +17   +18 +11     3 - +22 6 3 +29
Simon Hathrell +18 -17   -11       +18 2 4 -17 4 2 +8
Robin Barry -1   +11   +5     -6 2 3 0 4 2 +9
Gary Bennett   -18   -5   +13 +6   2 3 -4 3 2 -4
Arthur Reed   -11     -13   +14 +4 2 2 +7 2 2 -6
Wendy Spencer-Smith -6       -6 -14   +1T 1 - -20 1 0 -25
Heather Bennett     -18 +6   -4 -1T   1 - -15 2 1 -17
Key:
Handicap Level Advanced Handicap Advanced
WINNER
Mark Homan
Participants
Name Club H'cap
Simon Hathrell Watford -1
Gary Bennett Watford
Heather Bennett St. Albans 2
Arthur Reed Watford
Mark Homan Watford 5
Adam Huby Watford 7
Robin Barry Watford 12
Wendy Spencer-Smith Watford 18

Handicap change: Wendy Spencer-Smith 18 to 20