GC Golf Croquet

This is a new event in the Watford tournament calendar. It will be run using a "Progressive Doubles" format, which means that all games are played as doubles, but players enter as individuals, not pairs, and all doubles pairings are assigned on the day by the tournament manager and will change for each game. Insofar as it is possible, pairings will also tend towards pairing a higher handicapper with a lower handicapper. The winner will then be the individual (not a doubles pair) who has the best record of results for the day.

Games will be played as single 13 hoop games to handicap rules. The handicap of each pair will be calculated in the usual way. The rules for calculating extra turns (bisques) for Doubles Handicap Games are on the notice board.

Time limits may be imposed to ensure that the tournament reaches a timely conclusion.

Players should NOT enter results on their handicap cards.

GC Progressive Doubles Tournament
results by year:

Title: GC Progressive Doubles Tournament
Handicaps: GC: any
Capacity: 32
Date: Sunday 24 April 2022
Entries: Non-members may be invited from 2 weeks before the tournament to make up numbers.
Manager: Simon Hathrell
Format: Subject to entry size

Notes:

  1. Play starts at 09:30, and entrants should expect to play until at least mid-afternoon.
  2. Tea will be provided, but please bring your own lunches.
  3. Winner: the individual player with most wins. Tie-breakers: tba
  4. Whites are optional (but the manager thinks they look nice).

Results:

Block A
Results vs.: LF RH SW JC GS AM SD IF QB bye GAME
WINS
NET
HOOPS
Larry Fisher (8)     7/5+KC+PL 7/3+bye+KC     7/3+MM+GJ   7/2+GJ+FS 7/6+PL+GF 5 +16
Ron Hibbs (7)       4/7+PL+bye 7/5+FS+MH 7/3+AD+GF   7/6+MM+GF   7/5+MG+GJ 4 +6
Stephen Webb (6) 5/7+PL+KC     7/5+MM+MG 7/2+AD+GF 6/7+MH+AD     7/5+MG+bye   3 +6
Jason Carley (-1) 3/7+KC+bye 7/4+bye+PL 5/7+MG+MM         7/4+MH+PL 7/6+GJ+AD   3 +1
George Skinner (3)   5/7+MH+FS 2/7+GF+AD       7/5+bye+MH   7/5+MM+PL 6/7+FS+KC 2 -4
AndrĂ© Machell (4)   3/7+GF+AD 7/6+AD+MH       7/4+MG+KC 4/7+GJ+bye   5/7+FS+MG 2 -5
Steve Dennis (3) 3/7+GJ+MM       5/7+MH+bye 4/7+KC+MG   7/3+GF+FS 7/5+AD+KC   2 -3
Ian Fennemore (6)   6/7+GF+MM   4/7+PL+MH   7/4+bye+GJ 3/7+FS+GF     6/7+MH+MM 1 -6
Quiller Barrett (6) 2/7+FS+GJ   5/7+bye+MG 6/7+AD+GJ 5/7+PL+MM   5/7+KC+AD       0 -12
Block B
Results vs.: MM AD MG GJ KC MH GF PL FS bye GAME
WINS
NET
HOOPS
Michael McGrath (8)     7/5+SW+JC
7/3+LF+SD
  7/6+bye+IF
7/6+RH+IF
7/5+GS+QB
    5 +10
Anne Dennis (9)       6/7+QB+JC
7/5+SD+QB
7/6+AM+SW
7/2+SW+GS
7/3+RH+AM
      4 +11
Mike Grossmith (11) 5/7+JC+SW
    7/5+RH+bye
7/4+AM+SD
      7/5+bye+AM
7/5+SW+QB
4 +7
Georgie Jones (11) 3/7+SD+LF
7/6+JC+QB
5/7+bye+RH
          7/2+LF+QB
4/7+AM+IF
2 -3
Kevin Currie (8)   5/7+QB+SD
4/7+SD+AM
        7/5+LF+SW
7/6+bye+GS
3/7+JC+LF
2 -6
Marian Hardy (9) 6/7+IF+bye
6/7+SW+AM
          7/4+JC+IF
5/7+GS+RH
5/7+SD+GS
1 -3
GF (9) 6/7+IF+RH
2/7+GS+SW
3/7+AM+RH
          6/7+bye+LF
7/3+SD+IF
  1 -7
Paul Lakra (10) 5/7+QB+GS
      5/7+SW+LF
4/7+IF+JC
7/6+LF+bye
    4/7+RH+JC
1 -9
Frances Skinner (10)     5/7+AM+bye
2/7+QB+LF
6/7+GS+bye
7/5+RH+GS
3/7+IF+SD
      1 -10

Note: players are divided into a low and a high handicap block. For each game, a player in the low handicap block is paired with a player in the high handicap block. The result of each game is then scored for all 4 players as if the players in each block had played singles against the opponent from their own block.

To interpret the tables, for each game result shown in a table cell, the initials of the partner of the player in the left column are shown in the bottom left corner of the cell, and the initials of the partner of the player in the top row are shown in the top right corner of the cell. If a partner is shown as 'bye' then the player played both balls as a single.

WINNERS
Larry Fisher,
Michael McGrath