GC Golf Croquet

The Tournament is an open one-day Golf Croquet C-Class Level Play Singles competition staged at Watford, as one of the tournaments in the Croquet Association fixtures calendar. It is part of the national GC C-Level (7+) series.

Open GC C-Level Tournament
results by year:

Title: Open GC C-Level (7+) Series Tournament
Handicaps: GC: 7+
Date: Friday 28 April
Capacity: 16
Manager: Jason Carley
Secretary: Eddie Chung
Email: click on link to send an email
Phone: 07806 639257
Address: please ask, or log in and obtain it from the CA member's directory
Entries: Allocation: 31 March
Closing: 21 April
Those who wish to enter and pay online may do so through the CA website in same way as entering a CA Tournament. Alternatively, postal entries should be submitted together with entry fee using the standard CA Tournament entry form.
Entry fee: £12 (all entrants).
Pay online (see above) or by cheque to the secretary, payable to "Watford (Cassiobury) Croquet Club".
Format: AMD, provisionally the standard Series format if full capacity.

Exceptions and additions to the standard CA tournament regulations:

  1. Players must be prepared to play five or more games.
  2. This tournament forms part of the National GC C-Level (7+) Series.
  3. Tea, soft drinks and biscuits are provided free of charge, but please bring your own lunch.
  4. Details of parking and other arrangements will be sent to participants before the event.

Report:

With some unexpected rain the morning session had three groups with clear winners and runners up. In the remaining group 3 players were tied on just one win with Carol Huntington progressing on net hoops.

After the first knockout session in the afternoon none of the top 6 seeds contested the semi-finals, in which Carol beat Georgie Jones - a late stand-in (who ended up losing only one game all day), and Mike Grossmith beat Helen Essa playing in her first tournament.

In the Final Carol took a 5-2 lead, but Mike rallied back to get 6-5 up. Having run hoop 11 his ball had finished in front of hoop 12 but Carol put a ball full length into the jaws. Mike could have attempted the jump but settled for being first up to the golden hoop, though put his first ball short of 13. After a tussle, Carol had first shot hitting the hoop from a yard at an angle but Mike made no mistake with a straight shot from a similar distance to win it.

Jane Probitts won the Plate, also contesting her first tournament.

Report by Jason Carley

Results:

Block A
Results vs.: AD HC JS JP WINS NET
HOOPS
Anne Dennis   6-7 7-5 7-5 2 +3
Hilary Cowley 7-6   3-7 7-5 2 -1
John Suckling 5-7 7-3   5-7 1 0
Jane Probitts 5-7 5-7 7-5   1 -2
Block B
Results vs.: KW MG RR GB WINS NET
HOOPS
Kevin Ward   7-5 7-3 7-4 3 +9
Mike Grossmith 5-7   7-5 7-5 2 +2
Ruth Raunkiaer 3-7 5-7   7-2 1 -1
Gillian Baverstock 4-7 5-7 2-7   0 -10
Block C
Results vs.: RH CH RE ŞK WINS NET
HOOPS
Ron Hibbs   7-4 7-5 7-1 3 +11
Carol Huntington 4-7   6-7 7-0 1 +3
Rob Eagle 5-7 7-6   6-7 1 -2
Şebnem Kaya 1-7 0-7 7-6   1 -12
Block D
Results vs.: GJ HE MB KC WINS NET
HOOPS
Georgie Jones   7-5 7-6 7-6 3 +4
Helen Essa 5-7   7-3 7-6 2 +3
Mark Baverstock 6-7 3-7   7-6 1 -4
Kevin Currie 6-7 6-7 6-7   0 -3

Knock-out

QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Block A Winner
Anne Dennis		 Helen Essa
(7-3)		 Mike Grossmith
(7-4)		 Mike Grossmith
(7-6)
Block D Runner-up
Helen Essa
Block C Winner
Ron Hibbs		 Mike Grossmith
(7-5)
Block B Runner-up
Mike Grossmith
Block C Runner-up
Carol Huntington		 Carol Huntington
(7-4)		 Carol Huntington
(7-5)
Block B Winner
Kevin Ward
Block A Runner-up
Hilary Cowley		 Georgie Jones
(7-4)
Block D Winner
Georgie Jones
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Georgie Jones
(7-6)
5th-8th PLACES 5th-6th PLACES 5th PLACE
Anne Dennis Anne Dennis
(7-3)		 Kevin Ward
(7-5)
Ron Hibbs
Kevin Ward Kevin Ward
(7-0)
Hilary Cowley
7th-8th PLACES 7th PLACE
Ron Hibbs Ron Hibbs
(7-6)
Hilary Cowley

Winner Mike Grossmith
Participants
Name Club H'cap
Kevin Ward Phyllis Court 7
Ron Hibbs Watford 7
Anne Dennis Watford 8
Kevin Currie Watford 8
Mike Grossmith Watford 9
Rob Eagle Phyllis Court 10
Jane Probitts Caversham 11
Ruth Raunkiaer Phyllis Court 11
Carol Huntington Phyllis Court 11
Georgie Jones Watford 11
John Suckling Watford 12
Şebnem Kaya Watford 12
Mark Baverstock Leicester 12
Gillian Baverstock Leicester 14
Helen Essa Phyllis Court 14
Hilary Cowley Phyllis Court 16

Plate

QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Jane Probitts Jane Probitts
(7-3)		 Jane Probitts
(7-5)		 Jane Probitts
(7-5)
Mark Baverstock
Ruth Raunkiaer Ruth Raunkiaer
(7-4)
Şebnem Kaya
Rob Eagle Rob Eagle
(7-5)		 Kevin Currie
(7-3)
Gillian Baverstock
Kevin Currie Kevin Currie
(7-6)
John Suckling
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Rob Eagle
(7-2)
5th-8th PLACES 5th-6th PLACES 5th PLACE
Mark Baverstock Şebnem Kaya
(7-3)		 Şebnem Kaya
(7-4)
Şebnem Kaya
Gillian Baverstock Gillian Baverstock
(7-6)
John Suckling
7th-8th PLACES 7th PLACE
Mark Baverstock John Suckling
(7-2)
John Suckling

Handicap change: Georgie Jones 11 to 10, Kevin Currie 8 to 9