GC Golf Croquet

This competition is a repeat of last year's 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.

This year all GC competition handicap games will be played as first-to-7 hoops to ADVANTAGE rules in order to align with Croquet England policy.

The handicap of each pair will be calculated in the usual way.

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 21 April
Entries: Non-members may be invited from 2 weeks before the tournament to make up numbers.
Manager: Simon Hathrell
Format: AMD. Provisionally, if there are sufficient entrants then players will be split by handicap into two groups, and then pairs will comprise one player from each group. The two winners will then be the two individuals who have the best results in their own group.

Notes:

  1. Play starts at 10:00, 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(s) with most wins. Tie-breakers:
    1. Net hoops
    2. Wins vs. those tied if they have all played each other, otherwise 'matchpoints' (see the CqE tournament regulations)
    3. Win quality
  4. Whites are optional (but the manager thinks they look nice).

Results:

Block A
Results vs.: GJh GS LF RH MM AD MG AM SD JL SW RB WINS NET
HOOPS
MATCH
POINTS
WIN
QLTY
Geoff Johnson   7/1+PL+RD 3/7+GF+MH         7/6+ŞK+CF 7/4+FS+RD   7/4+ID+ŞK 7/4+LH+GJn 5 +12 - 12
George Skinner 1/7+RD+PL   7/5+GF+FS   7/6+FS+ID 7/5+ŞK+LH 7/3+KC+RD   7/6+CF+YC       5 +4 - 15
Larry Fisher 7/3+MH+GF 5/7+FS+GF   7/4+ID+YC   7/6+PL+MH 7/2+YC+KC   5/7+GJn+PL       4 +9 - 15
Ron Hibbs     4/7+YC+ID   7/3+GJn+CF 7/5+ID+GF 7/1+KC+FS   3/7+LH+KC   7/5+RD+YC   4 +7 - 11
Michael McGrath   6/7+ID+FS   3/7+CF+GJn       7/6+GJn+MH   7/4+LH+YC 6/7+KC+CF 6/4+PL+ŞK 3 0 2 5
Anne Dennis   5/7+LH+ŞK 6/7+MH+PL 5/7+GF+ID       7/6+GJn+GF   7/6+ID+GJn   7/6+PL+YC 3 -2 2 5
Mike Grossmith   3/7+RD+KC 2/7+KC+YC 1/7+FS+KC         7/3+GF+CF 7/4+CF+RD   7/5+ŞK+MH 3 -6 2 5
André Machell 6/7+CF+ŞK       6/7+MH+GJn 6/7+GF+GJn       7/2+ŞK+KC 7/1+LH+RD 5/7+ID+MH 2 +6 5 4
Steve Dennis 4/7+RD+FS 6/7+YC+CF 7/5+PL+GJn 7/3+KC+LH     3/7+CF+GF     5/7+LH+FS     2 -4 2 8
Janet Lewis         4/7+YC+LH 6/7+GJn+ID 4/7+RD+CF 2/7+KC+ŞK 7/5+FS+LH   7/2+GF+PL   2 -5 3 4
Stephen Webb 4/7+ŞK+ID     5/7+YC+RD 7/6+CF+KC     1/7+RD+LH   2/7+PL+GF   7/5+MH+FS 2 -13 2 4
Robert Bateson 4/7+GJn+LH       4/6+ŞK+PL 6/7+YC+PL 5/7+MH+ŞK 7/5+MH+ID     5/7+FS+MH   1 -8 - 2
Block B
Results vs.: PL ID ŞK MH GF LH KC GJn CF FS YC RD WINS NET
HOOPS
MATCH
POINTS
WIN
QLTY
Paul Lakra     6/4+MM+RB 7/6+LF+AD 2/7+SW+JL     7/5+SD+LF     7/6+AD+RB 7/1+GJh+GS 5 +7 - 12
Ian Davidson     7/4+GJh+SW 5/7+AM+RB 7/5+RH+AD     7/6+AD+JL   6/7+MM+GS 7/4+LF+RH   4 +6 - 11
Şebnem Kaya 4/6+RB+MM 4/7+SW+GJh   7/5+MG+RB   7/5+GS+AD 7/2+AM+JL   7/6+GJh+AM       4 +5 - 12
Marian Hardy 6/7+AD+LF 7/5+RB+AM 5/7+RB+MG   7/3+LF+GJh     6/7+AM+MM   7/5+SW+RB     3 +4 9 10
GF 7/2+JL+SW 5/7+AD+RH   3/7+GJh+LF       6/7+AM+AD 7/3+MG+SD 7/5+GS+LF     3 +4 6 11
Lois Hall     5/7+AD+GS       3/7+RH+SD 7/4+GJh+RB   5/7+SD+JL 7/4+MM+JL 7/1+AM+SW 3 +4 5 5
Kevin Currie     2/7+JL+AM     7/3+SD+RH     6/7+MM+SW 7/1+RH+MG 2/7+MG+LF 7/3+GS+MG 3 +3 6 7
Georgie Jones 5/7+LF+SD 6/7+JL+AD   7/6+MM+AM 7/6+AD+AM 4/7+RB+GJh     7/3+RH+MM       3 0 7 9
Clive Fenton     6/7+AM+GJh   3/7+SD+MG   7/6+SW+MM 3/7+MM+RH     7/6+GS+SD 7/4+MG+JL 3 -4 5 5
Frances Skinner   7/6+GS+MM   5/7+RB+SW 5/7+LF+GS 7/5+JL+SD 1/7+MG+RH         7/4+GJh+SD 3 -4 4 8
Yvette Currie 6/7+RB+AD 4/7+RH+LF       4/7+JL+MM 7/2+LF+MG   6/7+SD+GS     5/7+SW+RH 1 -5 - 3
Rita Dona 1/7+GS+GJh         1/7+SW+AM 3/7+MG+GS   4/7+JL+MG 4/7+SD+GJh 7/5+RH+SW   1 -20 - 1

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
Geoff Johnson,
Paul Lakra
Participants
Name Club H'cap
Geoff Johnson Watford 2
George Skinner Watford 3
Stephen Webb Watford 4
Larry Fisher Watford 4
André Machell Watford 5
Steve Dennis Watford 5
Robert Bateson Watford 6
Mike Grossmith Watford 7
Janet Lewis Watford 7
Anne Dennis Watford 7
Ron Hibbs Watford 8
Michael McGrath Watford 8
Frances Skinner Watford 8
Ian Davidson Watford 8
Rita Dona Watford 9
Marian Hardy Newport 9
Kevin Currie Watford 9
GF Watford 9
Lois Hall Watford 9
Georgie Jones Watford 10
Clive Fenton Watford 10
Şebnem Kaya Watford 10
Paul Lakra Watford 10
Yvette Currie Watford 11