GC Golf Croquet

This Tournament is an informal one-day Golf Croquet handicap (Advantage) singles competition held at Watford for club members, and is not in the CqE fixture list.

GC One-Day Singles Tournament
results by year:

Title: One-Day GC Singles Tournament
Handicaps: GC: any
Capacity: 16
Date: Tuesday 24 June
Allocation: Sunday 8 June (only applicable if over capacity by then)
Entries: Non-members may be invited from 4 weeks before the tournament to make up numbers.
Manager: Eddie Chung
Format: Flexible Swiss (provisional, may be revised subject to the final entry size.)

Notes:

  1. Play starts at 10:00, and entrants should expect to play until mid-late afternoon.
  2. Winner: the player with the highest percentage of wins from a minimum of 5 games. Tie-breakers, in order:
    1. Net hoops.
    2. Wins vs. those tied if they have all played each other, otherwise 'matchpoints' (see the CA tournament regulations).
    3. "Quality of wins" (i.e. number of wins scored by defeated opponents).
  3. Whites are optional (but the manager thinks they look nice).

Results:

Block A
Results vs.: GJ MG JS RB WINS NET
HOOPS
Geoff Johnson (2)   7/4 7/2 7/3 3 +12
Mike Grossmith (8) 4/7   7/6 7/5 2 0
John Suckling (11) 2/7 6/7   7/5 1 -4
Robert Bateson (8) 3/7 5/7 5/7   0 -8
Block B
Results vs.: RH LH GS KC WINS NET
HOOPS
Robert Havill (10)   6/7 7/6 7/5 2 +2
Lois Hall (9) 7/6   7/4 1/7 2 -2
George Skinner (3) 6/7 4/7   7/2 1 +1
Kevin Currie (7) 5/7 7/1 2/7   1 -1
Block C
Results vs.: SW PL RH FS WINS NET
HOOPS
Stephen Webb (4)   7/6 7/5 7/6 3 +4
Paul Lakra (10) 6/7   7/3 7/6 2 +4
Ron Hibbs (9) 5/7 3/7   7/6 1 -5
Frances Skinner (7) 6/7 6/7 6/7   0 -3
Block D
Results vs.: CK CF AM GJ WINS NET
HOOPS
Cengiz Kaya (6)   7/5 7/4 7/1 3 +11
Clive Fenton (10) 5/7   7/3 7/6 2 +3
André Machell (5) 4/7 3/7   7/6 1 -6
Georgie Jones (10) 1/7 6/7 6/7   0 -8

Knock-out

QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Block A Winner
Geoff Johnson
Lois Hall
(7/5)
Paul Lakra
(7/4)
Paul Lakra
(7/5)
Block B Runner-up
Lois Hall
Block C Runner-up
Paul Lakra
Paul Lakra
(7/6)
Block D Winner
Cengiz Kaya
Block C Winner
Stephen Webb
Clive Fenton
(7/4)
Robert Havill
(7/4)
Block D Runner-up
Clive Fenton
Block A Runner-up
Mike Grossmith
Robert Havill
(7/2)
Block B Winner
Robert Havill
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:
Clive Fenton
(7/5)
5th-8th PLACES 5th-6th PLACES 5th PLACE
Geoff Johnson Cengiz Kaya
(7/4)
Cengiz Kaya
(7/6)
Cengiz Kaya
Stephen Webb Mike Grossmith
(7/5)
Mike Grossmith
7th-8th PLACES 7th PLACE
Geoff Johnson Stephen Webb
(7/5)
Stephen Webb

Plate

QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Yvette Currie John Suckling
(7/6)
Frances Skinner
(7/4)
Frances Skinner
(7/1)
John Suckling
André Machell Frances Skinner
(7/5)
Frances Skinner
Ron Hibbs Georgie Jones
(7/3)
Robert Bateson
(7/4)
Georgie Jones
George Skinner Robert Bateson
(7/6)
Robert Bateson
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:
Georgie Jones
(7/2)
13th-16th PLACES 13th-14th PLACES 13th PLACE
Yvette Currie André Machell
(7/5)
André Machell
(7/6)
André Machell
George Skinner Ron Hibbs
(7/6)
Ron Hibbs
15th-16th PLACES 15th PLACE
Yvette Currie George Skinner
(7/4)
George Skinner

Kevin Currie had to withdraw from the Plate and was replaced by Yvette Currie.