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 again be played 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 20 April
Entries: Non-members may be invited from 2 weeks before the tournament to make up numbers.
Entry fee: Free for club members, £10 for visitors (cash on the day or bank transfer to the club - please ask for details).
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 in each block 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: Low Handicap
Results vs.: GS RH GJ EC JL ID AD AM FS SW RB CF JC WINS NET
HOOPS		 MATCH
POINTS		 WIN
QLTY
George Skinner       7/6+KC+ŞK 7/5+DJ+NM     7/6+CK+YC     7/2+YC+MH 7/2+LH+DJ 7/4+MH+ŞK 6 +17 - 12
Ron Hibbs     7/5+NM+JS 4/7+LH+KC   7/5+PL+DJ     7/3+YC+PJ 7/4+CK+MH   5/4+JS+CK   5 +9 - 12
Geoff Johnson   5/7+JS+NM       6/3+YC+ŞK     7/5+MH+KC 7/6+MG+PL   1+DJ+MG 7/2+PJ+LH 5 +9 - 8
Eddie Chung 6/7+ŞK+KC 7/4+KC+LH     6/7+NM+MG     7/3+JS+DJ     7/1+PJ+PL   7/4+MG+YC 4 +14 - 9
Janet Lewis 5/7+NM+DJ     7/6+MG+NM   6/7+JS+MG   7/6+ŞK+JS 7/5+PJ+MH     5/6+KC+NM   3 0 - 8
Ian Davidson   5/7+DJ+PL 3/6+ŞK+YC   7/6+MG+JS   2/7+CK+LH 7/5+KC+PL   6/5+NM+PJ       3 -6 - 6
Anne Dennis           7/2+LH+CK     5/7+YC+DJ 7/4+CK+ŞK       2 +6 3 4
André Machell 6/7+YC+CK     3/7+DJ+JS 6/7+JS+ŞK 5/7+PL+KC           7/3+NM+PL 7/1+MG+KC 2 +2 1 2
Frances Skinner   3/7+PJ+YC 5/7+KC+MH   5/7+MH+PJ   7/5+DJ+YC     4/7+MH+LH     7/1+CK+PL 2 -3 2 3
Stephen Webb   4/7+MH+CK 6/7+PL+MG     5/6+PJ+NM 4/7+ŞK+CK   7/4+LH+MH       5/7+JS+PJ 1 -7 3 2
Robert Bateson 2/7+MH+YC     1/7+PL+PJ               7/4+ŞK+LH   1 -8 4 1
Clive Fenton 2/7+DJ+LH 4/5+CK+JS 0+MG+DJ   6/5+NM+KC     3/7+PL+NM     4/7+LH+ŞK     1 -12 2 3
Jason Carley 4/7+ŞK+MH   2/7+LH+PJ 4/7+YC+MG       1/7+KC+MG 1/7+PL+CK 7/5+PJ+JS       1 -21 3 1
Block B: High Handicap
Results vs.: MG PJ CK NM YC LH KC DJ JS ŞK MH PL WINS NET
HOOPS		 MATCH
POINTS		 WIN
QLTY
Mike Grossmith       7/6+JL+EC 7/4+EC+JC   7/1+AM+JC 0+CF+GJ 7/6+ID+JL     7/6+GJ+SW 5 +12 - 13
Phyllida Johnson       5/6+SW+ID 3/7+FS+RH 7/2+GJ+JC     7/5+JC+SW   7/5+JL+FS 7/1+EC+RB 4 +10 2 8
Cengiz Kaya         7/6+GS+AM 2/7+ID+AD     4/5+CF+RH 7/4+AD+SW 7/4+RH+SW 7/1+FS+JC 4 +7 0 8
Nicola Mack 6/7+EC+JL 6/5+ID+SW         6/5+CF+JL 5/7+JL+GS 7/5+RH+GJ     7/3+AM+CF 4 +5 4 10
Yvette Currie 4/7+JC+EC 7/3+RH+FS 6/7+AM+GS         5/7+AD+FS   6/3+GJ+ID 7/2+GS+RB   3 +6 3 8
Lois Hall   2/7+JC+GJ 7/2+AD+ID       4/7+RH+EC 7/2+GS+CF   4/7+CF+RB 7/4+SW+FS   3 +2 3 9
Kevin Currie 1/7+JC+AM     5/6+JL+CF   7/4+EC+RH       7/6+GS+EC 5/7+FS+GJ 7/5+ID+AM 3 -3 3 6
Diana Joannides 1+GJ+CF     7/5+GS+JL 7/5+FS+AD 2/7+CF+GS     3/7+AM+EC     5/7+ID+RH 3 -7 3 12
John Suckling 6/7+JL+ID 5/7+SW+JC 5/4+RH+CF 5/7+GJ+RH       7/3+EC+AM   6/7+AM+JL     2 -1 2 7
Şebnem Kaya     4/7+SW+AD   3/6+ID+GJ 7/4+RB+CF 6/7+EC+GS   7/6+JL+AM   4/7+JC+GS   2 -6 1 5
Marian Hardy   5/7+FS+JL 4/7+SW+RH   2/7+RB+GS 4/7+FS+SW 7/5+GJ+FS     7/4+GS+JC     2 -8 3 5
Paul Lakra 6/7+SW+GJ 1/7+RB+EC 1/7+JC+FS 3/7+CF+AM     5/7+AM+ID 7/5+RH+ID         1 -17 - 3

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
George Skinner,
Mike Grossmith
Participants
Name Club H'cap
Jason Carley Watford -3
Eddie Chung Watford 1
Geoff Johnson Watford 2
George Skinner Watford 3
Stephen Webb Watford 4
André Machell Watford 5
Frances Skinner Watford 7
Janet Lewis Watford 7
Ian Davidson Watford 7
Robert Bateson Watford 8
Anne Dennis Watford 8
Clive Fenton Watford 9
Ron Hibbs Watford 9
Kevin Currie Watford 9
Lois Hall Watford 9
Mike Grossmith Watford 9
Marian Hardy Barnet 9
Nicola Mack Watford 10
Şebnem Kaya Watford 10
Paul Lakra Watford 10
Cengiz Kaya Watford 11
John Suckling Watford 11
Phyllida Johnson Watford 11
Yvette Currie Watford 11
Diana Joannides Barnet 12

Notes:
- Anne Dennis replaced Robert Bateson in the Low Handicap block for the last 3 games.
- The game between Geoff & Diana against Clive & Mike ended on time with the hoop score on 6-6, but was awarded to Geoff & Diana with a net zero hoop score on the basis of a higher percentage (88% vs. 86%) given the 'Advantage' starting hoops of -1:0.