GC Golf Croquet

This competition is a repeat of the one-day GC Progressive Doubles tournament format, similar to the one in April. 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 14 September
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).
  4. Whites are optional (but the manager thinks they look nice).

Results:

Block A: Low Handicap
Results vs.: MG ID CK SW GJh EC JB JL WINS NET
HOOPS
Mike Grossmith       7/4+NM+DJ 7/5+ŞK+CF 7/3+DJ+CF 7/3+GJn+DJ 7/4+RB+GJn 5 +16
Ian Davidson     2/7+ŞK+JS 7/4+GJn+PJ 7/3+DJ+JS 7/5+JS+PJ   7/3+NM+PJ 4 +8
Cengiz Kaya   7/2+JS+ŞK   7/6+RB+JS   6/7+CF+NM 4/7+DJ+RB 7/6+NM+ŞK 3 +3
Stephen Webb 4/7+DJ+NM 4/7+PJ+GJn 6/7+JS+RB   7/2+CF+RB   7/6+ŞK+PJ   2 -1
Geoff Johnson 5/7+CF+ŞK 3/7+JS+DJ   2/7+RB+CF     7/3+GJn+ŞK 7/4+PJ+RB 2 -4
Eddie Chung 3/7+CF+DJ 5/7+PJ+JS 7/6+NM+CF       7/5+GJn+CF 5/7+JS+NM 2 -5
John Bee 3/7+DJ+GJn   7/4+RB+DJ 6/7+PJ+ŞK 3/7+ŞK+GJn 5/7+CF+GJn     1 -8
Janet Lewis 4/7+GJn+RB 3/7+PJ+NM 6/7+ŞK+NM   4/7+RB+PJ 7/5+NM+JS     1 -9
Block B: High Handicap
Results vs.: NM GJn RB JS DJ ŞK CF PJ WINS NET
HOOPS
Nicola Mack       7/5+JL+EC 7/4+MG+SW 7/6+CK+JL 7/6+EC+CK 7/3+ID+JL 5 +11
Georgie Jones     4/7+JL+MG   7/3+MG+JB 7/3+GJh+JB 7/5+EC+JB 7/4+ID+SW 4 +10
Robert Bateson   7/4+MG+JL   7/6+CK+SW 7/4+JB+CK   2/7+GJh+SW 4/7+JL+GJh 3 -1
John Suckling 5/7+EC+JL   6/7+SW+CK   3/7+GJh+ID 7/2+CK+ID   7/5+ID+EC 2 0
Diana Joannides 4/7+SW+MG 3/7+JB+MG 4/7+CK+JB 7/3+ID+GJh     7/3+MG+EC   2 -2
Şebnem Kaya 6/7+JL+CK 3/7+JB+GJh   2/7+ID+CK     7/5+MG+GJh 7/6+SW+JB 2 -7
Clive Fenton 6/7+CK+EC 5/7+JB+EC 7/2+SW+GJh   3/7+EC+MG 5/7+GJh+MG     1 -4
Phyllida Johnson 3/7+JL+ID 4/7+SW+ID 7/4+GJh+JL 5/7+EC+ID   6/7+JB+SW     1 -7

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
Mike Grossmith,
Nicola Mack
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Participants
Name Club H'cap
Eddie Chung Watford 0
Geoff Johnson Watford 2
Stephen Webb Watford 4
Cengiz Kaya Watford 5
John Bee Watford 5
Ian Davidson Watford 6
Mike Grossmith Watford 7
Janet Lewis Watford 7
Robert Bateson Watford 8
Nicola Mack Watford 8
Şebnem Kaya Watford 9
Georgie Jones Watford 10
John Suckling Watford 11
Clive Fenton Watford 11
Phyllida Johnson Watford 11
Diana Joannides Barnet 12