SC Short Croquet

This was an open Short Croquet tournament in the CqE fixture list held at Blewbury in which the 2025 AC Tour players all participated before staying on at Blewbury for a regular Tour match on the following day.

Short Croquet is a variant of AC played with 14-point games on half-size courts. It has its own handicapping system with default SC handicaps derived from regular AC handicaps, and with mandatory peels instead of minus handicaps.

Title: One-Day SC Tournament
Handicaps: SC: any
Capacity: 16
Date: Saturday 2 August
Format: 4 blocks of 4 followed by 4 play-off knock-outs, full bisque handicap 14-point games,
75-minute time-limit per game.

Results:

Block A
Results vs.: JL SL SF BJ WINS NET
POINTS
Jonathan Lambton   +5 +10 +10 3 +25
Sue Longcroft -5   +11 -1T 1 +5
Steve Fisher -10 -11   +8 1 -13
Brian Jamieson -10 +1T -8   1 -17
Block B
Results vs.: EC AM DO ES WINS NET
POINTS
Eddie Chung   +1 +6T +3T 3 +10
André Machell -1   +9 +7 2 +15
David Openshaw -6T -9   +4T 1 -11
Edmund Shirley -3T -7 -4T   0 -14
Block C
Results vs.: DJ SH AE AP WINS NET
POINTS
Deborah James   +6T +8 +12 3 +26
Simon Hathrell -6T   -1T +8 1 +1
Andy Evason -8 +1T   -6T 1 -13
Andrew Petit -12 -8 +6T   1 -14
Block D
Results vs.: CB PW CJ GJ WINS NET
POINTS
Charles Briggs   +6 +14 -5 2 +15
Paul Wolff -6   +2T +2T 2 -2
Cliff Jones -14 -2T   +3 1 -13
Geoff Johnson +5 -2T -3   1 0
SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Jonathan Lambton Deborah James
(+8)		 Charles Briggs
(+4)
Deborah James
Eddie Chung Charles Briggs
(+4T)
Charles Briggs
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Jonathan Lambton
(+4)
5th-8th PLACES 5th-6th PLACES 5th PLACE
Sue Longcroft André Machell
(+2T)		 André Machell
(+9)
André Machell
Simon Hathrell Paul Wolff
(+2T)
Paul Wolff
  7th PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Sue Longcroft
(+12)
9th-12th PLACES 9th-10th PLACES 9th PLACE
Andy Evason David Openshaw
(+13)		 David Openshaw
(+2T)
David Openshaw
Cliff Jones Steve Fisher
(+11)
Steve Fisher
  11th PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Cliff Jones
(+1T)
13th-16th PLACES 13th-14th PLACES 13th PLACE
Edmund Shirley Geoff Johnson
(+4)		 Geoff Johnson
(+1T)
Geoff Johnson
Brian Jamieson Andrew Petit
(+8)
Andrew Petit
  15th PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Brian Jamieson
(+1T)
Participants
Name Club H'cap
David Openshaw Roehampton 3P
Simon Hathrell Watford 3P
Cliff Jones Old Brentwoods 1P
Jonathan Lambton Watford ½
Geoff Johnson Watford ½
Andy Evason Blewbury 1
André Machell Watford 2
Andrew Petit Blewbury 2
Eddie Chung Watford 2½
Deborah James York 2½
Sue Longcroft York 3
Brian Jamieson Blewbury 3
Paul Wolff Blewbury 3
Steve Fisher Blewbury 4
Charles Briggs Caversham 5
Edmund Shirley Blewbury 10

A Short Croquet handicap with a suffix 'P' indicates the number of mandatory peels.