GC Golf Croquet

The Tournament is an open two-day Golf Croquet Level Play Singles competition for unrestricted handicaps, staged at Watford as part of CqE's national Open Series tournaments in the Croquet England fixtures calendar.

Open GC Tournament
results by year:

Title: Golf Croquet Open Series Tournament
Handicaps: GC: any
Date: Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 August
Capacity: 16
Manager: Simon Hathrell
Secretary: Eddie Chung
Email: click on link to send an email
Phone: 07806 639257
Address: please ask, or log in and obtain it from the CqE member's directory
Entries: Allocation: 14 June; Closing: 10 August
Those who wish to enter and pay online may do so through the CqE website in same way as entering a CqE Tournament. Alternatively, postal entries should be submitted together with entry fee using the standard CqE Tournament entry form.
Entry fee: £26 (CqE Premium members), others £40.
Pay online (see above) or by cheque to the secretary, payable to "Watford (Cassiobury) Croquet Club".
Format: AMD, provisionally the standard Series format if full capacity.

Exceptions and additions to the standard CqE tournament regulations:

  1. Players must be prepared to play up to 8 games per day.
  2. This tournament forms part of the National GC Open Tournament Series.
  3. Tea, soft drinks and biscuits are provided free of charge, and a cold lunch will be available for a small fee.
  4. Details of parking and other arrangements will be sent to participants before the event.

Report to follow after the event.

Results:

Results vs.: CR TF LH SW SF LT DB IN JT CD NB HG HL MP WINS NET
HOOPS		 WIN
QLTY		 NET
INDEX
POINTS
Chris Roberts     7-2 7-4 7-3 4-7     7-5     7-2   7-4 6 +19 20 +9
Tomass Freimanis     3-7 6-7 7-1 7-3     7-5     7-1   7-3 5 +17 14 +18
Les Heard 2-7 7-3         7-4 7-2   2-7 7-5   7-5   5 +6 16 +14
Stephen Webb 4-7 7-6         4-7 7-5   7-3 7-5   7-6   5 +4 15 +61
Silvija Freimane 3-7 1-7         7-2 6-7   7-3 7-5   7-2   4 +5 10 -6
Lionel Tibble 7-4 3-7         5-7 7-2   7-6 5-7   7-5   4 +3 14 -36
David Ball     4-7 7-4 2-7 7-5     7-4     5-7   7-6 4 -1 13 +31
Ian Norris     2-7 5-7 7-6 2-7     7-5     7-1   7-5 4 -1 10 -2
John Taylor 5-7 5-7         4-7 5-7   7-3 7-3   7-4   3 +2 6 -48
Caroline Denny     7-2 3-7 3-7 6-7     3-7     7-4   7-2 3 0 8 -12
Nicholas Barton     5-7 5-7 5-7 7-5     3-7     5-7   7-3 2 -6 5 0
Henry Gosnell 2-7 1-7         7-5 1-7   4-7 7-5   3-7   2 -20 6 +10
Helen Lucas     5-7 6-7 2-7 5-7     4-7     7-3   6-7 1 -10 2 -20
Michael Pudney 4-7 3-7         6-7 5-7   2-7 3-7   7-6   1 -18 1 -19
Knock-out
QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL WINNER
Chris Roberts Ian Norris
2-7, 7-5, 7-6		 Silvija Freimane
7-6, 6-7, 7-5		 Lionel Tibble
7-5, 7-6
Ian Norris
Silvija Freimane Silvija Freimane
7-5, 7-3
Stephen Webb
Les Heard Lionel Tibble
7-6, 6-7, 7-4		 Lionel Tibble
7-4, 7-4
Lionel Tibble
David Ball Tomass Freimanis
7-0, 7-1
Tomass Freimanis
  THIRD PLACE
PLAY-OFF:		 Ian Norris  unfinished
  Tomass Freimanis
5th-8th PLACES 5th-6th PLACES 5th PLACE
Stephen Webb Chris Roberts
7-0, 7-6		 Chris Roberts
7-6, 7-3
Chris Roberts
David Ball Les Heard
7-5, 7-4
Les Heard
7th-8th PLACES 7th PLACE
David Ball Stephen Webb
7-5
Stephen Webb
Plate
Results vs.: CD NB JT MP HG HL WINS NET
HOOPS		 WIN
QLTY		 NET
INDEX
POINTS
Caroline Denny   7-6 7-6 7-5 7-4 7-5 5 +9 10 +31
Nicholas Barton 6-7   7-3 7-6 7-3 6-7 3 +7 6 +23
John Taylor 6-7 3-7   7-4 7-4 7-2 3 +6 4 -32
Michael Pudney 5-7 6-7 4-7   7-6 7-5 2 -3 2 +3
Henry Gosnell 4-7 3-7 4-7 6-7   7-5 1 -9 1 -8
Helen Lucas 5-7 7-6 2-7 5-7 5-7   1 -10 3 -17
Plate winner
WINNER
Caroline Denny
Participants
Name Club H'cap
Chris Roberts Phyllis Court -2
Lionel Tibble Northampton -2
John Taylor Watford -1
Ian Norris Phyllis Court 1
Tomass Freimanis Watford 1
Silvija Freimane Watford 1
Les Heard Wrest Park 1
Caroline Denny Stroud 2
David Ball Leighton-Linslade 4
Stephen Webb Watford 5
Michael Pudney Chichester 5
Helen Lucas Dulwich 5
Nicholas Barton Dulwich 5
Henry Gosnell Ipswich 6

The 3rd place play-off between Ian Norris and Tomass Freimanis was unfinished at 1 all (7-4,3-7).