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 club competition handicap games will again be played to ADVANTAGE rules using the revised 2025 Starting Scores table, and NOT Target Scores.

All scores will also be recorded and net hoops calculated using the Advantage Starting Scores table and NOT Target Scores.

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 19 April
Entries: Non-members may be invited from 2 weeks before the tournament to make up numbers.
None, but a donation is requested, to be donated in aid of Save The Children.
(Cash or cheque on the day, or transfer to the club's bank account. Gift Aid forms will be available.)
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. The charity's colour is red so please wear something red on the day!

Results:

Block A: Low Handicap
Results vs.: MM LF CK EC AM MG GJ SW bye bye WINS NET
HOOPS		 NET
SF%
Michael McGrath (6)   7/6(0:0)+GJ+YC 7/4(0:0)+LH+GF 7/6(2:0)+GF+RB 7/3(0:0)+JL+RB 7/5(0:0)+YC+RB         5 +11 +157
Larry Fisher (3) 6/7(0:0)+YC+GJ       7/4(0:0)+GF+SS 7/6(-2:0)+FS+GJ 7/3(0:0)+KC+FS   7/4(0:0)+ŞK+LH   4 +10 +143
Cengiz Kaya (4) 4/7(0:0)+GF+LH     3/7(0:-2)+JL+SS   7/3(0:0)+ŞK+SS 7/4(0:-1)+FS+LH 7/5(0:0)+YC+SS     3 +2 +29
Eddie Chung (0) 6/7(0:2)+RB+GF   7/3(-2:0)+SS+JL         5/7(-1:1)+JL+ŞK 7/3(0:2)+ŞK+GJ 5/7(0:1)+GJ+KC 2 +3 +43
André Machell (4) 3/7(0:0)+RB+JL 4/7(0:0)+SS+GF           7/2(0:0)+LH+RB 5/7(-2:0)+KC+YC 7/4(0:0)+YC+LH 2 -1 -14
Mike Grossmith (6) 5/7(0:0)+RB+YC 6/7(0:-2)+GJ+FS 3/7(0:0)+SS+ŞK       7/6(0:0)+FS+GF     7/3(-1:0)+KC+GF 2 -2 -29
Geoff Johnson (2)   3/7(0:0)+FS+KC 4/7(-1:0)+LH+FS     6/7(0:0)+GF+FS     7/4(0:0)+ŞK+FS 7/5(0:1)+SS+RB 2 -3 -43
Stephen Webb (5)     5/7(0:0)+SS+YC 7/5(1:-1)+ŞK+JL 2/7(0:0)+RB+LH       6/7(0:0)+GJ+JL 7/6(0:0)+KC+JL 2 -5 -71
bye   4/7(0:0)+LH+ŞK   3/7(2:0)+GJ+ŞK 7/5(0:-2)+YC+KC   4/7(0:0)+FS+ŞK 7/6(0:0)+JL+GJ     2 -7 -100
bye       7/5(1:0)+KC+GJ 4/7(0:0)+LH+YC 3/7(0:-1)+GF+KC 5/7(1:0)+RB+SS 6/7(0:0)+JL+KC     1 -8 -114
Block B: High Handicap
Results vs.: ŞK KC YC FS LH JL SS GF GJ RB WINS NET
HOOPS		 NET
SF%
Şebnem Kaya (9)       7/4(0:0)+GJ+bye 7/4(0:0)+LF+bye 7/5(1:-1)+SW+EC 7/3(0:0)+CK+MG   7/3(0:2)+EC+bye   5 +16 +229
Kevin Currie (7)     5/7(-2:0)+AM+bye 7/3(0:0)+LF+GJ   7/6(0:0)+SW+bye   7/3(-1:0)+MG+bye 7/5(1:0)+bye+EC   4 +9 +129
Yvette Currie (10)   7/5(0:-2)+bye+AM     7/4(0:0)+AM+bye   7/5(0:0)+CK+SW   6/7(0:0)+LF+MM 7/5(0:0)+MM+MG 4 +8 +114
Frances Skinner (7) 4/7(0:0)+bye+GJ 3/7(0:0)+GJ+LF     7/4(0:-1)+CK+GJ     7/6(0:0)+MG+GJ 7/6(-2:0)+LF+MG   3 -2 -29
Lois Hall (7) 4/7(0:0)+bye+LF   4/7(0:0)+bye+AM 4/7(-1:0)+GJ+CK       7/4(0:0)+MM+CK   7/2(0:0)+AM+SW 2 -1 -14
Janet Lewis (7) 5/7(-1:1)+EC+SW 6/7(0:0)+bye+SW         3/7(0:-2)+CK+EC   7/6(0:0)+bye+SW 7/3(0:0)+MM+AM 2 -2 -29
Steve Scott (7) 3/7(0:0)+MG+CK   5/7(0:0)+SW+CK     7/3(-2:0)+EC+CK   4/7(0:0)+AM+LF   7/5(0:1)+GJ+bye 2 -3 -43
GF (9)   3/7(0:-1)+bye+MG   6/7(0:0)+GJ+MG 4/7(0:0)+CK+MM   7/4(0:0)+LF+AM     7/6(2:0)+MM+EC 2 -4 -57
Georgie Jones (10) 3/7(2:0)+bye+EC 5/7(0:1)+EC+bye 7/6(0:0)+MM+LF 6/7(0:-2)+MG+LF   6/7(0:0)+SW+bye         1 -7 -100
Robert Bateson (7)     5/7(0:0)+MG+MM   2/7(0:0)+SW+AM 3/7(0:0)+AM+MM 5/7(1:0)+bye+GJ 6/7(0:2)+EC+MM     0 -14 -200

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
Michael McGrath,
Şebnem Kaya