Congratulations to Jonathan and Ian on the election to the newly reformed Council of the Croquet Association.
Jonathan is a Vice-President of the Croquet Association, a member of the outgoing Council and has been heavily involved in the management and development of the CA for many years, as well as his huge commitments to our own club's development. Jonathan was responsible for starting the Croquet Academy at Southwick and coaches both AC and GC.
Ian's primary croquet club is Cheam where he is currently Chairman; he is on the CA Development Committee and is known to Southwick members through his involvement in golf croquet - he is both a Championship and Examining referree as well as player; for the SECF he is Development Officer.
The CA structure is in reform and the new Council is part of changes to the Constitution to reduce the size of Council and confine its role to high-level policy, strategic initiatives, scrutiny and transparency, with a separate Executive Board.
Congratulations to Paul Castell for winning the advanced competition today, and to Bruce Carr for winning the handicap competition.
5 players took part in a five round block. Jeff Rushby took Paul Castell's scalp (19 points!) but Paul went on to win anyway. Both Paul and John Taylor ended with three wins but Paul had beaten John.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Wins | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Paul Castell | +10 | +10 | -4 | +12 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2. David Cook | -10 | +9 | +5 | -4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3. Chris Rolph | -10 | -9 | +5 | -7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4. Jeff Rushby | +4 | -5 | -5 | -6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5. John Taylor | -12 | +4 | +7 | +6 | 3 | 2 |
Thirteen players took part in a five round Swiss competition. Two large contingents from SCCC and from Purley Bury dominated the entry so the Manager kept them apart as far as possible (to make a more interesting event, not to avoid bloodshed!).
Bruce Carr dominated the competition, winning all his games. Isobel George came second, losing only to Bruce in Round 4.
| Games | Wins | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Bruce Carr | 5 | 5 | George Bolland +3, Stephen Wingrove +2, Jocelyn Wootton +10, Isobel George +8, Chrissie Merrington +5 |
| 2. Isobel George | 5 | 4 | John Greenacombe +5, Jocelyn Wootton +9, Ann Bolland +10, Stephen Wingrove +2 |
| 3. Stephen Wingrove | 5 | 3 | Chrissie Merrington +4, Rosemary Faulkner +8, Irtmgard Tonolo +11 |
| = 4. Chrissie Merrington | 5 | 3 | Roby Clark +5, Penny Hinton +6, Ann Bolland +12 |
| = 4. Irmgard Tonolo | 5 | 3 | Robyn Clark +3, Clive Grimley +3, Rosemary Faulkner +11 |
| = 6. Ann Boland | 4 | 2 | Penny Hinton +1, Irmgard Tonolo +1 |
| = 6. Jocelyn Wootton | 4 | 2 | Clive Grimley +6, Penny Hinton +8 |
| = 6. Penny Hinton | 5 | 2 | Rosemary Faulkner +9, George Bolland +6 |
| 7. Clive Grimley | 5 | 1 | John Greenacombe +6 |
| 8. John Greenacombe | 4 | 1 | George Bolland +1 |
| 9. Robyn Clark | 4 | 1 | George Bolland +8 |
| =10 Rosemary Faulkner | 5 | 0 | |
| = 10. George Bolland | 5 | 0 |
(Two games in last round went unfinished or score unrecorded)
There was a general view that we must run more of these one day AC competitions, and further events will be organised over the winter season.
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On Friday the Sussex County A team secured a close win against Tunbridge Wells and so we have won the league title for the second year running.
Ian Cobbold had to win the final match to confirm our victory and this went all the way to the thirteenth hoop in the third game of his best of three match.
Having won our previous matches against Surbiton 5-2 , Woking 4 - 3, and Compton 7-0 we are now in a position where we cannot be caught.
Thanks to all my team members Richard Brooks, Liz Farrow, Chris Coull, Ian Cobbold, and Jonathan Isaacs for another successful season.
Roger
Please put the following dates in your diaries!
October 18th GC level play singles
November 1st GC level play doubles
November 22nd GC level play singles
More details nearer the dates.
All the above should be entered on-line on the Club's website.
Roger Sutton
The Sussex County GC team under a new captain this year (Richard Brooks), who had been invited by his predecessor Bill Arliss to take over the roll, were very pleased to bounce straight back into division 1 after last year's disappointment of relegation. Bill had decided to retire from the role after many years of service to the County side and I would like to personally thank him for inviting me to join the team over a decade ago.
Having checked on players likely availability I decided that my policy this year would be to give as many as possible the opportunity to represent the County. Therefore I selected the full complement of 8, using 5 each day. Only two players, Liz Farrow and myself played both days. On Saturday we were joined by Roger Sutton, Ian Cobbold and Chris Heath. Sunday’s team included Mark Hamilton, Ben Harwood and Chrissie Merrington.
Having adopted this selection policy I must admit that I found it quite challenging to produce a playing schedule that fulfilled the requirements of the competition and gave everyone as equal a number of games as possible. However I was able to send everyone a copy of the playing schedule in advance of the event, albeit only a couple of days before! Now the details
On the first day the captain was able to lead from the front with with 4 good wins out 5 and Liz followed suit with 4 out of 5. The others managed 3, 2 & 1 game wins between which was enough to place us in third overnight, with 3 match wins. At this point I should explain to those who aren’t familiar with the scoring method used for the Counties, that each match between teams comprises of 1 doubles and 2 singles games. As ties are not permitted the result will always be a win or loss by 3-0 or 2-1.
On the second day the captain had lost his mojo losing his 3 games, 2 of them at the 13th hoop. Liz maintained her consistency winning 2 out of 3. Now we must congratulate our other three players Mark, and newbies to the County side, Ben and Chrissie who got us over the winning line. They all put their hearts and souls into it showing great determination, winning some tense games sometimes at the 13th hoop. I think they might have felt they had a point to prove in justifying there selection, which they achieved admirably. In fact Ben and Mark finished the day unbeaten on 4 and 3 game wins respectively.
Our team finished clear winners with 7 out of 10 match wins one ahead of both Essex and Buckinghamshire in joint second place. There is a method of determining the places of those on an equal number of match wins which I won’t attempt to explain and bore you with here, as it didn’t concern us!
Finally l congratulate all of my team members but warn them, as those of us who have been there before know, it is gets much tougher in the first division. We will be pleased to welcome the services of Peter Dowd next year who has recently moved to Eastbourne and has indicated that he will be eligible and would like to join our squad. Peter is a top 30 GC player with a higher ranking than any of our current side so competition for places will get tougher!
Trophy presentation at Compton Croquet Club (photo: Chris Roberts)
The original competition in August was cancelled due to expected heavy winds and rain.
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A New date! You are invited to play in an AC 14pt level or handicap singles competition on 4th September 2019 SCCC members £10, non-members £15 |
If you entered the August competition and have told me you wish to enter this new date, there is no need to do anything; I will have transferred your entry details.
Otherwise, you can enter on-line on the SCCC website.
You can check whether you have already entered here.
| Sussex Members: why not forsake the usual AC roll-up on this day, give a tenner to the club and play in this competition instead??? |
All AC handicaps accepted. Do come along and have an enjoyable day.
John Low
opentournaments@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk
Sorry but due to the very poor weather forecast for Wednesday,
this competition is cancelled.
We are hoping to run it on another date shortly and I will let you all know that that is decided.
This is the new August!
John
Such an event as this can hardly go unrecorded on this website so if anyone has any pictures from the week they wish to publish to record the event, do please send them to the Webmaster.
Eventually I will move this pictures to an album under the photo section of the website, but for the present they are easier to see as a whole in an article.
Two photos sent in by Ray Hall.
Opening Ceremony (photo: Ray Hall)
(photo: Ray Hall)
Thanks to Chris Bailey for sending in these next shots.
(Southwick Buzz. photo: Chris Bailey)
Macey White (photo: Chris Bailey)
Stephen Mulliner (photo: Chris Bailey)
Toby Savage (photo: Chris Bailey)
(photo: Chris Bailey)
Fathi Farouk (photo: Chris Bailey)
Charlie von Schmieder (photo: Chris Bailey)
Phil Harrison has kindly sent in a clip of Mohamed Karem in the final; his red clears Ben Rothman’s blue, hits black and ends in the hoop!!
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Finally a selection of photos taken by Gerry Gavigan during the Final.
Mohamed Karem strikes red. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
Ben Rothman taking aim. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
Close-up of Mahamed Karem's grip. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
Euan Burridge, winner of the Plate. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
Shield winner Duncan Dixon. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
Bowl winner George Coulter. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
Losing Finalist Mohamed Karem. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
GC World Champion 2019 Ben Rothman. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
All trophy winners. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
The Champion. (photo: Gerry Gavigan)
CONGRATULATIONS
to Liz Farrow
and Richard Brooks who have both qualified for the GC Worlds 2019 tournament starting Saturday at Southwick, Compton, West Worthing and Tunbridge Wells.
You can come and support them at Southwick when they play: Liz is competing at Southwick on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday morning; Richard is competing at Southwick on Sunday and Tuesday.
If you want to cheer them at the other three venues, all of which they will visit during the five block days, see the schedule here.
We wish them both all the success in the world.