Another enjoyable quiz from Roger, ably supported by Jonathan the Zoom Master Extraordinaire, started with a map of Africa. Name that country - and later, name that tune!

The quiz was won by Richard Brooks. Thanks very much to Roger was organising it.

The draws for the two Winter GC Competitions are now on-line.

They can be found at Croquet - Internal & Team Competitions - Winter Competitions in the main menu,

or follow these links: Handicap Competition - Level Competition

Please note there has been a change to the blocks in the Handicap Competition

Results of GC one-day Doubles Competition 30th October 2020

Divison 1	RB&DK	N&JH	L&GT	BA&CM	I&JC	LF&CH	Wins	Net Hoops
Richard Brooks & David King		7	7	4	7	7	4	7
Neil & Jane Humphrey	2		7	7	6	4	2	-4
Louise & Gavin Taylor	6	3		7	7	7	3	1
Brian Aikens & Chrissie Merrington	7	6	4		5	7	2	-2
Ian & Jean Cobbold	4	7	5	7		4	2	-5
Liz Farrow & Chris Heath	6	7	6	6	7		2	3

Division 2	AS&CK	FP&TJ	JI&LG	AW&HW	RS&PB	S&TN	Wins	Net Hoops
Andrew Stewart & Cathy Kirkby		7	6	7	7	7	4	10
Fiona Phillips & Tony Jolly	6		7	7	5	7	3	3
Jon Isaacs & Linda Gavigan	7	6		7	7	7	4	9
Andrew Wilson & Helen Wilson	5	4	2		3	7	1	-13
Roger Sutton & Paul Brown	4	7	6	7		4	2	-1
Sue & Tony Nicholas	2	5	4	6	7		1	-8

Division 3	L&CA	RH&BC	RE&IJ	PM&SC	DL&SR	FB&RF	Wins	Net Hoops
Les & Chris Ardley		7	5	7	7	7	4	11
Ray Hall & Bruce Carr	3		7	4	6	6	1	-4
Richard Ellis & Ian Johnson	7	2		4	7	6	2	-6
Pat Mechen & Sue Caulfield	6	7	7		7	4	3	5
Di Langridge & Sue Rice	5	7	6	4		7	2	2
Fran Box & Rosemary Faulkner	1	7	7	7	6		3	-8

The draws for the two Winter GC Competitions are now on-line.

They can be found at Croquet - Internal & Team Competitions - Winter Competitions in the main menu,

or follow these links: Handicap Competition - Level Competition

Here are four new GC competitions you can enter now on the website:

• November 13th Singles

• February 5th Singles

• March 22nd Doubles

• March 26th Singles

Article by Chris Rolph

The full finals week results will be published soon.  In the meantime, some of the winners:

Chrissie Merrington proved her skill with three competition wins - the Bush Cup, the Franc Cup, and the Hazel Parker Salver.

Dave Biddlecombe beat Di Langridge in the Improvers Cup 7-5, 4-7, 7-6.

Dave King and Fran Box won the Diana Brothers Drawn Pairs competition, beating Ian Johnson and Richard Ellis.

John Taylor beat David Gillett +2 to win the Fryer Cup.

And Tudor Jenkins celebrates his victory in the Moore Cup, beating Chris Coull -6, +26tp, +6qp in style with a Martini!

Winner of the Chairman's Cup was Jane Humphreys, who beat Anne Bolland 7-4 in a shortened final.

Martyn Cooperman and Clive Grimley beat Pam Gooders and John Gosney to win the Shine Salvers.

Clive also won the Sussex Gold Cup, so a very good season for him (looks like the cup was left in the Bank safe!).

Morgan Case won the Daldy Cup in a very small block event - more entries next season please!!

Morgan also won the GC Level Play Division 1 competition with partner Chrissie Merrington, beating Roger Sutton and Chris Heath in the final.

The GC Level Play Division 2 competition was won by Roger Sutton and Paul Brown who beat Fran Box and Dick Nye in their final.

Steve Chapman and Nigel Barton beat Pam and Gerald Gooders 7-5,7-4 to win the GC Handicap Doubles competition.

The GC handicap singles was won by Ian Johnson who beat Di Langridge 7-4, 7-4.

The D'Esterre Bowl was won by David Marcus who beat Martyn Cooperman +1 on time.

Dominic Nunns won the Millenium Shield for the eleventh year in success, beating Mark Fawcett +9, +14qp (the QP was a first for Dominic in the 14pt format of the game). Morgan Case then beat Dominic in the Quaich 7-4, 5-7, 7-3. Congratulations to them both.

SCCC Finals Week 2020 29^th September – 4^th October

Tuesday September 29th

Lawn	Competition	Format	Players
4	Diane Brothers Drawn Pairs	Best of 3 13 point games	Ian Johnson & Richard Ellis V Fran Box & David King Start 2pm
1	Freddy Reynolds	One Ball – Best of 3 Handicaped games	Clive Hayton v Paul Castell Start 10.30
1	GC improvers Cup	Best of 3 13point games	Di Langridge V David Biddlecombe Start 2pm
2	Fryer cup	Ac 26pt handicap game	David gillett v john taylor start 11.00a.m

Wednesday 30^th September

Lawn	Competition	Format	Players
1	Sussex Gold Cup	AC Handicap 26 point game Time Limit 3.5 hrs.	Clive Grimley V Phil Dunk Start 10am
4	Chairmans Cup	Best of 3 13point games	Anne Bolland V Jane Humphreys 2pm
1	D’Esterre Bowl	AC handicap 26 point game Time Limit 3.5 hours	Martyn Cooperman V David Marcus 2pm start

Thurday 1^st October

Lawn	Competition	Format	Players
1	GC Handicap Doubles	GC Best of 3 13point handicap games	Steve Chapman & Nigel Barton V Pam & Gerald Gooders Start 2 pm
4	Level Play Doubles Division 1	Best of 3 13point games	Chris Heath & Roger Sutton V to be advised Start 2pm
1	Shine Salvers	Handicap alternate stroke doubles Competition, 26 point game time limit	Martyn Cooperman & Clive Grimley V Pam Gooders & John Gosney Start 10am

Friday 2^nd October

Lawn	Competition	Format	Players
4	GC Handicap Singles	GC Best of 3 13point handicap games	Ian Johnson v Di Langridge Start 2 pm
1	GC Level Play Doubles Division 2	GC Best of 3 13point games	Start 2pm Fran Box and Dick Nye V to be advised
1	Quaich	GC Best of 3 13point games	Dom Nunns v Morgan Case Start 2pm

Already played / decided by block play

Franc Cup Winner Chrissie Merrington

Bush Cup – winner Chrissie Merrington

Hazel Parker – Winner Bruce Carr

Daldy Cup – Winner Morgan Case

Saturday 4^th October

Lawn	Competition	Format	Players
4	New Challenge Cup	Handicap 26 point game advanced rules	Clive Grimley & Anne Bolland Start 10am
1	Presidents cup	GC one 19pont game	Mark Hamilton V Bob Clark Start 10am

Sunday 4^th October

	Moore Cup	AC 26 point Best of three Advanced games	Chris Coull v Tudor Jenkings Start 10am

Sunday 10^th October

Millennium Shield

Best of 3 14 point games

Mark Fawcett V Dom Nunns Start 10am

AC Advanced Weekend September 2020

The Solomon Cup was won by Dominic Nunns who beat Robin Bown in the final in two straight games.

First Round	Second Round	Semi Final	Final	Winner
Robin Brown	Robin Brown +17	Robin brown +23	Robin Brown +7	Dominic Nunns +17, +3
Liz farrow
Tudor Jenkins	Phil Dunk +15
Phil Dunk
	Rich Waterman	Rich Waterman +17
	Gabrielle Higgins
Nigel Polhill	Nigel Polhill +26tp	Chris Coull +9	Dominic Nunns +17
David H Boyd
Chris Coull	Chris Coull +23
Neil Coote
	Paul Castell	Dominic Nunns +10
Chris O'Byrne	Dominic Nunns +16
Dominic Nunns

Plate	Games	Wins	Win %	Results
Chris Coull (Sussex County)	4	4	100.0%	L.Farrow +14, C.O'Byrne +12, R.Waterman +14TP, G.Higgins +10TP
Nigel Polhill (Hurlingham )	5	4	80.0%	L.Farrow +17TP, C.O'Byrne +23, G.Higgins -14, P.Castell +4, R.Waterman +14
Paul Castell (Sussex County)	6	4	66.7%	R.Waterman -22, G.Higgins +15, N.Polhill -4, P.Dunk +8, N.Coote +26, C.O'Byrne +11
Tudor Jenkins	5	3	60.0%	N.Coote -21, D.H Boyd +6, C.O'Byrne +3, G.Higgins -16TP, L.Farrow +19
Neil Coote (Reigate Priory)	5	3	60.0%	T.Jenkins +21, P.Dunk -6, L.Farrow +5, D.H Boyd +25, P.Castell -26
Gabrielle Higgins (Sussex county )	7	4	57.1%	C.O'Byrne -14TP, P.Castell -15, L.Farrow +26TP, N.Polhill +14, D.H Boyd +23, T.Jenkins +16TP, C.Coull -10TP
Rich Waterman (Colchester)	4	2	50.0%	P.Castell +22, P.Dunk +13, C.Coull -14TP, N.Polhill -14
Chris O'Byrne (Reigate Priory)	7	3	42.9%	G.Higgins +14TP, N.Polhill -23, T.Jenkins -3, C.Coull -12, D.H Boyd +25SXP, L.Farrow +8, P.Castell -11
Phil Dunk	4	1	25.0%	N.Coote +6, R.Waterman -13, P.Castell -8, D.H Boyd -16
David H Boyd	6	1	16.7%	L.Farrow -17, T.Jenkins -6, G.Higgins -23, C.O'Byrne -25SXP, N.Coote -25, P.Dunk +16
Liz Farrow	7	1	14.3%	D.H Boyd +17, N.Polhill -17TP, G.Higgins -26TP, C.Coull -14, N.Coote -5, C.O'Byrne -8, T.Jenkins -19

 Thanks to Tudor Jenkins for managing the tournament this year.

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14pt AC competition, 16th September

The level competition was won by Chris Rolph and the handicap competition by Christine Merrington. Full results below.

Thanks very much to Alan Cottle for managing the event.

14 Pt Handicap
Round	Lawn	Match No	Player 1	Player 2	Score1	Score 2
1	4	1	Christine Merrington	Richard Ellis	9	4
	5	2	Bruce Carr	Stephen Wingrove	14	8
	6	3	Richard Carline	Pam Gooders	5	9
2	5	4	Christine Merrington	Bruce Carr	14	2
	4	5	Pam Gooders	Stephen Wingrove	11	4
	6	6	Richard Carline	Richard Ellis	9	2
3	4	7	Christine Merrington	Stephen Wingrove	1	12
	6	8	Pam Gooders	Richard Ellis	5	12
	5	9	Richard Carline	Bruce Carr	14	9
4	4	10	Stephen Wingrove	Richard Carline	9	8
	6	11	Christine Merrington	Pam Gooders	11	10
	5	12	Bruce Carr	Richard Ellis	6	8
5	5	13	Christine Merrington	Richard Carline	14	7
	4	14	Bruce Carr	Pam Gooders	12	10
	6	15	Stephen Wingrove	Richard Ellis	11	10
14 Pt Level Play
Round	Lawn	Match No	Player 1	Player 2	Score 1	Score 2
1	1	1	Ray Hall	Anne Bolland	11	6
	2	2	Avril Rangoni Machiavelli	Chris Rolph	3	14
	3	3	Alan Cottle	Martyn Cooperman	14	2
2	3	4	Alan Cottle	Avril Rangoni Machiavelli	14	4
	2	5	Ray Hall	Martyn Cooperman	7	10
	1	6	Chris Rolph	Anne Bolland	14	9
3	3	7	Chris Rolph	Alan Cottle	14	11
	1	8	Avril Rangoni Machiavelli	Martyn Cooperman	1	14
		9
4	1	10	Ray Hall	Avril Rangoni Machiavelli	5	9
	2	11	Chris Rolph	Martyn Cooperman	14	9
		12
5	1	13	Ray Hall	Alan Cottle	0	14
		14
6	1	15	Ray Hall	Chris Rolph	14	6

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