Two pictures taken by  drone flying over the club grounds.

SCCC Finals Weekend

Saturday 29th September

10 am

2pm

Roger Sutton (assisted by Clive Hayton) is the manager of the finals weekend. Both Roger and Clive may appoint supervising referees or referees in charge of matches if they deem it appropriate.

Sunday 30th October

10am

2pm

Already played / decided by block play:

Diana Brothers Drawn Pairs Chris Bailey & Pat Connolly

Franc Cup Winner Anne Bolland

Bush Cup ? winners Richard Thompson or Rosemary Faulkner

Improvers Playing on 23rd September

The Sussex Open Golf Croquet Championship

(This article amended to show the correct result in the tables below.)

The Hamilton Trophy was won by Stuart M Smith who  beat Manuel Alvarez- Sala  2-1 in a good final

LIz Farrow was third placed, beating Stephen Custance-Baker in the play-off 7-4, 4-7, 7-5.

Peter Balchin won the consolation event with 100% wins, minimum of 5 games to qualify.

Block Stage 

Knockout Stage

Consolation Event

GC Winter program 2018-2019

Here are the dates for our winter program of GC Level play tournaments.

Open to players of all abilities and played in divisions

Winter rules apply

Whites not required

Jumping will not be allowed

Results of these tournaments are not to be recorded in your handicap cards

Numbers will be restricted as some lawns will be rested during the winter months

26^th October GC Singles

2^nd November GC Doubles

30^th November GC Singles

1st February GC Singles

22^nd February GC Doubles

1^st  March GC SINGLES

Entries please to Roger:  winter@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

ALSO-22nd March 10-10

To be managed by Fiona

End of Season Dinner

Friday 5^th October 2018

(7pm for 7.30pm)

Menu

Trio de Poissons (a)

or

Baked Mushrooms with ricotta and pesto. (b)

or

Pea, Mint and Spring Onion Soup with parmesan biscuits (c)

Roast Belly of Pork with thyme, lemon and garlic (d)

Assortment of roasted vegetables

or

Vegetable Tagine (e)

Nigella’s Raspberry Bakewell Tart (f)

Chocolate Roulade (g)

Individual Vanilla Cheesecake with fruit coulis (h)

Plum Crumble with hazelnuts (i)

£15

Bookings are now being taken for our End of Season Dinner.

You can book by either putting your name and menu choices on the noticeboard in the canteen at the club or by emailing Jonathan.

If you book by email, can you record your menu selection using the code letters on the menu? For example if you want Soup, Pork & Chocolate Roulade state c, d, g

Reservations will be restricted to 64 places so please book early.

In the unlikely event of you needing to cancel, no charge will be made before 1^st October. After that we will have to charge as the ingredients will have been purchased.

The Pimms and BBQ for Sunday 26th August cancelled due to very poor weather forecast

To be re-arranged at a later date.

Liz

Annual Tournament

Stephen Leonard won the Jellicorse Cup at the Southwick on 1st August.

16 players competed for the cup. The format was 2 blocks of 8 (all play all) followed by a cross block final. In an exciting final, Richard Brooks went into a 3 hoop lead when Stephen suddenly stepped it up a gear, performing some stunning shots to eventually take the title 7- 6.

Chris O’Byrne won the Scott Cup for B level AC players.

The tournament was played over two days on 1/2 August over 5 rounds. In the final round Chris beat David Boyd (Rother Vally) to win the cup.

Sam Murray won the Abbey Challenge Cup at the SCCC Annual tournament..

The event was played as a 7 round American Block. Sam Murray and David Nicholson both won 6 of their 7 games; net hoops scored and who beat whom going in Sam’s favour.

The Isaacs Cup for C level GC players was won by Rosemary Faulkner with Hilary Bird of Guildford & Godalming second.

The tournament was played as an 8 round Block (All play all). Rosemary was a clear winner with 6 wins out of 7. Hilary bird had 5 wins and gained second place on a better net score than Jane Powell.

Jonathan

B Level Challenges

David Marcus wins the SCCC AC B level 5/6 May

This AC B level event was contested over 2 days in beautiful sunny weather at Southwick.

The tournament was played as a 5 round Swiss. After 4 rounds it looked as if David Boyd (Rother Valley) would be the runaway winner, being the only competitor with 4 wins.

The fifth round proved otherwise with 4 competitors ending up with 4 wins each – Liz Farrow (SCCC), David Boyd (Rother Valley), Alex Jardine (Tunbridge Wells) & Davis Marcus (SCCC).

The result had to be determined by net points difference and the final result was a win for David Marcus with Alex Jardine in second place.

MIKE BILTON WINS THE SCCC GC B LEVEL

Mike Bilton won the SCCC GC B Level tournament on 5^th May.

The tournament was played with 2 blocks of 6 with the top 2 in each block plaing a final to determine the top 4 places.

Mike had one scare when he was beaten by Chris Rolph 7 – 5 . This meant it was all to play for going into the last round of the blocks. Mike finished in impressive style beating last year’s winner Gavin Taylor (Merton) in the final with Chris Rolph (SCCC) placed third and David King fourth.

After the bad weather we have endured this year it was a very pleasant change to be able to play the whole tournament without a cloud in the sky.

Final: Richard Bilton v Gavin Taylor 7-5

Rosemary Faulkner Wins the SCCC GC C level 6^th May

12 competitors took place in the first GC C level event to be held at SCCC. Played in two blocks of 6 followed by a cross block to determine the first 4 places, the final was contested between Rosemary Faulkner (SCCC) & Sue Nicholas (Cheam) with Rosemary Faulkner winning 7 – 3. In the match to determine 3 & 4^th place, Sue Rice (Reigate) beat Nigel Barton (SCCC) 7 – 5.

The tournament was played in beautiful sunny conditions and the competitors expressed a preference for this one day format.

Spring Advanced Tournament

The Southwick Salver

The Egyptian consolation event was won by Alan Chance.