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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 

Block A JG SS PB EF RW RS Wins Net Hoops
James Goodbun(Plymouth) 7 10 8 10 5 2 1
StuartM Smith(Northampton) 10 4 10 9 10 4 4
Peter Balchin(Dyffryn) 3 10 9 10 10 3 5
Elizabeth Farrow(Sussex) 10 8 10 10 10 4 8
Robin Wootton(Sussex) 6 8 6 5 8 1 -13
Roger Sutton(Sussex) 10 6 7 8 7 1 -5

Block B DD RB CB IC RC DK Wins Net Hoops
David Dray(Ramsgate) 9 7 4 9 10 2 -6
Richard Brooks(Sussex) 8 4 6 10 10 2 -4
Colin Britt(Camerton & Peasedown) 10 10 6 8 10 3 7
Ian Cobbold(Cheam) 10 10 10 8 10 4 19
Ryan Cabble 10 8 10 10 10 4 10
David King(Sussex) 7 5 6 3 3 0 -26

Block C SC MH MA DB RC LS Wins Net Hoops
Stephen Custance-Baker(Taunton Deane) 10 8 10 10 10 4 19
Mark Hamilton(Sussex) 4 4 10 9 9 1 -11
Manuel Alvarez-Sala 9 10 9 10 10 5 18
David Bell(Leicester) 7 7 7 7 10 1 -4
Richard Carline(Sussex) 5 10 4 8 10 3 -7
Louise Smith(Northampton) 4 10 7 5 8 1 -15

Block D IS DG CH DW MB FL Wins Net Hoops
Ian Shore(High Wycombe) 10 7 9 7 10 4 12
Daphne Gaitley(Sussex) 6 9 10 10 10 3 2
Christopher Heath(Guildford & Godalming) 6 10 9 10 10 4 10
David Whyte(Dulwich) 10 6 6 10 10 3 2
Michael Bilton(Richmond Park) 5 8 6 7 9 1 -8
Frances Low(Sussex) 4 9 7 5 6 0 -18

Knockout Stage

First Round Semi Final Final Winner
Elizabeth Farrow (Sussex) Elizabeth Farrow (Sussex) 7-2, 6-7,7-1 StuartM Smith (Northampton) 7-1, 7-4 StuartM Smith (Northampton) 7-2, 1-7, 7-3
Christopher Heath (Guildford & Godalming)
StuartM Smith (Northampton) StuartM Smith (Northampton) 7-2, 7-5
Ian Shore (High Wycombe)
Manuel Alvarez-Sala ESP Manuel Alvarez-Sala ESP 7-1, 7-0 Manuel Alvarez-Sala ESP 6-4, 5-4
Ryan Cabble
Stephen Custance-Baker (Taunton Deane) Stephen Custance-Baker (Taunton Deane) 7-2, 5-7, 4-3
Ian Cobbold (Cheam)

Consolation Event

Plate (9-24) Games Wins Win % Results
Peter Balchin (Dyffryn) 6 6 100.0% R.Carline +4,R.Sutton +3,D.Gaitley +6,R.Wootton +4,R.Brooks +1,D.Dray +2
David Bell (Leicester) 3 3 100.0% D.Gaitley +2,D.Whyte +3,C.Britt +4
Richard Brooks (Sussex) 5 4 80.0% D.Whyte +2,R.Carline +6,F.Low +4,D.King +4,P.Balchin -1
James Goodbun (Plymouth) 4 3 75.0% C.Britt +1,M.Bilton +3,R.Carline +4,D.Dray -4
David Dray (Ramsgate) 6 4 66.7% R.Wootton +3,D.King -1,F.Low +6,L.Smith +3,J.Goodbun +4,P.Balchin -2
Colin Britt (Camerton & Peasedown) 5 3 60.0% J.Goodbun -1,R.Wootton +5,D.Bell -4,D.Gaitley +3,L.Smith +2
Michael Bilton (Richmond Park) 5 3 60.0% L.Smith +5,D.Gaitley -3,J.Goodbun -3,R.Carline +2,R.Sutton +1
Louise Smith (Northampton) 6 3 50.0% M.Bilton -5,F.Low +2,D.Gaitley +4,R.Sutton +7,D.Dray -3,C.Britt -2
Roger Sutton (Sussex) 5 2 40.0% D.King +3,P.Balchin -3,L.Smith -7,F.Low +3,M.Bilton -1
Richard Carline (Sussex) 6 2 33.3% P.Balchin -4,R.Brooks -6,R.Wootton +4,J.Goodbun -4,M.Bilton -2,D.King +1
Daphne Gaitley (Sussex) 5 1 20.0% D.Bell -2,M.Bilton +3,L.Smith -4,P.Balchin -6,C.Britt -3
Robin Wootton (Sussex) 5 1 20.0% D.Dray -3,C.Britt -5,R.Carline -4,P.Balchin -4,D.King +2
David King (Sussex) 5 1 20.0% R.Sutton -3,D.Dray +1,R.Brooks -4,R.Wootton -2,R.Carline -1
Mark Hamilton (Sussex) 0
David Whyte (Dulwich) 2 0 0.0% R.Brooks -2,D.Bell -3
Frances Low (Sussex) 4 0 0.0% L.Smith -2,R.Brooks -4,D.Dray -6,R.Sutton -3