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Graham Good Wins All England Golf Croquet Handicap

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Graham Good RunsAway with Pendle Win

Graham Good went playing Golf up at Pendle in the All England Handicap Final and yes has collected another title. Such was his victory margin this time, he won the event with three rounds still outstanding.  Without dropping a game in the fifteen all-play-all two day final he becomes the first player to hold both National Handicap Titles in both disciplines in the same year.

Also with his victory, he earned a handicap reduction from 6 to 4 (at Golf of course).

CA Vice-President, Colin Irwin, presented him with the Rose Bowl Trophy and thanked the Gazette Editior Chris Roberts & Frances Colman for both Managing the Final.

2014 Finalists
2014 Finalists

Matt Holmes Gets Croquet Hat Trick

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Matt Holmes Wins Spencer Ell at Pendle by Ian Lines and Bury CC Website

Matt Holmes with the Spencer Ell trophy
Matt Holmes with the Spencer Ell trophy

Having won the Treasurer’s Tankard last year and the Croquet Selectors in 2012, he is now the first player ever, to have won each of these Eights in consecutive years, gaining promotion into the next ‘division’ as he did so.

It’s also worth noting that he beat Paul Rigge (who was also picked for this Ell) for the first time under Super Advanced Rules – but taking five hours to accomplish his win against him with a very solid ‘trap line’ strategy, a real tactical thoughtful game with some very good shooting – Matt’s comment after the game; “you’re like a limpet, I can’t shake you off”.

Matt won the Spencer Ell Cup with one round to spare.  What’s next for him? We’ll have to wait and see if he gains promotion next year into the Chairmans Eight but at least we can award him Bury Croquet Clubs man of the year again!

Full details; CA’s Site

Paul, who after last year’s thrashing in this event, was a questionable inclusion for this year, proved his selection was justified, by finishing in a solid fifth place.  Matt with this win has now widened the gap in the ranking database between him and Paul to thirty odd places now.

Spencer Ell players 2014: Dave Kibble, Ian Lines, Paul Rigge, Matt Holmes (holding), Dave Nick, Mark Ormerod, Martin Murray, Jaimie Mussi.
Spencer Ell players 2014: Dave Kibble, Ian Lines, Paul Rigge, Matt Holmes (holding), Dave Nick, Mark Ormerod, Martin Murray, Jaimie Mussi.

 

 

Positions after 14 Rounds

PLAYER MH IL DN JM MO PR DK MM Won Tot Pos
Matt Holmes +6 +6 +23 +26 -17tp -9 +26tp 5 10 1
-26 +11 -4 +24tp +11 +25tp +25 5
Ian Lines -6 +26 +20tp +25 -16 +26tp +7 5 9 2
+26 +15 +26tp -26tp +8 -15 -14 4
Dave Nick -6 -26 +16 +18 +10 +12tp +21 5 8 3
-11 -15 -17 +20 +17qp +15 -26tp 3
Jaimie Mussi -23 -20tp -16 +5 +3 -24 +26 3 7 4
+4 -26tp +17 -6tpo +25 +7 -3 4
Mark Ormerod -26 -25 -18 -5 -6 +13 +4tp 2 6 5=
-24tp +26tp -20 +6tpo +13 -26 +4 4
Paul Rigge +17tp +16 -10 -3 +6 -26sxp +13 4 6 5=
-11 -8 -17qp -25 -13 +21 +11 2
Dave Kibble +9 -26tp -12tp +24 -13 +26sxp -16 3 5 7=
-25tp +15 -15 -7 +26 -21 -16 2
Martin Murray -26tp -7 -21 -26 -4tp -13 +16 1 5 7=
-25 +14 +26tp +3 -4 -11 +16 4

Andy Brandwood Win Croquet Trophy in Midlands

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Edgbaston B Class Event, 24th/25th August

Andy Brandwood Wins the Sally Nichols Trophy.

Ian Slater reports;
Andy’s final game narrowly missed earning his Gold Award. His attempted TP gradually reduced to a straight double. A fine penult peel arrived four feet short of rover but the subsequent rush was sadly not so good and the tricky rover peel failed.

The three-way tie by Clive, Adrian and Andy each on 4/5 games had to be determined by net hoops, leaving Andy a clear winner. Tony Whateley nearly beat Clive in his last-to-finish final game which would have left Adrian holding the trophy on who-beats-whom. Such are the vagaries of tie-breaking.

Andy’s handicap has reduced to 3.

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