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Frank Sharps 3rd in National Golf Croquet C Level Final

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National Golf Croquet C Level Finals – 19/20 Sep 2020
David Cornes reports from Colchester

The North West Federation had 2 finalists at Colchester to compete for the National GC C level trophy over the weekend of 19th & 20th September. Frank Sharps and daughter Sandra Cornes finished 2nd and 1st at the Crake Valley qualifier in July and joined 8 other players for the national final.

The initial round was a block of “all play all” and both players scored a credible 49 hoops (maximum 63). Frank won 5 out of 9 matches and qualified for the semi finals whilst Sandra fell short with 3 wins (losing 2 matches 6/7).

Frank Sharps considers his options

In hot weather for the time of year Frank showed great stamina and skill pushing the undefeatable winner, Duncan Catterall (High Wycombe) to 6-10 in the semi final. He then played Rick Lilley (Phyllis Court) in the 3rd & 4th place play off. Frank took the first game 7-4 and then lost 5-7. Due to the fact the final had concluded both players felt it fair and proper to share 3rd place rather than play a decider.

To complete the family involvement David Cornes stood in at short notice to manage the tournament whilst already being requested to be referee for the event.

David Cornes sorts a problem

Marketing Your Croquet Club

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CA Club Webinar – Marketing your Club – Saturday 26 September 2020 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom

Does your club have a marketing plan?
How do you promote your club’s activities, to potential members, external groups and within the Federation/CA?
What platforms should you be using to reach your target audience?

How can you optimise how you use these?
Members of the Marketing Committee will be sharing tips and ideas to market and promote your club. A sample list of topics:

  • Setting and delivering a marketing plan
  • Taking better photos
  • Using social media
  • Writing press releases and news reports
  • Merchandise
  • Live streaming
  • Working with Federations and the CA

DETAILS:
Saturday 26th September 2020, 9:30-11:00am.
Please sign up on Eventbrite by 5pm (BST) on Thursday 24th September to reserve your place.

The webinar will be held on Zoom and broadcast live on YouTube. Meeting details (how to join the webinar) will be shared with registered attendees on Friday 25th September.
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About CA Club Webinars
The CA Club Webinars is a newly established webinar series for CA Member Clubs and Federations, to learn and discuss particular topics around club administration. We’ll aim to run this on the last Saturday morning of each month. Recordings of past webinars are available on request.

Have a suggestion for a topic? Wish to present? Email cainfo@croquet.org.uk 

Eugene Chang
Chair Marketing Committee

Jack Good Wins National B Level Golf Croquet Title

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National Golf Croquet B Level Final – 5/6 Sept 2020 Roehampton CC

The north west had two qualifiers in the national B Level Golf Croquet Final last weekend – a remarkable achievement for both Jack Good (Bowdon) and David Cornes (Crake Valley) as they travelled down to Roehampton, SW London for the weekend event.

The 16 national qualifiers came from all over England and most had a handicap of about 3 so a very close tournament was anticipated. The sun was out for both days with the 4 lawns in immaculate condition living up to their reputation as being amongst the best in the UK.

David Cornes (Crake) at Roehampton

David normally has good control over the ball position but found reading the pace accurately difficult at times and any mistakes were punished by his opponents. The damage to his chances were done by Saturday lunch. His first match was lost against the eventual winner. Then 3 defeats (6-7, 6-7 & 3-7) meant he hadn’t recorded a win at that time. After that David performed better and won a very credible 6 out of his 11 remaining games to finish on Sunday afternoon in a lower mid table position. A good result after a poor start.

At the end of tournament 3 players were tied on 11 wins. Young Jack Good (Bowdon – Handicap 0) took the title and its’ impressive trophy by 1 net hoop difference. An excellent victory.

(Pictures to follow)

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