Nailsea & District Croquet Club Finals Weekend
A record twenty-one competitors took part in the semi-finals and finals at Nailsea & District Croquet Club’s Finals Weekend. The weather was bad on Saturday and in the evening heavy rain flooded the lawns and one game had to be pegged down overnight and completed the following day. At this stage the organiser was concerned that it would not be possible to complete the finals over the weekend. However the weather cleared up on Sunday and all competitions in a very full weekend program were completed with the exception of the Ladies Singles and the Advanced Play Competition.
KRISS CHAMBERS and BERYL GRIFFITHS won the Golf Croquet Doubles for the second successive year. They beat DAVID MURPHY & KATHY WALLACE by a single point in a very closely contested game. KRISS scored the winning shot from the boundary line - a seven yard shot, hitting an opponent’s ball out of the way and rebounding through the deciding hoop. KRISS also won the Golf Croquet Singles and the One Ball Level Play, beating PETER DYKE in both finals. However he was beaten in the final of the One Ball Handicap Competition by ARTHUR GREEN. ARTHUR also won the High Bisquers Competition.
The final of the Short Croquet Competition was contested by two junior members of the club, MARCUS EVANS and ANDREW LOWDON. MARCUS was the victor and he also beat ANDREW in the final of the Junior Level Play Competition.
In the Level Play (hcp 5-15) final DAVID MURPHY came back from being sixteen points down to beat PETER DYKE by four points. GEOFF HUGHES won the Level Play (hcp 16-28) beating BOB SERGEANT in the final.
In the Open Doubles semi-final ADRIENNE GRIFFITHS and BRIGIT CLAYTON just managed to hang on to the lead to beat PETER DYKE and MARY BARNES by a single point, but they were no match for BERNARD WILSON and VIOLET DELMAS in the final.
In the Over 50s Competition JOHN WALLACE, one of last year’s beginners, had convincing wins in both the semi-final and the final, but in the Open Singles he had a much closer contest, beating GEOFF HUGHES by six points.
However, the biggest surprise of the weekend occurred in a game in the Advanced Play Block. ALEX LEGGATE, ranked 35th in the British rankings, was beaten by PETER DYKE, an unranked player.
Results
Golf Croquet Doubles Final
KRISS CHAMBERS & BERYL GRIFFITHS beat DAVID MURPHY & KATHY WALLACE +1
Golf Croquet Singles Semi Finals
PETER DYKE beat ARTHUR GREEN +4
KRISS CHAMBERS beat DAVID MURPHY ?+4
Final KRISS CHAMBERS beat PETER DYKE +3
One Ball Handicap Final ARTHUR GREEN beat KRISS CHAMBERS +2
One Ball Level Play Final KRISS CHAMBERS beat PETER DYKE +7, +11
Short Croquet
Semi Finals
MARCUS EVANS beat MARY BARNES +6
ANDREW LOWDON beat BERNARD WILSON +8
Final MARCUS EVANS beat ANDREW LOWDON +8
High Bisquers Final ARTHUR GREEN beat RICHARD DELMAS +5
Over 50s
Semi Finals
JOHN WALLACE beat GEOFF HUGHES +18
PAT LONG beat GRETA STRINGER +15
Final JOHN WALLACE beat PAT LONG +23
Level Play (hcp 16-28) Final GEOFF HUGHES beat BOB SERGEANT +14
Open Doubles
Semi Final
ADRIENNE GRIFFITHS & BRIGIT CLAYTON beat PETER DYKE & MARY BARNES +1T
Final
BERNARD WILSON & VIOLET DELMAS beat ADRIENNE GRIFFITHS & BRIGIT CLAYTON +14T
Open Singles Final JOHN WALLACE beat GEOFF HUGHES +6
Advanced Play Block Game PETER DYKE beat ALEX LEGGATE +9
Events completed before Finals Weekend
Junior Golf Croquet Results 1 LUCY MORGAN, 7 wins, 2 DAVID STAFFORD, 6 wins
Junior Level Play Final MARCUS EVANS beat ANDREW LOWDON +7
Beginners Final MIKE PETERS beat ANDY MORGAN +4
Speed Croquet Results
1 DAVID MURPHY & MARCUS EVANS, 4 wins, +26 points
2 KRISS CHAMBERS & ANDREW LOWDON, 4 wins, +3 points
Level Play (hcp 5-15) Results 1 DAVID MURPHY, 3 wins, 2 PETER DYKE, 2 wins
Still to be played:-
Ladies Singles Final PAT LONG v MARY BARNES
Advanced Play Block Game KRISS CHAMBERS v ALEX LEGGATE