The Canterbury secondary schools GC competition was played at Barrington Park Croquet Club on Wednesday 13 March.
11 teams competed enthusiastically for the 4 places we have in the national finals being held in Canterbury on 7th and 8th September. Although skill and experience varied there was no lack of enthusiasm and everybody’s game responded to the challenges. Of those registered and eligible to qualify, the following teams have been nominated to represent Canterbury:
1. Myles Duggan & Levi Franks from Cashmere High School
2. Josh Winter & James Duggan from Cashmere High School
3. Yani Rutherford & Molly Campbell from St Margaret’s College
4. Hazel Skjellerup & Dylan Hunter from Rudolf Steiner School
Winners Levi Franks and Myles Duggan of Cashmere High School
Jono, the CCA Tournament Manager, has published the Atkins draw for the next three rounds, to be played 23 February, 2 March and 9 March. atkins draw final.pdf
Contact details, score sheets and rules are on the Atkins page.
It is time to enter the Silver Badge competition, both AC and GC.
Each club should be arranging club play to determine one player who will represent their club in the association playoff. The winner of each grade will receive a silver badge.
Details of the competitions are in Appendix 5 of the tournament Regulations on page 255 of the 2018-2019 yearbook.
AC handicap ranges are 0 to 3.5, 4 to 9, 10 to 16 and 18 to 24. The association playoff is Sunday 3 March at Barrington Park.
GC handicap ranges are -6 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8 and 9 to 16. The association playoff is Sunday 10 March at Holmes Park.
See your club captain to enter your club play-off.
The CCA play-offs of the Don Reyland Stars Tournament were played Sunday 17 February 2019 at Elmwood Croquet Club.
The winner was not decided until the very last round, with 5/6 people having a chance at winning the play offs coming into the last round.
The winner was Josh Winter (Cashmere) from Alan Belcher (Hornby) on net points as each had the same number of wins.
Josh will represent Canterbury in the national final to be played at the Morrinsville Croquet Club Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 March 2019. The winner receives a gold star and the runner-up receives a silver star. The Don Reylands Starts Tournament is a golf croquet handicap singles tournament played at club, association and national events.
The association play-offs for the Arthur Ross Memorial Event was played at Barrington Park Croquet Club on Sunday 10 February 2019.
John Hearnshaw (United) beat Leo van Oosten (Holmes Park) in hot conditions in a best-of-3 match. The game scores were 26-5, 26-5.
John will represent Canterbury in the national final of the Arthur Ross Memorial Event to be held at the Kelburn croquet club, in Wellington Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March.
The Arthur Ross Memorial Event is an AC handicap singles event where club winners compete in an association competition and the association winners compete in the national final.
There were 12 associations represented at the 2018 final that was played at Morrinsville Croquet Club.
We wish John good luck in the final.
John Hearnshaw completing a rover peelLeo van Oosten, Jono Hart (Manager) and John Hearnshaw
The 2019 GC Women’s World Championship is being played at Heretaunga and Marewa croquet clubs, Hawkes Bay 2 to 9 February 2019.
United member Jenny Clarke reached the semi-final where she was beaten by Soha Mostafa of Egypt. The match went to the full five games and Soha won the final game 7-6. The other three players in the semis are all from Egypt. Thirteen of the 56-strong field are from Egypt and everyone of them made it to the 32-player knockout.
The 2019 Canterbury Croquet AC Open was contested by 6 players. This entry is typical of many AC events and indicates the declining numbers of AC players in local clubs. A number of Christchurch clubs now have few if any AC players. By way of contrast, the number of GC club members continues to rise.
The Open was held at the St James Park Club in Christchurch on 2 and 3 February 2019. The lawns were running close to 12 seconds and the “Quadway” hoops were firm. These conditions were the reason for the low scores by players and the only peg outs were by runner-up Peter Parkinson (2) and the ultimate winner Ian Campbell (1).
The CCA GC Grades were played on Waitangi Day, Wednesday 6 February 2019.
The premier, senior and primary grades were played at Fendalton Park Croquet Club and managed by Vilna Gough-Jones. The intermediate grade was played at Cashmere Croquet Club and was managed by Janet Scott.
The premier grade, with 6 entries, was won by Jason Hodgett (Aorangi) with Logan McCorkindale (Waireka) runner-up.
The senior grade, with 8 entries, was won by Josh Winter (Cashmere) with Joan Simpson (Aorangi) runner-up.
The intermediate grade, with 7 entries, was won by Rachel McLeod (Cashmere) with runner-up Levi Franks (Cashmere).
The primary grade, with 10 entries, was won by Flynn Moses-Jones (Cashmere) with Mark Winter (Cashmere) runner-up.
Premier grade winner Jason Hodgett (Aorangi) with Kathy Reese from BUPA – our sponsorsCCA president Owen Evans with senior grade winner Josh Winter (Cashmere)CCA president Owen Evans with primary grade winner Flynn Moses-Jones (Cashmere)
There were 8 entries for the CCA AC Handicap Singles so was double banked using both Holmes Park’s lawns on the weekend 19-20 January.
It was run as two blocks with a super final where players played the equivalent ranked player in the other block giving two games on each day.
The lawns were in very good condition and the food was tasty and plentiful. The weather was very pleasant although the norwester made Saturday afternoon hot and gusty.
Both Peter Couch and John Hearnshaw won all three games in their respective blocks with Peter winning the cup for a sixth time making the Golden Hoop when scores were tied fourteen all at the end of regular play.
Winner Peter Couch, with tournament manager, Tony O’DonnellWinner Peter Couch, with tournament manager, Tony O’DonnellRunner-up John Hearnshaw, with tournament manager, Tony O’Donnell
The draw, contact information, rules and reporting sheets are now on the website at https://croquetcanterbury.com/atkins-trophy/.
The draw has been updated from the original draw that was sent to clubs a few days ago.
The new Twilight GC interclub draw, contact information, rules and reporting sheets are now on the website at https://croquetcanterbury.com/twilight-gc/
There will be some changes as some teams have withdrawn.
The AC grades were played on the 5 and 6 January 2019 at St Martins Croquet Club in some very hot conditions with 13 entries (2 from South Canterbury) split into 3 grades.
The tournament was managed by Jonathan Hart who also played.
0 to 3 (4 entries)
Graham Simpson (South Canterbury) won all his games and the event. Runner up was John Hearnshaw.
4 to 8 (6 entries)
Jonathan Hart also won all his games to win the event. Geraldine Murphy and Owen Evans won three of their five games, but Geraldine was runner up on net points.
9 to 16 (3 entries)
This event was played as a double round robin. Lyn Dawson and Bob Eathorne won three of their four games but Lyn won on net points.
Graham Simpson, winner of the 0-3 grade with CCA president Owen EvansJonathan Hart, winner of the 4-8 with CCA president, Owen EvansLyn Dwson, winner of the 9-16 with manager Jonathan Hart
The Johnson Memorial competition was played in three blocks (blue, black and red) of six pairs.
The block rounds were scheduled to be played on Saturday mornings from 6 October to 24 November 2018. However, because of bad weather, many games had to rescheduled and the last game was played on 4 December.
Seven pairs played in the final on Sunday 9 December 2018. This was played as a knockout.
2018/19 winners were Marguaritte Rogers & Wendy Robinson (St James Park red)
Runners-up were Tony O’Donnell & Lena Metcalf (United black 2)
The GC interclub was played in three divisions. Games were scheduled to be played on Fridays, but weather meant that several games were played at other times.
Division 1 had seven teams and played from 12 October to 7 December 2018.
Hornby and United B won 5 of their 6 games. Teams get 2 point for each outright match win and 1.5 points for a match won on net hoops with a 5-5 game score. United made 9.5 points against 9 points for Hornby, so United is the winner. The results on Croquet Scores shows net games (labelled Net Hoops) which does not apply to this competition.
Division 2 was played in two blocks of six teams. Block play was 5 October to 23 November 2018 and the playoffs from 30 November to 7 December again because of weather.
The top two teams from each block played a knockout with Cashmere winning and Holmes Park runner-up.
Division 3 was played in two blocks of seven teams. Block play was 5 October to 30 November 2018 and the playoff was played 21 December between the block winners, both Rangiora. The final match result was 5 games each with equal net hoops, so the two Rangiora teams are first equal.
Team names, draws, rules and past winners are on the GC Interclub page.
Association Croquet Interclub
The AC interclub was played as a single division. It started with eight teams, but Rangiora pulled out leaving seven teams. United Black and Holmes Park both won five matches but United won on competition points.
Full results of all games are on Croquet Scores: croquetscores.com/2018/ac/cca-interclub. Note that the Net Hoops column does not apply to this competition.
Team names, draws, rules and past winners are on the AC Interclub page.
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