2022 Memorial Peels Tournament 12 – 15 May 2022 at Nottingham Croquet Club
This historic handicap tournament was again hosted by Nottingham on behalf of the Croquet Association. It is one of the few calendar events which segregates players by gender, consisting of three events: men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles.
- In the final of the Mixed Doubles knockout., Omied and Philippa Hallam beat David and Eileen McGee +10(T)
- In the final of the Ladies' event, Wendy Spencer-Smith beat Phillippa Hallam +4(T)
- In the final of the Men's event, Mark Innes beat Omied Hallam +26.
A fuller report will appear on the CA website in due course.
Nottingham and Surbiton played the delayed 2021 Mary Rose final at Wrest Park on Friday 27th May 2022. On a beautiful day, the match was played on perfectly prepared lawns running up to 13 plummers.
Morning games (Nottingham names first):
- Ian Draper (1) & Alex McIntyre (1.5) beat Andy Dibben (0.5) & Mary Knapp (1.5) +15
- Mike Hedge (1.5) lost to Graham Brightwell (2) -3
- Martin Beacon (2) lost to Nick Furse -9
As the morning singles had taken some time, the afternoon games were timed to 3hrs, finishing at 7.
- Ian beat Andy +1 on time after a crucial hit in.
- Alex beat Mary +12, despite accidentally pegging his own ball out!
- Martin lost to Graham -23.
- Mike beat Nick on the Golden Hoop, despite nearly playing the wrong ball at the death!
Nottingham clinched it 4:3 in a very tight match.
Many thanks to Wrest Park for hosting.
