Garden Croquet Tournament

The first ever garden croquet tournament at Nottingham Croquet Club took place on July 12th on a blisteringly hot Saturday. Eight new members competed over four rounds of timed games. The standard of play was excellent considering that the competitors only started playing croquet two months ago. About half of the games were pegged out within the 1 hour 20 minutes time limit.


 

Tournament manager Peter Moore with competitors Kellie Preston, Carol Scott, Andy Dixon, Eileen Bardens, Colin Muge, Alex McIntyre, Josh McIntyre and Jan Draper.

Very well done to all the competitors, especially the winner, Alex McIntyre …


 

… and the runner up Carol Scott.

Tournament report and photos by Judith Moore.

James and Paddy in Opens Semi-Finals

James Death plays Reg Bamford and Paddy Chapman plays Rob Fulford to see whether the younger generation will be able to overturn the established order to reach the final of the AC Open Championship.  The matches are being played at Cheltenham today, Saturday, 12th July, at Cheltenham.  There is likely to be commentary at http://www.croquetscores.com.

In the event, the old guard won both matches: Bamford bt Death 3-0 and Fulford bt Chapman 3-1.