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Golf croquet B level tournament 22 June

This was the first CA tournament to take place on the new lawns. Earlier in the season the May tournament had to be cancelled as the lawns weren’t really ready for tournament play, having only been cut down to a height of 10mm which made hitting from one end of the lawn to the other a  task that Hercules might have struggled with. However steady grass growth and regular mowing at the reduced height to 8mm made a significant difference, so the event went ahead as planned.

As only two lawns were available the entry was restricted to 10 players, four from Leighton-Linslade and two all the way from Newcastle. Manager Geoff Strutt organised them into two blocks, all play all, with further games to determine strict precedence within each block . This was followed by play-offs between the players in the same position in each block.

The final between the two top players from each block, Ian Norris and David Bell, was something of an epic, holding up tea and going all the way before Ian ran the deciding hoop. Ian’s reward, apart from the trophy, will be an invitation to a national final for winners of national B level GC events, to be held in the autumn.

1= decider: Ian Norris beat David Ball 7-3

3= decider: Mike Hills beat John Thorp 7-3

2= decider: John Cundell beat John Edwards 7-3

4= decider: Jean Ball beat Colin Green 7-4

Strict order play-offs

2     David Ball beat John Cundell 7-4     3rd/4th

3     John Edwards beat Mike Hills 7-6     5th/6th

4     John Thorp beat Jean Ball 7-3     7th/8th

5     Colin Green beat Alison Heywood-Hill 7-1     9th/10th

Final

Ian Norris beat David Bell 7-6