2021 All England Handicap final
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George Collin and Tim Brewer were Wrest Park’s representatives at the All England area final at Surbiton. As both the winner and runner-
Tim Brewer in play at Sidmouth, with Gill looking on.
Note the thatched courtside shelter.
George Collin and Tim Brewer didn’t do badly enough at the Surbiton Area Final to avoid being invited to the final at Sidmouth. Nice green lawns and fine weather.
A Swiss event should involve at least two rounds more than a knock-
Also present was John Coutts. He has only recently resumed playing croquet, after a gap of over thirty years. He was a regular at Wrest Park tournaments from about 1975 to 1985 and won the All England in 1974 and 1975.
Another local connection was Phil Harris, a Sidmouth member not playing in the final. He graduated from the National College of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe, in 1972. However, he only took up croquet in retirement.
Sidmouth have a beautiful lawn-
Ed Dolphin (12) Sidmouth 5 wins, but ineligible
Philip Snowden (14) Fylde 3 wins and overall winner
Ged Smolskas (12) Bury 3 wins and runner-
Cliff Hunter (8) Surbiton 3
George Collin (0) Wrest Park 3
Tim Brewer (3) Wrest Park 2
John Coutts (6) Rother Valley 2
Richard Leach (16) Bury 2
Ian Wills (9) Kington Langley 1
Margaret Murray (11) Kington Langley 1
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