GC Championship Series tournament
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report by manager Richard Keighley
Nick Archer wins GC Championship Tournament at Wrest Park
Sixteen enthusiastic croquet players managed to slip away from the celebrations marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to take part in an inaugural GC Championship event at Wrest Park. They included Helen Reeves from New Zealand and David “Hoppy” Hopkins from South Africa.
A grey sky and a strong breeze greeted the players as Block play commenced. In Block A, Lionel Tibble (-
Block B found Nick Archer to be on consistently good form and he topped the list with 6 wins. Chris Roberts (-
A sharp shower had interrupted play on the Saturday but an overnight deluge followed by prolonged lighter rain created a watery landscape on Sunday morning. Fortunately, the puddles disappeared within an hour and play began promptly after a certain amount of groundwork.
Helen took advantage of a slight dip in form by Lionel to beat him 5-
In the Semi-
The Final pitched Nick against Chris for a repeat of the GC Open Final at this venue a year ago. The result was the same with Nick winning deservedly 7-
Prizes were presented to Nick and Chris and thanks expressed to Tim King as Referee of the Tournament, to Ron Carter for kindly submitting results to Croquet Scores and to the Manager and Wrest Park members for their various roles in staging the tournament.
Winner Nick Archer with
manager Richard Keighley
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