Club
Croquet
Wrest Park
AC Handicap Tournament 17-
report by manager Eric Audsley
The tournament was won by Peter Rothwell (7) who won 5 games out of 6 in a flexible Swiss block of (initially) 10. One can only watch Peter’s playing of a 4-
George Collin (0) beat Peter by hitting in between his breaks, going round and peeling Peter’s ball and then pegging him out. With his remaining bisques Peter only made it to 4-
When he was giving away bisques one of Peter’s games took three hours. Several other games also went to time, most notably when John Wells beat Hugh Gilbert 12-
Peter Rothwell (7) 5/6
George Collin (0) 4/5
Tim Nurse (9) 3//5
Hugh Manson (4) 3/5
John Wells (9) 2/5
Jonathan Toye (7) 2/5
Tim Brewer (2½) 2/5
Eric Audsley (1) 2/5
Hugh Gilbert (8) 1/3
David Gillett (7) 0/5
© Wrest Park Croquet Club
Peter Rothwell receives the trophy from Eric Audsley