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The Elsie King Cup

Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Mark Ormerod wins the Elsie King Cup 2009

Mark Ormerod wins the Elsie King Cup 2009

The first competition of the season, the Elsie King Cup was played over the weekend in mostly lovely sunny weather. There were 12 entrants including 3 from other clubs. 

 

The Cup was won by Mark Ormerod who beat a new member of the Club, Rob Burns in the final.  

There was also an Egyptian competition for those who were beaten in early rounds of the knock-out which was won by Geoff Gunson from Reigate who won the Cup in 2006 and 2008

Elsie King Knockout

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
  M Goodman(+5)    
  T Tibbetts |  
    |  
    |  
    | M Goodman  
    | M Ormerod(+14) |
S Whiteley   | |
R Hall(+12T) | | |
  | R Hall | |
  | M Ormerod(w/o)   |
M Ormerod(+16) |   |
M Bottomley     |
      | M Ormerod(+11)
      | R Burns
J Reynolds(+3T)     |
J Stair |   |
  | J Reynolds   |
  | R Burns(+11T) | |
G Gunton | | |
R Burns(+13T)   | |
    | R Burns(+1T) |
    | P Scruby  
    |  
    |  
  P Scruby(+26) |  
  J Reddish    

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Winter Croquet a Success again

Sunday, April 5th, 2009
New Year's Day 2009

New Year's Day 2009

 

After a fallow period in November and December to allow the “autumn renovation” of Lawn 3 to take effect, we emerged, somewhat bleary-eyed on New Year’s Day for a morning of One-Ball – a simple and enjoyable introduction to Association Croquet.

On 1st January 2009 more than a dozen of us were out on the former bowling green, blowing away the memories of New Year’s Eve. Due to a remarkably dry winter we had in fact been able to play on nearly every Sunday. Sometimes we play Golf Croquet, singles or doubles, sometimes One-Ball including Alternate Stroke Doubles which can be fun.The turn-out has been amazingly consistent, with numbers between 12 and 16. A reward of a drink at the bar afterwards has no doubt encouraged some. The weekly croquet gatherings were organized by John Reddish, except when he was dragged off to the sunny West Indies to watch cricket. In his absence I did my best to keep the show on the road.

The annual Charity One Ball took place on Sunday 15th March. Julian Stair was the winner and we raised £80 for Cancer Research UK. Clearly a case of croquet in aid of a good cause.

-Michael Goodman

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