Peter Earnshaw and Paul Scruby came in ahead of three other pairs tobe presented with gluggable winnings by manager Michael Goodman
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Hi/Lo Alternate Stroke Doubles Handicap Tournament 24th July
Friday, July 30th, 2010The Burbage
Sunday, July 4th, 2010The weekend of 3-4 July consisted of a one day doubles tournament for the goblets followed by a singles tournament for the splendid bowl
The Burbage trophies
On Saturday four pairs contested the goblets. Sally-Ann & Dawn had difficulty keeping up with the more experienced pairings who all registered the same number of match wins and games, leaving Simon to resort to net points. On this basis, Simon and Paul Newton (7) followed John Reddish and David Collins (8) who, in turn, were pipped at the post by Ed Dymock and Gloria Watson (10).
Ed and Gloria win the Goblets
Sunday was another bright and sunny day with Saturday’s personnel, except for Ken Watson (of the wounded knee) guesting in place of Sally-Ann. After six rounds David swept into a five-win lead from John and Simon (both 4) and was awarded the handsome trophy.
David receives the Bowl from Simon
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Dulwich mounts two successful raids on East Anglia
Monday, May 24th, 2010On 23rd May we won our first round match of the Golf Inter-club Murphy Shield, against Bury St Edmunds. A strong team of Ed Dymock, David Collins, Mark Ormerod and Simon Whiteley travelled down to Suffolk to take on a similarly strong team from Bury (one handicap point between us) played on challenging lawns that put the “golf” back into golf croquet.
Played as best of three games, Ed and David initially found the conditions difficult and quickly lost their doubles against Mike Percival and David Crawford 3-7, 3-7. Mark started off strongest with a comfortable 7-4, 7-4 win against Chris Howell, while Simon narrowly lost his first game against Brian Cash 6-7, bounced back in the second to win 7-2, and came back from an initial 0-2 deficit to win the third 7-5. 2-1 to Dulwich by lunchtime.
In the afternoon Ed showed what he could by beating Mike Percival 7-0 in the first game, but wilted in the near 30 degree heat to lose the next two 2-7, 3-7. Meanwhile Mark and Simon wrapped up the match 4-2 to Dulwich with comfortable wins against Brian Cash (7-4, 7-1), and Chris Howell (7-2, 7-2) respectively. David also hit his stride with two very close games (7-6, 6-7) against David Crawford, with the third game abandoned. An excellent tea in shade and cooling breezes ended a successful trip.
The all important lunch... (thanks to Brian Cash for the photos)
....and tea
Meanwhile Simon Carter and Pierre Beaudry were both playing in the East Anglian Golf Croquet Open Championship at Colchester (neither was eligible for the Murphy Shield because their handicaps fell outside the permitted limits for our team). The final was between Simon and Pierre, with Simon retaining his title with a “demonstration of straight shooting” -no surprise there- according to the CA website report (http://www.croquet.org.uk/?section=news&page=newsdb.asp&NewsID=3394)
Congratulations to both Simon and Pierre.
Both these results demonstrate our strength in depth in Golf croquet. It should be a good season.
John Reddish wins 2010 Elsie King tournament
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
John presented with the cup by Tim Dutton
John Reddish won the first tournament of this year, beating Ken Cooke in final marked with early season errors. The holder Mark Ormerod was unable to compete this year as he was detained in New York by ash cloud trouble, but we still had 11 competitors with two vistors from London clubs, and one far country member from Cheltenham.
John Reddish winning the Elsie King April 2010
On a week-end of constant spring sunshine, Tim Dutton managed us all in his usual relaxed style, and found time to barbeque our lunch as well, with Simon Whiteley as his sous-chef. A splendid way for everyone to get their season under way.
2009 Dulwich Cup
Monday, October 5th, 2009On Saturday 3 October the weather was cool and uninviting and manager Michael Goodman had to drop out. This left six high bisque Club members to compete in 3 shortened AC games each. Honours were fairly even but, by a narrow margin, Eric Driver added a new name to the cup - the first for several years. Acting manager Ken Watson presents the trophy.
Fairbairns Cup Association doubles 19th September
Sunday, September 20th, 20094 teams took part on a warm sunny day for this tournament where Peter Nash and Val Subsaeng have (almost) acquired rights over the cup- the question was who could best challenge them in the 18 point 2 1/2 hour games?
The participants
First up was John Reddish and Rob Laver who went down fighting -3 on time, on a fast lawn with firm hoops making for challenging conditions. Meanwhile David Collins and Michael Goodman overwhelmed Simon Whiteley and Eric Driver +12 with some steady play from Michael and accurate shooting from David.
The second round saw Peter and Val winning +1oT over David and Michael while Simon and Eric improved on their morning by beating John and Rob +12.
For the third round Pierre Beaudry substituted for John Reddish and Pat substituting for Michael to maintain the Goodman family interest in the partnership with David. At this stage any of Peter and Val, David & Goodmans and Simon and Eric could have snatched the trophy. In the event David and Pat won their game over Pierre and Rob +3T, while Simon and Eric won a close game, with cautious pay and few mistakes togther with accurate shooting on both sides, against Peter and Val +2T, leaving all three pairs on two wins.
Peter and Val being presented with the cup
Peter and Val retained the trophy based on aggregate net points scored.
Golf Croquet SECF Level League vs Woking at Home, 17th September
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Woking and Dulwich both fielded strong teams. We had Pierre and Simon Carter with Ken Watson and Simon Whiteley as support. Their team comprised Jeff Dawson, Malcolm Bigg, Mike Town and Bernard Jones.
In the morning, Pierre and Simon C won their (best of three games) doubles match 2-0 and Ken went down to Mike Town 0-2. Simon W came back from 0-1 to win a close contest against Bernard Jones 2-1. Bernard showed excellent touch on an unfamiliar and fast lawn with fine positional shots but Simon responded with good long clearances and long hoops. This put Dulwich 2-1 up by lunchtime. After lunch Simon C beat Malcolm Bigg 2-0 but Pierre was beaten 2-0 by Jeff Dawson, and Simon W lost by by the same score to Mike Town. So it was all riding on Ken’s match against Bernard Jones.
Ken lost the first game but took the second game on the 13th hoop. In the deciding game Ken built up a 5-1 lead with some excellent long hoops. Bernard held on with steady positional play to draw back to 6-4. He then took on a series of long clearances at hoop 11, until Ken was finally given a good shot at the hoop to win the third game 7-4. This gave Dulwich the rubber by 4 matches to 3.
“The Badger” Association Handicap tournament- 12th-13th Sept
Monday, September 14th, 2009Mark Ormerod continued his strong run this year by winning The Badger with a convincng 5/5 wins, with John Reddish the runner up on 2/4. The Ormerod home must now be short of space for silverware having won both the Elsie King and Ayling cups earlier this year. In practice three of the wins were very close (+3, +1T, +1T) so it was less one-sided than the scoreline would suggest- well done to Mark for holding his nerve with these close games.
Mark Ormerod being presented with The Badger by Michael Goodman
8 players played on both days with 3 others doing one day only. James Benson was playing in his first ever tournament and was unlucky that his first opponent was Simon Whiteley on strong form- who took his first ball to Rover on turn 3 and eventually won +13, conceding 7 bisques. James recovered to win his next game, and was one of Mark’s close matches for the third.
James Benson in play
Full results are:
Mark Ormerod 5/5, John Reddish 2/5, Ray Hall 2/2, Ed Brookfield, Julian Stair 1/2, Simon Gibbs 2/5, James Benson, Rob Burns, Michael Blair 1/3, Simon Whiteley 1/4, David Collins 0/1
Goodman trophy 2009
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Five pairs competed in time-limited 14 point alternate stroke games.
The winners determined on games then hoops scored were Eric & Peter closely followed by David & Pat
TICKET TO RYDE TOO FAR FOR GOLF TEAM
Friday, July 24th, 2009Dulwich were beaten 4-2 plus one tied match in the quarter-final of the National Golf Croquet Team Competition on 22 July at Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Club historians please refute, but this was probably the first Dulwich team to compete off the mainland. This is a level play competition and the Dulwich team were Captain Simon Carter (0), Pierre Beaudry (0), Ken Watson (3) and Gloria Watson (8).
Dawn was barely breaking across South London rooftops when the intrepid foursome made their way to Portsmouth and Southsea for the crossing, mallets jostling bemused commuters.
Ryde Lawn Tennis and Croquet club is pleasantly situated on the outskirts of town with four full-size lawns - a bit on the sluggish side we found. This inhibited the star pairing of Simon and Pierre who lost their doubles 4-7, 7-5, 5-7 to David Willett (2) and Alan Truckle (2) who controlled their balls with local knowledge. Ken failed to build from winning the second game against Richard Harris (3) and lost 4-7, 7-6, 1-7. Gloria contested hoops well but the accuracy of her lower handicapped opponent Robin Thornton (3) was too much for her, losing 3-7, 3-7.
So, Team Dulwich were 3-0 down at lunch - if lunch had existed! (ask Simon). Tummies rumbling Pierre and Simon stormed back to win their singles against their doubles opponents 7-4, 6-7, 7-1, 7-6, 7-3 respectively. Gloria again competed well but lost to Richard Harris 7-3, 7-3. Ken was tied with Robin Thornton 7-6, 4-7, when the result of the match was beyond doubt.
Back to the hover, back to the train, back to dinner!
