Michael Goodman commented that: “it is a good thing that the Trophy will have new names on it.
Many congratulations to the winners Simon Gibbs and Peter Haydon with 4 wins out of 5. You were all most enthusiastic (or became so!) and it is this sort of event that makes the Dulwich Croquet Section so enjoyable.
Also many thanks to David Collins for devising the programme of 1 hour matches for us, and Pat’s lunch was delicious.”
Dulwich beat Sussex County 4-3 in a tight contest on a wet and blustery Thursday at Southwick. Many thanks to Sussex County for hosting.
We are therefore through to the final of this national team competition- the first time in the club’s history we have reached this stage.
Well done to all our players.
Daphne Gaitley and Rex Davis (SCCC) beat Ed Dymock and David Collins (Dulwich) 7-4 7-5 Mark Ormerod (Dulwich) beat Jonathan Isaacs (SCCC) 7-5 6-7 7-6 David Gaitley (SCCC) beat Janette Pheathean (Dulwich) 7-4 7-1
Ed Dymock beat Daphne Gaitley 7-5 7-4
David Collins beat Rex Davis 7-4 7-5
Mark Ormerod beat Dabid Gaitley 7-5 6-7 7-4 Jonathan Isaacs beat Janette Pheathean 7-4 4-7 2-7
Surbiton came to Dulwich on 29th July with a strong team for our second round match in the Mary Rose association croquet national teams competition.
The result was a convincing win for Surbiton 6-1. As ever, the games were closer than the overall match result suggested. Hopefully next year we will get through to the third round for the first time.
Surbiton names first.
Dick Knapp (0) & Mary Knapp (1.5) beat Mark Ormerod (1.5) &
SimonWhiteley (1.5) +10
Ian Parkinson (1.5) beat Edward Dymock (2) +10
John Spiers (2) beat David Collins (2) +13
Dick Knapp lost to Mark Ormerod -22
Mary Knapp beat Simon Whiteley +11
Ian Parkinson beat David Collins +17
John Spiers beat Edward Dymock +22
Also on July 24th Mark Ormerod, David Collins, Ed Dymock and Janette Pheathean travelled to Phyllis Court club on the banks of the Thames at Henley.
In a tight match Dulwich recovered after lunch from a 1-2 deficit to win 4-3, the final game to finish determining the outcome of the match.
Morning:
Ed Dymock(2) and David Collins(3) lost to TJ Johanson(3) and Chris Roberts(4) 4-7, 7-6, 3-7 Mark Ormerod(4) beat Raymond Wood(8) 7-6, 7-5.
Janette Pheathean(5) lost to Pam Mead(6) 4-7, 4-7.
Afternoon:
Ed Dymock beat TJ Johanson 7-5, 3-7, 7-3.
David Collins beat Chris Roberts 4-7, 7-5, 7-6.
Mark Ormerod beat Pam Mead 6-7, 7-2, 7-4.
Janette Pheathean lost to Raymond English 5-7, 6-7.
A very pleasant and peaceful setting by the river in the centre of Henley, and very hospitable hosts.
Dulwich go on to play Sussex County in the semi-final of this knockout competition.
Peter Earnshaw and Paul Scruby came in ahead of three other pairs tobe presented with gluggable winnings by manager Michael Goodman
The 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
[Ray]
On 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 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.
On 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.
4 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.
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