Jeff Soo: Solomon Trophy Recap

The United States beat Great Britain 13-8 at the 2011 Solomon Trophy, held June 28 – July 1 at the Hamptworth Golf & Country Club in Wiltshire, England. Having won the match for the first time ever in 2009 at Mission Hills, Team USA’s first Solomon win on British soil is also its first successful defense of the Trophy.
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Solomon Trophy: Final Day Open Thread

The U.S. now leads 9-6 and is two wins away from overall victory. The U.S. picked up the ninth match when Jim Bast defeated Ian Lines +25, +3. Great Britain is still hanging tough though as David Maugham took down Danny Huneycutt +13TP, +3. Updates the rest of the day will be posted in the comments of this thread. Add your own commentary if you so desire.

US 8-5: BURRIDGE (GB) beat SOO (US) +17,+15
US 9-5: BAST (US) beats LINES (GB) +25,+3
US 9-6: MAUGHAM (GB) vs HUNEYCUTT (US) +13TP, +3
ROTHMAN (US) vs MULLINER (GB) +13
LE MOIGNAN (GB) vs GRIMSLEY (US) +3
PATEL (GB) vs PATMORE (US) +7

Solomon Trophy Update: US Ties Score at 3-3

Second round doubles action will be concluded at a later date. In the meantime, singles matches started today with the following early results:

GB 3-1: PATEL (GB) beat GRIMSLEY (US) +5TP, +10
GB 3-2: BAST (US) beat BURRIDGE (GB) +2, +4
TIED 3-3: PATMORE (US) beat LE MOIGNAN (GB) +3, +15

Currently in play:

LINES (KU) vs SOO (RY)
MAUGHAM (RY) vs ROTHMAN (KU)
HUNEYCUTT (KU) vs MULLINER (RY)

Solomon Trophy Update: Day 1 Second Round

Action proceeded on the first day into the second round with Great Britain leading 2-1. No matches were decided before end of the day, so Britain retains that lead. Results thus far for Round Two:

Round Two

US Patmore/Soo vs Le Moignan/Mulliner
Game 1: US Patmore/Soo +26TP
Game 2: GB Le Moignan/Mulliner +21TP
Tied 1-1

GB Burridge(U)/Maugham(k) vs Huneycutt(r)/Bast(y)
Game 1: US Huneycutt/Bast +18TP
US leads 1-0

US Grimsley/Rothman vs Lines/Patel
Game 1: US Grimsley and Rothman +1
US leads 1-0

Morning Coffee: Khaled Younis Out for World GC

Visit the Store Croquet World Online reports that former world golf croquet champion Khaled Younis from Egypt had a recent car accident that has forced him to withdraw from the WCF World Golf Croquet Championship. According to the online article, the crash occured at 1:00 a.m. in the morning after a croquet match. Younis suffered a broken left hip and is currently in the hospital, but does a have a good prognosis. He needs six weeks of rest and is projected to be able to return to croquet in three-four months. A profile of Younis from Mohammad Kamal accompanies the piece --
http://croquetworld.com/People/khaled.asp

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Morning Coffee: 9W Coverage, Western Regionals Revisited, Lawn Bowling and More

Turn into Croquet Network Friday through Sunday and I should have daily coverage of the USCA Nine-Wicket National Championship which will again be held here in Kansas City (Shawnee, KS). Friday kicks off with open singles play and Saturday has two flights of doubles play. If the format follows last years, the singles championship game will happen at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Doubles playoffs are Sunday morning and generally conclude by 1:00 p.m.

Tega Cay Club Opens New Court -- The Lake Wylie Pilot reports that the South Carolina based Tega Cay Club (106 members) opened a new court this past weekend. TCCC founder and president Tom Anderson:

“From our humble beginnings on a soccer field over a year ago to this day today, we’ve proven that a group of like-minded, motivated individuals can come together and get a dream accomplished.”

USCA Mid-Atlantic / Northeast Regional Results -- Chris Patmore took the championship flight and Chris Glowacki won first flight. Full results here.

Lawn Bowling vs Croquet -- Bob Alman has an in-depth article on the opportunities and pitfalls regarding court sharing between croquet and lawn bowling clubs as the lead story on Croquet World Online.

Genie Hendry sent me a collection from the USCA Western Regionals -- You will find a few rare photos of me playing in first flight. Captions will all be updated soon.

MacRob Photos -- Adrian Wadley (croquetonfilm.com) posted this large collection of excellent MacRob photos a while back.

BBC Sport posted a short piece on Tony Le Moignan winning the Australian Open. If the BBC actually would give the sport serious coverage, that would be quite a boost. Sort of makes sense, considering Great Britain's continuing dominance of the sport.