2010 USCA Nine-Wicket Nationals (Final Day)

George Cochran on his way to another singles titleFINAL DAY PHOTOS

SHAWNEE, KANSAS -- George Cochran picked up his second national title in nine-wicket singles Sunday afternoon with a 28-18 (unofficial) win over Bill Martin. It was Cochran's second nine-wicket national championship title as he also won in 2008.

Cochran actually had an early mishap when his black ball was un-intentionally placed deep in the jaws of wicket one. Martin was unable to get both yellow and black into the game and was unable to take the early advantage.

Cochran got the early break and ran out to the 11-point wicket. He followed a little later with his partner ball and had control of the game as Martin had trouble generating offense. Cochran did get hung up with both balls for the 14-point wicket and that allowed Martin to generate a late run with red, but he was not able to establish a three-ball break coming out of the turn.

In other action Sunday, Matt Smith and Nick Zink claimed their second straight doubles national championship with a win over Matt Baird and Jeff Caldwell.

FINAL STANDINGS

Championship Singles
1    George Cochran       
2    Bill Martin          
3    Billy Bob Breeden    
3    Nick Zink            
5    Matt Baird           
5    Jeff Caldwell        
5    Matt Smith           
5    John Warlick         
9    Greg Clouse
9    Eric Sawyer          
10    Don Brooks           
10    Pat Garner           
10    Don Oakley           
10    Dylan Goodwin        
14    Matt Griffith        
14    Jason Cole           
    
Championship Doubles
1    Matt Smith/Nick Zink
2    Matt Baird/Jeff Caldwell
3    George Cochran/Don Oakley
3    Matt Griffith/Billy Bob Breeden
5    Bill Martin/John Warlick
5    Don Brooks/Johnny Nichols
    
First Flight Doubles
1    Greg Adams/Troy White
2    Don Millican/Deborah Millican
3    Eric Sawyer/Caren Sawyer
3    Jodi Adams/Debbie Breeden
5    Pat Garner/Jason Cole

2010 USCA Nine-Wicket Nationals (Day One)

Nick Zink heads through the turn

DAY ONE PHOTOS

SHAWNEE, KANSAS -- The first day of action saw 16 players battle it out in open singles play. The singles final will happen late afternoon today (4:00 or 5:00 p.m.) and will be George Cochran against the winner between Bill Martin and Billy Bob Breeden. Cochran has now made the finals three straight years and won in 2008. The playoffs matchups:

QUARTERFINALS
Bill Martin over Jeff Caldwell
Nick Zink over Matt Smith
Billy Bob Breeden over John Warlick
George Cochran over Matt Baird

SEMI-FINALS
George Cochran over Nick Zink
Billy Bob Breeden vs Bill Martin (late game)

2010 USCA Western Regionals (Final Day)

KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON -- I have limited results as I played more than I expected today. Steve Scalpone won the championship flight singles event and I actually won the first flight singles. I am not sure of the placings in the championship flight, so I'll post those when available, but first flight worked out like this:

1. Dylan Goodwin
2. Peter Bach
3. Ed Priest
4. Gary Anderson
5. Steve Mossbrook

PHOTO GALLERY | ALL PHOTOS

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2010 USCA Western Regionals (Day Three)

KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON -- Day three brought beautiful blue skies and temperatures that ranged from cool to pleasantly warm when the sun was able to peak through the scattered clouds. There is no photo gallery today as I played in each slot today. I was also unable to get a photo of the master scoresheet. The only real croquet info I have is the line-ups for first flight elimination play:

Round One - 4/5 Play-in Game
Steve Mossbrook vs Dylan Goodwin

Round Two - Semifinals
Peter Bach vs Gary Anderson
Ed Priest vs Mossbrook/Goodwin winner

First Flight Championship Game

Look for better information tomorrow. I'll have more time after play concludes to make sure I have results.

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2010 USCA Western Regionals (Day Two)

Ed Priest approaches hoop twoKIRKLAND, WASHINGTON -- Singles play started yesterday at the USCA Western Regionals in Kirkland under partly cloudy skies. There were clouds in the area, but the weather worked out as it stayed dry all day. Cool enough for two shirts most of the day.

DAY TWO PHOTO GALLERY

UNOFFICIAL STANDINGS (Scoresheet)

Championship Flight
Steve Scalpone 3-0
Jim Butts 3-0
Cameron Guernsey 2-1
Ron Hendry 1-2
Jim Herzog 0-3
Patrick Sweeney 0-3

First Flight
Ed Priest 3-1
Peter Bach 2-1
Dylan Goodwin 2-1
Gary Anderson 1-2
Steve Mossbrook 0-3

2010 USCA Western Regionals (Day One)

Peter Bach on court two

KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON -- It was a brisk day with a little bit of rain falling now and then for the first day of the USCA'S Western Regionals. The event is being hosted by the Puget Sound Croquet Club which has three courts available for play. The first day featured five rounds of hi-lo waterford doubles. Singles play is scheduled to be mixed in as well today. There are six players in the championship flight and five players in first flight.

FIRST DAY PHOTOS

Championship Flight:
Jim Butts (-0.5)
Cameron Guernsey (0.5)
Ron Hendry (-0.5)
Jim Herzog (0.5)
Steve Scalpone (-0.5)
Patrick John Sweeney

First Flight:
Gary Anderson (5)
Peter Bach (4)
Dylan Goodwin (10)
Steve Mossbrook (4)
Ed Priest (4.5)

Croquet News Clips: Paul Scott Takes U.S. Championship

U.S. Champion Paul Scott in action / photo by Eric SawyerThree-Time Champions

The 2009 U.S. National Championship held at the Mission Hills Club in Rancho Mirage, CA concluded over the weekend. Paul Scott won the U.S. singles championship title over Danny Huneycutt to claim his third championship. Other three time winners include Archie Peck, Jeff Soo, Reid Fleming and John Osborn

In championship doubles, former USCA president Rich Curtis and Doug Grimsley took the doubles title over Rich Lamm and Ben Rothman. Following the theme it was the third national doubles title for Curtis and Grimsley.

Full game notes for both championship games were posted by Britt Ruby in the Croquet World Forum as well as all kinds of other interesting tidbits by Jeff Soo. Placings for all flights follow:

Championship Singles
1. Paul Scott
2. Danny Huneycutt
3. Ben Rothman

Championship Doubles
1. Rich Curtis & Doug Grimsley
2. Rich Lamm & Ben Rothman
3. Ben Morehead & Johnny Mitchell
3. Danny Huneycutt & John Osborn

First Flight Singles
1. Micah Beck
2. Rich Schiller
3. Marty Ormsby

First Flight Doubles
1. Micah Beck & Justin Berbig
2. Rich Schiller & Jake Johnson
3. Donna Dixon & Marty Ormsby
3. Soup Campbell & Bob Roth

Second Flight Singles
1. Justin Berbig
2. Eric Sawyer
3. Danna Huneycutt
3. Karen Comeau

Second Flight Doubles
1. Karen Comeau & Toni Kemp
2. Jean Engebretson & Danna Huneycutt

Plate
1. Patrick Sweeney
2. Frank Thompson
3. Sheri Foroughi
3. Steve Johnston

World Championships Down to Sweet Sixteen

Ben Rothman is the last American standing in the WCF World Championships in West Palm Beach, Florida. Today, he'll be taking on #2 Robert Fulford from England. The sixteen that remain:

Chris Clarke | England | #1
Robert Fulford | England | #2
Reg Bamford | South Africa | #4
Rutger Beijderwellen | Netherlands | #5
Stephen Mulliner | England | #6
Ian Lines | England | #9
David Maugham | England | #10
Stephen Forster | Australia | #11
John Gibbons | England | #12
Robert Fletcher | Australia | #13
Ed Duckworth | England | #19
Ben Rothman | United States | #20
James Death | England | #27
Leo McBride | Canada | #36
Bruce Fleming | Australia | #41
Chris Farthing | England | #59

World Championship Block Standings Through May 10

World Croquet 2009 -Block A

Players Wins Place
Duncan Dixon (NZ) 3 1
Ed Duckworth (ENG) 3 2
James Death (ENG) 2 3
Chris Clarke (ENG) 2 4
James Le Moignan (JER) 2 5
Ron Lloyd (USA) 1 6
Tim Murphy (AUS) 1 7
Johnny Osborn (USA) 1 8
Martin Murray (SCO) 0 9
Allan Morris (BEL) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block B

Players Wins Place
Robert Fulford (ENG) 3 1
Jim Bast (USA) 3 2
Kevin Beard (AUS) 3 3
Jonathan Kirby (SCO) 2 4
David Openshaw (ENG) 2 5
Tony Le Moignan (JER) 1 6
Trevor Herin (USA) 1 7
Jerry Guest (ENG) 0 8
Evan Newell (IRE) 0 9
Koji Moriyama (JAP) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block C

Players Wins Place
Stephen Mulliner (ENG) 3 1
Robert Fletcher (AUS) 3 2
Peter Trimmer (ENG) 2 3
Leo McBride (CAN) 2 4
David Walters (WALES) 2 5
Ken Bald (AUS) 1 6
Anthony Ritchie (NZ) 1 7
Charlie Gillmarten (USA) 1 8
Chris Farthing (ENG) 0 9
Peter Just (USA) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block D

Players Wins Place
Mark Avery (ENG) 3 1
Paul Billings (USA) 3 2
Samir Patel (ENG) 2 3
Rutger Beijderwellen (NETH) 2 4
Phillip Drew (NZ) 1 5
Dick Knapp (USA) 1 6
Mark Prater (AUS) 1 7
Carole Jackson (SA) 1 8
Simon Watkins (AUS) 1 9
Jose Alvarez-Sala (SPAIN) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block E

Players Wins Place
Jamie Burch (ENG) 3 1
Reg Bamford (SA) 3 2
Robert Lowe (NZ) 2 3
Danny Huneycutt (USA) 2 4
Malcolm Fletcher (AUS) 2 5
Rich Lamm (USA) 2 6
Brian Storey (ENG) 1 7
Ed Cunnigham (IRE) 0 8
James Hopgood (SCO) 0 9
Debbie Cornelius (ENG) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block F

Players Wins Place
David Maugham (ENG) 3 1
David Bent (USA) 2 2
Colin Irwin (ENG) 2 3
Stephen Forster (AUS) 2 4
Roger Jenkins (ENG) 2 5
Bruce Fleming (AUS) 2 6
Ian Burridge (WALES) 1 7
Anton Varnas (SWE) 1 8
Bob Cherry (USA) 0 9
Kevin Wells (IOMAN) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block G

Players Wins Place
Stuart Lawrence (USA) 2 1
Liz Fleming (AUS) 2 2
Ian Lines (ENG) 2 3
Brian Cumming (CAN) 2 4
Marcus Evans (ENG) 2 5
Damon Bidencope (USA) 2 6
Bruno Hess (GER) 1 7
Juan Ojeda (SPAIN) 1 8
Paul Bennett (USA) 1 9
Andrew Winn (ENG) 0 10



World Croquet 2009 -Block H

Players Wins Place
John Gibbons (ENG) 3 1
Aiken Hakes (NZ) 3 2
Keith Aiton (SCO) 2 3
Chris Patmore (ENG) 2 4
Greg Fletcher (AUS) 2 5
Doug Grimsley (USA) 1 6
Chris Williams (WALES) 1 7
Ben Rothman (USA) 1 8
Andres de Diego (SPAIN) 0 9
Paul Emmett (CAN) 0 10

 

TOP FOUR ADVANCE TO KNOCKOUT FROM EACH BLOCK