Hughes Wins 2011 Delaware Invitational

Championship Finalists / Click for full gallery / Photo by John WarlickHeld May 26-29 | Wilmington Country Club | Photo Gallery

By Ben Rothman

Another beautiful weekend in Wilmington, Delaware, greeted the twenty-four participants in this year's Delaware Invitational. Tom and Joan Hughes were kind enough to open up their home for the welcoming reception again this year and provide shelter from the heavy heat that weighed down the practice day. Barry Gibson, the tournament co-host, welcomed a few select players to compete at the DuPont Country Club to alleviate the double banking concerns of tournament Director, Ben Rothman. The heat held back during the actual competition but the players left it all on the court. Handicaps were lower than last year, players were better and there were several games that went to the peg compared to zero last year.

The field was split into three flights of singles and two flights of doubles with assigned partners. While Jim Hughes aimed to repeat his championship victory, he would have more than the usual Delaware players to contend with as former rookies-of-the-year Micah Beck and Justin Berbig made their Delaware debut in the Championship flight

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Morning Coffee: BestInvest GC World Championship Blocks

Visit the Store Block announcements have been made for the BestInvest Golf Croquet World Championships and the full list can be found in the Croquet Network forum. In addition, Tom King has been announced as event manager. Full block listing--
/croquet-network-forum/post/1527189#post1527189

England won the Home Internationals held June 18-19 at Heaton Park in Manchester. Full results available here--

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Morning Coffee: Fulford, Morgan Win CA Championships

Visit the Store Robert Fulford took the CA Men's Championship with a -25tp +20tp +26tp +4 win over Paddy Chapman. The event was held at the Cheltenham Croquet Club, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Fulford advanced through the playoff by defeating Lionel Tibble, David Maugham and James Death. Full bracket--
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=3732

Miranda Morgan won the Women's Championship with a -12tp +20 +25 win over Gabrielle Higgens.

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Mallethead: Croquet Should Be in the Olympics Now. Period.

First off, anyone that wants to debate the merit of croquet as a sport can turn around and walk right back out the door right now.

Okay, now that we've cleared out the deadwood, let's roll. Mallethead doesn't see how you can count the one-year entry of croquet in the Olympics in 1900 (before switching to roque for the 1904 event) as a valid attempt to evaluate the sport before giving it the boot. Consider this excerpt from Wikipedia:*

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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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