The USA will attempt to retain the Solomon Trophy against Great Britain October 10-13. The Bald Head Island Croquet Club in North Carolina will be hosting the event. The following team has been selected:
Read MoreUSCA Sets GC Nationals Date
The dates have been set for the USCA's 2012 Golf Croquet National Championship tournament. The event will be held Dec 11-15, 2012, at Mission Hills Croquet Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Event contact is Erica Sherman , USCA, tournamentusca@aol.com, 561-478-0760.
SUNY New Paltz Repeats
SUNY New Paltz won the U.S. Rules division of the USCA's Collegiate National Champsionship held on the last weekend in April at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Placings:
AC World Finals: Bamford Wins 3-2
World Championship winner Reg Bamford and World Croquet Federation president Amir Naguib. Photo provided by Leo Nikora.ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA -- Reg Bamford survived a 2-1 deficit to come back and win a 3-2 final over Robert Fletcher for his fourth World Championship title. According the commentary, the final was played in dreary conditions, but seemed to have a lively crowd. Scores were as follows in favor of Bamford:
AC World Final: It's Bamford and Fletcher
Is it the dream final? After negotiating block play and surviving the 32-player knockout, we now have #1 Reg Bamford vs #2 Robert Fletcher. Bamford will be looking for a repeat of his 2009 win and his fourth world championship title overall, while young Fletcher will be looking for his first.
AC Worlds Final Four
The WCF World Association Championship marches on as we have now reached the final four. These matches should occur around 6:30 eastern time in the U.S. if I am translating my Australian time converter properly:
Read MoreAC Worlds Elite Eight
The WCF Sweet Sixteen played out yesterday and it looks like there was an upset with Marcus Evans eliminating Robert Fulford 26TP/0, 6/26TP, 26SXP/0, 23/26TP, 1/26QNP. Other results from yesterday's action:
Reg Bamford over Ian Dumerge
Stephen Forster over Miranda Chapman
Simon Hockey over James Death
James Hopgood over Alan Walsh
Robert Fletcher over Harley Watts
Samir Patel over Harps Tahurangi
Marcus Evans over Robert Fulford
Malcom Fletcher over Jenny Clarke
Today's Matches:
Reg Bamford vs Stephen Forster
Simon Hockey vs James Hopgood
Robert Fletcher vs Samir Patel
Malcolm Fletcher vs Marcus Evans
Morning Coffee: World Championship Week Is Here
It's another busy week and I'm happy to report that the RSS feeds of the croquet world are starting to take shape so I am starting to include the headlines in the weekly Morning Coffee (see below). Starting off though, you'll find the usual items from the Overdrive forum. Keep your seatbelts on ... Croquet Network is going to go through some big changes over the next three months. Without further ado, feel free to binge and purge on croquet news ...
Morning Coffee: Cumming Wins NC Open
The news is a little light this week, which may serve as a little calm before
the storm. All kinds of tournament action is on deck in the United States for
April and May and the WCF Association World Championship will kick off in
Adelaide in just a few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy this week's very brief
edition ...
Morning Coffee: World Championship Blocks Set
Last week's article on Zac Ashley drew a clarification on a claim made by the Canterbury Star:
Just for the record Zac is not the youngest winner of the NZ Handicap Singles event. In 1960 Tony Stephens at age 16 won not only the Hurlingham Cup (NZ Handicap Singles) but achieved far greater glory by winning the NZ Open Championship Singles, the NZ Men's Championship Singles, and with Ashley Heenan the NZ Doubles Championship.
Cheers
John Prince