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2010 SA Croquet News Archives

South Africa invited to MacRobertson Shield 2010

South Africa has been invited to compete in the MacRobertson Shield 2010 and a team has been selected - Reg Bamford (Captain) – William Louw, Andrew Hobbs, Nick Harvey and Judith Hanekom.

All details will be found on http://macrobertsonshield2010.org

LEVEL BEST March 2010

This Golf Croquet prestigious invitational event held at Somerset West Croquet Club was a great success with some of the top players from Western & Eastern Province taking part.

It was a closely fought Open Singles 19pt contest over 2 days. The standard of play was exceptional with many matches becoming closely contested with scores of 10/9.
Everyone so enjoyed the tournament which was enthusiastically sponsored by Warwick. The guests were treated to an excellent luncheon presented by Spar of Lions Square, Somerset West.

William Louw was the winner of the Level Best Trophy and the only player to win all his games. It is hoped invitations will be accepted from other provinces in 2011. Full results to follow.

Photo:
Left - Louw, winner of the Level Best 2010, receiving the trophy from Bill Kilbride of Warwick.
Right - Players of the 2010 Level Best: L-R, Greta Snaith, Derrick Snaith, Allan Wilson, Peter Johnson (runner-up), George Rowland, William Louw (winner), Sam Faure, Susan Crole, Res Davis, Ellis Langeveld (Manager), Bill Kilbride (Warwick) absent from photo Jill Pople.

Invitation from Russian Croquet to take part in a Photo Competition

We invite you to take part in competition and exhibition of photos on the theme of Croquet.

The Photo Competition is devoted to the 135th Anniversary of Russian Croquet (1875-2010). With your support we would like to make our competition international in order to make croquet in Russia more popular. http://www.croquet-club.com/events/rover2010/

Currently croquet is not well known in Russia but with your support we would like to make our competition international to raise the profile of Russian croquet. www.croquet-club.com

WP Golf Tournament


The championships this year were held in perfect weather - some even found it TOO HOT !!!
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and things ran very smoothly. Our lawns were really magnificent and many overseas visitors commented on the quality.

Well done to the organisers, the staff , Kelvin Grove for the wonderful catering and the players themselves. The finals were so well attended that we had 55 people for the prize giving and the cocktail party.

Our thanks also to Warwick for the sponsorship.

Mariel de Bie
On the left, Derek and Greta Snaith
- winners of the Handicap Doubles.
On the right, Thea Lotz and Ken Browne
- winners of the Open Doubles and
runners-up in the Handicap Doubles.
Thea also won the Open Singles
Warwick representatives with Open Doubles
runners-up, Jill Pople and Johan Kirsten.		 The working team
L-R: Clare Stableford (match referee ),
Eve Oosthuizen (match organiser ),
Peter Johnson (helper ), Henrietta Heim (treasurer W.P.C.and
runner-up Open Singles ) and
John Cammell (W P Secretary ).

 

13/03/2010 - WP Association Tournament - Final Release

So now we close the chapter on the 2010 Western Province Association event at Somerset West.
It was a fun filled tournament, with lots of laughs, some incredible and entertaining games and lots of good croquet. This tournament will be remembered for some time I think as the spirit during the event was something very, very special.

We sadly say goodbye to our friends, old and new, from afar and look forward to their return next year, along with some new visitors. To all the winners I say congratulations and well played – Lionel, Mike, William, Chris, Anne & Chris, Graham, Ester and Paul well done.
To those who weren’t that fortunate – I’m sure we will give them a run for their money next year.

To each and every one of you who made this tournament so special – Thank you and hope to see you all again next year (360 days and counting) Yours in croquet

Judith Hanekom(Manager).

Photo: From left to right - Chris Wakeham - Restricted Singles B; Chris Osmond & Anne Stephens - Handicap Doubles; Ester Jones - Veterans Handicap Singles; Lionel Tibble - Open Singles & Open Handicap Singles "Y"; Mike Town & Lionel Tibble - Open Doubles; William Louw - Open Handicap Singles "X"; Graham Saunders - Restricted Handicap Singles & Restricted Singles C; Paul Swaffield (absent from photo) - Scottish Salver

10/03/2010 - WP Association Tournament - Day 4 in Somerset West

True to Cape Town form, if we’re not dripping with sweat then we’re dripping from the various showers today. Again we had mixed results in the big open block, although Lionel seems to be the only one escaping losing a game yet – but there’s still time, so lots to play for there.

In the Open Doubles the Tibble/Town pairing have come away with the spoils unscathed. In the Class B event Chris Wakeham is doing well and Class C still open.
Restricted handicap singles sees Graham Saunders doing well and the Vets – wide open.

Tomorrow sees another full day – hopefully with a little less precipitation please.

Judith Hanekom(Manager).

09/03/2010 - WP Association Tournament - Day 2 & 3 in Somerset West

Wow, Sunday and Monday have been absolute scorchers and the players are starting to look a little “battle weary”. But this morning we have been fortunate enough to have the most perfect weather to play in – overcast and cool which will be of enormous relief to everybody.

The games have been going well, with the odd surprise wins and losses, but pretty much “according to plan”. Competitors like George Noble (UK) have had mixed fortunes winning two super games in the Open Singles, but then taking a loss or two in the Veterans Handicap event. The Open doubles have been quite entertaining and those we will finish today. The two pairs in the running being Mundy/Swaffield (UK) and Tibble/Town (UK) – I envisage a fierce battle between these two this morning – well worth being a spectator for this game I think.

The Class events having been going well, but as yet we can’t tell who our front runners are – still everything to play for.

Judith Hanekom(Manager).

06/03/2010 - WP Association Tournament - Day 1 in Somerset West

A Sunny and hot day in Somerset West with all 4 lawns full and (we hope) happy competitors!

Winners of the day: Paul Swaffield (UK), William Louw (SA), Dave Mundy (UK), Mike Town (UK) all going through to the semi-finals of the Open Handicap Singles being played tomorrow morning.

In the plate: George Noble (UK), Lionel Tibble (UK), and Silvia Dreyer (SA) together with Jonathan Toye (UK) and Christine Wakeham (SA) who are all still in the running. All in all a successful 1st Day.

Judith Hanekom(Manager).

13/01/2010 - Veterans Mallet 2010 Tournament...

The Veterans Mallet, contested at Somerset West Croquet Club, awarded by Prof Rex Davis, is designed to encourage players to develop versatility and competence in playing both Association and Golf Croquet and to provide sociable occasions in the best spirit of croquet.The tournament consists of twelve invited players, playing in pairs,competing at time limited Association Croquet and Golf Croquet.

Time limits:
- Association Croquet (14 pts) 85 minutes max. (Ends immediately time is called)
- Golf Croquet (19pts+) 35 minutes minimum.

In the event of the Association Croquet game being won before time expires the players immediately progress to Golf Croquet and play continues until final time is called whether or not a game won. All hoops so played in both disciplines will count towards a final score to determine the winners.

Winners: Rex Davis & Fred Turnbull
Runners-up: John Cammell & Penny Price
3rd place: Peter Millson & Val Durie
4th place: Ellis Langeveld & Susan Crole
5th place: Peter Dreyer & Silvia Dreyer
6th place: Peter Knew & Lloyd Pascall

Photos: Rex Davis and Fred Turnbull winners of the trophy presented by Elizabeth Davis.(Right Photo)

30/01/2010 - WP "Open Door" Golf Croquet Tournament...

Held at Somerset West last weekend, the "Open Door" is an invitational for 0-2 handicappers.

From left to right:
Vernon Tomes, Ellis Langeveld (Chairman), William Louw, Anne Oxton, Grahame Tomes, Peter Johnson, Clare Stableford, Susan Crole, Peter Dreyer (Tournament Manager), Rex Davis and Joh Bouwer (caterer)

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30/01/2010 - WP "Stage Door" Golf Croquet Tournament...

The first Western Province Stage Door (the inspiration of Ken Wheeler who donated the trophy to be contested by 3-5 handicappers) was a great tournament, won on a 19-hoop play-off by Mariel de Bie (Left) who beat Judith Hanekom (Right) (10 - 9).

A great match to watch and could have gone either way. By coincidence the same two played the last scheduled match of the day against each other and again Mariel produced the goods to win 10 - 8.


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