25th May 2024 at York
This year’s event was well supported by the Federation Clubs, all the Association Croquet League Teams were represented on the day. Twenty-four players entered the competition.
There was a wide range of handicaps, which produced some interesting results. For example, Pete Johnson (from Huddersfield), with a handicap of 10, was playing his first competitive match outside of his club and he won all of his four matches. That has got to be encouraging for anyone new to competition play.
Then there was another exciting result from one of the York players, Philip Watson, who was also relatively new to competition play and he won the trophy for Best Individual. It was won on hoop points. Philip plays off a handicap of 8.
Let this be a lesson to anyone who thinks competitions are won by experienced players. the handicap system makes it a level playing field and, playing in competition with more experienced players, sharpens skills and develops play.
York’s Team 3, won the event with 2-wins and 2-draws in their four matches – see the group photo.
A big thank you goes to Philip Jay for organising and managing the event on the day and our gratitude extends to York Croquet Club for facilitating the event – thank you to the chair, Debbie James.
Do have a look at the slideshow. I hope you can see from the pleasure written on the faces of the competitors that there were no losers on the day.
