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2009 Season Reports and results

14 Point Advanced 14 Point Handicap Margaret Brown Cup Advanced Level Egyption 18 Point Handicap Advanced Handicap Short Croquet Ladies’Day Doubles Ladies Singles Shropshire Masters Ladder Seniors

14 POINTS ADVANCED 25th APRIL

Wins

Points

Position

ROBBIE

+12

-11

-1

+10

4th

SEAN

+7 +?

-7

+4t

1st

EDWARD

-2

-2t

-10

+10

-13

7th

ALLAN

-3

-4

-11

7th

JIM

-12

+2t

-5

7th

TONY

+11

-7 -?

+10

2nd

BRIAN

-14

draw

3rd

JOHN

-4t

-10

+11

draw

5th

GRAHAM

-10

+13

-4

-9

6th

Sean wins by virtue of beating Tony

14 POINT HANDICAP 2009.
All games 14 point base 8 handicap. 1hr 15mins time limit.
AMERICAN BLOCK: All play all.
Player	Score	Player	Score
*ROUND ONE: 9.30 am.*
Graham Colclough	9	June Jennings	6
Alan Smith	6	Isobel Ellerslie	4
Jim Penny	13	Happy Christmas	7
*ROUND TWO. 11.00 am.*
Happy Christmas	14	Graham Colclough	1
June Jennings	9	Alan Smith	2
Isobel Ellerslie	2	Jim Penny	14
*ROUND THREE: 1.00pm.*
Alan Smith	10	Jim Penny	11
June Jennings	8	Happy Christmas	11
Isobel Ellerslie	5	Graham Colclough	9
*ROUND FOUR: 2.30 pm.*
June Jennings	1	Isobel Ellerslie	6
Graham Colclough	14	Jim Penny	5
Alan Smith	14	Happy Christmas	8
*ROUND FIVE: 4.00 pm.*
Graham Colclough	7	Alan Smith	9
Jim Penny	14	June Jennings	6
Happy Christmas	14	Isobel Ellerslie	4

Winner: Jim Penny (4 Wins)
Runner up: Alan Smith (by virtue of having beaten both those who, like him, had three wins.)

Margaret Brown Memorial Cup 2009: INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SINGLES.
	JIM PENNY	JULIAN REMFRY	BARBARA EDWARDS	GRAHAM COLCLOUGH	ALAN SMITH	Results.	*Pos.*
JIM PENNY		-12	+22	-8	+10	2 Wins	*3rd*
JULIAN REMFRY	+12		+8t	+4t	+1t	4 Wins	*1st*
BARBARA EDWARDS	-22	-8t		+1t	-1t	1 Win	*5th*
GRAHAM COLCLOUGH	+8	-4t	-1t		+14	2 Wins	*2nd*
ALAN SMITH	-10	-1t	+1t	-14		1 Win	*4th*
Allan Knight Withdrew.			Positions determined by who beat who.

Advanced Level Croquet Egyptian: Cluster Weekend.

Played 13/14^th June.

Player.

Played.

Won.

Chris Donovan

6

5

Tony Hudson

5

4

Sean Sheridan

5

4

Barbara Edwards

4

2

Brian Christmas

4

2

Peter Dorke

3

1

Graham Colclough

5

1

Julian Remfry

4

0

Helen Hudson

2

0

Nine Competitors. Nineteen games. Handicap range 13. 5. Mean 7.5.
Weather spectacular. Chris enjoying our lawns for once. Standard of play the best I’ve ever seen at Shrewsbury. I, myself, even did the first element of a triple peel! Alas, poor Graham, whose admirable level of performance was much belied by his statistics. Performance of weekend though was by Barbara, who not only beat (albeit, perhaps, a preoccupied) Peter Dorke, but proved that was no fluke by coming within one clanged hoop of beating an in form Tony Hudson! All without bisques. Watch out for her in the Handicap!

ADVANCED EGYPTIAN 2009: RESULTS.

The following represents an analysis of the recorded outcomes of 75 competitive Advanced level singles matches played this season. Of these 17 formed part of 10 Masters matches, 10 were from MBMC qualifying event, 19 were played on the 'Cluster' weekend, 1 was recorded as a ladder game, and there were 28 others.

Player.	Played	Won	INDEX CHANGE
Sean Sheridan	31	18	+64
Tony Hudson	15	8	+42
Chris Donovan	6	5	+27
Robbie Dodds	14	7	+16
Brian Christmas	15	8	+10
Barbara Edwards	9	3	+8
Graham Colclough	14	5	+6
Julian Remfry	9	4	+2
Peter Dorke	13	6	-57
Passive Participants (Only played in context of other* events)*
Sarah Burrow	6	6	+6
Jim Penny	5	2	+1
Helen Hudson	2	0	-10
John Jennings	3	1	-4
Alan Smith	5	1	-21
Edward Knapton	3	1	-21

2009 18point Handicap Weekend

Sy mb ol

Name

Result

Brian

-14

+4T

-5

Alan

+14

+10

-4

-15

-4

Barbara

-3

-4

-2T

-10

+11

-2T

Helen

-10

+2T

-6

-12

-7T

-6

Graham

-4T

+14

+12

+17

-6

Chris

+10

-14

-17

+11

-12

Happy

-6

-11

+17

-1T

-6

John

+2T

+12

-12

+1T

-2

-3

Isobel

+7T

-9

-10

-13

Edwards

-17

-11

+10

-10

Stuart

-4

+15

+13

-15

4 RU

Robbie

-5

+12

+10

+15

5 Winner


ADVANCED HANDICAP EVENT 2009: RESULTS. Event featured eleven different competitors of handicaps ranging from 2 to 14, and a total of 23 matches. Results as follows. Robbie Dodds beat Alan Smith +5 Graham Colclough beat Stuart Ray +7 Brian Christmas beat Julian Remfry +6 Jim Penny beat Barbara Edwards +6t Graham beat Robbie +26 Edward Knapton beat Alan. S. +11 Jim beat Robbie +13 Julian beat Stuart +8 Brian beat Barbara +12 Alan.S. beat Graham +21 Robbie beat Brian +11 (T.P.O.) ********** end of first day ************* Julian beat Edward +12 Allan Knight beat Jim +9 Tony Hudson beat Barbara +11 Graham beat Brian +13 Robbie beat Julian +13 Tony beat Edward +12 Alan.S. beat Allan.K. +7 Brian beat Jim +10 Tony beat Robbie +22 Barbara beat Graham +18 Alan.S. beat Brian +2 Jim beat Julian +19 An indication of standard of play can be had from fact that, to the best of my knowledge, only one of these matches went to time! A quick perusal of results shows how even the competition was, with several victories coming against the grain. Due to this, and since different players chose to play differing numbers of games (ranging from 2 to 6), I decided to determine outcome as if it were a complete American Block (Regulation F2b). Under this system, players are first placed in descending order of the number of games they have won. The following list then emerges. Three Wins. Robbie Dodds, Brian Christmas, Graham Colclough, Alan Smith, Tony Hudson, Jim Penny. Two Wins. Julian Remfry. One Win. Edward Knapton, Allan Knight, Barbara Edwards. No Wins. Stuart Ray. In the event of multiple tie (as here), players are then placed in descending order ‘of the number of games they have won in the games played between them’. On this basis, Robbie, Graham & Alan.S. outrank Jim, Brian & Tony. Repeating the procedure, all three proved to have won one and lost one of three games between them. Hence, necessitating a consideration of aggregate hoop points scored in those three games. Result is then; Robbie -21, Graham +5 and Alan Smith +16. Alan Smith thereby becomes champion courtesy of his last gasp two point victory over Brian, who, had he won, would have been outright winner of event! Graham Colclough is runner up, and adds to his canteen of cutlery. Congratulations to both. I think everyone enjoyed the ‘Advanced Handicap’ format and found it eminently suitable (even Jim). We would commend this variant to C.A. and hope to be able to include results of such games on cards in future. These weekend events are becoming somewhat oversubscribed, highlighting need for occasional access to additional lawns for such! However, with the possible exception of Robbie (for whom six games was still not enough), nobody was denied a game which they actually desired. Many chose to go early on either Saturday or Sunday or not appear both days. Flexible format therefore compensated admirably for numbers involved. Brian Christmas. Manager.

SHORT CROQUET OPEN 2009				Nearside lawns
Results. 23. 08				Farside lawns
Round 1.	Score		Score
Alan Smith	10	Vs	8	June Jennings
John Thompson	4	Vs	14	Graham Colclough
John Jennings	14	Vs	6	Jim Penny
Isobel Ellerslie	3	Vs	14	Happy Christmas
Round 2.
Brian Christmas	11	Vs	14	Alan Smith
June Jennings	14	Vs	8	John Thompson
Happy Christmas	11	Vs	12	John Jennings
Edward Knapton	11	Vs	9	Isobel Ellerslie
Round 3.
Alan Smith	14	Vs	3	John Thompson
Graham Colclough	10	Vs	14	Brian Christmas
Edward Knapton	7	Vs	14	Happy Christmas
Jim Penny	4	Vs	9	Isobel Ellerslie
Round 4.
June Jennings	12	Vs	8	Brian Christmas
Graham Colclough	9	Vs	14	Alan Smith
John Jennings	2	Vs	14	Isobel Ellerslie
Jim Penny	14	Vs	7	Edward Knapton
Round 5.
Brian Christmas	14	Vs	4	John Thompson
June Jennings	9	Vs	10	Graham Colclough
Edward Knapton	10	Vs	12	John Jennings
Happy Christmas	7	Vs	14	Jim Penny

Blue Group Tabulation.
Player	Wins		PTS
John Jennings	3			*Winner*
Happy Christmas	2		+10	*R/UP.*
Isobel Ellerslie	2		+4
Jim Penny	2		+1
Edward Knapton	1

Green Group Tabulation
Alan Smith	4			Winner
Brian Christmas	2		+7	R/UP.
June Jennings	2		+5
Graham Colclough	2		+2
John Thompson	0

Semi - Finals.
John Jennings	1	Vs	14	Brian Christmas
Alan Smith	1	Vs	14	Happy Christmas
*FINAL*
Brian Christmas	14	Vs	4	Happy Christmas

*Games 14 point Short Croquet over 1hour time limit.*
Bisques as follows.
John. T, Happy & Isobel 5, Jim & June 4, Alan 3, Graham 2, John. J. 0,
Brian, 1 compulsory peel, Edward, 2 compulsory peels (per game).

Ladies Day 31^st August 2009

14 Point Handicap Event

Due to injuries or family commitments only 5 ladies took part in this year’s competition. However, blessed with reasonable weather (we finished just before the drizzle) we all enjoyed our get together and polished off the last of our 25 years Anniversary cake with our afternoon tea.

Congratulations go to Elizabeth who was the winner of the event, successfully taking 3 out of her 4 matches.

MEMBERS’ HANDICAP DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP 2009-09

Group A.
Allan Knight & Alan Smith beat Brian Christmas & Jim Penny 26-14
Robbie Dodds & Barbara Edwards beat Allan & Allan 19-18*
Robbie & Barbara beat Brian & Jim 25-15*

Group B.
John & June Jennings beat Edward Knapton & Graham Colclough 17 -14*
Julian Remfry & Robert Parsons beat Edward & Graham 26-12
Julian & Robert beat John & June 18-17*

SEMI-FINALS.

Robbie & Barbara beat John & June 16-9*
Allan & Alan beat Julian & Robert 26-17

FINAL.

Robbie & Barbara beat Allan & Alan 26-15.

Competition contested in entirety over weekend of 12/13^th Sept’.

Report. A fiercely contested and tough little event played out in the most glorious weather conditions seen this summer. More than one game was decided by a golden hoop, and several went to time(*). It might have been even closer but for the unfortunate infirmity of John (bad back) on Sunday, and an injury to Allan Knight (torn shoulder) early in the final. However, this should not detract from the glory of first time winners Barbara & Robbie, the latter of whom is now accomplishing a truly impressive consistency and standard of play. They survived their own vicissitudes and came through to win when it mattered. Very well done.

Ladies Singles Championship 2009									Wins
	Sylvia	Sheila	June	Elizabeth	Barbara	Heather	Margaret	Ella
Sylvia (W/D)		~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
Sheila	~		L 12 - 14	L 9 - 17	L 3 - 18	W 18 -14	~	W 18 - 7	2
June	~	W 14 - 12		W 17 - 13	L 9 - 18	W 18 - 7	~	W 18 -15	4
Elizabeth	~	W 17 - 9	L 13 - 18		L 13 - 17	W 18 11	~	W 14 - 8	3
Barbara	~	W 18 - 3	W 18 - 9	W 17 - 13		W 18 - 7	~	W 18 - 4	5
Heather	~	L 14 - 18	L 7 - 18	L 11 - 18	L 7 - 18		~	W 18 - 6	1
Margaret(W/D)	~	~	~	~	~	~		~	~
Ella	~	L 7 - 18	L 15 - 18	L 8 - 14	L 4 - 18	L 6 - 18	~		0

This year the ladies settled on a format of only 1 Round-robin box thereby giving everyone 7 matches. However, due to illness and family commitments this was reduced to 5 each. Nevertheless all enjoyed the competition and all matches were completed before the season’s end.
As it turned out, the last match to be played was between June and Barbara who each had 4 wins. This was effectively ‘the final’ which Barbara managed to win 18 – 9.

SHROPSHIRE MASTERS (A-CLASS LEVEL SINGLES) CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

FIRST ROUND.

Edward Knapton beat Julian Remfry^ 26-19
Sean Sheridan beat Graham Colclough^ 26-15
Brian Christmas beat Jim Penny^ 26-1
John Jennings beat Alan Smith^ 24-18

QUARTER FINALS. (Best of Three)

Edward Knapton Vs Peter Dorke* W/O
Robbie Dodds* beat Sean Sheridan +10, -14, +1
Sarah Burrow* beat Brian Christmas +23, +26
Tony Hudson* beat John Jennings +3, +7

SEMI-FINALS

Robbie Dodds beat Edward Knapton +3, +9
Sarah Burrow beat Tony Hudson +7, +12

FINAL

Sarah Burrow beat Robbie Dodds +10, +5

^ denotes qualifier from MBMC event. * denotes seeded player.

MEMBER’S HANDICAP SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP 2009.

Format: Single life Knock-Out. Results as follows.

FIRST ROUND.

Isobel Ellerslie had Bye.
John Jennings beat Tony Hudson 26-24
Edward Knapton Vs Peter Dorke W/O
Alan Smith beat Sean Sheridan 26-6
Helen Hudson Vs Allan Knight W/O
Graham Colclough beat Barbara Edwards 23-17
Brian Christmas beat Jim Penny 26-24
Robbie Dodds beat Julian Remfry 26-23

QUARTER FINALS

John Jennings beat Isobel Ellerslie 18-9
Alan Smith beat Edward Knapton 26-5
Graham Colclough beat Helen Hudson 26-15
Brian Christmas beat Robbie Dodds 26-16

SEMI FINALS

Alan Smith beat John Jennings 26-18
Graham Colclough beat Brian Christmas 26-21

FINAL

Alan Smith beat Graham Colclough 26-15

	Ladder League 2009	Final Tabulation.
pos'	Player	Points	April	May	June	July	Aug'	Sept'

1	Graham Colclough	32	4	6	4	6	6	6
2	Brian Christmas	30	6	4	6	2	6	6
3	Alan Smith	28	4	2	6	6	4	6
4	Julian Remfry	27	6	6	4	5	2	4
5=	John Jennings	25	4	4	6	4	6	1
5=	Sean Sheridan	25	0	4	6	5	6	4
5=	Jim Penny	25	3	6	2	4	4	6
	Barbara Edwards	24	4	6	6	2	2	4
	June Jennings	22	5	2	4	4	4	3
	Elizabeth Ovens	22	4	2	2	4	4	6
	David Mitchell	21	3	4	3	3	6	2
	Robbie Dodds	20	4	6	2	6	2	0
	Josie Jones	20	4	1	3	4	6	2
	Isobel Ellerslie	19	2	4	4	3	4	2
	Happy Christmas	18	4	4	4	3	2	2
	John Thompson	18	2	6	2	2	2	4
	Sheila Symons	18	6	1	1	3	2	5
	David Latto	14	0	1	1	4	2	6
	Ella Williams	13	4	2	2	1	2	2
	*Partial Participants.*
	Robert Parsons	13	_	_	_	4	5	4
	Peter Dorke	12	4	2	6	0	_	_
	Roger Radcliffe	11	_	_	_	3	4	4
	Ursula Penny	9	1	1	_	_	5	2
	Michael Scott	7	2	1	4	0	_	_
	Heather Hall	6	0	0	_	_	3	3
	Sylvia Shepherd	5	0	3	2	_	_	_
	Roger Hudson	4	_	_	_	1	3	_
	Margaret Hudson	1	_	_	_	1	0	_
	Clarissa Woodford & Adam Green entered but never played!

Founder's Trophy. Log of games played
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Symbol	Name	Rodger Hudson	Margaret Hudson	Adam Green	Rodger Ratcliff	Ella Williams	Heather Hall
A	Rodger Hudson			X	X	X
B	Margaret Hudson			X	X	X
C	Adam Green	X	X					X
D	Rodger Ratcliff	X	X					X
E	Ella Williams	X	X					X
F	Heather Hal			X	X	X
G

		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Result
	Rodger Hudson	0	1	2
	Margaret Hudson	1	2	2	RU(hoops scored)
	Adam Green	1	2	3	1ST
	Rodger Ratcliff	1	1	1
	Ella Williams	0	0	1
	Heather Hal	0	0	0

SENIORS’ TOURNAMENT2009.

Not for the first time, the qualifying stages of this event, which at one time promised so much (with thirteen original entries, to which was later added another), proved to be something of a farce. Very few scheduled games were contested, and some of these were by players (four in all) who thereafter formally withdrew (for various reasons). Only JIM PENNY seems to have taken the requirements of event seriously, and I contemplated handing him title by default! One contestant never played a match.

In the end, I decided to insist on the playing of one late game in pool A*(to resolve a technical impasse), and then take account of all games contested in determining qualifiers for Semi-Finals, whilst not accepting any officially withdrawn player into such. Results are then as follows.

POOL A

Julian Remfry beat Peter Dorke 26-14
Alan Smith beat Sheila Symons 26-14
Barbara Edwards beat Alan Smith 26-12
John Thompson beat Alan Smith 26-14
*John Thompson beat Barbara Edwards 18 -5

Tabulation

Player Played Won PTS

John Thompson 2 2 6 Q
Alan Smith 3 1 5 Q
Barbara Edwards 2 1 4
Julian Remfry 1 1 3
Roger Hudson 0 0 0
Peter Dorke 1 0 w
Sheila Symons 1 0 w

POOL B

Jim Penny beat John Jennings 20-16
Graham Colclough beat Jim Penny 26-10
Jim Penny beat Margaret Hudson 26-5
Happy Christmas beat Jim Penny 26-3*
June Jennings beat Jim Penny 22-17
June Jennings beat John Jennings 18-10
Jim Penny beat David Mitchell 23-18

*An earlier game originally intended as a seniors match was won by Jim, but controversially after an argument between the players. Jim then honourably requested that it be replayed, and lost heavily! Happy (for unrelated reasons) subsequently withdrew from event.

Tabulation.

Player Played Won PTS

Jim Penny 6 3 12 Q
June Jennings 2 2 6 Q
Graham Colclough 1 1 3
John Jennings 2 0 2
David Mitchell 1 0 1
Happy Christmas 1 1 w
Margaret Hudson 1 0 w

Players in Red formally withdrawn. (w) Q = qualifier for semi finals.

SEMI FINALS.

John Thompson beat June Jennings 18-11
Jim Penny beat Alan Smith 26-6

FINAL. Jim Penny beat John Thompson 26-16.