News 2015

CqE Official News

• 23rd Nov 2015: Communications Problem
• 18th Nov 2015: 'Coach of the Year' Nominations Please
• 11th Nov 2015: AGM Minutes Published
• 11th Nov 2015: Report of AGM and Council Meeting (17 Oct)
• 14th Oct 2015: Annual Report of Council (17 Oct)
• 12th Oct 2015: CA AGM (17 Oct)
• 8th Oct 2015:  GC Rules: New Official Ruling on Rule 7
• 23rd Sep 2015: CA AGM Agenda (17 Oct)
• 23rd Sep 2015: CA Accounts and Treasurer's Report
• 21st Jul 2015: AC Laws: Official Ruling on Law 53(b)(3)
• 18th Jul 2015: Croquet on BBC1 Breakfast TV - available online
• 27th May 2015: Nominations Close on 1st June
• 21st Apr 2015: Women's Coaching at Nottingham
• 17th Apr 2015: Tournament Regulations 2015 - Update
• 2nd Apr 2015:  CA Launches New "GC Championship Referee" Scheme
• 31st Mar 2015: Federations agree to join the CA
• 31st Mar 2015: Report of Council Meeting
• 30th Mar 2015: Report of SGM
• 26th Mar 2015: Croquet Association Special General Meeting
• 23rd Mar 2015: Lifetime Coaching Award - Peter Dyke
• 23rd Mar 2015: Coach of the Year - Janet Hoptroff
• 21st Mar 2015: CA Website and E-mail Problem (24 Mar)
• 17th Mar 2015: Christine Irwin, Croquet Player and Manager, Has Died
• 3rd Mar 2015:  Tournament Regulations 2015 (01 Mar)
• 14th Feb 2015: Notice of Website Maintenance (18 Feb)
• 11th Feb 2015: FAQ about SGM Proposals
• 10th Feb 2015: Leader Sought for Junior Action Group
• 5th Feb 2015:  SGM Proposals, Voting and FAQ
• 5th Feb 2015:  Dab Wheeler has Died (5 Feb)
• 28th Jan 2015: Report of Council Meeting
• 27th Jan 2015: Selections Announced for AC Women's World Championship
• 8th Jan 2015:  Paul Macdonald, Former Council Member Has Died (8 Jan)

Other News

• 4th Nov 2015:  Miranda Chapman won Nottingham Amateur Sportsperson Award
• 26th Jun 2015: Pink Flamingos fly into Nottingham and raise £800 for charity
• 21st Jun 2015: New Coaching Pods Created in Devon and Hampshire
• 12th May 2015: £3,400 raised for Cancer in Croquet Tournament (10 May)
• 30th Apr 2015: Oxford University Croquet Club Coaching Starts with 50+ Students
• 8th Feb 2015:  Junior AC Coaching Opportunity
• 6th Jan 2015:  Virtual Croquet Lawn Now Available

AC - Championships

• 12th Oct 2015: Eden Rogers of Farlingaye School won the Junior Championship (20 Sep)
• 29th Sep 2015: David Maugham Won the South Of England Championship, with a Record 55 Championship Finals Under His Belt
• 16th Sep 2015: David Harrison-Wood won the Spencer Ell (10-14 Sep)
• 15th Sep 2015: Sam Murray Won the Treasurer's Tankard (10-14 Sep)
• 14th Sep 2015: James Hopgood won the Chairman's Salver (10-13 Sep)
• 13th Sep 2015: James Hopgood won the Chairman's Salver
• 13th Sep 2015: Paddy Chapman Won the President's Cup (10-13 Sep)
• 2nd Sep 2015:  David Maugham won the North Of England Championship for the tenth time
• 9th Aug 2015:  David Maugham Won the Championship of Surrey for the First Time
• 22nd Jul 2015: The WCF Women's World Championship
• 21st Jul 2015: Ian Burridge won the Eastern Championship (24-26 Jul)
• 12th Jul 2015: David Goacher Won the Opens Consolation Z
• 12th Jul 2015: Robert Fulford Won the Open Championship for the Eleventh Time
• 12th Jul 2015: James Hopgood Won The Association Plate
• 12th Jul 2015: Luc Berthouze & Robert Wilkinson Won the Y Doubles
• 12th Jul 2015: Reg Bamford and Ben Rothman Won the Open Doubles Championship
• 10th Jul 2015: Opens Commentary Friday
• 3rd Jul 2015:  Open Championships - Singles Draw
• 28th Jun 2015: David Maugham won East Midlands Championship
• 20th Jun 2015: Open Championships - Entry List
• 8th Jun 2015:  Keith Aiton and Gabrielle Higgins Won the Mixed Doubles Championship; Jack Wicks Won the Du Pre Cup
• 7th Jun 2015:  Annabel McDiarmid won the Women's Championship (7 Jun)
• 7th Jun 2015:  David Maugham won the Men's Championship (4-7 Jun)
• 1st Jun 2015:  The Sue Mackay Report on the 2015 Inter-Counties Championship
• 26th May 2015: Surrey won the AC Inter-County Championship
• 7th May 2015:  Robert Fulford Won the Western Championship (4 May)
• 4th May 2015:  Reg Bamford Won The Coles Championship (2-4 May)
• 14th Apr 2015: AC Inter-County Championship Latest Teams
• 25th Jan 2015: 2015 AC Inter-County Championship draw available

GC - Championships

• 23rd Sep 2015: Tobi Savage won the Ascot Cup
• 16th Sep 2015: Stephen Mulliner won the Musk's Cup (31 Aug)
• 23rd Aug 2015: Leicestershire returned to the top in the GC Inter-County Championship (22-23 Aug)
• 17th Aug 2015: Stephen Mulliner won the Surbiton GC Open Championship (18-19 Apr)
• 14th Aug 2015: Joel Taylor won the Kate Jones Memorial (GC Second Eight) - full report (08-09 Aug)
• 13th Aug 2015: Peter Dowd won the Guildford & Godalming B-Level Golf Croquet (8 Aug)
• 10th Aug 2015: Joel Taylor won the Kate Jones Memorial (GC Second Eight) - initial details (08-09 Aug)
• 20th Jul 2015: Rachel Rowe won Nottingham GC Open (Ascot Cup Qualifier)
• 15th Jul 2015: Jean-Paul Moberly won the Cheltenham GC Championship (Ascot Cup Qualifier)
• 6th Jul 2015:  John-Paul Moberly won the National Forest Championship at Ashby Croquet Club (28 Jun)
• 20th Jun 2015: Reg Bamford won the GC Open Championship
• 1st Jun 2015:  Stephen Mulliner won the European GC Championship
• 12th Apr 2015: David Walters won the 16th Lancashire International Open Golf Croquet Championship (11 & 12 April)

AC

• 1st Oct 2015:  Tudor Jenkins won the Sussex September Advanced Weekend (27 Sep)
• 29th Sep 2015: Leo Hawkins won the Selectors' Weekend (13 Sep)
• 15th Sep 2015: Challenge and Gilbey Results (6 Sep)
• 1st Sep 2015:  Andy Brandwood won the Edgbaston Advanced Weekend (31 Aug)
• 1st Sep 2015:  Howard Bowron won the Sidmouth B-Level Advanced Tournament (15 Aug)
• 23rd Aug 2015: Sophie McGlen won the Robin Hood Cup
• 14th Aug 2015: Eights Selections (3 Aug)
• 6th Aug 2015:  Owen Pugh won the Norwich Chalkhill Mallet Weekend
• 6th Aug 2015:  Roger Tribe won the COWhorn; Robert Wilkinson won the COWbell
• 3rd Aug 2015:  Jack Wicks won the Ranelagh Gold Cup at Roehampton (26 Jul)
• 1st Aug 2015:  Ed Duckworth won the John McCullough Trophy at the Bristol Open Weekend (21 Jun)
• 15th Jul 2015: Sarah Melvin Won the Nailsea B-Class Advanced Weekend
• 11th Jul 2015: Mrs Wilson won the Pendle Rose Bowl (7-10 Jul)
• 2nd Jul 2015:  Oxford won the 2015 Varsity Match (21 Jun)
• 2nd Jul 2015:  Derek Watts won the Middlesbrough B-Level Advanced Tournament (28 Jun)
• 29th Jun 2015: Veteran's Championship Results (20 Jun)
• 23rd Jun 2015: Robert Fulford won the Colchester Open weekend (21 Jun)
• 17th Jun 2015: Adam Moliver won the Ashby B-Level Tournament (14 Jun)
• 17th Jun 2015: Caroline Denny won the Nailsea C-Level Advanced Tournament (14 Jun)
• 17th Jun 2015: John Bowcott won the Hunstanton over '50s Tournament (14 Jun)
• 17th Jun 2015: Andy Myers won the Hamptworth Super-B-Level Tournament (14 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: East Dorset June Week Report (6 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Sidmouth June Tournament Results (7 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Terry Mahoney and Carole McLoughlin won at the Watford One-day AC tournament (6 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Annabel McDiarmid won the B-Level Weekend
• 3rd Jun 2015:  David Goacher won the Nailsea Advanced Weekend (10 May)
• 2nd Jun 2015:  Paddy Chapman won the Bowdon Advanced Weekend (31 May)
• 20th May 2015: David Boyd won the B-Level Tournament at Sussex CCC (11 May)
• 19th May 2015: Mark Avery Won the Newport Open Weekend
• 12th May 2015: Budleigh Salterton May Week Results (9 May)
• 12th May 2015: George Noble won the Prichard Weekend (8 May)
• 6th May 2015:  Hurlingham May Weekend Results (4 May)
• 28th Apr 2015: Brian Kerr won the B-Level Advanced Weekend at Budleigh Salterton (26 Apr)
• 20th Apr 2015: Hurlingham Mid-Week Veterans Tournament - Change of Date
• 20th Apr 2015: Andrew Killick won the Middlesbrough CA On-Ball Tournament (11 Apr)
• 15th Apr 2015: Jose Riva won the Sussex CCC Advanced Weekend (12 Apr)
• 7th Apr 2015:  Pendle & Craven Easter Weekend Results (6 Apr)
• 7th Apr 2015:  Cheltenham Easter Tournament Results (4 Apr)

AC - Handicap

• 14th Oct 2015: Simon Mew won the ARK Tournament (11 Oct)
• 30th Sep 2015: Jonathan Toye won the Wrest Park Handicap Tournament (20 Sep)
• 22nd Sep 2015: Jonathan Lambton representing Watford won the All England a/c (20 Sep)
• 19th Aug 2015: Pendle August Handicap Results (16 Aug)
• 26th Jul 2015: Nathan Baker Retained The Jubilee Trophy at Fylde (25-26 Jul)
• 13th Jul 2015: John Andrews won the Colchester Over 50's Hcp Tournament
• 29th Jun 2015: Joe Prinold won the Surbiton Midsummer Handicap (21 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Chris Roberts won the Tyneside Midweek Handicap Tournament (6 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Tony Elliott won the C-Level Handicap Singles (3 Jun)
• 2nd Jun 2015:  David Frost won the Colchester Spring Weekend Handicap Tournament (31 May)
• 21st May 2015: Philip Windred won the Wrest Park Handicap Tournament (17 May)
• 18th May 2015: The Peel Memorials (First played in 1898)
• 7th May 2015:  Joe Lennon won the Middlesbrough Handicap (3 May)
• 27th Apr 2015: Susan Fulford won the Woking Spring Handicap Weekend (26 Apr)

GC

• 13th Oct 2015: Ian Shore won the GC B-Level Series (11 Oct)
• 29th Sep 2015: Alan Clark won the All England Golf Croquet Final (27 Sep)
• 17th Aug 2015: Steve Piercy won Dorset Open GC Championship (18-19 Jul)
• 17th Aug 2015: Ian Burridge won the 2nd London Masters (15-16 Aug)
• 6th Aug 2015:  Roger Goldring Won the Hamptworth "National Series" B-Level Tournament (26 Jul)
• 20th Jul 2015: David Widdison won Croquet North B-Level GC Challenge (18 Jul)
• 19th Jul 2015: Stephen Mulliner won the 1st Spanish Open GC Championship
• 15th Jul 2015: Jayne Stevens won Nottingham B-Level GC Tournament
• 7th Jul 2015:  International Exhibition GC Match at Budleigh
• 29th Jun 2015: Ian Norris won the Guildford and Godalming GC Handicap (24 Jun)
• 23rd Jun 2015: Jayne Stevens won the Northampton GC B-Level Tournament (10 Jun)
• 22nd Jun 2015: Jeff Dawson won the Woking GC Tournament (9 Jun)
• 17th Jun 2015: Nick Mounfield won the Letchworth GC Level Tournament (13 Jun)
• 17th Jun 2015: Stephen Thornton won June GC Handicap at Letchworth (12 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Jon Diamond won the GC Singles Tournament (7 Jun)
• 2nd Jun 2015:  Keith Southern won the Sussex GC B-Level Challenge (3 May)
• 21st May 2015: Graham Good won the Wrest Park GC B-Level Tournament (20 May)
• 28th Apr 2015: Chris Roberts won the Sidmouth GC Weekend (26 Apr)
• 24th Mar 2015: Golf Croquet Coaching Manual Published
• 10th Feb 2015: Golf Croquet Official Rulings
• 4th Jan 2015:  GC Handicaps - Call for Handicap Card Evidence

AC - Inter-Club

• 5th Oct 2015:  2015 Inter-Club Championship - Results summary
• 4th Oct 2015:  Woking beat Cheltenham to win the Inter-Club for the eighth time 4-3
• 23rd Sep 2015: Woking beat Colchester w/o
• 7th Sep 2015:  Bristol lost to Cheltenham 3-4
• 20th Jul 2015: Bristol beat Surbiton 3-2 (18 Jul)
• 20th Jul 2015: Woking beat Bowdon 5-1 (18 Jul)
• 2nd Jul 2015:  Colchester beat Hurlingham 5-2 (30 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Surbiton beat Nottingham w/o (8 Jun)
• 31st May 2015: Cheltenham beat Sussex County 5-2
• 1st Apr 2015:  Draw

AC - Mary Rose

• 5th Oct 2015:  2015 Mary Rose - Results summary
• 4th Oct 2015:  Surbiton beat Wrest Park at Surbiton to win the Mary Rose 4-2
• 8th Sep 2015:  Wrest Park beat Bowdon 4-2 (7 Sep)
• 1st Sep 2015:  Surbiton beat Nottingham 5-2 (30 Aug)
• 11th Aug 2015: Bowdon beat Letchworth w/o
• 4th Aug 2015:  Bristol lost to Nottingham 1-4 (3 Aug)
• 20th Jul 2015: Pinchbeck lost to Wrest Park 3-4 (18 Jul)
• 17th Jul 2015: Surbiton beat Chester 6-1 (16 Jul)
• 14th Jul 2015: Nottingham beat Woking 6-1 (13 Jul)
• 2nd Jul 2015:  Letchworth beat Northampton 4-1 (24 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Chester beat Hurlingham 4-0 (8 Jun)
• 10th Jun 2015: Bristol beat East Dorset 5-2 (9 Jun)
• 5th Jun 2015:  Sussex lost to Wrest Park 0-7 (3 Jun)
• 13th May 2015: Pendle lost to Pinchbeck 3-4 (21 May)
• 10th May 2015: Roehampton lost to Surbiton 2-5
• 5th May 2015:  Bowdon beat Colchester 4-3 (30 Apr)
• 1st Apr 2015:  Draw

AC - Longman Cup

• 6th Oct 2015:  High Wycombe v Bowdon in the 3rd/4th place play-off 5-0
• 5th Oct 2015:  2015 Longman Cup - Results summary
• 4th Oct 2015:  Reigate beat Watford at Surbiton to win the Longman Cup 5-2
• 4th Oct 2015:  Reigate beat High Wycombe at Surbiton 4-3
• 3rd Oct 2015:  Watford beat Bowdon at Surbiton 6-1
• 15th Sep 2015: Crake Valley lost to Bowdon 3-4 (14 Sep)
• 14th Sep 2015: Medway lost to Reigate 3-4 (12 Sep)
• 14th Sep 2015: High Wycombe beat East Dorset 5-2 (13 Sep)
• 4th Sep 2015:  Colchester lost to Watford 2-5 (2 Sep)
• 5th Aug 2015:  East Dorset beat Hurlingham 5-2 (3 Aug)
• 1st Aug 2015:  Crake Valley beat Pendle and Craven 4-3 (31 Jul)
• 22nd Jul 2015: Nottingham lost to Bowdon 1-4 (21 Jul)
• 21st Jul 2015: Sussex lost to Medway 1-6 (20 Jul)
• 20th Jul 2015: High Wycombe beat Merton 5-2 (18 Jul)
• 15th Jul 2015: Watford beat Bristol 5-2
• 9th Jul 2015:  Guildford lost to Reigate 2-5 (9 Jul)
• 6th Jul 2015:  Hunstanton lost to Colchester 3-4 (7 Jul)
• 6th Jul 2015:  Bury lost to Crake Valley 1-6 (2 Jul)
• 30th Jun 2015: East Dorset beat Blewbury 4-3 (28 Jun)
• 29th Jun 2015: Watford beat Shrewsbury 7-0 (28 Jun)
• 25th Jun 2015: Pendle beat Fylde 5-2 (24 Jun)
• 24th Jun 2015: Sussex beat Woking 4-3 (22 Jun)
• 16th Jun 2015: High Wycombe beat Surbiton 5-2 (14 Jun)
• 15th Jun 2015: Hurlingham beat Enfield 5-2 (13 Jun)
• 15th Jun 2015: Bristol beat Letchworth w/o
• 10th Jun 2015: Guildford beat Ramsgate 6-1 (6 Jun)
• 8th Jun 2015:  Chester lost to Bowdon 1-5 (6 Jun)
• 7th Jun 2015:  Nottingham beat Southport 4-3 (6 Jun)
• 2nd Jun 2015:  Medway beat Compton 6-1 (28 May)
• 19th May 2015: Hunstanton beat Edgbaston w/o (18 May)
• 19th May 2015: Roehampton lost to Merton 3-4 (8 May)
• 6th May 2015:  Colchester beat Kenilworth 5-2 (5 May)
• 27th Apr 2015: Purley Bury lost to Reigate 1-6 (23 Apr)
• 1st Apr 2015:  Draw

AC - Secretary's Shield

• 10th Oct 2015: Oxford beat Bowdon at Nottingham to win the Secretary's Shield 4-3
• 5th Oct 2015:  2015 Secretary's Shield - Results summary
• 26th Aug 2015: Oxford beat Huddersfield 5-2 (23 Aug)
• 17th Aug 2015: Nottingham lost to Bowdon 2-5 (16 Aug)
• 20th Jul 2015: Oxford beat East Dorset 4-3
• 9th Jul 2015:  Nottingham beat Bury 4-3 (6 Jul)
• 6th Jul 2015:  Bowdon beat Reigate 4-3 (4 Jul)
• 2nd Jul 2015:  Huddersfield beat St Albans 4-3 (27 Jun)
• 15th Jun 2015: Nottingham beat Shrewsbury 5-2 (13 Jun)
• 19th May 2015: Huddersfield beat Belsay Hall 4-3 (18 May)
• 1st Apr 2015:  Draw

GC - Inter-Club

• 5th Oct 2015:  2015 GC Inter-Club Championship - Results summary
• 26th Sep 2015: Ashby beat Surbiton at Cheltenham to win the 2015 GC Inter-Club Championship 4-2
• 17th Sep 2015: Dulwich lost to Surbiton 3-4
• 29th Jul 2015: Letchworth lost to Ashby 2-5
• 13th Jul 2015: Phyllis Court lost to Dulwich 2-5
• 5th Jul 2015:  Ashby beat Bowdon 6-0
• 30th Jun 2015: Woking lost to Surbiton 2-5
• 30th Jun 2015: Hunstanton lost to Letchworth 2-4
• 29th May 2015: Dulwich beat Cheltenham 5-2
• 22nd May 2015: Ashby beat Belsay Hall 5-1
• 17th May 2015: Watford lost to Hunstanton 1-5
• 6th May 2015:  Woking beat Hurlingham w/o
• 1st Jan 2015:  Draw

GC - Murphy Shield

• 5th Oct 2015:  2015 GC Inter-Club Shield - Results summary
• 29th Sep 2015: Nottingham beat Phyllis Court at Cheltenham to win the Murphy Shield 5-2 (26 Sep)
• 20th Aug 2015: Phyllis Court beat Hamptworth 6-1 (11 Aug)
• 8th Aug 2015:  Nottingham beat Ashby 4-3
• 14th Jul 2015: Ashby beat Croquet Durham 4-2
• 13th Jul 2015: Phyllis Court beat Guildford 4-3 (10 Jul)
• 9th Jul 2015:  Nottingham beat Enfield w/o
• 8th Jul 2015:  Hamptworth beat Camerton 5-2 (7 Jul)
• 22nd Jun 2015: Tyneside lost to Ashby 3-4
• 18th Jun 2015: Phyllis Court beat Leighton Linslade 4-3 (15 Jun)
• 11th Jun 2015: Enfield beat Hunstanton 4-2 (2 Jun)
• 2nd Jun 2015:  Hamptworth beat Reigate Priory w/o (1 Jun)
• 1st Jun 2015:  Guildford beat Sussex County 6-1 (29 May)
• 1st Jun 2015:  Tyneside beat Belsay Hall 4-3 (29 May)
• 28th May 2015: Nottingham beat Northampton 4-3
• 28th May 2015: Croquet Durham beat Bury 5-2 (27 May)
• 27th May 2015: Camerton beat High Wycombe 4-3 (26 May)
• 18th May 2015: Hunstanton beat Watford 4-2 (15 May)
• 30th Apr 2015: Phyllis Court beat Hurlingham 4-3 (25 Apr)
• 1st Apr 2015:  Draw

International

• 25th Oct 2015: CA of Ireland beat CA 14-12 (McWeeney Trophy)
• 6th Sep 2015:  Great Britain beat Ireland 12-2 (6 Sep)
• 1st Aug 2015:  GB Maugham Salver Team Announced (5-6 Sep)
• 17th Jun 2015: England won the Home Internationals
• 21st May 2015: Home International Team
• 11th May 2015: GB Retain the Solomon Trophy