Keith Aiton won the Hurlingham May Weekend

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Nigel Polhill presenting Keith Aiton with some glassware

A full complement of 36 players turned out to do battle in 4 graded blocks.

The weather was predominantly sunny throughout the weekend, though the temperature was quite variable.

Keith Aiton played solidly throughout the 3 days and was a deserved winner of block A, crowning his victory with a crowd-pleasing sextuple on lawn 4 in his final game. Hurlingham players acquitted themselves well. Nigel Polhill just squeaked 2^nd place in block A after beating Gabrielle Higgins in his final game. Stephen Allen and Alan Chance took 1^st and 2^nd respectively in block B, while Ludolph van Hasselt won block D for the second consecutive year. Ealing players had a clean sweep in block C.

The lawns were playing notably fast, possibly accounting for the low number of TPs..

Full details on Croquetscores.com. Block winners and runners-up:

Winner Runner-Up

Block A: Keith Aiton (Nottingham) Nigel Polhill (Hurlingham)

Block B: Stephen Allen (Hurlingham) Alan Chance (Hurlingham)

Block C: Simon Tuke (Ealing) Stephen Harbron (Ealing)

Block D: Ludolph van Hasselt (Hurlingham) David Houston (Scotland)