Tim Russell won the Budleigh GC Open Series

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6th August (GC - Tournaments)

Budleigh Salterton Croquet Club hosted a high-quality 16-player GC Open Series tournament over the weekend of 2-3 August, with the first top eight seeds playing off minus handicaps and strong competition throughout. After tightly-fought block stages, Tim Russell (Roehampton) came through two long knockout matches before defeating top seed Stuart M. Smith (Budleigh) 2-0 in the final to claim the title.

A full report will feature in the Croquet Gazette, and all scores can be viewed here:

https://croquetscores.com/2025/gc/budleigh-open-series/competition/main-k-o