Jack Good won the Nottingham Advanced Weekend

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1st September (AC)

With Nottingham's re-laid East Wing lawns still bedding in, just the four West Wing lawns were used for the tournament. The lawns were running at about 10.5 Plummers and combined with the wonderful Sunshiny balls (which I must say I love playing with - by far the best currently available, in my opinion), it was simply a pleasure to be on the lawn.

With only four lawns, the entry was restricted to eighteen players, with handicaps ranging from 2 to -2. Given the forgiving conditions, there were quite a few attempts at sextuples-sadly, none were successful. However, congratulations go to Mike Hedge, who completed his first tournament Triple Peel. The peeling prize went to Ian Lines, with four TPs from seven games.

The pace of the weekend was governed by the food: some play, excellent lunch; some play, excellent tea; some more play, and then - for some at least - dinner at a local hostelry. Sunday continued in much the same vein. My thanks to all the catering team, especially Beatrice and Irmgard for the lunches-no easy task to produce three-course meals for so many. Thanks also to Charlie for readying the lawns-he even swept up all the leaves!

The tournament was won convincingly by Jack Good, who won all six of his games. He takes home the charming Memento Mori trophy.

Nottingham Croquet Club look forward to welcoming you all next year, when the new lawns should be back in use.

Results can be found on Croquet Scores: https://croquetscores.com/2025/ac/nottingham-advanced-weekend