GC A-Level (0+) Series

The GC A-Level (0+) Series is one of six tiers of Golf Croquet Series in the Croquet England Fixtures Calendar, each a season-long competition that groups together certain tournaments of a similar class. Players can achieve direct qualification to the National Final by way of performance in a qualifying tournament.

The hierarchy of Series tournaments is:

1. The Championship Series	8 Championship tournaments, leading to the English National Singles Championship Final (for the 'Ascot Cup').
2. The Open (Unrestricted) Series	12 Open tournaments (unrestricted), it is a straight 'points race'. There is no National Final.
3. The A-Level (0+) Series	15 tournaments restricted to handicaps 0+, leading to a National Final.
4. The B-Level (4+) Series	24 tournaments restricted to handicaps 4+, leading to a National Final.
5. The C-Level (7+) Series	27 tournaments restricted to handicaps 7+, leading to a National Final.
6. The D-Level (10+) Series	18 tournaments restricted to handicaps 10+, it is a straight 'points race'. There is no National Final.

See the GC Series page for the procedures regarding tournament allocation and qualification for the Final.

The Croquet England Events page shows the current Calendar Fixtures for the A-Level (0+) Series.

View all previous tournaments in this Series on the GC Grading System. See also information on the GC Grading System.

All tournaments in the Series will use the standard GC formats if possible. Head to the Managing a GC Tournament page to download the format suitable for your Series tournament.

Results from previous years are available in the Archive.

2025 A-Level (0+) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (Qualifies for National Final)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Plate Winner (0 points)	Results on rankings?
Phyllis Court / High Wycombe	05-06 April	Mike Bilton	Les Heard	-	Mike Fensome & Paul Gunn	Roger Goldring	Yes
Wrest Park	19-20 April	Les Heard	Steve Leonard	Mike Hills	Terrence Collis	Andy Sherwood	Yes
East Dorset	26-27 April	Steve Leonard	Gregory Vaughn	Peter Payne	Mark Hamann	Nick O'Connor	Yes
Compton (Eastbourne) - NEW	16-17 May	Kim Taylor	Richard Brooks	David Dickins	Tony McCann	TrevorJ Smith	Yes
Hamptworth	24-25 May	Nick O'Connor	Debbie Hayns	Neil Humphreys	Ron Carter	Stephen Hayns	Yes
Sidmouth	31 May-01 June	Richard Gardiner	PaulJ Williams	TrevorJ Smith	Dave Kibble	Paul Bradley	Yes
Pendle	07-08 June	Chris Higgins	William Steadman	Peter Tofield	Robert Strover	Tony McCann	Yes
Woking	14-15 June	Colin Groves	Martin Read	Debie Hayns	Michael Gentry	TrevorJ Smith	Yes
Watford	28-29 June	Konstantin Yudintsev	Kim Taylor	-	Ignacio Gross Ariza & Peter Tofield	Geoff Johnson	Yes
Crake Valley	02-03 July	Steve Leonard	Neil Adams	-	Mike Bilton & William Steadman	Steve Skelton	Yes
Hunstanton	12-13 July	Chris Higgins	Peter Tofield	David Bell	Andrew Sherwood		Yes
Ashby	19-20 July	Mike Hills	Chris Higgins	Andrew Sherwood	Paulj Williams	Glynis Davies	Yes
Chester	02-03 Aug
Colchester	02-03 Aug
Guildford & Godalming	08-09 Aug
NATIONAL FINAL at Ryde	27-28 Sep

Points Totals 2025

Name	Wins	Points
Chris Higgins	2	Qualified for National Final (1)
Steve Leonard	2	Qualified for National Final (2)
Mike Bilton	1	Qualified for National Final (3)
Mike Hills	1	Qualified for National Final (4)
Richard Gardiner	1	Qualified for National Final (5)
Colin Groves	1	Qualified for National Final (6)
Les Heard	1	Qualified for National Final (7)
Nick O'Connor	1	Qualified for National Final (8)
Kim Taylor	1	Qualified for National Final (9)
Konstantin Yudintsev	1	Qualified for National Final (10)
Peter Tofield		12
Debbie Hayns		10
William Steadman		8
PaulJ Williams		8
Neil Adams		6
David Bell		6
Richard Brooks		6
Gregory Vaughn		6
Andrew Sherwood		6
Martin Read		6
David Dickins		4
Mike Hills		4
Neil Humphreys		4
Peter Payne		4
TrevorJ Smith		4
Ignacio Gross Ariza		2
Ron Carter		2
Terrence Collis		2
Mike Fensome		2
Michael Gentry		2
Paul Gunn		2
Mark Hamann		2
Dave Kibble		2
Tony McCann		2
Robert Strover		2