The GC English National Singles Championship Series

The English National Singles Championship Series is the top 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 Championship 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 Championship Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner	Runner up	Losing Semi-Finalists		Plate Winner	Results on rankings?
Sidmouth	26-27 April	Tim Russell	Stuart M Smith	Stephen Mulliner	Tim Jolliff	Mateo Palazon	Yes
East Anglia (Colchester)	10-11 May	Reg Bamford	Aston Wade	Mark Avery & Jack Good		Robert Fulford	Yes
Hunstanton	07-08 June	Mark Avery	Sam Murray	Lionel Tibble	Mike Bilton	Mark Buckley	Yes
Roehampton	21-22 June	Reg Bamford	Euan Burridge	Stephen Mulliner & Aston Wade		Ignacio Arturo Gross Aleesanco	Yes
Nailsea	05-06 July	Dom Aarvold	Joshua Wise	Stephen Custance-Baker & Lionel Tibble			Yes
Nottingham	12-13 July	Euan Burridge	Ian Buckley	John Picken	Giles Peperell	Ki Hulme	Yes
East Dorset	19-20 July	Tim O'Donnell	Steve Leonard	Jonathan Powe & Guy Scurfield		Helen Reeves	Yes
Ramsgate	02-03 Aug
NATIONAL FINAL at Hurlingham	20-21 Sep