[<<] [>>] by Chris Williams at Sussex County & Compton
25th May 2023 (AC - Championships)

The 108th Inter County Championship takes place this weekend at Sussex County and Compton Croquet clubs. It will be the 26th time the event has been played in the two division format.

Both Glamorgan and Dorset will be fielding non-qualified players to make up the numbers and hence will be ineligible for promotion and for winning the division.

Holders Surrey will be aiming to win their 23rd title, but Middlesex with the strongest team on paper will be aiming for their 28th title. Of all the other counties only Nottinghamshire with 9 titles have won it more than 7 times.

Results will be added to CroquetScores croquetscores.com/2023/ac/inter-county-championship

Croquet England will be launched to the public at lunchtime on the final day (Tuesday) at Southwick.

The current team lists as listed per the CA website are

Division 1

Berkshire
Joe King (C), Robin Brown, Richard Huxley, Andy Myers, Mark Ormerod, Joel Taylor

Essex
Rich Waterman (C), Tim Brewer, Andrew Dutton, Robert Fulford, Jonathan Hills, Debbie Lines, Aston Wade, Jack Wicks

Hertfordshire
Simon Hathrell (C), Will Gee, David Marsh, Alison Maugham, David Maugham, Richard M Smith

Lancashire
Paul Rigge (C), Lorna Dewar, Rick Harding, James Hawkins, Ailsa Lines, Annabel McDiarmid,

Middlesex
Nick Parish (C), Gavin Carter, Eugene Chang, Tom Coles, Harry Fisher, Gabrielle Higgins, Ian Lines, Jose Riva

Nottinghamshire
Richard White (C), Keith Aiton, Euan Burridge, James Death, Dave Gunn, Omied Hallam, Sanaa Hallam, Patrick Hort

Oxfordshire
Dayal Gunasekera (C), Raouf Allim, Jenny Clarke, Sophie McGlen, Jordan Waters, Stephen Wright

Somerset
David Goacher (C), Kristian Chambers, Ed Duckworth, Marcus Evans, James Galpin, Roger Tribe

Surrey
Samir Patel (C), Jeff Dawson, Andy Dibben, George Noble, Chris O'Byrne, Duncan Reeve, Tim Russell, Tim Wilkins

Sussex
Roger Wood (C), Paul Castell, Alan Cottle, Phil Dunk, Mark Fawcett, Clive Hayton, Craig Oakley, Chris Rolph, Ian Vincent

Yorkshire
John Davis (C), Rod Ashwell, Robert Essler, Callum Johnson, Mike Town, David Warhurst, Robert Wilkinson

Division 2

Cheshire
Simon Jenkins (C), Charles Harding, Nick Harvey, Nigel Matthews, Alex McIntyre, Brian Medley, David Mooney

Dorset
Jonathan Powe (C), Anthony Dix, David Fuller, David Kendrick, David Williams, David Marcus*

Glamorgan
Chris Williams (C), John Bowcott, Dave Evans, Tudor Jenkins, Angharrad Walters, Robert Essler, Liz Farrow, Nigel Polhill*

Gloucestershire
Dave Kibble (C), Louise Bradforth, Craig Edwards, Martin Murray, Wayne Wiseman, Wendy Wu

Kent
Robert Alexander (C), Pierre Beaudry, John Daniels, Jon Diamond, Brian Havill, Philip Mann, Chris Martin, Tobi Savage

Norfolk/Lincolnshire
Jonathan Toye ( C), Sarah Barley, Peter Hanley, Gordon Mills, Charles Ostler, John Reddish

Suffolk
Philip Eardley (C), Mark Avery, Paul Hetherington, Martin Leach, Anthony Miller, Lewis Palmer, Albie Willett

Warwickshire
Ken Jones (C), Neal Bacon, Cliff Daniel, Andrew Gregory, Adrian Morris, Peter Payne, Ian Slater, Roger Tedstone

Wiltshire
Andrew Willis (C), Richard Dickson, Roger Hayes, Jonathan Lacey, Beatrice McGlen, Andy Smith, Harvey Smith

* - players are not qualified to play for the county, but are allowed to compete to make up the numbers.