The GC English National Singles Championship Premier Series

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The Premier 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 Premier Series	4 Championship tournaments, leading to the English National Singles Championship Final (for the 'Ascot Cup').
2. The Open (Unrestricted) Series	13 open tournaments (unrestricted), it is a straight 'points race'. There is no National Final.
3. The A-Level (DG<2000) Series	16 tournaments restricted to DGs <2000, leading to a National Final.
4. The B-Level (DG<1700) Series	24 tournaments restricted to DGs <1700, leading to a National Final.
5. The C-Level (7+) Series	25 tournaments restricted to handicaps 7+, leading to a National Final.
6. The D-Level (10+) Series	20 tournaments restricted to handicaps 10+, leading to a National Final.

See the GC Series page for the procedures regarding qualification for the Final.

The Croquet England Events page shows the current Calendar Fixtures for the Premier Series.

All tournaments in the Series will be best-of-three blocks and knockout, using the format available on the Managing a GC Tournament page.

Results from previous years are available in the Archive.

View all tournaments from the Premier Series on the GC Grading System, as well as previous qualification events and the English National Singles Championship. See also information on the GC Grading System.

2026 Premier Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner	Runner-up	Losing Semi-Finalists	Losing Quarter-Finalists	Results on rankings?
Sidmouth	25-26 April	Jack Good	Stephen Mulliner	Chris Roberts & StuartM Smith	Tim Russell, Dom Aarvold, Lionel Tibble, Tim Jolliff	Yes
East Anglia (Colchester)	09-10 May	Euan Burridge	Reg Bamford	Mark Stephens & Juan Ojeda	Ian Burridge, Tony Butcher, Rob O'Donoghue, Konstantin Yudintsev	Yes
Roehampton	13-14 June	Reg Bamford	Nick Yates	Chris Roberts & Tobi Savage	Levi Franks, Guy Scurfield, Lionel Tibble, Albie Willett	Yes
Nottingham	11-12 July	Richard Bilton	Andrew Hobbs	Euan Burridge & Rachel Gee	Mike Bilton, Mark Buckley, Ian Burridge, Joshua Wise	Yes
NATIONAL FINAL at Nottingham	19-20 Sep