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Ashby Croquet Club’s
ANNUAL QUIZ
Tuesday 21st February
Our Annual Quiz takes place on Tuesday 21st February starting
at 7.30 pm in the Lounge at Moira Miners Welfare. There's no need to book in advance - just turn up and
join a team on the night or, better still, bring along one or more teams of
up to four people each. Friends,
family and visitors welcome. Usual format -
general knowledge, pictures, etc.
Prizes for the winning team.
Entry fee £2.50 per
person including raffle tickets; all proceeds to croquet club funds.
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The Croquet Association has announced the winners
of the national awards for the most improved players during 2011. Congratulations to Will Gee for winning the
Spiers Trophy for the most improved Golf Croquet player. |
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The next Committee
Meeting is on Tuesday 31st January. Forthcoming socials include our annual Quiz Night on Tuesday 21st February
(details opposite), a Winter Walk
on Sunday 26th February, and an Indoor
Games/Sports Evening which Cynthia S has kindly offered to host on
Tuesday 13th March. Watch this space
for further details. And, by popular demand, Mick will be running
another Board Games Evening. |
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Taking part in this year's Countdown contest we had
five novices, plus five regulars who had all been previous winners or
runners-up. Well done to Eileen who
won for the first time, closely followed by Martin in second place and Janet
P third. Thanks to all who took part,
and it was nice to see some of our newer members there. |
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CHRISTMAS CHARITY
COLLECTION
Many thanks to Martin and Cynthia for organising
the collection. Thanks also to Mick for organising the meal which
was excellent as always at the Lakeside Restaurant. |
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RACHEL IS CROWNED
WORLD CHAMPION 4th
Women's Golf Croquet World Championships Many congratulations to Ashby player Rachel was one of six She finished top of her block with 6 match wins
out of 6, only dropping one game throughout. She went on to win her first two
knockout matches in straight games and her quarter-final against Azza El
Khouly of
Photos by Helena Fensome. |
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LAWN NEWS Lawns 1
and 2 have been seeded and top-dressing applied. Many thanks to all who
helped out with this. Lawn 3
is currently available for winter club play, weather permitting – please
do not use in frosty or very wet conditions. |
SUBS &
COMPETITION ENTRIES 2012 |
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INTERNAL
GC DOUBLES LEAGUE Four pairs entered the
doubles league and completed their games.
Arthur and Judith Rowe were the winners with 3 wins. Runners-up were |
COMPETITION WINNERS
2011 Trophies were presented to
the winners of the year's competitions at the AGM. The indisputable star of the season was
Will Gee, and in his absence he was awarded with the Player of the Year
award. List of competition winners 2011 (PDF) |
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ASHBY WELL-REPRESENTED IN
YORKSHIRE DOUBLES FINAL Three Ashby players featured in the Yorkshire Doubles at the
Ripon Spa Hotel over the weekend 8th - 9th October. Rachel and Arthur Rowe
played together, and The top
four from each block progressed to the knockout stage on Sunday, when the
weather was slightly warmer and less rainy. Rachel and Arthur easily won
their quarter and semi-final games; Mike and Jacob took 3 games to beat Sam
and Freda in their semi-final. By this time Jacob was in fine form and hit
some spectacular jump shots. Jacob
and Mike took the first game of the final 7-5. Rachel and Arthur fought back
in the second to be 6-4 up, but did not play good enough approach shots to
hoops 12 and 13 (partly due to some large hills on Lawn 1), and lost the
second game 7-6, leaving Mike and Jacob the winners. |
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Mike, Jacob and Sam |
Sam, Arthur and Rachel |
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INTER-CLUB
GC FINAL: Surbiton 4–3 Ashby Played at Letchworth on Sat
1st October Surbiton beat Ashby 4-3 in a very closely-fought
contest to win the GC Inter-Club Trophy for the fifth time. Surbiton were only one hoop away from a 5-2 victory.
But Ashby were only one hoop away from a 4-3 victory and two away from 5-2!
Ashby also won 16 more hoops than Surbiton across the 17 games in the match.
However, Surbiton team captain Don Beck brought home the victory in a tight
finish against Letchworth proved to be a perfect venue for the
final. The club was hospitable, members formed a decent-sized crowd of
spectators, operated scoreboards and (most important of all) the two courts
were in fantastic condition, with a fast, true surface that was a fair test
of croquet ability. Results Ray Mounfield (2) lost
to John Spiers (1): 7-1, 6-7, 6-7 |
Ray Mounfield lost to
Samir Patel: 4-7, 4-7 |
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WILL WINS THE Will Gee has capped an
amazingly successful 2011 with victory in the Rachel and Will travelled to In the semi final, Will was pitted against Howard
Cheyne, who he had played 14 times that season already. After going 3-0 down
in the first game, Will turned the match around, winning the match 7-4, 7-3
to secure a place in the final against Robert Fulford. In the final, Will
took an early lead and held onto it in both matches, winning 7-4, 7-5. Will's Ascot Cup
success is the culmination of a successful year which also saw victories for Will
in the Bottle Challenge, the Surbiton and the Roehampton GC Opens and the
National Forest GC Trophy. Also together with |
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