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ASHBY ANNIVERSARY SHIELD |
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Annual two-day club tournament,
26-point Association Croquet handicap. |
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Previous
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1995* Adrian Page |
2001* |
2007 2011 Mick Haytack |
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Played as a Short Croquet handicap tournament up to 2002. |
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2011 REPORT Sat 13th August Manager: Mick With just four players this year, it meant that the
tournament could be completed in a single day. The four players had all been
previous winners of the Anniversary Shield since its reincarnation as a
26-point competition five years ago.
The tournament was close – both Mick and Derek finished on two
wins but Mick won the game between them which ensured him overall
victory. Ray was playing in the
Anniversary Shield for the first time since 2007, and deserves a mention for
being the only player to defeat the overall winner Mick. Report by
Richard
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2010 REPORT Sat 24th & Sun 25th July Manager: Mick The five players of this year's successful Secretary's Shield
team contested the Anniversary Shield 26pt handicap competition over the
weekend on 24-25 July. The lawns were very fast and everyone found hoop
approaches challenging, especially in the later rounds as conditions got
drier. Four of the five rounds were completed on Saturday, by which time
Richard was the runaway winner having beaten everyone else. His game against
Arthur in the first round was particularly notable; with Richard having run
out of bisques at rover and 6, Arthur made an all round break peeling Richard
through rover and 6 and pegging him out. Richard however was able to make the
remaining 6 hoops in a single break to win the Anniversary Shield for the
first time. Mick was unfortunate to set a different kind of record with
probably the highest number of hoops run (82) without a win in 4 games. Report by Arthur
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2009 REPORT
Sat 27th & Sun 28th June With
seven players, the tournament manager Mick decided to try the new format of a
flexible Swiss to reduce the field from seven to four. On Saturday everyone played at least four
full games, Richard and Will managed five!
The four players with the best record qualified for the semi-finals on
Sunday. In
semi-final 1 Derek beat the holder Rachel 26-23 in a very close game. The other semi-final between Jeremy and
Arthur was even closer. Both players had more than one chance to close out the
game and when time was called both had clips on penult and peg. However, Jeremy still had a turn and he
successfully ran penult to win +1 on time. In
the play-off for third and fourth Rachel continued with her remarkable form
against Arthur in this competition and won 26-1 in just over an hour. The
final lasted rather longer, neither player made much progress in the early
stages but Jeremy got his nose in front after around 90 of the 210 allocated
minutes with clips on 4 and 5 against Derek's 1 and 4. Derek eventually found his form and took
Yellow round from 2 to peg which proved to be the decisive innings. With 15 minutes to go Derek had an 11 hoop
lead but Jeremy then found form and put together a good break. With the clock
ticking away he missed a crucial shot and Derek had won by +6. This was the first time Derek had won this
trophy and it was good to see his form return after an indifferent spell. For
the record Richard was 5th, Will 6th and Mick a poor 7th. Hopefully next year we will be able to play
on three lawns and accommodate more players. The winner declared that this
was the best Association tournament the club had held yet and with a total of
18 games played over a day and a half it certainly set the record for games
played in one event. Report by Mick Results (handicaps in brackets): 1st Derek Buxton (10), 2nd |
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3 hour time limit. Event decided on: 1. Number of
wins; 2. Who beat whom; 3. Hoop difference; 4. Hoops scored; 5. Shoot-out (5
shots each then sudden death) |
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3 hour time limit. Event decided on: 1. Number of
wins; 2. Who beat whom; 3. Hoop difference; 4. Hoops scored; 5. Shoot-out (5
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2006
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Played on Saturday 1st July and Sunday 2nd
July. Manager: Six players competed in the club's inaugural
26-point tournament. We had originally
intended this to be just a one-day competition on the Saturday, with the
final scheduled for the Sunday, but it was instead agreed by everyone that an
"all-play-all" format would make a much more satisfactory
tournament, so we had 3 games on the Saturday (sparing us the tension and
anguish of having to watch the England match!), and the final 2 games on the
Sunday. There were lots of very close
games throughout, but the clear winner with a 100% record was Ray –
usually a golf croquet specialist, but clearly Ray is now also an Association
player to be reckoned with, adding the Anniversary Shield to his One Ball
success earlier on in the season. Many thanks to Mick for running the
competition. Everyone seemed to be
happy with the new format (at least I didn't hear of any major complaints!)
so hopefully it will become a regular fixture in the calendar. Report
by Richard |
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3 hour time limit. Event decided on: 1. Number of
wins; 2. Who beat whom; 3. Hoop difference; 4. Hoops scored; 5. Shoot-out (5
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The coach loads of supporters have arrived! |
Our resident pied wagtail |
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Ray lines up a shot |
Ray receives the trophy from Mick |
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2005 marks the tenth anniversary of the Ashby Anniversary Shield, which
was originally presented by Seven players competed in the 2005 Anniversary Shield on Saturday 30th
July. No major surprises this year: the two highest-rated players, Noel
Penn-Davis and Group A
Group B
1 hr 15 min games (+ 5 mins for double-banked games) Semi-finals Final |
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