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Ashby Croquet Club |
CLIVE PEARSON DOUBLES |
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Annual one-day club tournament, 13-point Golf Croquet doubles. No handicap restrictions. Pairings are usually drawn on the day, with high-handicap players partnering low-handicap players. The competition is then played on a level-play basis. Previous winners: Mike O'Brian & Phil Coombes 2008 Geoff Ellott & 2009 2010 Mick Haytack & Eileen
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2011 RESULTS Sunday 31st July
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2010 RESULTS Sunday 1st August Fourteen players turned up for the 2010 Clive Pearson Doubles
Tournament. Manager Ray continued
recent practice of pairing high and low handicaps giving combined handicaps between
14 and 9. The format was all play all,
single banked, on three lawns with a 40 minute time limit. A few games were timed out and three ended
in 6-6 draws. Eileen and Mick emerged
as worthy winners, having won four and drawn two games. High handicap players all played very well
and scored some excellent hoops.
Opinion was unanimous that it was an enjoyable afternoon of
competitive croquet. Report by Christine M
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2009 RESULTS Sunday 9th August Fourteen people entered this year including Jean and David Burrows, our newest members. Pairings were arranged by Ray (tournament manager) resulting in five of the pairs having a combined handicap of 12, the two others totalling 10 and 8. Eileen and Chris had hoped to be paired together to practise for the Thames Valley Ladies’ Doubles but their request fell on deaf ears! Ray organised play as ‘all play all’. After 6 rounds Lindsey and Derek had won all their five games but in the final round they met Barrie and Richard who notched up their fifth win and edged ahead on a ‘who beat who’ basis. To everyone’s amazement Richard announced that this would be the first time his name would be engraved on an Ashby trophy. Jean and David enjoyed their first taste of competitive play and were ably coached and encouraged by their respective partners, Tim and Will. Many thanks to Ray for managing - and stepping down as a player at the last minute to ensure there were an even number competing. It's a shame we didn't have one more player to make 16 in total which would have been ideal. Thanks also to all entrants for turning up and making it a successful tournament, and for the sunshine!
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2008 RESULTS Played on Sunday 14th
September (Manager: Eileen). Due to clashes with other events, only six people played in this
year’s Clive Pearson Doubles which was won by Marilyn Murray and Geoffrey
Ellott; the runners-up were Cynthia Steel and Results: Barrie/Cindy 7-4 Eileen/Lindsey Barrie/Cindy 6-7 Geoffrey/Marilyn Geoffrey/ Marilyn
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2007 RESULTS |
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Played on Sunday 16th September. Report by Chris. Sixteen people – over half the current playing membership
– signed up for the 2007 Clive Pearson Doubles. As in previous
years pairings were made according to handicap and an all-play-all format
adopted on double-banked lawns.
Manager Ray started promptly having instructed players to finish games
immediately time was called, start the next round with minimum delay and if a
comfort break was needed ensure that the preceding game ended before
expiry of the 35 minutes allowed. Fortunately these harsh conditions
didn’t lead to the expiry of any participant, and an afternoon of lively
play followed, thanks to
Competition was very close with all pairs winning at least two games but the worthy winners were Arthur and Judith (5 wins) closely followed by Ben and Christine, and Andrew and Tim (both pairs on 4.5 wins) |
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Competition winners : Arthur
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2006 RESULTS Played on Sunday 17th September. Report by Chris. The 2006 Clive Pearson Doubles followed a similar format to last year with high/low handicap pairings arranged on the day. Five pairs competed on an all-play-all, 13 point game basis, each game limited to forty minutes.
Every game was keenly contested, several were 'timed out' and most were played in brilliant sunshine.
Eventual winners were Lindsey and Barrie. Three pairs (Andrew and Tim, Cynthia and Ray, Rupert and Eileen) shared runner up spot, with Chris and Martin valiantly bringing up the rear.
Andrew, playing in his first tournament, was very happy to see his ball run four consecutive hoops. (His opponents were perhaps not quite so happy!)
Special thanks to Ray for managing, Dave for scoring and time-keeping, to the O'Brians and Sheila for spectating and to the rain for mostly staying away!
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2005 RESULTS The 2005 competition took place on Sunday 7th August. Many thanks to Ray for running the event.
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