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FARRANT SALVER

Annual one-day club tournament, 14-point Association Croquet handicap.

 

 

 

 

Previous winners:

 

 

 

1997* Richard Sanville

2002* Evelyn Martin

2007 Jeremy Staley

1998* Jeremy Staley

2003 Mick Haytack

2008 Arthur Rowe

1999* Brian Taylor

2004 Geoff Ellott

2009 Arthur Rowe

 

2000* Richard Sanville

2005 Mick Haytack

 

2001* Tim King

2006 Geoff Ellott

 

 

 

 

* The Farrant Salver was a Short Croquet tournament up to 2002.

 

 

2009 RESULTS   Saturday 5th September

 

The 2009 Farrant Salver was contested by Tim, Arthur, Derek & Ray.

 

The competition was run in two phases: an all-play-all block phase, followed by a best-of-three final, with the first of the three games being carried over from the block stage. There were several close games in the block phase. Arthur and Tim contested a very close game in the first round, with Arthur making a third-turn break to peg, but breaking down at hoop 4 with his second ball. Tim then went round and pegged out Arthur's first ball, going on to win the 3-ball ending by a single point after a long hit-in when Arthur's ball was near the peg.

 

The games were played without time limits and most games finished in a reasonable time.

 

The block results were:

 

Tim

Arthur

Derek

Ray

Wins

Block Position

Tim King (4)

-

+1

+4

-6

2

1st

Arthur Rowe (6)

-1

-

+10

+3

2

2nd

Derek Buxton (10)

-4

-10

-

+11

1

3rd

Ray Mounfield (14)

+6

-3

-11

-

1

4th

 

Tim and Arthur then went on to play a best-of-three final, with Tim's win from the block stage counting as the first game. The second game was characterised by errors from both players, ending with another close finish, this time +4 to Arthur. The deciding game was quicker and cleaner, with just a single mistake by Tim allowing Arthur to win in two turns (+14).

 

Winner: Arthur Rowe   Runner-up: Tim King

 


2008 RESULTS

Played on Saturday 6th September in persistent rain for much of the day (and for most of the previous 24 hours) but the lawns played well.  Arthur and Tim successfully negotiated the group stages to set up a repeat of their 2006 semi-final, Arthur winning more comfortably this time.  Meanwhile, Jeremy and Derek fought out a tight tactical battle in the other semi, Jeremy emerging as the 6-3 winner.  The final between Jeremy and Arthur was also a tense match attracting much interest from the crowd (of three players – the other three having long since departed – plus one spectator, Judith).  However, it was a fault by Jeremy which resulted in the balls being replaced on the west boundary, that sadly cost him the game, and Arthur took full advantage with an impressive turn leading to a 14-10 victory.  Well done Arthur – yet another trophy for the Rowe mantelpiece.

GROUP A

William

Arthur

Derek

Rachel

Wins

William Gee (-0.5)

 

0 - 14

6 – 14

14 – 8

1

Arthur Rowe (9)

14 – 0

 

6 – 14

14 – 0

2

Derek Buxton (8)

14 – 6

14 – 6

 

13 – 8

3

Rachel Rowe (7)

8 – 14

0 – 14

8 – 13

 

0

 

GROUP B

Tim

Richard

Jeremy

Ray

Wins

Tim King (4.5)

 

4 – 14

14 – 3

14 - 11

2

Richard Sanville (10)

14 – 4

 

4 – 6

3 - 14

1

Jeremy Staley (10)

3 – 14

6 – 4

 

7 – 5

2

Ray Mounfield (14)

11 – 14

14 – 3

5 – 7

 

1

Group games 1 hr 20 min time limit
League positions decided by (a) number of wins; (b) who beat whom; (c) hoop difference;
(d) hoops scored; (e) peg shoot-out.

Semi-finals (1 hr 30 min time limit)
Derek Buxton 3 – 6 Jeremy Staley
Tim King 4 - 14 Arthur Rowe

Final (2 hr time limit)
Jeremy Staley 10 - 14 Arthur Rowe

 

2007 RESULTS

Played on Sunday 23rd September.  A field of seven contested this year’s Farrant Salver, including a guest appearance by Nottingham’s rising star William Gee.  We ran the competition as a single block of seven, each player getting either three or four games, and the two best players (decided by percentage of games won) going through to a play-off final.  Arthur won all three of his block games, progressing to the final against Jeremy who had beaten Rachel and also had a superior hoop difference.  Jeremy won a low-scoring final by 9 points to 2, adding the Farrant Salver to the Shakespeare Trophy he won earlier in the season.

Name (Handicap)

Results

Wins

Average
hoop diff

 

Ray Mounfield (14)

v Derek 7-10
v Jeremy 4-14
v Richard 6-11
v Arthur 11-14

0/4 (0%)

 

 

Derek Buxton (9)

v Ray 10-7
v Rachel 6-14

v William 0-14
v Richard 11-10

2/4 (50%)

 

 

William Gee (0)

v Jeremy 14-12
v Arthur 6-14
v Derek 14-0
v Rachel 0-14

2/4 (50%)

 

 

Jeremy Staley (10)

v William 12-14
v Ray 14-4
v Rachel 14-5

2/3 (67%)

+5.7

Qualified

Arthur Rowe (11)

v Richard 14-10
v William 14-6
v Ray 14-11

3/3 (100%)

 

Qualified

Richard Sanville (10)

v Arthur 10-14
v Ray 11-6
v Derek 10-11

1/3 (33%)

 

 

Rachel Rowe (11)

v Derek 14-6
v Jeremy 5-14
v William 14-0

2/3 (67%)

+4.3

 

1 hr 30 min games
Block positions decided by (a) percentage of wins; (b) who beat whom (if 2-way tie and applicable); (c) average hoop difference (all games); (d) average hoops scored (all games); (e) peg shoot-out.  Top two in the block qualify for the final.

Final:  Arthur Rowe 2 - 9 Jeremy Staley

 


2006 RESULTS

Played on Sunday 10th September – the weather was hot and sunny, and the lawns were immaculate.  Geoff won all five of his games, regaining the trophy from Mick.

GROUP A

Richard

Jeremy

Geoff

Arthur

Wins

Richard Sanville (11)

 

2 - 5

1 - 14

6 - 9

0

Jeremy Staley (10)

5 - 2

 

2 - 9

7 - 8

1

Geoff Ellott (16)

14 - 1

9 - 2

 

12 - 3

3

Arthur Rowe (16)

9 – 6

8 – 7

3 - 12

 

2

 

GROUP B

Marilyn

Mick

Noel

Tim

Wins

Marilyn Murray (18)

 

8 – 7

6 – 4

4 - 14

2

Mick Haytack (12)

7 – 8

 

14 – 3

4 - 14

1

Noel Penn-Davis (4)

4 – 6

3 – 14

 

0 - 14

0

Tim King (5)

14 – 4

14 – 4

14 - 0

 

3

1 hr 15 min games
League positions decided by (a) number of wins; (b) who beat whom; (c) hoop difference; (d) hoops scored; (e) peg shoot-out.

Semi-finals
Geoff Ellott 8 – 3 Marilyn Murray
Tim King 11 – 12 Arthur Rowe

Final (1 hr 30 min time limit)
Geoff Ellott 13 – 5 Arthur Rowe

 

 

2005 RESULTS

The 2005 competition took place on Saturday June 25th, with a slightly lower turnout than usual - five people taking part, played as an all-play-all tournament.

It was a very close contest, with Geoff, Mick and Marilyn all finishing on 3 wins out of 4, each of them losing their other match to one of the other joint-leaders, so "who beat whom" failed to determine the winner, meaning we had to resort to overall hoop difference. In fact, at one stage it looked as if even the hoop difference would not separate the top two, before Derek grabbed three late consolation points in his game with Marilyn. But in the end it was Mick who emerged as the overall winner by the narrowest of margins, winning the Farrant Salver for the second time in three years.

2005 Results:
Winner: Mick Haytack 3 wins, hoop diff. +26
Runner-up: Marilyn Murray 3 wins, hoop diff. +23
3rd: Geoff Ellott 3 wins, +14
4th: Derek Buxton 1 win
5th: Richard Sanville 0 wins

Mick Haytack (right) receives the Farrant Salver from last year's winner Geoff Ellott

 

 

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