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The Jim Kirby Cup is an annual one-day East
Midlands Federation individual tournament, 14-point Association Croquet
handicap. It is usually restricted to a maximum of 3 or 4 players from each East Midlands club. Usually organised and hosted by
Ashby club. Played on either half-size or full-size lawns depending on
numbers entering and lawn availability.
Previous winners (Ashby winners in
bold):
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1991* Lawrence Whittaker
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1997* Gary Norman
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2003 Mike Bowser
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2009 Arthur Rowe
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1992* Lawrence Whittaker
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1998* Roy Taylor
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2004 Tim King
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2010 Mick Haytack
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1993* David Carpenter
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1999* Patricia Duke-Cox
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2005 Mick Haytack
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2011 Mick Haytack
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1994* John Riddington
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2000* Brian Mendham
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2006 Geoff Ellott
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1995* Adrian Page
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2001* Mick Seagrave
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2007 Nigel Harding
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1996* Terry O'Grady
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2002* Mike Bowser
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2008 Bob Thompson
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* Played as a Short Croquet tournament up
to 2002.
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2011 REPORT
Played at Moira on
Saturday 11th June, on a pleasant day with just one shower of rain. Manager:
Derek
Lawns were tricky
following the spring drought causing some patchy turf.
Sadly only five players
competed for the honour of winning the Jim Kirby Cup, the East Midlands
Federation's 14-point handicap tournament. Even sadder was the fact that all
five players are members of Ashby CC, so hardly representative of the
Federation.
Mick Haytack remained unbeaten by beating Derek Buxton in
their final round game. He wins the cup for the second year in succession.
Derek Buxton was once
again runner-up. (Time limit 1½
hrs)
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Tim
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Mick
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Arthur
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Richard
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Derek
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Wins
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Position
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Tim King
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4-14
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14-4
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11-8t
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3-14
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2
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3rd
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Mick Haytack
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14-4
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14-1
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14-6
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14-4
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4
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1st
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Arthur Rowe
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4-14
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1-14
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6-14
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9-10t
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0
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5th
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Richard Sanville
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8-11t
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6-14
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14-6
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5-11t
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1
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4th
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Derek Buxton
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14-3
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4-14
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10-9t
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11-5t
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3
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2nd
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2010 REPORT
Played at Moira on
Saturday 12th June, another hot sunny day!
Manager: Derek.
Six players competed
for the honour of winning the Jim Kirby Cup. Mick
Haytack was the runaway winner finishing unbeaten and reducing
his handicap to 9. Second place, taken by Derek Buxton, came down to hoop
difference since three players had 3 wins with who-beat-whom indecisive.
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Mick
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Bob
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Sue
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Peter
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Arthur
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Derek
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Wins
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Hoop diff.
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Position
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Mick Haytack
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14-5
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14-6
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14-8
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14-3
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14-10
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5
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1st
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Bob Thompson
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5-14
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14-7
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14-8
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6-14
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14-11
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3
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-1
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4th
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Sue Wileman
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6-14
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7-14
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13-14
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7-14
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9-14
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0
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6th
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Peter Moore
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8-14
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8-14
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14-13
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5-14
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6-14
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1
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5th
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Arthur Rowe
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3-14
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14-6
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14-7
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14-5
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2-14
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3
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+1
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3rd
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Derek Buxton
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10-14
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11-14
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14-9
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14-6
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14-2
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3
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+18
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2nd
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2009
REPORT
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Played
at Moira on Saturday 13th June, a hot sunny day. Manager: Derek. No time limits; most games were completed
within 1½ hours. Arthur won all four of his games, securing
the trophy for the first time.
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Jeremy
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Arthur
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Bob
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Richard
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Derek
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Wins
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Position
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Jeremy Staley (10)
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11-14
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14-7
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14-6
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12-14
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2
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3rd
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Arthur Rowe (7)
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14-11
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14-7
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14-5
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14-12
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4
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1st
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Bob Thompson
(10)
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7-14
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7-14
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14-8
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8-14
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1
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4th
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Richard Sanville (10)
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6-14
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5-14
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8-14
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14-7
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1
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5th
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Derek Buxton
(9)
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14-12
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12-14
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14-8
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7-14
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2
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2nd
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2008 REPORT
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The Jim Kirby Cup was played at Moira
on Saturday 31st May (Manager: Mick). The weather was perfect, no rain and
not too hot. The worthy winner was Bob Thompson. Results below.
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Pat
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Mick
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Bob
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Jeremy
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Geoff
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Nigel
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Wins
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Position
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Pat Wright
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6-3
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3-11
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8-3
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3-14
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3-14
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2
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5th
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Mick Haytack
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3-6
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11-14
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14-0
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1-14
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10-14
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1
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6th
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Bob Thompson
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11-3
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14-11
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2-7
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14-9
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14-8
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4
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1st
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Jeremy Staley
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3-8
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0-14
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7-2
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11-10
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14-8
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3
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2nd
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Geoff Ellott
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14-3
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14-1
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9-14
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10-11
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14-6
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3
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3rd
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Nigel Harding
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14-3
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14-10
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8-14
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8-14
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6-14
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2
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4th
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2007 REPORT
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JIM KIRBY CUP GOES
TO WOODHALL SPA
Played at Moira on Saturday 5th
May.
After spending a goodly time in
the hands of Ashby players, the Jim Kirby Cup was deservedly won by Nigel
Harding of Woodhall Spa. The match was played in delightful weather
despite the less than favourable Bank Holiday forecast by the Met Office and
it was indeed a pleasure to spend the day with our guests from Woodhall. The dry
condition of our lawns pushed skills to the limit with many a ball skittering
off past the boundaries.
Marilyn & Geoff would like
to thank Jeremy for his efforts in helping to set up the lawns – not an
easy task due to the hard state of the lawns.
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RESULTS
Winner: Nigel
Harding won 4
lost 1 (hoops run
34)
2nd: Geoff
Ellott won 4
lost 1 (hoops run
21)
The Managers agreed
that the winner of the tie between first & second would be decided by
hoops run, not who beat whom.
3rd :
David Eckford
won 3 lost
2
4th: Ray
Mounfield won 2
lost 3
Joint 5th: Jeremy Staley won
1 lost 4
Marilyn Murray won 1
lost 4
Many thanks to Marilyn
for the report.
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2006 REPORT
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Played at Moira on
Sunday 20th August. Unfortunately
there were no takers from any of the other East
Midlands clubs this year, but Ashby still managed to provide six
players for the event despite a clash with the Inter Counties Golf Croquet.
We had sufficient time for an all-play-all competition - even with the
cup-holder arriving an hour late due to a misunderstanding of the start
time! So everyone played five games
during the day.
The weather was not
too bad – a dry morning, and then just a couple of short sharp
showers in the afternoon – exactly the opposite to what the weather
forecast had indicated.
We imposed a 1 hour
30 minute time limit for each game, and 50% of the games were finished
within the time.
It was close going
into the final round, with three possible winners at that stage, but in the
end Geoff was the clear overall winner with 4 wins out of 5. Three players all finished on 3 wins -
Mick, Marilyn and Jeremy - so the runner-up spot was decided on "who
beat whom". In this group of
three, Jeremy had beaten both Mick and Marilyn, so Jeremy was declared the
runner-up.
Plaques were awarded
to the winner and runner-up, and the Jim Kirby Cup itself to the winner,
Geoff.
Picture:
Geoff Ellott (right) receives the Jim Kirby Cup from last year's winner Mick Haytack.
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Geoff
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Derek
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Richard
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Mick
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Marilyn
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Jeremy
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Wins
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Geoff Ellott (h'cap
16)
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14-2
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14-0
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14-5
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6-9
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11-9
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4
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Winner
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Derek Buxton (11)
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2-14
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7-4
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7-14
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7-8
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6-10
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1
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5th
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Richard Sanville
(11)
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0-14
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4-7
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2-14
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7-8
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14-8
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1
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6th
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Mick Haytack
(12)
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5-14
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14-7
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14-2
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14-8
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1-14
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3
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3rd
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Marilyn Murray (18)
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9-6
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8-7
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8-7
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8-14
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4-7
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3
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4th
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Jeremy Staley
(10)
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9-11
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10-6
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8-14
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14-1
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7-4
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3
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Runner-up
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1 hour 30 minutes time limit. Event decided on: 1. Number
of wins; 2. Who beat whom; 3. Hoop difference (all matches); 4. Hoops scored
(all matches); 5. Shoot-out (5 shots each then sudden death)
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2005 REPORT
Played at Moira on Saturday 3rd September. Once again, a slightly
disappointing entry of only 7 people this year: 2 from Ashby
and 5 from Southwell. As 7 is an
awkward number for tournaments, the best we could do was play as one block of
7, everyone playing either 3 or 4 games, and then the two top players (based
on percentage of games won, followed by average hoop difference) taking part
in a play-off. Block games were 1 hr 20 min time limit, most games finishing
within the time. Derek Blow was the clear winner of the block stage,
with 3 wins out of 4; three people vied for the other qualifying place, all
with 2 wins out of 3, but it was Mick Haytack
who qualified with a better hoop difference. The finalists agreed that the
play-off should be played to a finish, i.e. no time limit - much to the
frustration of the audience as it turned out, as the game went on for almost
2 hours - a very tense and closely-fought match which could easily have gone
either way, but Mick eventually won 14 - 11.
Once again, many thanks to all the Southwell
players for taking part - without you, there would have been no tournament!
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Name (Handicap) Club
(A=Ashby;
S=Southwell)
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Results
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Wins
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Average
hoop
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Richard Sanville
(12) A
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v Derek 14-3
v Richard M 10-14
v Mick H 0-14
v Tim 14-6
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2/4 (50%)
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Derek Blow (20) S
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v Richard S 3-14
v Mick S 14-9
v Tim 14-5
v Don 13-5
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3/4 (75%)
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Qualified
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Mick Seagrave (18) S
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v Derek 9-14
v Richard M 8-14
v Mick H 5-14
v Don 5-14
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0/4 (0%)
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Richard Mills (18) S
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v Richard S 14-10
v Mick S 14-8
v Don 6-14
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2/3 (67%)
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+0.7
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Mick Haytack
(14) A
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v Richard S 14-0
v Mick S 14-5
v Tim 2-14
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2/3 (67%)
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+3.7
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Qualified
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Tim Robson (18) S
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v Richard S 6-14
v Derek 5-14
v Mick H 14-2
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1/3 (33%)
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Don Martin (16) S
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v Derek 5-13
v Mick S 14-5
v Richard M 14-6
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2/3 (67%)
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+3.0
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Final:
Derek Blow 11 - 14 Mick Haytack
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