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SHAKESPEARE CUP

 

 

 

Annual one-day club tournament, 18-point Association Croquet ADVANCED LEVEL-PLAY for 2009.

Previous winners:

 

1994* Veronica Wood

1999* Brian Taylor

2004+ Mick Haytack

2009 Tim King

 

1995* Adrian Page

2000* Mick Haytack

2005+ Geoff Ellott

 

 

1996* Jeremy Staley

2001* Brian Taylor

2006# Tim King

 

 

1997* Derek Buxton

2002* Evelyn Martin

2007# Jeremy Staley

 

 

1998* Derek Buxton

2003+ Tim King

2008# Mick Haytack

 

 


* Played as a high-bisquers' Short Croquet handicap tournament up to 2002.
+ Played as a 14-point handicap tournament 2003–2005.
# Played as a 14-point level-play tournament 2006–2008. (The 2008 tournament was played in March 2009.)

2009 REPORT  (Played on Sunday 14th June 2009)

 

The 2009 Shakespeare Cup was the club's first venture into the world of advanced play: an 18-point advanced level-play competition (Manager: Arthur). 

 

Format: 18-point level advanced. '1 & 3-back version' – i.e. when a ball runs hoop 1 its partner clip is placed on 3-back. Lift conceded when running 1 back or 4 back. Lift or contact conceded when running 1 back & 4 back in same turn before '3-back ball' has run 4 back. No time limits (most games finished well within 1½ hours).

 

Tim – a last-minute entry to the competition – was the worthy winner.

 

 

Derek

Arthur

Richard

Tim

Wins

Position

Derek Buxton (9)

 

-14

-12

-9

0

4th

Arthur Rowe (7)

+14

 

+17

-15

2

2nd

Richard Sanville (10)

+12

-17

 

-16

1

3rd

Tim King (4)

+9

+15

+16

 

3

1st

 

2008 REPORT   (Played on Saturday 28th March 2009)

 

Owing to a busy fixture schedule mid-season in 2008 and for some reason a lack of takers towards the end of the season, the 2008 Shakespeare Cup was finally rearranged for the day before the start of the 2009 season!  The late-March weather was variable: warm during the periods of sunshine, but chilly during the greyer spells and brief hail showers.

 

We had four entries: Derek Buxton, Mick Haytack, Ray Mounfield and Richard Sanville, so it was all-play-all with no time limits (14-point level-play games).

 

Mick won his first two games handsomely against Ray and Derek.  However, other results meant that Richard could still be guaranteed overall victory if he could beat Mick 14-0 in the final game – an unlikely scenario given the pattern of play in the previous games.  Astoundingly, Mick went to pieces and Richard played his best croquet of the day and trounced Mick in little over half an hour but sacrificing 1 point on the way, thus just losing out on the chance of certain victory.

 

However, the tournament outcome was still in the balance: the result of the other game between Derek and Ray (effectively the 3rd/4th place play-off) would bizarrely still determine who finished in 1st and 2nd place: a win for Derek would mean 3 players on 2 wins and Mick would win on hoop difference by 1 point; but a win for Ray would mean victory for Richard overall on the “who beat whom” rule.  The game seemed never-ending: Derek was in the lead but Ray kept battling away.  Mick couldn’t stand the tension any longer and had to make his exit halfway through the game.  (Actually he had to return to Daventry to resume a bridge weekend.)  Eventually after 2¾ hours of play Derek held his nerve to peg out with a 14-10 victory.

 

Mick was therefore the overall winner, but as he had already disappeared we were unable to present the trophy – hence no picture!

 

 

Mick

Richard

Derek

Ray

Wins

Hoop difference 

 

Mick Haytack (9)

 

1-14

14-2

14-1

2

  +12 

Winner

Richard Sanville (10)

14-1

 

7-14

14-9

2

  +11 

2nd

Derek Buxton (8)

2-14

14-7

 

14-10

2

   -1

3rd

Ray Mounfield (14)

1-14

9-14

10-14

 

0

 -22

4th

 

2007 REPORT

 

(Played on Sunday 27th May)

 

Jeremy Staley won the Shakespeare Cup (Shakespeare thermos flask?) in atrocious weather.

There were only three entries: Jeremy, Mick Haytack and Derek Buxton.

Each player won one game and lost one, the result therefore went to hoop difference.

 

Derek beat Mick +10

Mick beat Jeremy +2

Jeremy beat Derek +14.

 

Right: The winner being congratulated by the Chairman.

 

 

2006 REPORT

2006 results  (Played on Sunday 28th May)

 

Tim

Jeremy

Mick

Geoff

Derek

Ray

Wins

Hoop Diff

 

Tim King

 

+12

+7t

+8

+13

+1t

5

+41

Winner

Jeremy Staley

-12

 

+2t

-1t

+6t

+5t

3

0

3rd

Mick Haytack

-7t

-2t

 

-14

+6

-3t

1

-20

6th

Geoff Ellott

-8

+1t

+14

 

-6t

+2t

3

+3

Runner-up

Derek Buxton

-13

-6t

-6

+6t

 

+1t

2

-18

4th

Ray Mounfield

-1t

-5t

+3t

-2t

-1t

 

1

-6

5th

 

2005 REPORT

2005 results

Six players competed in the 2005 Shakespeare Cup on Saturday 10th September, in an all-play-all league, in wet conditions for much of the day. Geoff was the clear winner with 4 wins. Ray Mounfield was the runner-up with 3 wins. Mick also finished with 3 wins but has to settle for 3rd place, as he lost to Ray. Many thanks to Mick for running the event.

 

Derek

Richard

Geoff

Mick

Marilyn

Ray

Wins

 

Derek Buxton (11)

 

9-8

1-10

2-14

4-11

2-11

1

 

Richard Sanville (12)

8-9

 

1-14

14-13

3-5

13-9

2

 

Geoff Ellott (16)

10-1

14-1

 

4-7

8-6

9-5

4

Winner

Mick Haytack (12)

14-2

13-14

7-4

 

14-1

7-10

3

 

Marilyn Murray (20)

11-4

5-3

6-8

1-14

 

5-6

2

 

Ray Mounfield (18)

11-2

9-13

5-9

10-7

6-5

 

3

  Runner-up

1 hr 20min games
League positions decided by (a) number of wins; (b) who beat whom; (c) hoop difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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