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Annual one-day club
tournament, 18-point Association Croquet ADVANCED LEVEL-PLAY from 2009.
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 the same turn before "3-back ball" has run 4-back. No
time limits (but most games tend to finish well within 1½ hours).
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Previous winners:
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1994* Veronica Wood
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1999* Brian Taylor
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2004+ Mick Haytack
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2009 Tim King
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1995* Adrian Page
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2000* Mick
Haytack
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2005+ Geoff Ellott
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2010 Tim King
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1996* Jeremy
Staley
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2001* Brian Taylor
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2006# Tim King
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2011 Arthur Rowe
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1997* Derek Buxton
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2002* Evelyn
Martin
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2007# Jeremy Staley
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1998* Derek Buxton
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2003+ Tim King
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2008# Mick Haytack
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* 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.)
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2011
REPORT Played on Saturday 7th May & Sunday 8th
May (Manager: Arthur)
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The Shakespeare Trophy was contested between 6 Ashby
players over the weekend of 7th/8th May. The format of the competition was
the same as the previous two years - level advanced 18pt Association. With
three lawns there was no need to double bank. The manager optimistically
arranged the play as all-play-all, which meant five rounds would need to be
completed in a day. After weeks of dry weather, there was heavy rain for
over two hours on Saturday morning which slowed down the lawns and the
players. In the event only 4 rounds could be completed on Saturday, at
which point any one of three players could have won the competition. All
the players had some spells of quality play interspersed with other spells
where more errors were made.
Tim and Arthur played their decisive 5th round
game on Sunday afternoon. Tim got 1st break on turn 7 after taking on a
brave shot with blue from 25yds at red and yellow in corner 4, whilst his
black ball was wired on hoop 1. Missing would have given a laid 4-ball
break, but he hit and got going, eventually failing hoop 6. Arthur hit a
short shot, laid up near hoop 1 and made a break to 4-back, but didn't get
a tidy leave. Tim hit the lift shot with black but only made one hoop.
Arthur took red from 3-back to rover but missed a roquet after penult,
leaving Tim to pick up his break with blue which he took round to 4-back.
Tim's leave didn't go according to plan, leaving Arthur a short lift shot
from which he got from 4-back to peg with yellow, peeling red at rover but
not managing to get a return rush to the peg. He left red in the centre of
the lawn, blue and black at the edges and pegged off yellow. Tim again hit
the lift shot and skilfully got his black ball from 4-back to peg, leaving
the balls close together in the centre of the lawn, threatening to finish
next turn with a repeat 2-ball break. Arthur hit the lift shot to win an
exciting and close contest played between two players of quite different
styles - Tim generally having better single ball strokes and accurate
rushes, and Arthur playing better croquet strokes.
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Arthur finished with 4 wins which made him the
winner of the 2011 competition. He was presented with the Trophy by Rachel
who had made a guest appearance at Ashby.
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Arthur
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Tim
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Roger
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Mick
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Derek
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Richard
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Wins
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Position
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Arthur Rowe
(3.5)
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+5
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-4
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+6
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+6
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+12
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4
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1st
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Tim King (4)
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-5
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+12
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+7
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-1T
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-6
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2
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Roger Berkeley (7)
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+4
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-12
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-3
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-6T
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-5
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1
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Mick Haytack (8)
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-6
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-7
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+3
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Not
played
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+8
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2
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Derek Buxton
(10)
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-6
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+1T
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+6T
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Not
played
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+11
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3
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Richard Sanville (10)
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-12
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+6
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+5
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-8
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-11
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2
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2010
REPORT Played on Saturday 8th May (Manager:
Arthur)
Tim retained the
trophy, with 3 wins out of 3.
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Roger
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Arthur
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Richard
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Tim
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Wins
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Position
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Roger Berkeley (5)
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-14
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+8
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-13
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1
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3rd
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Arthur Rowe (5)
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+14
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+14
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-14
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2
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2nd
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Richard Sanville (10)
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-8
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-14
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-16
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0
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4th
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Tim King (4)
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+13
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+14
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+16
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3
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1st
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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).
Tim – a
last-minute entry to the competition – was the worthy winner.
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Derek
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Arthur
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Richard
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Tim
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Wins
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Position
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Derek Buxton
(9)
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-14
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-12
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-9
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0
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4th
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Arthur Rowe (7)
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+14
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+17
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-15
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2
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2nd
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Richard Sanville (10)
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+12
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-17
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-16
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1
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3rd
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Tim King (4)
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+9
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+15
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+16
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3
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1st
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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!
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Mick
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Richard
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Derek
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Ray
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Wins
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Hoop
difference
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Mick Haytack (9)
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1-14
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14-2
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14-1
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2
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+12
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Winner
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Richard Sanville
(10)
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14-1
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7-14
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14-9
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2
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+11
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2nd
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Derek Buxton (8)
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2-14
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14-7
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14-10
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2
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-1
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3rd
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Ray Mounfield (14)
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1-14
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9-14
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10-14
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0
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-22
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4th
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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.
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2006
REPORT
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Played on Sunday 28th May
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Tim
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Jeremy
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Mick
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Geoff
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Derek
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Ray
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Wins
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Hoop Diff
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Tim King
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+12
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+7t
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+8
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+13
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+1t
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5
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+41
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Winner
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Jeremy Staley
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-12
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+2t
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-1t
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+6t
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+5t
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3
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0
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3rd
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Mick Haytack
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-7t
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-2t
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-14
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+6
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-3t
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1
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-20
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6th
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Geoff Ellott
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-8
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+1t
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+14
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-6t
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+2t
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3
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+3
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Runner-up
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Derek Buxton
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-13
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-6t
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-6
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+6t
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+1t
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2
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-18
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4th
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Ray Mounfield
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-1t
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-5t
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+3t
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-2t
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-1t
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1
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-6
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5th
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2005
REPORT
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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.
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Derek
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Richard
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Geoff
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Mick
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Marilyn
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Ray
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Wins
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Derek Buxton (11)
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9-8
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1-10
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2-14
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4-11
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2-11
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1
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Richard Sanville
(12)
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8-9
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1-14
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14-13
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3-5
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13-9
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2
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Geoff Ellott (16)
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10-1
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14-1
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4-7
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8-6
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9-5
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4
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Winner
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Mick Haytack
(12)
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14-2
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13-14
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7-4
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14-1
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7-10
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3
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Marilyn Murray (20)
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11-4
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5-3
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6-8
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1-14
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5-6
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2
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Ray Mounfield (18)
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11-2
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9-13
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5-9
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10-7
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6-5
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3
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Runner-up
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1 hr 20min games
League positions decided by (a) number of wins; (b) who beat whom; (c) hoop
difference.
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