2015-11-15

Bairnsdale Croquet Club Annual GC singles tournament
Bairnsdale held its annual GC singles tournament on 14 and 15 November.

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2015-11-30

Korumburra AC tournament
On 30 November the Korumburra Croquet Club held its annual Association Croquet Tournament. Eight players entered.

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ACA Bronze Medal (VCA Gold Medal) The Bronze Medal is held each season to find a Victorian player to represent our state in the ACA Gold Medal.

The Gold Medal is played during the week leading into the Eire Cup and Men’s and Women’s Championship. The runner-up in the ACA event receives the Silver Medal and the four remaining state winners each receive a Bronze Medal. The Gold Medal is among the most prestigious events in the Association Calendar.
This year the VCA Selectors invited 8 top ranked players to contact a round robin event over two days on the weekend 12/13 December, played at Cairnlea.
The 8 players who contested the event were Stephen Forster, Kevin Beard, Malcolm Fletcher, Rod Kirk, Simon Watkins, Elaine Coverdale, Josh Wilson and Gareth Bushill. On Saturday players contested four rounds and the remaining three on Sunday.

There was some extremely good play. The courts were a challenge as they had been recently cored and kept all players on their mettle. That there were only 5 triple peels in the event indicates the difficulties the court presented. The players handled the challenges well and the spectators had many fine moments of watching highly skilful players show why they are at the top of the rankings in Victoria.
Malcolm Fletcher won 6 of his 7 games - losing only to Kevin Beard. Stephen Forster was runner-up with 5 wins and 2 losses (to Malcolm and Elaine) with Simon Watkins finishing ahead of Rod Kirk on net hoops for third placing.
Malcolm will now represent Victoria in the ACA Gold Medal at Cairnlea in March. We wish Malcolm well in his pursuit of his first Gold Medal.

John Grieve
Tournament Manager

Full results on Croquet Scores.

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2015-12-13

Selectors’ Invitational
This event was run in tandem with the Bronze Medal.
The selectors invited 12 players to play. The event was in two blocks with 6 players in each.

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2015-11-29

Success for Kew at the NSW Gateball Championships
Kew Gateballers did well in the 2015 NSW Gateball Championships held 27-29 November at Jamberoo.

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