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2023-11-05 Excellent field for Owen Edwards CupThe Owen Edwards Cup was held at Cairnlea on the 4th and 5th November. Sunday for the final turned out to be a beautiful day which only added to the delight of this event. It was wonderful to see a sunny and warm day with all players decked out in their whites. Entry was by expression of interest as the aim is to keep this event as a prestigious event to showcase Victorian players. Interstate interest was accepted but our interstate entries had to withdraw for personal reasons. The 16 players who competed had a handicap range of -4 to 4. 16 players completed in a round robin event, consisting of 2 blocks of 8 players – blocks being selected by world rankings. The top 4 from each block went through to the finals- The remaining players continued on in a round robin event. The entire event had high class games with skill and strategy on display at the highest level. 2023-09-10 Association Croquet – Brian Reither Challenge Cup 2023The Victorian Croquet Centre at Cairnlea hosted the Brian Reither Challenge Cup on the weekend of 9th and 10th September. This is the third year the event has been run and it is named in honour of Croquet Victoria Life Member, Brian Reither. Brian kindly offered to be Tournament Manager this year. There was a field of 10 playing in two round robin blocks of five. In Block A, Robert Fletcher won all four of his games while Greg Hill lost only one game, which was to Robert. In Block B, the 3rd seed Lachlan Berryman was the standout winning all his games. Second place getter in the block was Greg Fletcher with 3 wins from 4 games. Greg completed two triple peels whilst Lachlan completed one.
Posted by: Posted on: 2023-11-11 News Type: General WIMMERA V BALLARAT & DISTRICT ANNUAL CHALLENGE MATCH was played at Horsham Croquet Club on Friday 3/11/2023 The match consists of each team providing 8 members from both Regions to play 4 level play 13-point games first to 7 hoops. Every member plays 2 singles & 2 doubles. (2 in the morning 2 after lunch) A pleasant day was enjoyed by all, the weather was warm 25 degrees, , a lot of chit chattering took place, catching up with old croquet friends & also meeting new members. The home team excelled in supplying afternoon tea with cream cakes, slices, savouries etc.
Charles Rees (Wimmera President) thanked everyone who had organized the day and the Ballarat members for travelling to Horsham also the Wimmera members who had made themselves available for that day. Denie Etherson (Ballarat & District) also thanked Wimmera for such an enjoyable day. It was announced by Charles Wimmera won by a very close margin. Wimmera 13 games 127hoops Ballarat 11 games 132hoops Denie then presented the shield to Charles.
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