Victorian Croquet Handicap Doubles and Singles Event
The 27th to 30th November 2025 saw the Victorian Croquet Handicap Doubles and Singles take place at VCC. The weather varied throughout the 4 days with some rain towards the weekend, so players had to handle all conditions.
Congratulations especially to Nick Quirk (Quarry Hill) winner of Croquet Victoria Hcp Singles event.
Nick played exceedingly well throughout the 2-day tournament losing only 1 game out of the 7 and that game loss was 6/7!! Nick plays off a handicap of 5 currently. All players won at least 1 game during the tournament with many competing for their 1st time in this event. Runner up was Kevin Young ( Morwell) with 5 wins and separated from third and fourth place getters Mary Tabrah (Taralgon) and Brian Taylor (Monash) by hoops with all finishing on 5 wins.
Well done to all players for the spirit in which matches were played over the 2 days.
The doubles event over Saturday and Sunday was an equally nail-biting event. The final game Sunday was the deciding factor on which team won the event with 3 possible winners depending on results of that final game.
Mary Cockett and James Turton won the event in 2023 and 2024, but this year decided to take new partners and make the event ultra-competitive. In the end both Mary , James and their new partners managed to make the final 6 which was a round robin event. Winner of the round robin won the championship.
Winners for 2025 were James and Vikki Turton (Drysdale) with 4 wins, 1 loss and 9 hoops
Runners up were Richard Hingst and Dominic Moss (Williamstown)- with 4 wins, 1 loss and 7 hoops
Third place Glenn Crook (Lilydale) Joy Mitchell (Kew) -2 wins, 3 losses and 1 hoop
Fourth place Mary Tabrah (Taralgon) Kevin Young (Morwell)- 2 wins, 3 losses and neg 1 hoop
Fifth place Mary Cockett (Drysdale) Loretta Gawne (Mooroopna) 2 wins, 3 losses and neg 9 hoops
Congratulations to all players from throughout the state that played and made this event so successful- thanks to Wodonga club, Sale, Morwell, Traralgon, Bendigo area ( Golden Square, Quarry Hill and Maldon ) and Geelong (Belmont and Drysdale) areas in particular. This is what makes this event so exciting and thank you to players and partners who teamed up on many occasions for the 1st time. Most pairs were new to each other and so competition was exciting and unpredictable