Winners: Geoff and Veronica Richardson with their division three accolades at Rich River’s singles tournament. Photo: Supplied
Rich River
Thursday, October 6
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Ten members played doubles and a single, with Russell Smyth the only player to win three games.
Five players won two games with Fiona Larcombe being declared the runner-up for today.
Both pennant teams had wins. Kangas 7/75 defeated Shepparton Kookaburras 5/60. Dave, Helen and Cherie won three of four games.
Emus travelled to Numurkah. Ian, Doc and Kaye also won three of four games to cement their win 7/65 to Numurkah 5/67.
GC Open Singles Tournament
Well played: Rich River singles division two winners Ed Chatwin and Les Matthews. Photo: Supplied
Rich River Croquet Club hosted its yearly GC Open Singles Tournament from Friday October 7 to Sunday October 9.
Thirty-six members representing 14 clubs came from many parts of Victoria. Each day was dedicated to a separate division playing in two or three blocks and a final between block winners to determine winner and runner-up.
Division 3 (handicaps 9 to 12) played on Friday in drizzly conditions. Veronica Richardson of Twin City was the winner over husband Geoff Richardson, also from Twin City, 7/5. May have led to a tense trip back to Albury.
On Saturday, blue skies greeted the Division 2 (handicaps 6 to 8) players. The first semi-final between David Maher (Rich River) and Les Matthews (Drysdale) resulted in Les winning 7/6.
In the second semi-final, Ed Chatwin (Ringwood) also won 7/6 over Wayne Comer, Shepparton. Les and Ed then played the final with Les edging out Ed 7/5.
Finally, Division 1 (handicaps-1 to 5) competed on Sunday. Block winners John James, (Deniliquin) and Richard Parks (Monash) entertained the spectators with another thrilling display of croquet and a 7/6 win to John.
Precision: Rich River singles tournament division one winners John James and Richard Parks. Photo: Supplied
Thanks to everyone who helped over the weekend. Congratulations to Cherie for the smooth management of her first tournament.
Tuesday, October 11
Fifteen members played doubles.
Winning three games was Rick Finch on +10. Russell Smyth was the best of the two game winners, finishing on +6 to be the day’s runner-up.
On October 16 and 23, we are holding ‘Come and Have a Crack at Croquet’ days.
Come out on Sunday at 1.30pm. Introduce family, friends or neighbours to a game of low-impact exercise.
For information on croquet, phone either Marjorie 0459 030 338 or Cherie 0409 509 295.
Echuca
Friday, October 7
Eight members played three games in cloudy weather with a little light rain during the second game.
Winner for the day was John Graham winning three games with a plus 6. Johnny Tarrant, Jill Graham and John Graham each had two jump shots.
Ian Walshe, John Graham and Jeff Pumpa all enjoyed hoops-in-one.
Monday, October 10
Seventeen members all played three games in nice sunny conditions.
Winner for the day was Johnny Tarrant, winning three games with a plus 11.
Runners-up were Trevor Peters with a plus 9 and Dave Hocking with a plus 8.
Sandy Alstin and Steve Kelly each had a hoop-in-one. Mavis Peters and Peter vander Zande had two jump shots each.
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