British Open Championship
6-13 Jul 2008
The following reports are extracted from Croquet World Online
Magazine.
Doubles Final Result -- Andrew Gregory
British Open Doubles Final
Reporting by Andrew Gregory at Cheltenham
as edited from the Croquet Association Website
13th July 2008 (Championships)
BRITISH OPEN DOUBLES FINAL 2008
FINAL MATCH SCORE:
Death & Fulford 2
Goacher & Huneycutt 1
Death & Fulford are the doubles champions
Singles Final -- Andrew Gregory
From Cheltenham, England
British Open Singles Final 2008
Samir Patel v Robert Fulford
FINAL MATCH SCORE Patel 0 Fulford 3
(Best-of-5 match)
More Saturday Results -- Andrew Gregory
UPDATE FROM CHELTENHAM
SATURDAY, PM
The Open Doubles semi-final has been resolved in favour
of Goacher and Huneycutt, who came back from game
down. The Doubles final will follow the Singles final
tomorrow.
ASSOCIATION PLATE
(to be played Sunday)
Draw final: Paul Bennett (USA) v Chris Patmore
Process final: Stephen Mulliner v James Death
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Y doubles semifinals in progress.
Favourites should be Tudor and Wicks, but Wixy has been
assuaging his disappointment (for losing the
Singles semi) in the traditional manner.
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Patel beats Wicks, sngls semi -- Andrew
Gregory
[Following surprising brief (less than three hours) and
non-interactive best-of-five semi-finals in each of their matches,
Samir Patel and Robert Fulford have well earned their places in the
Sunday finals.
The following update by Andrew Gregory on the Nottingham Board is only
slightly edited for clarity and continuity - EDITOR]
Jack Wicks (Wixy) v Samir Patel
GAME ONE:
Wixy wins toss and goes in.
1. Wixy East boundary 10 yards North of 4th corner. (Wot no supershor?)
2. Samir has Duffer tice.
3. Wixy shoots down East boundary, missing into 4th corner (23y).
4. Samir rushes his Duffer (9 yards) to South boundary. Rolls toward
4th corner. Puts ball to hoop 2 - ball finishes near hoop, so big
wiring area between hoops 1 and 2. Samir tries to approach hoop 1 from
East boundary, but overhits both balls. Retires to 4th corner.
5. Wixy has a 12-yard shot, slightly wired by hoop 2. Hits hoop,
leaving both balls next to hoop 2.
6. Samir rushes to South boundary in front of hoop 1. What to do?
Take-off to hoop 2 seems safer, but Samir elects to approach 1. Gets 9"
hoop, and he's away. Goes to 4-back, NSL.
7. Wixy lifts ball at hoop 4, shoots from 2y West of 3rd corner,
presumably at in-lawn ball. Misses into 4th corner (24 yards).
8. Samir has delayed TP.
Patel +26TP
GAME TWO
1. Samir has supershot: 5 yards WSW of peg.
2. Wixy puts Red 5 yards ESE of peg.
3. Samir misses partner ball (13 yards) to just out of 2nd corner.
4. Wixy hits partner ball (14 yards). Gets going, but fails hoop 2 off
partner.
5. Samir hits 17-yarder for easy break. Eschews POPping, going to
4-back. Leaves Wixy's hoop 2 ball inches North of hoop 1, his other
ball inches North of hoop 4.
6. Wixy shoots ball at hoop 1 at his partner ball at 4 (14y, partial
target). Misses.
7. Samir misses 5-yarder.
8. Wixy misses 5-yarder.
9. Samir hits 7-yarder with forward ball. Has leave.
10. Wixy misses 27-yarder.
11. Samir has standard TP.
Patel +25 TP. Patel 2-0 up.
GAME THREE 1. Wixy plays Black 8 yards North of 4th corner.
2. Samir has a Duffer tice (1 yard longer than Game 1)
3. Wixy shoots at Black from end of A-baulk. Misses by a foot.
4. Samir rushes Duffer off South boundary. Gets going, but puts partner
ball off lawn while approaching hoop 2.
5. Wixy misses 11-yarder.
6. Samir plays hoop 2 ball, goes to 4-back, diagonal spread.
7. Wixy lifts ball near West boundary, takes "short shot" from end of
A-baulk. Misses (17-yarder).
8. Samir has standard TP.
Patel +26TP. Patel wins match 3-0.
- Andrew Gregory
BAMFORD DEFEATS FULFORD
IN SINGLES SEMI-FINAL -- Andrew Gregory
Lawn 11: Reg Bamford v Rob Fulford
GAME ONE
Reg wins toss and goes in.
1. Supershot, 3y SSE peg
2. Yellow goes 1y W of Black
3. Blue shoots fom 1st corner, going few yards past peg.
4. Rob has huge target from 1st corner, hits, goes to 1-back.
5. Reg misses 33-yarder.
6. Rob sextuple: 1-back peel before 2 2-back peel: attempted before 4,
got before 5. 3-back peel before 1-back. 4-back peel before 3-back.
Straight double to finish.
Fulford +26 SXP
GAME TWO
1. Rob supershot 3y NW hoop 5
2. Reg: Yellow to peg-high E boundary.
3. Rob hits Yellow from B-baulk (17y). Goes to 4-back, POPping Yellow
to hoop 3. West boundary leave.
4. Reg misses (18y)
5. Rob has Standard TP.
Rob finishes his 5th turn standard TP to go 2-0 up.
By the way, conditions are easy after all the rain. Hoops on lawns 10
and 11 have been re-set overnight, but will still be easy.
GAME THREE 1. Reg plays Black 4y NW hoop 5.
2. Rob plays Red 4y E of Black.
3. Reg dribbles at Red, just missing.
4. Rob has 14-yard double. Hits outside edge of target.
1-back leave.
5. Reg misses 33-yarder.
6. Rob sextuple:
1-back peel before 2
2-back peel before 4
3-back peel before 6
4-back peel jawsed before 2-back
Penult peel jawsed before 4-back
Straight rover peel to finish.
Fulford +26SXP, wins match 3-0. Reg fails to take croquet, Rob
fails to make an error.
So there we have it - both semi-finals over in about 2 1/2 hours.
Fulford is the obvious favourite for the final, But Samir is hitting
well and TPing reliably.
AND IN OTHER NEWS....(early afternoon Saturday)
In the Doubles, Death and Fulford are awaiting the winners of the
semi-final feast currently on lawn 8 - Foulser & Mundy vs Goacher
& Huneycutt. If you think I'm doing ball-by-ball on that
feast... Anyway, First game to local heroes Foulser & Mundy.
In the Plate, Chris Williams and Roger Jenkins are still in both
halves. James Death and Stephen Mulliner will also be fancying
their chances with their single life.
Tune in tomorrow for the Singles final. I hope to be sending
regular live updates. And maybe later today (Saturday) for the
Doubles Final.
- Andrew Gregory
Quarter-final results, Singles -- Samir
Patel
[Samir Patel, via his Blackberry, issued numerous reports
on the progress of the best-of-five quarter-
finals matches on Friday. We reproduce his reports below, in reverse
order, and congratulate him on a rare feat: reporting results in the
British "main event" while continuing his own winning streak.]
Wicks bt Aiton -26tp +26tp +16tp +26tp
Patel bt Maugham +13otp +8tp -26tp +26tp
Fulford bt Cumming +26sxp -26tp +16sxp +26sxp
Bamford bt Kirby +24tp +26sxp +17qp
Dave has just won the third +26tp.
Rob must have won 3-1
Re: Quarter Finals
Heavy downpour, just clearing.
Maugham on 5th turn break to 4-back.
Wicks has finished his TP to win 3-1.
Reg is starting his quad for 3-0.
Re: Quarter Finals
Chicken curry for lunch.
Fulford 2-1 up and on SXP in fourth game (currently 4 and 2-back).
Wicks 2-1 up and laying NSL after first ball to 4-back.
Kirby 0-2 down, but in fourth turn for 2-back, after Bamford went to
3-back third turn. Looks to be having an NSL too.
Fulford 2-1 up (2xSXP v 1xTP)
Wicks on TP for 2-1 up
Bamford 2-0 up and in break
Patel 2-0 up a
Fulford is laying for an SXP in game 3
Patel is 2 and 4-back against 2-back and penult.
Bamford is 2-0 up.
Wicks has hit Aiton's leave, for 1 and 4-back v 2 and 4-
back
Quarter Finals
Wicks has a spread after first break to 4-back. Keith is for 1 (R) and
2 (Y), not sure if that was a pop, but Wicks has left R by 2 in the
spread.
Bamford and Maugham are on SXPs.
Cumming looks to be in a break.
Quarter Finals
Wicks wins the second (I think 26tp)
Bamford won his first, probably 24tp
Patel +13otp (off the squeeze, there had been a POP earlier).
Cumming looks to have had most of the play in their second (its a long
way away!), perhaps has a delayed double to win it.
Quarter Finals
First breaks to Fulford (3rd turn),
Patel and Aiton (4th turn),
Bamford (5th turn).
Fulford, Aiton have won their first.
Bamford on a TP following some interaction after Kirby hit the tea-
lady.
Maugham on a TPO after more interaction after Patel failed 1 after the
missed lift.
Now raining hard.
Wicks, Cumming have first break in their second game.
Samir (in the dry, and looking forward at taking a wild guess about how
hard to hit the roll to hoop 1 off the contact)
Quarter Finals
Looks like the conbined talents of the nation's meteorologists beat
looking out of the window. Conditions overcast, with patchy light
drizzle (drivel?).
Fulford v Cumming on 8
Aiton v Wicks on 9
Bamford v Kirby on 10
Maugham v Patel on 11
Wicks has the first supershot, followed by Bamford, Fulford, Maugham.
- Samir Patel
Thursday Knockout Results -- Bob Alman
AND THEN THERE WERE...
NINE IN SINGLES and EIGHT TEAMS IN DOUBLES
By the end of play on Thursday and despite persistent
showers, all the second round of the singles knockout
had been completed except one match left to be
reported, leaving nine players still in the knockout as
this report is being made.
IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE SINGLES KNOCKOUT....
Aiton will play the winner of the Avery/J Le Moignan match.
Patel defeated Brown and will meet Maugham, who defeated Bent.
Fulford defeated Duckworth and will face Cumming, who beat Mulliner.
Kirby defeated Bennett and will meet Bamford, who beat Le Moignan.
The three top seeds - Fulford, Bamford, and Aiton - are
still very much alive.
Of the six Americans who completed in the Solomon
Trophy matches preceding the Open, four made it to the
singles knockout, but only one survives to the third
round: Canadian champion Brian Cumming, who now faces a
major challenge in coming up against many-times world
champion, Robert Fulford.
AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF THE DOUBLES KNOCKOUT...
Eight teams remain. In the third round:::::::
* Death & Fulford take on Duckwroth & P Trimmer.
* Burridge & Kirby face Avery & Mulliner.
* Lines & Williams play against Foulser & Mundy.
* Goacher & Huneycutt meet Aiton & Maugham.
CROQUET WORLD ONLINE will continue to summarize the
results after each day's play until the final, on
Sunday, July 13. The English Croquet Association
Website, at http://www.croquet.org.uk/, is now posting
frequently updated results on their home page.
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Sngls Results Thru Wednesday -- Bob
Alman
The following is a complete record of the singles games
in the Swiss qualifier, with notes following each round indicating
which players have qualified for the knockout.
With thanks to Samir Pater for his frequent reports on the Nottingham,
here's what we've got for singles at the end of the day Wednesday (or
close to it.)
SINGLES RESULTS, TO WEDNESDAY END OF DAY
Sunday 6 July
KMH
Aiton beat MA Stephenson +25tp
DB Maugham beat AK Gregory +26tp
RS Jenkins beat DA Cornelius +17tp
M Murray beat MN Avery +17
PC Trimmer beat JH Wicks +21
AS Le Moignan bt D Mundy +25
RL Bamford bt J Hopgood +13
SN Mulliner bt PL Emmett +26
RP Lloyd bt GSJ Tudor +17tp
JD Hector bt ET Duckworth +11
Monday 7 July 2008
J Le Moignan bt R I Fulford +11
D Bent bt DD Trimmer +25
SR Patel bt RM Dickson +21tp
CN Williams bt DH Huneycutt +26
BW Cumming bt RF Knapp +14
PT Bennett bt N Butler +17stp
RJ Brown bt K Chambers +6tpo
MR French bt CJ Patmore +24tp
D Harrison-Wood bt IJ Burridge +13tp
PJ Kirby bt GW Noble +24tp
DJ Goacher bt L Bradforth +26tp
IG Lines bt AB Hope +12
LS Jackson bt AN Johnson +17tp
JE Guest bt DK Openshaw +11tp
DR Foulser bt B Rothman +19tp
JF Death bt IG Vincent +26tp
Round 2
J Le Moignan bt D Bent +15tp
SR Patel bt BW Cumming +17
RL Bamford bt CN Williams +3
JD Hector bt M Murray +9
KMH Aiton bt PT Bennett +26tp
RJ Brown bt AS Le Moignan +12
RS Jenkins bt SN Mulliner +15
D Harrison-Wood bt MR French +5
PC Trimmer bt DB Maugham +16
PJ Kirby bt DJ Goacher +26
LS Jackson bt IG Lines +17
JE Guest bt DR Foulser +11
JF Death bt R Lloyd +15
RI Fulford bt DD Trimmer +25tp
RM Dickson bt RF Knapp +12
DH Huneycutt bt J Hopgood +26tp
ET Duckworth bt MN Avery +17
N Butler bt MA Stephenson +2
K Chambers bt D Mundy +25
DA Cornelius bt PL Emmett +8
IJ Burridge bt CJ Patmore +24
JH Wicks bt AK Gregory +17tp
GW Noble bt L Bradforth +26tp
AN Johnson bt AB Hope +19
DK Openshaw bt B Rothman +3tp
GSJ Tudor bt IG Vincent +24
Round 3
RL Bamford bt JD Hector +26qp
J Le Moignan bt SR Patel +13
RJ Brown bt KMH Aiton +26tp
RS Jenkins bt D Harrison-Wood +26
PJ Kirby bt PC Trimmer +17tp
LS Jackson bt JE Guest +26
JF Death bt AN Johnson +26tp
RI Fulford bt RM Dickson +25sxp
ET Duckworth bt DH Huneycutt +17tp
N Butler bt K Chambers +17
DA Cornelius bt IJ Burridge +26tp
JH Wicks bt GW Noble +18
DK Openshaw bt GSJ Tudor +22
BW Cumming bt D Bent +26tp
M Murray bt CN Williams +5
AS Le Moignan bt PT Bennett +26tp
SN Mulliner bt MR French +4
DJ Goacher bt DB Maugham +17
IG Lines bt DR Foulser +23
RP Lloyd bt AB Hope +26tp
DD Trimmer bt RF Knapp +15tp
MN Avery bt J Hopgood +17tp
MA Stephenson bt D Mundy +5
CJ Patmore bt PL Emmett +13
AK Gregory bt L Bradforth +7
BH Rothman bt IG Vincent +19
Round 4
RL Bamford bt PJ Kirby +5sxp
RJ Brown bt JF Death +26tp
RS Jenkins bt J Le Moignan +6
JH Wicks bt DA Cornelius +12tpo
BW Cumming bt LS Jackson +26tp
PC Trimmer bt JD Hector +26tp
ET Duckworth bt M Murray +26tp
KMH Aiton by N Butler +5tpo
JE Guest bt DJ Goacher +26
RI Fulford bt DK Openshaw +26tp
AS Le Moignan bt RP Lloyd +14
SR Patel bt D Harrison-Wood +26tp
SN Mulliner bt IG Lines +26tp
DB Maugham bt DR Foulser +26tp
PT Bennett bt AK Gregory +26
MR French bt AN Johnson +11
CN Williams bt CJ Patmore +25
BH Rothman bt K Chambers +26
IJ Burridge bt GW Noble +17
MN Avery bt DH Huneycutt +26tp
D Bent bt GSJ Tudor +26
RF Knapp bt L Bradforth +2
AB Hope bt IG Vincent +4
J Hopgood bt PL Emmett +5
Tuesday 8 July 2008
RM Dickson bt MA Stephenson +17
D Mundy bt DD Trimmer +17
Round 5 RL Bamford bt RJ Brown +26qp
ET Duckworth bt RS Jenkins +3tp
PJ Kirby bt RI Fulford +26tp
JH Wicks bt J Le Moignan +4
SR Patel bt AS Le Moignan +17tp
SN Mulliner bt JF Death +2otp
JE Guest bt PC Trimmer +3
BW Cumming bt KMH Aiton +17
BH Rothman bt LS Jackson +17tp
MN Avery bt D Harrison-Wood +22tp
DJ Goacher bt IJ Burridge +26
RP Lloyd bt M Murray +17
D Bent bt N Butler +4
PT Bennett bt MR French +6
DB Maugham bt CN Williams +12tpo
DK Openshaw bt DA Cornelius +11tp
IG Lines bt RM Dickson +26tp
JD Hector bt DD Trimmer +12
GSJ Tudor bt GW Noble +26tp
AK Gregory bt K Chambers +26
CJ Patmore bt DH Huneycutt +18tp
RF Knapp bt DR Foulser +26
AN Johnson bt J Hopgood +10
AB Hope bt MA Stephenson +13
D Mundy bt L Bradforth +5 IG
Vincent bt P Emmett +22
Round 6
RL Bamford bt ET Duckworth +26sxp
SR Patel bt PJ Kirby +26tp
JH Wicks bt BW Cumming +26tp
SN Mulliner bt JE Guest +16
RJ Brown bt RS Jenkins +25tp
JF Death bt BH Rothman +17sxp
KMH Aiton bt J Le Moignan +22
RI Fulford bt AS Le Moignan +26sxp
PC Trimmer bt RP Lloyd +26tp
MN Avery bt D Bent +11
DJ Goacher bt PT Bennett +15tp
DB Maugham bt LS Jackson +21tp
DK Openshaw bt IG Lines +26tp
GSJ Tudor bt JD Hector +11tp
IJ Burridge bt MR French +15tp
N Butler bt D Harrison-Wood +16tp
CN Williams bt DA Cornelius +6
M Murray bt AK Gregory +24
AN Johnson bt RF Knapp +3
AB Hope bt CJ Patmore +14
AN Johnson bt RF Knapp +3
AB Hope bt CJ Patmore +14
DD Trimmer bt RM Dickson +13
K Chambers bt GW Noble +26tp
DR Foulser bt J Hopgood +16
DH Huneycutt bt MA Stephenson +19
D Mundy bt IG Vincent +26
L Bradforth bt PL Emmett +16
Bamford qualifies, Emmett fails to qualify -
Round 7 SR Patel bt JH Wicks +16
SN Mulliner bt RJ Brown +26qp
GSJ Tudor bt RS Jenkins +13qp
DB Maugham bt PJ Kirby +2tp
BW Cumming bt DJ Goacher +8
RI Fulford bt JE Guest +26tp
JF Death bt ET Duckworth +26tp
KMH Aiton bt PC Trimmer +6
MN Avery bt DK Openshaw +3tp
AS Le Moignan bt AN Johnson +25tp
LS Jackson bt IJ Burridge +17
D Bent bt IG Lines +17tp
PT Bennett bt CN Williams +17
RP Lloyd bt JD Hector +19tp
B Rothman bt M Murray +25
RM Dickson bt N Butler +3
J Le Moignan bt AB Hope +17
DA Cornelius bt AK Gregory +23
D Mundy bt DR Foulser +17
K Chambers bt RF Knapp +12
DD Trimmer bt CJ Patmore +25tp
D Harrison-Wood bt L Bradforth +16tp
DH Huneycutt bt MR French +26tp
GW Noble bt MA Stephenson +1
IG Vincent bt J Hopgood +17
- Patel & Mulliner qualify - - Bradforth, Stephenson, Hopgood
non-qualifiers -
Round 8
DB Maugham bt JH Wicks +10
RJ Brown bt MN Avery +24tp
RI Fulford bt BW Cumming +26tp
KMH Aiton bt JF Death +12
RS Jenkins bt DK Openshaw +25
ET Duckworth bt D Bent +26tp
PC Trimmer bt PT Bennett +4tp
BH Rothman bt AS Le Moignan +23
PJ Kirby bt RP Lloyd +23tp
J Le Moignan bt GSJ Tudor +26tp
D Mundy bt DJ Goacher +11stp
LS Jackson bt N Butler +19
JE Guest bt DA Cornelius +19
IJ Burridge bt IG Lines +16
DD Trimmer bt CN Williams +17tp
IG Vincent bt MR French +25tp
RF Knapp bt CJ Patmore +12
AK Gregory bt GW Noble +17
- Maugham, Brown, Fulford, Aiton qualify - - French, Patmore, Noble
non-qualifiers -
Round 9
PJ Kirby bt D Mundy +26tp
JH Wicks bt BH Rothman +2
JF Death bt JE Guest +17sxp
MN Avery bt RS Jenkins +9
ET Duckworth bt LS Jackson +23tp
PC Trimmer bt J Le Moignan +14tp
BW Cumming bt DD Trimmer +16
K Chambers bt AS Le Moignan +26tp
DH Huneycutt bt DK Openshaw +22tp
D Bent bt JD Hector +8
PT Bennett bt GSJ Tudor +5
IJ Burridge bt RP Lloyd +15
D Harrison-Wood bt DJ Goacher +26
DA Cornelius bt AN Johnson +25
IG Lines bt IG Vincent +26tp
RF Knapp bt N Butler +6
AK Gregory bt CN Williams +4
AB Hope bt RM Dickson +12
DR Foulser bt M Murray +23
- Kirby, Wicks, Death, Avery, Duckworth, P Trimmer, Cumming qualify - -
Johnson, Vincent, Butler, Williams, Dickson, Murray non-qualifiers -
Round 10
D Mundy bt RS Jenkins +19
DH Huneycutt bt JE Guest +6
J Le Moignan bt K Chambers +17tp
IJ Burridge bt BH Rothman +6
D Harrison-Wood bt LS Jackson +5tp
GSJ Tudor bt DD Trimmer +2
IG Lines bt DA Cornelius +26tp
RP Lloyd bt DR Foulser +25
DK Openshaw bt RF Knapp +7
IG Lines bt JD Hector +23
- Mundy, Huneycutt, J Le Moignan, Harrison-Wood, Burridge, Lines
qualify - - D Trimmer, Cornelius, Foulser, Knapp, Hector fail to
qualify - XXX