Tournament Club Events:

NEW YEAR'S RENEGADE - 5 January 2002

The format is Association Singles level play.  Entries included: Paul Bennett, Don Fournier, Rory Kelley and Ren Kraft

1st Don Fournier
2nd Ren Kraft
3rd Paul Bennett
4th Rory Kelley

TWO BIT TOURNAMENT - 26 January 2002

The format is American rules Hi/Lo doubles.

1st Rory Kelley/Jay Murphy
2nd Paul Bennett/Fife Symington IV

NINE WICKET CHALLENGE - 16 February 2002

An especially fun tournament was hosted this year which we are calling 'The nine wicket challenge'.  (We plan on calling it the Nine Wicket State Championship next year.)  Eight players from Venture Out and eight players from the ACC mixed together to learn a new set of rules (at least for us).  Many long standing members participated in this event - Don Johnson, Mike Dodt, Ray Hamm and Stan Patmor.  Mel Fenske was our tournament director and ensured that each player teamed up with a new partner each round.  The players with the most points at the end of the three rounds of play played in the grand finale - this time the best record of the ACC, Ray Hamm and John Fournier, teamed against Vern Paulson and Arnold Paukaw.  The Venture Out team took the championship promising to return next year for another challenge.

Mel Fenske 16  9 7 = 32
Vern Paulson 32 29 32 = 93
Bruce Van Leet 8 32 32 = 72
Marrian Gerdis 32 23 32 = 87
Rudy Pankaw 32 23 25 = 80
Norm Fenske 22 32 30 = 84
Arnold Pankaw 32 29 30 = 91
Wendy Munson 27 9 8 = 44
Paul Bennett 27 32 32 = 91
Don Johnson 32 32 7 = 71
Mike Dodt 22 14 8 = 44
Ray Hamm 32 32 32 = 96
Rory Kelley 32 32 30 = 94
Ren Kraft 8 14 25 = 47
John Fournier 32 32 32 = 96
Stan Patmor 16 32 32 = 80

1st Vern Paulson & Arnold Pankaw
2nd Ray Hamm & John Fournier

AMERICAN SINGLES - 23 February 2002

The American rules singles championship is one of the clubs long standing tournaments in preparation for the Arizona Open.  The champion in this years play was Pat Roach after defeating Don Fournier.  Tom and Jan Ross graciously offered the ACC an introduction to their new championship court.  The court is beautifully set at the base of north of Camelback Mtn.  It is both fast and tough.  Just what doctor Ross ordered.

The format was American rules level play with two blocks round robin play followed with the winners of each block in a final playoff game.

Fourner bt Patmor 23-4
Kraft bt Hamm 20-4
Patmor bt Kraft 12-10
Fournier bt Hamm 26-5
Patmor bt Hamm 18-15
Kraft bt Fournier 17-8

Bennett bt Dole 26-5
Kelley bt Roach 26-6
Roach bt Dole 26-2
Bennett bt Kelley 26-2
Roach bt Bennett 26-2
Dole bt Kelley 26-19

Don Fournier 2-1 +31
Ren Kraft 2-1 +24
Stan Patmor 2-1 -14
Ray Hamm 0-3 -40

Pat Roach 2-1 +28
Paul Bennett 2-1 +21
Rory Kelley 1-2 -11
Patty Dole 1-2 -31

1st Pat Roach $50
2nd Don Fournier $15

MEMORIAL DAY RENEGADE - 26 May 2002

The format is Association Singles level play.  Entries included: Paul Bennett, Don Fournier, Rory Kelley and Ren Kraft
Entry fee of $20 was returned for 2nd place, $5 for triples, and rest to the winner

Kelley bt Fournier +7
Fournier bt Kraft +20 TP
Bennett bt Kelley +9 TIME
Bennett bt Fournier +11
Kraft bt Kelley +9
Bennett bt Kraft +24

1st Paul Bennett 3-0 +44 $55
2nd Don Fournier 1-2 TP +2 $25
3rd Rory Kelley 1-2 -11
4th Ren Kraft 1-2 -35

ASSOCIATION CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - 1/2 June 2002

The club championship is played near the end of our croquet club year which is marked by the annual meeting held in the month of June.  The club championship is played straight up, no handicaps, Association advanced rules.  The tournament marks the highlight of the year for our club.  The winner is crowned the club champion.  We tried to start a second flight championship tournament for the second year, but the interest level for this tournament is not here yet.  Jay Murphy was the sole exception and is therefore crowned the second flight champion.

We played the club championship with a block of 6 players.  The format was bit unusual and bears a short explanation.  Each player played between 3 and 4 games, most playing 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.  One player played only on Sunday.  The scores were calculated by taking the best of their 3 games played.  I include both the summary and the game scores.  The format was designed to meet two constraints: figure out a way to play nor more than 2 to 3 games a day, plus allow Jacques Fournier to play only on Sunday (he was arriving from Virginia the day before), but instead of Jacques, we played against his schoolmate, Zach Rawling.  Zach and Jacques recently won the club teams in Palm Beach, Florida.  We welcome Zach into our croquet family.  Congratulations to Ren Kraft, our new club champion.

Kraft bt Cline +8
Kraft bt Bennett +24
Kraft bt Kelley +11
Kraft by Rawling +10
Fournier bt Cline +16
Fournier bt Bennett +4
Fournier bt Rawling +20
Kelley bt Fournier +14
Kelley bt Rawling +19
Bennett bt Kelley +1
Bennett bt Rawling +19

1st Ren Kraft +8 +24 +11 +10, 3-0 +45
2nd Don Fournier -14 +16 +4 +20, 3-0 +40
3rd Rory Kelley +14 -1 +19 -11, 2-0 +32
4th Paul Bennett +1 -4 -24 +19, 2-0 +16
5th Ed Cline -16 -8 -19, 0-3 -43
6th Zach Rawling -19 -20 -10, 0-3 -49

PROAM - 14/15 September 2002

Jay Murphy/Ren Kraft bt Roger Strand/Paul Bennett
?? more details needed here

FIVE POUND NOTE - October 26, 2002

The format is Association Handicap Hi/Lo Doubles.
1. Ren Kraft & Jay Murphy
2. Paul Bennett & Ray Hamm
3. Patty Dole & Tom Ross
4. Rory Kelley & Stan Patmor

Tournament Regional Events:

WESTERN REGIONALS - 17/20 April 2002

Singles
1. Paul Bennett
2. Jim Butts
3. Ren Kraft

Doubles
1. Paul Bennett & Ren Kraft
2. Jim and Brian Herzog
3. Jim Butts & Xandra Kayden

DELAWARE INVITATIONAL - 24/27 May 2002

1. Jacques Fournier
2. Mike Jenner
3. Kenster Rossenberry
    Tom Hughes

NORTH AMERICAN OPEN - 15/16 June 2002

1. Jacques Fournier
2. Bob Cherry
3. Andy Short
4. Mack Penwell
5. Roy Gee
6. Wynand Louw
7. Wayne Synan
8. Paul Scott
9. Jeff Soo
10. David Maloof

MEADOWOOD CLASSIC - 23/27 July 2002

1. Rory Kelley
2. Erv Peterson
3. John Dill
4. Matt Baird

MINNESOTA OPEN - 4/7 July 2002

1. Jacques Fournier $800
2. Curtis Drake $300
3. Leo McBride $200
4. Mike Weimerskirch $100

US OPEN - 4/8 December 2002

Singles A
1. Rich Lamm      11-3
2. RP Powell      12-4
3. Britt Ruby      8-4
4. Ren Kraft      10-2
5. Rory Kelley     9-3
    Johnny Mitchell 7-4

Singles B
 

Tournament National/International Events:

WCF WORLD GOLF CROQUET CHAMPIONSHIP - 10/17 February 2002

16. Jacques Fournier

NATIONAL CLUB TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP - 13/17 March 2002

1. Jacques Fournier & Zach Rawling
2. John Phaneuf & Brian Gould

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - 20/21 April 2002

1. University of Virginia, Jacques Fournier (team captain)

USCA INTERNATIONAL RULES NATIONALS - 6/11 August 2002

Singles
1. Jacques Fournier $100
2. Wynand Louw $80
3. Curtis Drake $60
    Kenster Rossenberry $60
5. Rory Kelley
    Brian Cumming
    Jerry Stark
    Paul Scott

Doubles
3. Jacques Fournier & David Bent
8. Rory Kelley & Erv Peterson

USCA NATIONALS, Palm Beach FL -  14 Oct 2002

Singles
5. Ren Kraft
25. Paul Bennett

Doubles
25. Paul Bennett & Ren Kraft

Plate
1. Paul Bennett

SONOMA-CUTRER QUALIFIER - 23/24 November 2002

1. Rory Kelley
2. Mik Mehas
3. Erv Peterson
4. Charlie Smith

WORLD CROQUET CHAMPIONSHIPS, Wellington New Zealand - 2/8 December 2002

1. Robert Fulford
2. Toby Garrison
3. Andrew Johnston
    Brian Wislang
5. Bob Jackson
    Ronan McInerney
    Chris Clarke
    Simon Williams

US Representatives
17. Jerry Stark
    Curtis Drake
33. Bob Cherry
    Paul Bennett
    Doug Grimsley
    Mik Mehas