1st Golf Croquet Handicap Tournament held at Pendle & Craven (May 6/7
2006)
Ken and Ros Pimlott did quite well at the tournament. Ros finished 5th in her block and just missed out on who beat whom for a place in the last eight knock-out. Ken did remarkably well, finishing 3rd in his block and 8th overall. Jane Pringle (Auckland CC) in winning at Pendle, was just continuing a remarkable period of success following her win in the plate event at the Women’s World Championship.
Ken and Ros Pimlott did quite well at the tournament. Ros finished 5th in her block and just missed out on who beat whom for a place in the last eight knock-out. Ken did remarkably well, finishing 3rd in his block and 8th overall. Jane Pringle (Auckland CC) in winning at Pendle, was just continuing a remarkable period of success following her win in the plate event at the Women’s World Championship.
A tournament of two halves, weatherwise, – wonderful, warm, spring sunshine
on the Saturday followed by mizzly, cold weather on the Sunday. However, the
mixed weather did not effect this keenly contested event restricted to players
with handicaps of 0 to 6 inclusive. The twenty players in contention represented
clubs from Edgebaston, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Auckland, Fylde, Bowdon and Pendle
and Craven.
Players were allocated into two roughly equal blocks of ten, with all playing
all in 13 point games with a 45 minutes time limit. The first day’s play
commenced at 9.30am and was completed by 7.45pm. an exhausting day for those
four qualifiers from each block who progressed through to the knockout stages.
The quarter and semi-finals were played over three sets to 13 points with
the final being the best of five.
By the start of the second days play Eddie Taylor (Pendle/Craven), Jane
Pringle (Auckland), Whit Naylor (Auckland) and Derek Buxton (Ashby) had fought
their way into the last four. This left Carol Brady (Auckland), Irene Burns
(Auckland), Ken Pimlott (Bowden) and Keith Pinching (Pendle/Craven) to compete
for the minor placings. Then in the rain, after a nail-biting last set Jane
Pringle beat Eddie Taylor (5/7, 7/4, 7/6), whilst Derek Buxton gained victory
over Whit Naylor (7/3, 5/7, 7/5).
On a tricky lawn in testing weather Jane and Derek contested the final.
Jane, who had paced herself well throughout the two days, took an early two
game lead. Not to be deterred Derek fought back gallantly to win the third
game on the last hoop. Alas, after this brief flurry, it was not the start
of a successful fight back by Derek since Jane’s resolve carried her over
the finishing line by winning the fourth game. The final result was 7/3,
7/6, 6/7, 7/4. Jane’s win at Pendle and Craven continued her period of success
following her win in the plate event in last year’s Women’s World Golf Croquet
Championships in Cairo.
Those players who weren’t involved in the knockout stages of the singles
competition participated in a consolation doubles event. Single 19 point
games were played with a one-hour limit. Doris Cole (Auckland) and Alan Morton
(Fylde) ran out magnificent winners having beaten all the opposition.
The whole two days was admirably managed by Abdul Ahmad and together with
the superb catering left the competitors looking forward to the 2nd
Pendle and Craven Golf Croquet Handicap Tournament.
RESULTS
PRELIMINARY BLOCK STAGES: Players were allocated to 2 blocks of 10 each.
All play All. Single 13 points games. 45 minutes time limit. Draws were accepted
as valid results. Top 4 in each block progressed to a knock-out to determine
top 8 places.
FINAL BLOCK 1 ORDER OF MERIT:
1st Eddie
Taylor 8/9; 2nd Whitford H Naylor 6/9; 3rd Jane
Pringle 6/9;
4th Derek Buxton 5/9; 5th Ros Pimlott 5/9; 6th Sylvia Pinching 4/9;
7th Peter Dowdall 4/9; 8th Freda Rogers 4/9; 9th Dorris Cole 3/9;
10th Catherine Morton 0/10
1st
Keith Pinching 8/9; 2nd Irene Burns 8/9; 3rd Ken Pimlott 5.5/9;
4th Carol Brady 5/9; 5th Richard Thompson 5/9; 6th Alan Morton 4.5/9;
7th Geoff Whittaker 3.5/9; 8th Barbara Dutton 2/9; 9th Eileen Buxton 2/9;
10th Shiela Glenn 1.5/9
KNOCK-OUT AND PLAY-OFFS RESULTS: to determine top 8 places at the tournament.
All matches best of 3; 13 points games except the Final which consisted of
Best of 5; 13 points games. There was no time limit imposed on these matches.
QUARTER-FINALS:
Eddie Taylor beat Carol Brady 6/7; 7/6; 7/1
Jane Pringle beat Irene Burns 7/3; 7/3
Whitford H Naylor beat Ken Pimlott 7/4; 7/4
Derek Buxton beat Keith Pinching 7/4; 4/7; 7/4
SEMI-FINALS:
Jane Pringle beat Eddie Taylor 5/7; 7/4; 7/6
Derek Buxton beat Whitford H Naylor 7/3; 5/7; 7/5
FINAL:
Jane Pringle beat Derek Buxton 7/3; 7/6; 6/7; 7/4
MINOR PLACES:
3rd Whitford H Naylor beat Eddie Taylor 7/5; 5/7; 7/4
4th Eddie Taylor
5th Keith Pinching beat Ken Pimlott 7/2; 7/4; beat Irene Burns 6/7; 7/5;
7/3
6th Irene Burns beat Carol Brady 7/6; 7/6
7th Carol Brady beat Ken Pimlott 7/3; 7/2
8th Ken Pimlott
HANDICAP CHANGES:
Keith Pinching 2 to 0
Jane Pringle 2 to 0
Irene Burns 3 to 1
Whitford H Naylor 3 to 2
Eddie Taylor 4 to 2
CONSOLATION DOUBLES EVENT:
The players who weren’t involved in the final stages of the singles competition
were paired off and played in an All play All doubles contest. Single 19 points
games. 1hour time limit was imposed.
Winners: Dorris Cole & Alan Morton won 5/5
2nd Peter Dowdall & Barbara Dutton 3/5
3rd Freda Rogers & Geoff Whittaker 3/5
4th Catherine Morton & Richard Thompson 1/5
5th Ros Pimlott & Shiela Glenn 2/5
6th Sylvia Pinching & Eileen Buxton 1/5
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