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Croquet England Calendar Tournament
AC 7+ Advanced Tournament (PC/Blewbury), 28 & 29 May 2024
 

28-29 May 2024 - Kevin Ward debuts well at first his Tournament and Raghu Iyer recovers well as Phil Taylor (Tunbridge Wells) wins
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Kevin Ward and Raghu Iyer were our representatives this week at the AC nationally advertised C-Level (7+) Advanced tournament that we host jointly with Blewbury CC.

Players were attracted from five clubs as far away as Bromley and Tunbridge Wells.

The surprise package was Ward who won his first two games 17-10 against Andy Robertson (Blewbury) and 12-10 against Tony Mayer (Swindon), despite being called-up from the reserves list with only three days’ notice for his first ever Advanced rules contests.

He went on to win his third round game which was played half at Phyllis Court, before being suspended overnight and concluded at Blewbury the following morning.

Ward played with a maturity beyond his experience at this level in seeing out the single point 16-15 victory over Brian Jamieson (Blewbury) to hold a one-win lead over the field going into the fourth round.

That latest score line was the cruelly reversed and re-visited on Ward in the next round when the stylish Phil Taylor (Tunbridge Wells) held out for a 15-16 win to end the Henley player’s winning run.
Phyllis Court’s other representative, Raghu Iyer had had a torrid start, losing his first two games on Day 1, but he came back well to level his winning tally by mid-afternoon on Day 2. And Iyer was the kingmaker of the tournament, when he was matched against Taylor in the last round, knowing that one more victory for the visitor would win him the tournament, but a loss to Iyer would bring about a number of scenarios including an-unlikely five-way tie!
Ward fell away in the fifth round with a 14-18 reverse to Adam Newbould (Bromley) and Iyer couldn’t live with Taylor’s confident and commanding play and lost 2-26.
Taylor took the trophy back to Kent and over half the field look forward to re-engaging together at the Phyllis Court / High Wycombe mirror tournament in July.

Croquet England Calendar Tournament
AC 7+ Advanced Tournament (PC/Blewbury), 30 & 31 May 2023
 

This was a close one that looked likely to be ending in a 4-way tie for most of the last round of five.

Fortunately for managers Chris Roberts and Frances Colman, the results fell the right way and Michael Newman (Woking CC)  was the only player to achieve 4 wins from his 5 games, and so was the clear winner.

Phyllis Court players Raghu Iyer (last year's winner) and Robin Coates didn't fair so well this time.

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Finishing order: Michael Newman (Woking, 4 wins), Julian Gibson (Middlesbrough, 3), Stephen Wingrove (Purley Bury, 3), Tony Mayer (Swindon, 3), Brian Jamieson (Blewbury, 2), Steve Fisher (Blewbury, 2), Raghu Iyer (Phyllis Court,2), Robin Coates (Phyllis Court, 1).

AC Midweek Handicap Tournament (PC Blewbury) 30th and 31st May 2023.jpg
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