Crunch time for croquet

Updated July 21 2020 - 2:08pm, first published 1:53pm

Friday, July 10 - Championship Handicap Association Croquet Tournament (postponed from March), round 5. In a mistake-ridden game Christine Stent finally edged ahead of Pearl Hanson to win 11 to 9. This means that Janet Jones has an unassailable lead with Christine Stent second with one game to go between Pearl Hanson and Len Favier to decide the wooden-spooner. Saturday, July 11 - Regular Association Croquet matches: Scarborough Singles Game (yellow ball wild): Janet Jones played superbly to win by scoring 13 against Pauline Wilcock 3 and Len Favier 3. Six Ball Singles Game: Although tiring after an exhausting program of matches during the week, and limited by time, Janet Jones edged ahead to again win, scoring 7 against Pauline Wilcock 4 and Len Favier 3. Golf Croquet - July 16. After the hurley-burley of the previous week's all-day tournament a relatively quiet day of regular golf croquet matches was conducted. Six players participated in a mixture of singles and doubles pairings playing out five games. Pearl Hanson won both her games when playing in a doubles pairing and Louise Starkie put in a bold performance in all her three games. Janet Jones and Len Favier were both successful in winning as a doubles combination and also when each was playing solo, although their pairing was almost toppled by Jean Phillips playing solo in game 3. Details of the scores were as follows: Game 1 - Janet Jones 7 def Jean Phillips & Len Favier 3. Game 2 - Louise Starkie & Pearl Hanson 7 def Margaret Nicholls 0. Game 3 - Janet Jones & Len Favier 7 def Jean Phillips 5. Game 4 - Pearl Hanson & Margaret Nicholls 7 def Louise Starkie 5. Game 5 - Len Favier 7 def Louise Starkie 4. Next: Thursday, July 23. Bookings Fay O'Connor, 0421 352 527, or Jean Phillips. Association Croquet - Singles Handicap Tournament (postponed from March). Round 5 on Friday July 10. In a mistake-ridden game Christine Stent finally edged ahead of Pearl Hanson to win 11 to 9. Round 6 on Friday July 17. Pearl Hanson and Len Favier put in an almighty tussle with Pearl finally outlasting Len to win 11 to 10. This means that Janet Jones has prevailed as the tournament winner with Christine Stent being placed second and Len Favier finishing as wooden-spooner after Pearl Hanson. Saturday, July 18 - Annual Championship Singles Association Croquet (level handicap) matches: Rounds 1 and 2 of the singles championship were conducted, with the following results: Janet Jones played superbly to win in scoring the maximum points of 26 against Len Favier who tallied 13 points, all within the two hour allocated time limit. Pauline Wilcock also scored the maximum points of 26 in winning against Pearl Hanson with 11 points. Regular Association Croquet matches on Saturday, July 25. Bookings 4476 3506.

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