CNZ National Golf Croquet Tournament

The 2010 tournament was held in Christchurch from Saturday 27th February to Wednesday 3rd March at the Fendalton and United Croquet Clubs.

Winner of the Open Singles was Duncan Dixon who beat Stephen Piercy in the final. To make it a family affair, the Winner of the 5+ Singles was Sue Roberts who beat her doubles partner (Carol Piercy) in the final. Details below.

Winners of the Open Doubles were Dennis Bulloch and Stephen Piercy (after a 4.5 hour battle with Duncan Dixon and Marius Bruin. Winners of the "Limited" Doubles were Carol Piercy and Sue Roberts who won both blocks in this two-life event. Details below.

For details follow these links:

Open Doubles results
"Limited Doubles results
Open Singles results
5+ Singles results

 

Duncan Dixon tries an axe shot over hoop 1 to hit a ball about to run hoop 2!!!

 

Results

Open doubles

Block 1 (played at Fendalton)

Posn. Pairs Wins

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Batchelor & Reyland
Foster & Whittaker
Wall & Wall
Jones & Sharp
Clarke & Duckett
Coutts & Rangi
Hannay & McClure
Powis & Reynolds
6
6
5
4
3
2
1
1

Block 2 (played at United)

Posn. Pairs Wins

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Bruin & Dixon
Bulloch & Piercy
Edwards & Petterson
O'Donnell & Yarrall
Hakes & McIntyre
Smith & Beyers
Bathgate & Nottage

6
4

4
3
2
2
0

Match Play rounds:

Semi-Finals Finals Final Position
Bulloch & Piercy bt Batchelor & Reyland 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 Bulloch & Piercy bt Bruin & Dixon
7-10, 10-9, 10-7
1 Bulloch & Piercy
2 Bruin & Dixon
Bruin & Dixon bt Foster & Whittaker
3-7, 7-5, 7-5
Batchelor & Reyland bt Foster & Whittaker 10-4, 10-7
3 Batchelor & Reyland
4 Foster & Whittaker
Wall & Wall bt O'Donnell & Yarrall
7-2, 7-5
Wall & Wall bt Jones & Sharp
10-4, 4-10, 10-4
5 Wall & Wall
6 Jones & Sharp
Jones & Sharp bt Edwards & Petterson
7-5,7-2
O'Donnell & Yarrall bt Edwards & Petterson 10-5, 10-3
7 O'Donnell & Yarrall
8 Edwards & Petterson
Clarke & Duckett bt Smith & Beyers
7-6, 7-1
Clarke & Duckett bt Coutts & Rangi
10-5, 10-6
9 Clarke & Duckett
10 Coutts & Rangi
Coutts & Rangi bt Hakes & McIntyre
7-3, 5-7, 7-6
Hakes & McIntyre bt Smith & Beyers
10-5, 10-2
11 Hakes & McIntyre
12 Smith & Beyers
Powis & Reynolds bt Bathgate & Nottage
7-2, 7-2
Hannay & McClure bt Bathgate & Nottage
10-7, 7-10, 10-6
13 Hannay & McClure
14 Bathgate & Nottage
Hannay & McClure - BYE  
15 Bathgate & Nottage

"Limited" Doubles
(Two-life event played at United)

Block play - First Life

Posn Pair Wins

1
2
3=
3=
3=
6

Piercy & Roberts
Lilley & Sculpher
Bradford & Newburn

Shepherd & Tacey
Reay & Kermode
Laing & Best

5
3
2
2
2
1

Block play - Second Life

Posn Pair Wins

1
2
3
4
5
6

Piercy & Roberts
Laing & Best
Reay & Kermode
Lilley & Sculpher
Shepherd & Tacey Bradford & Newburn

4
3
3
2
2
0

Winners (of both blocks) Carol Piercy & Sue Roberts


Open Singles

Qualifying Block 1 Qualifing Block 2
 
Wins
Position
Duncan Dixon
9
1
Dennis Bulloch
8
2
Ann Sharp
7

3

Mike McClure
5
4
Laura Whittaker
5
5
John Wall
5
6
Tony O'Donnell
5
7
Gordon Smith
4
8
Geoff Duckett
4
9
John Yarrall
2
10
Graham Edwards
1
11
 
Wins
Position
Aiken Hakes
 
1
Peter Batchelor
 
2
Steve Piercy
 
3
Sean Foster
 
4
Don Reyland
 
5
Alison Wall
 
6
Sandra Bathgate
 
7
Marius Bruin
 
8
Colleen Reynolds
 
9
Frank Williams
 
10
Doug Nottage
 
11

Top 8 Qualifiers

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
Duncan Dixon bt Sean Foster
7-2, 7-3
Duncan Dixon bt Peter Batchelor
7-2, 7-5
Duncan Dixon bt Stephen Piercy
7-5, 7-2, 7-5
Aiken Hakes bt Mike McClure
7-5, 7-4

Stephen Piercy bt Aiken Hakes
3-7, 7-3, 7-4

Peter Batchelor bt Aiken Hakes
7-3, 7-5
Peter Batchelor bt Ann Sharp
7-3, 7-5
Sean Foster bt Ann Sharp
7-5, 7-4
Sean Foster bt Mike McClure
7-3, 5-7, 7-4

Stephen Piercy bt Dennis Bulloch
7-3, 3-7, 7-6

Mike McClure bt Dennis Bulloch
4-7, 7-5, 7-6
Ann Sharp bt Dennis Bulloch
7-3, 3-7, 7-6
Final Positions (top 8)
Player
Position
Duncan Dixon
1
Stephen Piercy
2
Peter Batchelor
3
Aiken Hakes
4
Sean Foster
5
Mike McClure
6
AnnSharp
7
Dennis Bulloch
8

Consolation matches (Best of 3)

Marius Bruin bt Laura Whittaker 7-6, 3-7, 7-4 John Wall bt Sandra Bathgate 3-7, 7-1, 7-5
Alison Wall bt Tony O'Donnell 7-6, 7-5 Don Reyland bt Gordon Smith 7-3, 7-4
Doug Nottage bt Geoff Duckett 7-5, 4-7, 7-5 John Yarrall bt Frank Williams 7-5, 7-3
Graham Edwards bt Colleen Reynolds 7-4, 7-3 Alison Wall bt Marius Bruin 7-3, 7-3
Don Reyland bt John Wall 7-4, 7-5 Sandra Bathgate bt Laura Whittaker 7-5, 6-7, 7-6
Gordon Smith bt Tony O'Donnell 7-6, 7-6 Don Reyland bt Alison Wall 7-2, 7-2
John Wall bt Marius Bruin 7-3, 6-7, 7-3 Tony O'Donnell bt Laura Whittaker 7-5, 7-2
Geoff Duckett bt Frank Williams 7-6, 7-6 Colleen Renolds bt John Yarrall 7-3, 5-7, 7-6
Doug Nottage bt Graham Edwards 3-7, 7-4, 7-6 Geoff Duckett bt Colleen Reynolds 7-2, 7-5
Doug Nottage bt John Yarrall 7-5, 3-7, 7-6 Frank Williams bt Graham Edwards 7-5, 7-3

5+ Singles

Results from qualifying block

 
Wins
Position
Sue Roberts
9
1
Carol Piercy
9
2
Eleanor Hannay
8
3
Judy Kermode
7
4
Richard Kimberley
7
5
Cynthia Tacey
7
6
Zoe Petterson
6
7
Bruce McLay
6
8
Pamela Hurst
5
9
Jonathan Hart
4
10
Kay Blair
3
11
Jane Powis
3
12
Pamela Shepherd
3
13

Playoff Rounds:

Top 4 Qualifiers:

Semi Finals Finals
Sue Roberts bt Judy Kermode 7-1, 7-2 Sue Roberts bt Carol Piercy 10-5, 108
Carol Piercy bt Eleanor Hannay 7-5, 7-4 Judy Lermode bt Eleanor Hannay 7-6, 7-3

Consolation matches

Bruce McLay bt Richard Kimberley 7-6, 5-7, 7-4 Zoe Petterson bt Cynthia Tacey 7-3, 2-7, 7-5
Bruce McLay bt Zoe Petterson 7-0, 4-7, 7-3 Richard Kimberley drew with Cynthia Tacey

 

 

 

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