Canterbury Croquet Association 2008/2009 Season

Welcome to the home of Canterbury Croquet.

Tournaments are a great way to improve your play, learn new skills and socialise with like-minded people - come and support your CCA events this season and enjoy the opportunity for some competitive play all over Canterbury.

Best of luck for the season to all invitees to selection events, club coaches, committees and particularly to all croquet players in Canterbury.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Laura Whittaker of Edgeware Croquet Club who won the Arthur Ross National Handicap competition in Wellington on 15 March!!! Click here to see Laura's progress

Recently completed tournaments:

21-22 March: at Fendalton Croquet Club

The CCA Canterbury Golf Croquet Grade Championships

Primary Grade: Winner: Murray Barber (St James), Runner-up: Irene McGahey (Elmwood)
Intermediate Grade: Winner: Kay Blair (Elmwood), Runner-up: Lorraine McClurg (Fendalton)
Premier Grade: Winner: Chris Clarke (Cashmere), Runner-up: Jared Keeman (United)

Congratulations to all players for an excellent weekend's play, and to Fendalton Croquet Club for providing fantastic lawns and excellent hospitality to all.

2-5 March: at Barrington Park and Cashmere Croquet Clubs

The CCA Agnes Dick doubles tournament

Click here for tournament report

7 March: at Edgeware Croquet Club

Gilman Day - the CCA Beginner's tournament

Won by Richard Kimberley of Sumner. Click here for full tournament report.

Other q uick news

St James have won the 2009 CCA Association Croquet Knockout Competition, beating Kaiapoi 6-1 in the final on 21 March.
United have won the 2009 CCA Golf Croquet Knockout Competition, beating St James Park 11-6 in the final on 15 March. Congratulations to both teams.
CCA Closing Day this year is April 4th at Elmwood.
Details of the 2009 Silver Badge Competition 7/8 March
- Intermediate AC Silver Badge Winner: Laura Whittaker (Edgeware)
- B grade AC Silver Badge Winner: Nick Ashley (St James Park)
- Primary grade AC Silver Badge Winner: Theo van der Aa (Kaiapoi)
- Secondary division GC Silver Badge Winner: Magnus McGee (United)
1 March:
- St James have beaten Fendalton 5-2 in the Association Croquet Interclub KO semi final. St James host Kaiapoi for the compeition final on Saturday 21 March
- Golf Croquet Interclub Knockout Final Sunday 15th March at United.
- Clubs: please get your entries in for the Silver Badge playoffs
- Players: please get your entries in for the Golf Croquet Grade Champs towards the end of March - new players particularly welcome.
23 Feb:
- Welcome to Jared Keeman. Jared has just moved up to start an engineering degree at Canterbury University and has joined the United Croquet Club. He is also the captain of the successful NZ Junior Squad who beat the NZ Evergreens (which featured 3 past and present NZ MacRob players) 6-1 at the weekend. Jared won his singles and doubles matches and earned a handicap reduction to -2.
- Congratulations also to Seth Bennett who drew his doubles match, and won his singles.
21 Feb:
- Association Croquet KO: some games postponed until next weekend due to poor weather and flooding. The AC final will be rescheduled around the Silver Badge playoffs.
14 Feb:
- Arthur Ross playoffs: NZCC awards for three competitors on finals weekend:
- Laura Whittaker (hcp9): 14 point break to achieve her Silver Award
- Zac Ashley (hcp14): 14 point break to achieve his Silver Award
- Seth Bennett (hcp2.5): first Triple Peel
- Winner of CCA Arthur Ross playoffs: Laura Whittaker (now a handicap 8), and best of luck in Wellington at the NZ finals. Zac Ashley has also had a handicap reduction and is now a 9 - congratulations!
10 Feb
- News from the South Canterbury Association Croquet Grade Championships which finished on 2 February:
  Congratulations to Laura Whittaker on winning the B-Grade (10-16) of the South Canterbury Association Croquet Grades at Timaru. Laura won six of here seven games and her handicap is now nine. Well done also to Magnus McGee for his performance in the Intermediate Grade where he won his block (4 wins out of 5) only to lose in the final.
9 Feb:
- Arthur Ross play-off details:
  Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th February at United Croquet Club
  9am start with 3hour time limited games, format to be determined
  Get your entries in quick
- Trans Tasman blog - follow the Kiwis as they take on Australia in Palmerston North!
- Several results from the Association Croquet and Golf Croquet Interclub Knockout Competitions now in.
7 Feb: Pause in service: With Jenny away competing in the Trans Tasman test series, the website won't be updated until about 20 Feb. Please contact Chris with your results, and phone him for details about home/away fixtures for the interclub knockout competitions.
To follow the progress of Jenny, Paddy, and the rest of the New Zealand team in the Trans Tasman test series, see the Croquet NZ Trans Tasman Website
1 Feb 2009:
- Interclub Association Croquet Knockout:
  - Kaiapoi beat Cashmere 6-1 in round 1
- Cashmere, Phillip Narbey and Trish Don win the 2008-9 Johnson Memorial Trophy playoffs.
17th - 25th January: New Zealand Open Championships
- Headquarters: United Croquet Club
- Other venues (from 19-25 Jan): Fendalton and St Martins
- Canterbury players involved: Chris and Jenny Clarke, John Prince, Seth Bennett, Stuart Jones, Jane McIntyre, Peter Parkinson, Peter Couch.
- Many international players, lots of juniors. Come down and watch!
- Doubles on Saturday and Sunday
14 January:
- Draws for the Association Croquet Interclub Knockout and Golf Croquet Interclub Knockout competitions now up. See relevant pages.
13 January:

Canterbury Association Croquet Grade Championships. 10-14 January at United Croquet Club.
Singles Results:
0-3 Winner: John Hearnshaw, Runner-Up: Chris Ambrose
4-9 Winner: John Yarrall, Runner-Up: Daph Parkins
10-14 Winner: Jonathan Fletcher, Runner-Up: Laura Whittaker
16-18 Winner: Alan Sturgeon, Runner-Up: Margaret Murdoch
Canterbury Association Doubles: winners: John Hearnshaw & Marie Thompson

Congratulations to all winners, and to John Hearnshaw, John Yarrall, Jonathan Fletcher and Jono Hart for their hard-earned handicap reductions.Congrats also to United for providing very challenging conditions and particularly to Beryl and Ray Atkins for a very well-managed tournament.

11 January:
- Agnes Dick (2-6 March) clarification This is a high-low handicap doubles tournament. One player must be handicap 10 or under, one player must be 12 or over. This was omitted from the NZCC fixtures list.
- Canterbury Golf Croquet Grade Championships March 21-22. Corrections to NZCC yearbook on the NZCC website here. All play is level, but in handicap divisions: 0-4, 5-7, 8-12 (new players are very welcome - must have a handicap card as all games are recorded). Barlow balls will be used. Guaranteed minimum 8 games per person. Headquarters: Fendalton Croquet Club, other venue to be used: United Croquet Club. Manager: Jenny Clarke. Enquiries welcome to physjcw@gmail.com. Official closing date for entries: 14 March, although late entries will be accepted provided they don't lead to an awkward format.
7 January: South Island Champion! Congratulations to John Yarrall who won the 4+ division of the South Island Championships at Aorangi Croquet Club in Timaru this week. Winner of the Open event was Jared Keeman (South Canterbury) who will be joining the CCA in February when he comes up to start University.
1 January 2009: Happy New Year everyone

Rules for the Association Croquet Interclub Knockout and Golf Croquet Interclub Knockout competitions are now up. Entries must be in by 8 January.

Coming soon:

10-14 January: Association Croquet Canterbury Grade Championships at Fendalton&United

17-25 January: New Zealand Open championships at United, Fendalton, St Martins and St James

31 January-1 February: Johnson Memorial playoffs - rescheduled due to rain. JOHNSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT PLAY-OFFS AT UNITED CROQUET CLUB. Draw on Johnson page
17 December:
20/21 December: Big weekend at United CC
- Christmas Party Saturday - all United members welcome
- NZ Junior Squad training: squad members: Seth Bennett, Jarrod Coutts, Duncan Dixon, Phillip Drew, Jake Inwood, Jared Keeman, AJ Reid
- Johnson Memorial Trophy playoffs
17 December:
Interclub matches are now over - with most results in all AC divisions are now decided.
Association Croquet Interclub:
- Division 1A: Winners: United: Marie Thompson & John Hearnshaw
- Division 1B: Winners: Elmwood 1: Gary Annakin & Jill Loughlin
- Division 2: Winners: Gold: St James 1: Russell Vaughan, Peter Tompkins, Keith Palmer, Miles McIntyre
  Silver: Cashmere: Maree Flett, Craig Curtis, Noeline Neiderer, Salley Keddell
- Division 3: Winners: St James, Graham Button, John Lorimer, Lis Hunter, Laurie Duncan
  See Association Croquet Interclub page for details.
15 December: Peter Couch and Pat Dallas won the Canterbury Handicap Doubles Golf Croquet tournament held at Fendalton Croquet Club on 13-14 December. As well as the excellent play in the whole tournament and great atmosphere from an entry of 26 players, the quality of the lawns and catering and hospitality from the Fendalton CC was outstanding.
8 December:
Golf Croquet Interclub: Primary Division won by Fendalton 2, Linda Humphries, Lorraine McClurg, Gordon Inch, Eleanor O'Sullivan
See Golf Croquet Interclub page for details.

Johnson: Playoffs will be between:
- Holmes Park, Gardner (9) and Walker (14)
- Edgeware, Jackson (9)and Dollan (20)
- Elmwood, Elms and Cusack
- Edgeware, Jones (-0.5) and Tyndall
- Cashmere, Narby (18) and Don (9)
- Fendalton, Rutherford (10) and Hart (14)
Could all teams please advise me ( physjcw@gmail.com) of current handicaps of all players.
See Johnson Memorial page for details.

Golf Croquet Grade Champs: winners and runners-up:

Primary: Joan Simpson (South Canterbury), Irene McGahey (Elmwood)
Intermediate: Sue Cleveland (South Canterbury), Kay Blair (Elmwood)
Premier: Jared Keeman (South Canterbury), Jenny Clarke (Elmwood)

25 November: All competition results updated. Division 2 supersections now started!
Please check your results for all competitions have been entered correctly
24 November: NZCC Selection events:
Silver Tray (Top 10): Winner: Paddy Chapman (Cashmere) 8/9 (Retd hurt: Chris Clarke 6/6)
Edwina Thompson (Next 16): Winner: Anthony Ritchie (Otago)
RA Clarke Copper Tray (0-3 handicap): Winner: John McInnes (Wakatane)
CA Gold Cup (4-9 handicap): Winner: Jarrod Coutts (Nelson)
Gordon Smith (second GC invitation): Steve Bashall (South Canterbury)
Full results on the Croquet New Zealand website
2009 Canterbury Open Championships at St Martins Croquet Club
6-7 November: Advanced doubles. winners: Jared Keeman (Timaru) & Jarrod Coutts (Nelson)

8-9 November: Open Singles Championship. winner: Chris Clarke
28/10/08: Canterbury Development Coaching - a new coaching initiative for players with an interest in improving - please see your club coach for more details. Club coaches: please contact Rodger Lane for info.
28/10/08: Updated draws and latest results in for:
- Association Croquet Interclub
- Golf Croquet Interclub
- Johnson Memorial Trophy
Johnson Memorial Trophy - kindly sponsored by Miranda Smith Homecare

11/10/08: United 2008 Weekend Tournaments
- Handicap event won by Laura Whittaker
  - NZCC Bronze Awards won by Laura Whittaker and Jonathan Hart
- Advanced event won by Michael Wright (Marton/Wellington)
28/10/08: Canterbury Handicap Tournament
- The 2008 Canterbury Handicap Tournament was held at Edgeware Croquet Club. There was a small entry with just 8 players, but some high quality play was seen and many games finished with peg-outs, With strong home support, the event was dominated by the locals with teenager Laura Whittaker winning her second tournament of the season and earning a handicap reduction from 14 to 12. Runner-up was Glen Whittaker whose efforts were rewarded by the CCA handicapper with a reduction from 18 to 14.

CCA website for the 2007/8 season

physjcw@gmail.com