Category: Old Championship Posts

Southwick, 4 August 2019

Ben Rothman (USA) defeated Mohamed Karem (EGY) 7-5, 2-7, 3-7, 7-6, 7-5 in a six-hour final to become the first American to win a WCF world championship.

At one point, Rothman was 3-6 down in game 4 and Mohamed Karem seemed to be well set for a decisive victory.  However, Rothamn fought back to 6-6.  Karem took good position at hoop 13 with his first ball but Rothman cleared it at the second attempt.  Karem had two chances to take the game and title with a 7 yard hoop shot and a 7 yard jump but neither were successful.  In game 5, Rothman established an early but narrow lead and never relinquished it.

In the semi-finals, Karem played brilliantly to defeat the formidable Hamy Erian (EGY) by 7-5, 7-4, 6-7, 7-3 while Rothman went 2-0 down to 23-year old Josh Freeth (NZL), the 2015 Under 21 GC World Champion, before recovering to win 2-7, 3-7, 7-3, 7-5, 7-5.

Nottingham, 24 July 2019

Edmund Fordyce (NZL) lost the first two games of the 2019 Under 21 GCWC final to James Galpin (ENG) but fought back to take the next three games to become the 2019 Under 21 Golf Croquet World Champion.  The game scores were 4-7, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, 7-5.

In the 3rd place play-off, Yasser Saeed (EGY) beat Euan Burridge (ENG) 10-5.

The Qualifying Tournament Allocation Date was 26 May 2019.  The list of players awarded places and those on the Reserve List may be found here.

28 applications were received by midnight on 26 May 2019.  The top 24 players by grade calculated as at that date are awarded places and the remaining two form the Reserve List in grade order.

As at 16 July 2019, there will be six Qualifying Places available following two withdrawals after the Cut-Off date of 9 June 2019.

 

		COMPETITORS
1		Simon Carter
2		Raouf Allim
3		Sherif Abousbaa
4		Sherif El Tarahouny
5		Christopher Roberts
6		David Wise
7		Elizabeth Farrow
8		Richard Brooks
9		Jayne Stevens
10		Nelson Morrow
11		Helen Reeves
12		Peter Coles
13		Simon Carlsson
14		Stephen Leonard
15		Roger Goldring
16		Roger Barnacle
17		Christopher Heath
18		Andrew Carpenter
19		Andrejs Savinovs
20		Begona Elzaburu
21		Luis Alvarez-Sala
22		Paz Gonzalez de Aguilar
23		Archibald Zimonyi
		RESERVE LIST	Grade
1		Paul Gunn	1825
2		Carlos Munoz	1771
3		Manuel Marcos Fal	1514

The 2020 Association Croquet World Championship (“ACWC”) will be held at the Victorian Croquet Centre, Cairnlea, Melbourne, Victoria (and other venues) from Saturday, 15 February to Sunday, 23 February 2020 in accordance with version 4.9 of the Event Regulations and version 8.9 of the Sports Regulations. The Event Capacity is 80.

A dedicated event website may be found here.

A Qualifying Tournament will be held from Sunday, 9 February to Wednesday, 12 February 2020 from which the six highest-placed finishers will gain places in the ACWC. Details of the venue and how to enter the Qualifying Tournament will be made available in due course.  Details of the Qualifying Tournament may be found here.

TIMETABLE

Following the passing of the Closing Date on 22 September 2019, 20 Membership Places were taken up, one Wild Card place was awarded, four Qualifying Places were reserved and, accordingly, 55 Ranking Places were awarded.  There have been three withdrawals after the Cut-Off Date so there are now seven Qualifying Places.

The names of the 73 players with Membership Places, Ranking Places and the Wild Card Place are listed here.

 

 

Following the passing of the Closing Date for both events on 27 January 2019, updated details of the entries may be found at

WCF Under 21 Golf Croquet World Championship 2019

and

WCF Simon Carter Golf Croquet World Championship 2019

2019 Simon Carter Golf Croquet World Championship

List of competitors awarded Ranking, Membership and Wild Card Places

as at 16 July 2019

RANKING PLACES
1		Martin Clarke	AUS
2		David Hanbidge	AUS
3		Lester Hughes	AUS
4		Nour Ali	EGY
5		Ahmed El Mahdi	EGY
6		Mostafa Eissa	EGY
7		Omar Fahmy	EGY
8		Fathy Farouk	EGY
9		Yasser Fathy	EGY
10		Karim Ghamry	EGY
11		Naguib Hossam	EGY
12		Mohamed Karem	EGY
13		Abeer Mostafa	EGY
14		Mohamed Nasr	EGY
15		Ahmed Nasr	EGY
16		Khaled Tharwat	EGY
17		Walid Wahban	EGY
18		Richard Bilton	ENG
19		Robert Fulford	ENG
20		John-Paul Moberly	ENG
21		Stephen Mulliner	ENG
22		Jonathan Powe	ENG
23		Tobi Savage	ENG
24		Manuel Alvarez-Sala	ESP
25		Jose Riva	ESP
26		Rafael Romero	ESP
27		George Coulter	NZL
28		Duncan Dixon	NZL
29		Joshua Freeth	NZL
30		Sherif Abdelwahab	USA
31		Ahab Dincer	USA
32		David Maloof	USA
33		Ben Rothman	USA
34		Jeff Soo	USA
35		Ian Burridge	WAL
36		Reg Bamford	ZAF
MEMBERSHIP PLACES
1		Kevin Beard	AUS
2		Alison Sharpe	AUS
3		Pierre Beaudry	BEL
4		Amr Hamdy	CAN
5		John Richardson	CAN
6		Ian Sexton	CHE
7		Wolfgang Usbeck	DEU
8		Hamy Erian	EGY
9		Mostafa Nezar	EGY
10		Nicholas Archer	ENG
11		Nicholas Cheyne	ENG
12		Mark Daley	ENG
13		Peter Dowd	ENG
14		Harry Fisher	ENG
15		Tim King	ENG
16		Guy Scurfield	ENG
17		Lionel Tibble	ENG
18		Andres Alvarez-Sala	ESP
19		Jose Alvarez-Sala	ESP
20		Lars Boman	FIN
21		Mark Stephens	IRL
22		Charles von Schmieder	IRL
23		Roberts Stafeckis	LVA
24		Brian Bullen	NZL
25		Hamish McIntosh	NZL
26		Dusan Turcer	PRT
27		Lorna Dewar	SCO
28		Fergus Thompson	SCO
29		Joi Elebo	SWE
30		Fernando Bonilla	URU
31		Cheryl Bromley	USA
32		Macey White	USA
33		Peter Balchin	WAL
34		Murray Buchanan	ZAF
35		Judith Hanekom	ZAF
WILD CARD PLACES
1		Euan Burridge	ENG
2		Jamie Gumbrell	AUS

2019 Golf Croquet World Championship

Entry fees

Players are encouraged to pay their entry fee of £108 as soon as possible and in any event by midnight on Tuesday, 26 February 2019.  Payment will be accepted by bank transfer or by PayPal.

Bank transfer

If you have a UK bank account or can transfer money into a UK bank account without significant charges, please pay the entry fee by bank transfer to the WCF bank account below.  In the “reference” or “remark” field, please put your name so it is clear to whom the entry fee relates.

PayPal

If it is not possible to pay by bank transfer, please use the PayPal button below.

Number of Entrants

1 Entrant £108.00 GBP2 Entrants £216.00 GBP3 Entrants £324.00 GBP4 Entrants £432.00 GBP5 Entrants £540.00 GBP6 Entrants £648.00 GBP7 Entrants £756.00 GBP8 Entrants £864.00 GBP9 Entrants £972.00 GBP10 Entrants £1,080.00 GBP

The Announcement Date for both the Under 21 GCWC and main GCWC was Sunday, 30 December 2018.

The players awarded Ranking Places in each event and Wild Card Places in the main GCWC can be found at:

WCF Under 21 Golf Croquet World Championship 2019

and

WCF Simon Carter Golf Croquet World Championship 2019

Note: these links are no longer valid. To find out more about this event please see the WCF Championship Archives