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The following are the principal details in the Event Bid relevant to the Players.

Venues

Headquarters: Victorian Croquet Centre, 65 Nobel Banks Drive, Cairnlea, Victoria 3023, tel: +61 3 8361 8887

 

The Block Stage will be held at the VCC and the following clubs.

Alexandra Croquet Club: Prince of Wales Park, Gillies Street North, Lake Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria 3355

Belmont Croquet Club:  161 Francis Street, Belmont Melways, Geelong, Victoria

Essendon Croquet Club: 34A Brewster Street, Essendon, Victoria 3040

Williamstown Croquet Club: 104 Victoria Street, Williamstown, Victoria 3016

 

Balls: Dawson International

Hoops: Atkins Quadway set to 1/32 inch (0.8mm) subject to WCF Sports Regulations paragraph 8.1

Lights: floodlighting is available at the VCC and Essendon but will only be used if absolutely necessary

Practice: available on Friday, 24 February 2017 (further details to follow)

Welcome Ceremony: 1730 on Friday, 24 February 2017 at the VCC

 

 

The full entry list for the 2017 GCWC is available here.

2017 Golf Croquet World Championship

Entry List as at 18 February 2017

		RANKING PLACES
1		Wendy Dickson	Australia
2		Greg Fletcher	Australia
3		Barry Haydon	Australia
4		Geoffrey Jamieson	Australia
5		Peter Landrebe	Australia
6		Chris McWhirter	Australia
7		John van der Touw	Australia
8		Alix Verge	Australia
9		Hisham Abousbaa	Egypt
10		Sherif Abousbaa	Egypt
11		Nihal Ahmed	Egypt
12		Mostafa Eissa	Egypt
13		Ahmed El Mahdi	Egypt
14		Hamy Erian	Egypt
15		Salah Hassan	Egypt
16		Khaled Kamal	Egypt
17		Mohamed Karem	Egypt
18		Tarek Mamdouh	Egypt
19		Ahmed Nasr	Egypt
20		Walid Wahban	Egypt
21		Mohamed Walid	Egypt
22		Hisham Yassin	Egypt
23		John-Paul Moberly	England
24		Stephen Mulliner	England
25		John Christie	New Zealand
26		Jenny Clarke	New Zealand
27		George Coulter	New Zealand
28		Mike Crashley	New Zealand
29		Duncan Dixon	New Zealand
30		Joshua Freeth	New Zealand
31		Felix Webby	New Zealand
32		Reg Bamford	South Africa
33		Sherif Abdelwahab	United States
34		Mohammad Kamal	United States
35		David Walters	Wales
		WILD CARD PLACES
36		Edward Wilson	Australia
		MEMBERSHIP PLACES
37		Peter Freer	Australia
38		Lester Hughes	Australia
39		Terry Hopkins	Australia
40		Anne Quinn	Australia
41		Alison Sharpe	Australia
42		Charles Sharpe	Australia
43		Lawrie Simpson	Australia
44		John Richardson	Canada
45		Amr El Ibieri	Egypt
46		Mohamed Nasr	Egypt
47		Richard Brooks	England
48		Kieran Murphy	Ireland
49		Hamish McIntosh	New Zealand
50		Hemi McLaren	New Zealand
51		Roar Michalsen	Norway
52		Manuel Marcos	Spain
53		Joakim Norback	Sweden
54		Arthur Graf	Switzerland
55		Cheryl Bromley	United States
56		Matt Griffith	United States
57		Ian Burridge	Wales
		REPLACEMENT RANKING PLACES
58		Kevin Beard	Australia
59		John Levick	Australia
60		Peter Nicholson	Australia
61		Omar Fahmy	Egypt
62		Hossam El-Bibani	Egypt
63		Nadine El Menoufi	Egypt
64		Maram Nabil	Egypt
65		Khaled Tharwat	Egypt
66		Evan Newell	Ireland
67		Dennis Bulloch	New Zealand
68		Lachlan Hughes	New Zealand

The entry fee for the 2017 GCWC is £108 (based on nine days at £12 per player per day).  The fee must be paid by midnight 26 October 2016, meaning that the amount must be in the WCF bank account by that time.  Two methods of payment are available.

1.   For those players or bodies with access to a UK bank account, direct electronic transfer to the WCF’s account at Barclays Bank is strongly encouraged.  The sort code and account number are

2.  For all others, please pay by Paypal by using the button below.  The WCF meets all associated costs.

 

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

2017 Golf Croquet World Championship

Replacement Ranking List as at 6 December 2016

This is based on the maximum grade achieved in the last 12 months.

Any player who has played at least 10 ranked games in the last 12 months may apply to the Secretary-General to be added to the list.

The list closes at midnight on Sunday, 8 January 2016.  Any later withdrawals will be filled by creating extra Qualifying Places.

		Player	Country	Rank	MaxGrd	Games
1		Nadine El Menoufi	Egypt	122	2329	45
2		Graham Whiteway	Australia	209	2211	48
3		Ronald McBride	Australia	214	2204	180
4		Kenn Boal	Australia	221	2196	10
5		John Arney	Australia	228	2190	82
6		Nelson Morrow	New Zealand	229	2179	76
7		Gail Hopkins	Australia	234	2189	122
8		David Wise	Australia	237	2184	147
9		Rosemary Landrebe	Australia	239	2181	20
10		Brett McHardy	Australia	240	2180	109
11		Geoff Young	New Zealand	243	2176	63
12		Dallas Cooke	New Zealand	269	2117	89
13		Virginia Arney	Australia	274	2148	69
14		Stephen Thornton	Australia	288	2142	85
15		Bernie Pfitzner	Australia	297	2111	108
16		Jim Saunders	Australia	311	2098	123
17		Ian Petersen	Australia	316	2097	63
18		David Hanbidge	Australia	322	2094	95
19		Mark Stephens	Ireland	338	2082	11
20		Ross Rillie	Australia	350	2077	99
21		Michael Albert	United States	353	2048	37
22		Joe Dimech	Australia	354	2073	20
23		Charles Quinn	Australia	356	2073	54
24		Janine McHardy	Australia	370	2058	107
25		Patricia Watts	Australia	374	2070	103
26		Donald Reyland	New Zealand	382	2053	65
27		Torben Bak	Australia	417	1959	88
28		Phyllis Young	New Zealand	431	2007	96
29		Peter Coles	Australia	456	2015	43
30		Anna Miller	Australia	479	1998	85
31		Sue Roberts	New Zealand	502	1974	87
32		Barry Jennings	Australia	545	1928	132
33		Ron Johnstone	Australia	548	1926	51
34		Bob Doepel	Australia	614	1883	14
35		Rosemary Newsham	Australia	623	1876	73
36		Kate Logan	Australia	643	1864	110
37		Stephen Jackson	United States	690	1827	59
38		Shirlene McBride	Australia	698	1822	150
39		Murray Tinker	Australia	713	1812	39
40		Annie Henry	New Zealand	736	1802	48
41		Susan Anderson	Australia	741	1800	59

 

 

The entries received for the 2017 Under 21 GCWC may be found here.

The 28 players who have been awarded Membership Places in the 2017 GCWC can be found here.

The Championship will be held at the Victorian Croquet Centre, Cairnlea, Melbourne from Saturday, 18 February to Wednesday, 22 February 2017 in accordance with version 4.8 of the Event Regulations and version 8.8 of the Sports Regulations.

The entry list as at 14 February 2017 is as follows:

1		Australia	Anthony Dask
2			Jamie Gumbrell
3			Lana Sexton
4			Charlie Sharpe
5			Jack Williams
6			Edward Wilson
7		Egypt	Nadine El Menoufi
8			Ahmed El Nahas
9			Omar El Sayed
10			Mohamed Rashad
11		New Zealand	Angus Coulter
12			George Coulter
13			Edmund Fordyce
14			Jamie Fowler
15			Joshua Freeth
16			Jeff Gatchell
17			Jason Hodgett
18			Lachlan Hughes
19			Connell Leahy
20			Declan Leahy
21			Hemi McLaren
22			Grace Mohi
23			Kaleb Small
24			Caitlin Smith
25			Jakob Smith
26			Christopher Spittal
27			Felix Webby
28		United States	Ali Kamal

 

The top two finishers in the Event who do not already have places in the 2017 Golf Croquet World Championship (“GCWC”) and are available to play in the GCWC (which will be held from Saturday, 25 February to Sunday, 5 March 2017 and will be headquartered at the VCC) will be awarded GCWC Wild Card Places.

In addition, a play-off will be held for two Qualifying Places on Thursday, 23 February 2017 between the two highest-placed finishers in the GCWC Qualifying Tournament who have not gained a Qualifying Place and the two highest-placed and available finishers in the Under 21 Golf Croquet World Championship who have not already gained a place in the GCWC.  This provides an additional opportunity for two more Under 21 players to obtain places in the GCWC.

The following 28 players have been awarded Membership Places.

Australia	Martin Clarke
	Peter Freer
	Lester Hughes
	Terry Hopkins
	Anne Quinn
	Alison Sharpe
	Charlie Sharpe
	Lawrie Simpson
Belgium	Caroline Denny
Canada	Brian Cumming
	John Richardson
Egypt	Amr El Ibieri
	Mohamed Nasr
England	Richard Brooks
	Peter Siddall
Finland	Helena Jansson
Ireland	Patsy Fitzgerald
	Kieran Murphy
New Zealand	Hamish McIntosh
	Hemi McLaren
Norway	Roar Michalsen
Spain	Maria Fernandez-Pereira
	Manuel Marcos
Sweden	Joakim Norback
Switzerland	Arthur Graf
United States	Cheryl Bromley
	Matt Griffiths
Wales	Ian Burridge

The WCF MC has awarded 40 Ranking Places and two Wild Card Places.  Details may be found here.