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2018 Association 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, 24 October 2017.  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

2018 Association Croquet World Championship

 

Reserve List 

The Reserve List will be updated using the latest 12 month Maximum Grades when a vacancy caused by a withdrawal is notified to the WCF.  A new list will be published when the vacancy has been filled.

The returned place will be offered to the player at the top of the list.  If that player is unable to accept the place, the place will be offered to the next player on the list.  This process will be continued until the place is filled.  Any player unable to accept a place when offered will be removed from the Reserve List but may reapply for admission if their circumstances change.

The Reserve List will also be updated whenever a player applies to be added to the Reserve List and at the end of September, October and November.

The Reserve List will close at midnight on the Cut-Off Date, Sunday, 17 December 2017.  After that date, vacancies will be filled by increasing the number of Qualifying Places.

The list was last updated on 29 November 2017.  Those who have dropped out of the Reserve List because they have not played 10 ranked games in the 12 months ended on that date will be automatically added back if they have played 10 ranked games in the 12 months ending on a future amendment date.

RESERVE LIST   (ordered by 12 month Max Grade*)
* as at 24 October 2017
1		WHITE	Macey	United States
2		CHANG	Eugene	England
3		COLCLOUGH	Kathleen	Australia
4		FIELD	Jim	England
5		ROBINSON	Alison	New Zealand
6		FISHER	Graeme	New Zealand
7		MURRAY	Andre	New Zealand
8		BOAL	Kenn	Australia
9		ARNEY	John	Australia
10		TODOROVICH	MIke	United States

 

 

 

The Ranking and Wild Card Places awarded for the 2018 Association Croquet World Championship may be found here.

2018 Association Croquet World Championship

 

Following the passing of the Closing Date on 24 September 2017, a total of 76 places have now been awarded.  These consist of 20 Membership Places, 54 Ranking Places (including seven Replacement Ranking Places) and two Wild Card Places.  The remaining four places will be awarded to the four highest finishers in the Qualifying Tournament.

Entry fees for any future replacments are due within one month of taking up the place.  Bank transfer information and a PayPal button may be found at 2018 ACWC entry fees.

The lists will be updated when a vacancy caused by a withdrawal is filled.  The lists were last updated on 29 November 2017.

 

MEMBERSHIP PLACES (sorted by country and alphabetically)
1		HAWKER	Janine	Australia
2		WALSH	Alan	Australia
3		PERCIVAL-SMITH	Chris	Canada
4		WESTAWAY	Peter	Canada
5		MCDIARMID	Annabel	England
6		MOBERLY	John-Paul	England
7		SAVINOVS	Andrejs	Latvia
8		BULLEN	Brian	New Zealand
9		CHRISTIE	John	New Zealand
10		COUTTS	Jarrod	New Zealand
11		FREETH	Josh	New Zealand
12		GARRISON	Toby	New Zealand
13		JONES	Steve	New Zealand
14		TAHURANGI	Harps	New Zealand
15		WRIGHT	Michael	New Zealand
16		HOUSTON	David	Scotland
17		OJEDA	Juan	Spain
18		NORBACK	Joakim	Sweden
19		BAST	Jim	United States
20		JENKINS	Simon	United States
ALL RANKING PLACES  (sorted by country and alphabetically)
1		BASSETT	Trevor	Australia
2		BEARD	Kevin	Australia
3		CHAPMAN	Nick	Australia
4		FLETCHER	Greg	Australia
5		FLETCHER	Malcolm	Australia
6		FLETCHER	Robert	Australia
7		FORSTER	Stephen	Australia
8		HOCKEY	Simon	Australia
9		HONEY	Alan	Australia
10		HYLAND	Callum	Australia
11		MCCORMICK	Dwayne	Australia
12		MURPHY	Tim	Australia
13		NEWCOMBE	Jeff	Australia
14		NICHOLLS	Jim	Australia
15		RICHARDS	Stephen	Australia
16		SHARPE	Alison	Australia
17		WILSON	Edward	Australia
18		WISE	David	Australia
19		CUMMING	Brian	Canada
20		CARTER	Christian	England
21		CORDINGLEY	Phil	England
22		DEATH	James	England
23		GIRAUD	Alain	England
24		HIGGINS	Gabrielle	England
25		LINES	Ian	England
26		MAUGHAM	David	England
27		MULLINER	Stephen	England
28		MYERS	Andy	England
29		PATEL	Samir	England
30		POWE	Jonathan	England
31		SMITH	Richard M	England
32		TOWN	Mike	England
33		TRIMMER	Pete	England
34		WILKINSON	Robert	England
35		BRYANT	Greg	New Zealand
36		BULLOCH	Dennis	New Zealand
37		CHAPMAN	Paddy	New Zealand
38		CLARKE	Jenny	New Zealand
39		CRASHLEY	Mike	New Zealand
40		FILBEE	Peter	New Zealand
41		HAKES	Aiken	New Zealand
42		HOGAN	Joe	New Zealand
43		MORROW	Nelson	New Zealand
44		SHILLING	Chris	New Zealand
45		MURRAY	Sam	Scotland
46		BAMFORD	Reg	South Africa
47		RIVA	Jose	Spain
48		ABDELWAHAB	Sherif	United States
49		BENNETT	Paul	United States
50		LAWRENCE	Stuart	United States
51		MALOOF	David	United States
52		MORGAN	Stephen	United States
53		SOO	Jeff	United States
54		BURRIDGE	Ian	Wales
RANKING PLACES  (ordered by 12 month MaxGrade*)
* as at 13 August 2017
1		FLETCHER	Robert	Australia
2		BAMFORD	Reg	South Africa
3		CHAPMAN	Paddy	New Zealand
4		MAUGHAM	David	England
5		BRYANT	Greg	New Zealand
6		MULLINER	Stephen	England
7		HAKES	Aiken	New Zealand
8		PATEL	Samir	England
9		MALOOF	David	United States
10		FLETCHER	Malcolm	Australia
11		RIVA	Jose	Spain
12		DEATH	James	England
13		SKINLEY	Paul	New Zealand
14		FLETCHER	Greg	Australia
15		HOCKEY	Simon	Australia
16		FORSTER	Stephen	Australia
17		TRIMMER	Pete	England
18		CARTER	Christian	England
19		GIRAUD	Alain	England
20		SHILLING	Chris	New Zealand
21		SOO	Jeff	United States
22		NEWCOMBE	Jeff	Australia
23		CLARKE	Jenny	New Zealand
24		MCCORMICK	Dwayne	Australia
25		NICHOLLS	Jim	Australia
26		LINES	Ian	England
27		BEARD	Kevin	Australia
28		HOGAN	Joe	New Zealand
29		WALTERS	David	Wales
30		CUMMING	Brian	Canada
31		MORGAN	Stephen	United States
32		HYLAND	Callum	Australia
33		FISHER	Harry	England
34		BURRIDGE	Ian	Wales
35		BASSETT	Trevor	Australia
36		LAWRENCE	Stuart	United States
37		POWE	Jonathan	England
38		MYERS	Andy	England
39		SHARPE	Alison	Australia
40		SMITH	Richard M	England
41		BASSETT	Claire	Australia
42		MURRAY	Sam	Scotland
43		WILSON	Edward	Australia
REPLACEMENT RANKING PLACES  (ordered by 12 month MaxGrade*)
* as at 29 November 2017
1		WILKINSON	Robert	England
2		BENNETT	Paul	United States
3		BULLOCH	Dennis	New Zealand
4		CHAPMAN	Nick	Australia
5		HIGGINS	Gabrielle	England
6		RICHARDS	Stephen	Australia
7		ABDELWAHAB	Sherif	United States
8		CORDINGLEY	Phil	England
9		TOWN	Mike	England
10		FILBEE	Peter	New Zealand
11		PAILAS	Daniel	United States
12		CRASHLEY	Mike	New Zealand
13		MORROW	Nelson	New Zealand
14		HONEY	Alan	Australia
15		WISE	David	Australia
16		MURPHY	Tim	Australia
WILD CARD PLACES
1		FORDYCE	Edmund	New Zealand
2		WEBBY	Felix	New Zealand

 

The 3rd WCF Association Croquet Team Championship – Tier 3

Venue: Sussex County Croquet Club, Southwick, England

Dates: 17–22 July 2017

Champion:  Germany (Bruno Hess, John Swabey, Wolfgang Usbeck, Carlos Vieira)

Second: Czech Republic (Jan Cihak, Vaclav Doskocil, Miroslav Havlik, Jan Kral, Anna Kralova)

Full results are available at  https://croquetscores.com/2017/ac/wtc-tier-2

The 3rd WCF Association Croquet Team Championship – Tier 2.2

Venue: Sussex County Croquet Club, Southwick, England

Dates: 17–22 July 2017

Co-Champions

Canada (Brian Cumming, Nick Mitchell, Bill Rowat, Jim Wright)

Sweden (Simon Carlsson, Joi Elebo, Joakim Norback, Lewis Palmer)

3rd: South Africa (Peter Dreyer, Silvia Dreyer, Christine Wakeham, Christopher Wakeham)

Full results are available at  https://croquetscores.com/2017/ac/wtc-tier-2

On the Response Date for the 2018 ACWC, 30 July 2017, 13 countries had requested a total of 27 Membership Places and 111 players had applied for Ranking Places.

If two Wild Card Places and four Qualifier Places are taken into account, there will be 47 Ranking Places to be announced no later than Sunday 27 August 2017 to fill the Event Capacity of 80 places.  The names of the recipients of Wild Card Places will be announced at the same time.

These will be awarded to the players with the highest 12 month Maximum Grades according to the Ranking List published at midnight on Sunday 13 August 2017.  A player’s 12 month Maximum Grade is the highest grade they have achieved in the 12 months from 14 August 2016 to 13 August 2017 inclusive.

Countries which have requested Membership Places are required to provide the names of the players who will take up those places by the Closing Date which is midnight on Sunday, 24 September 2017.

In the opening Tests of the 2017 MacRobertson Shield contest at Mission Hills Country Club, California, Australia beat England 12-9 and New Zealand inched past USA by 11-10.

Australia led England by 2-1, 5-4 and 7-5 after each of the first three days but, by mid-afternoon on Friday, the scoreline was 8-7 to them but England led in two of the remaining three singles and were 1-1 in the third.  However, the Australians came through all three as winners and recorded their first full victory over England in 82 years – since 1935!

USA made an excellent start against New Zealand but were gradually pegged back so that, on Friday evening, New Zealand led 8-7.  However, with four of the last six singles played, USA had won three and taken a 10-9 lead in temperatures of 100 degrees F.  Fortunes swayed one way and then the other in both of the remaining matches but, eventually, New Zealand clinched both to record a very tense victory.

The second Tests pitched Australia against New Zealand and England against USA.  Australia and England both recorded 14-7 wins.  USA led England 7-6 early on day 9 but then conceded five singles and three doubles matches.

The final Tests saw Australia facing USA and England against the current holders, New Zealand.  England enjoyed a decisive 15-4 victory with two matches on day 15 abandoned because of the heat which had reached over 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) on occasion during the final week.  This gave England a mathematical hope of victory based on the possibility of USA overturning the form book and defeating Australia.  In fact, Australia led 2-1, 6-3 and 8-4 after day 13 and the honour fell to 24-year old Malcolm Fletcher, the youngest member of the Australian team, to score the decisive eleventh point on day 14 and hence ensure that the MacRobertson Shield trophy would return after a gap of 82 years to the homeland of its original donor.