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2017 Under 21 GCWC entries

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.

2017 GCWC Membership Places

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

2017 GCWC Ranking Places

Following the passing of the Announcement Date, Ranking Places have been awarded to the following players:

    Player Country       12m peak
                    grade
         
1   Chris McWhirter AUS 2522
2   Greg Fletcher AUS 2510
3   Peter Landrebe AUS 2453
4   Alix Verge AUS 2422
5   John van der Touw AUS 2420
6   Wendy Dickson AUS 2388
7   Geoffrey Jamieson AUS 2377
8   Barry Haydon AUS 2373
9   Pierre Beaudry BEL 2433
10   Ahmed Nasr EGY 2812
11   Hamy Erian EGY 2799
12   Mohamed Karem EGY 2779
13   Ahmed El Mahdi EGY 2769
14   Moustafa Eissa EGY 2594
15   Fathy Farouk EGY 2527
16   Hisham Abu Osbaa EGY 2507
17   Salah Hassan EGY 2496
18   Mohamed Walid EGY 2492
19   Hisham Yassin EGY 2450
20   Khaled Kamal EGY 2437
21   Sherif Abu Osbaa EGY 2426
22   Karim Ghamry EGY 2425
23   Tarek Mamdouh EGY 2424
24   Walid Wahban EGY 2421
25   Nihal Ahmed EGY 2408
26   Stephen Mulliner ENG 2669
27   John-Paul Moberly ENG 2501
28   Duncan Dixon NZE 2738
29   Jenny Clarke NZE 2550
30   Felix Webby NZE 2480
31   John Christie NZE 2453
32   Joshua Freeth NZE 2440
33   George Coulter NZE 2408
34   Mike Crashley NZE 2402
35   Ben Rothman USA 2649
36   Sherif Abdelwahab USA 2500
37   Mohammad Kamal USA 2400
38   Ahab Dincer USA 2397
39   David Walters WAL 2522
40   Reg Bamford ZAF 2786

2017 Golf Croquet World Championship

The 2017 Golf Croquet World Championship will be held at Cairnlea, Melbourne (and other venues) from Saturday, 25 February to Sunday, 5 March 2017 in accordance with version 4.8 of the Event Regulations and version 8.8 of the Sports Regulations.

The Event Website may be found at http://croquetvic.asn.au/2017-gcworlds/

Entry list

The list of players who have been awarded places may be found here.

The Replacement Ranking List ceased to operate on the Cut-Off Date, 8 January 2017.  The right of a Member to reallocate a returned Membership Place ceased on the Qualifying Tournament Closing Date, 5 February 2017.  All withdrawals by a player now create an extra Qualifier Place.

 

Other event details

The Event Capacity will be 80.  Other Player Information including venues, balls and hoops may be found here.

Qualifying Tournament 

The QT will be held at Cairnlea from Monday, 20 February to Wednesday, 22 February 2017 from which the eight highest-placed finishers will gain Qualifier Places in the GCWC.  The next two highest-placed will take part in the Qualifier Play-Off as described below.

The names of the 28 players who have been allocated places in the QT may be found at http://croquetvic.asn.au/2017-gcworlds/qualifier_players.

If any player withdraws from the QT, the place will be offered to the player on the QT Reserve List with the highest grade at midnight on the day on which the withdrawal is communicated to the Event Host.

Qualifier Play-Off

A Qualifier Play-Off will be held for two more Qualifier Places on Thursday, 23 February 2017 between:

the two highest-placed finishers in the QT who have not already gained Qualifier Places; 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.

 

 

 

2017 Under 21 Golf Croquet World Championship

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 Event Capacity will be 28.

RESPONSE DATE: Sunday, 25 September 2016

This is the date by which Members are asked to supply the names of the players they wish to send to the Event.

The top two finishers in the Event who do not already have places in the 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 already gained Qualifying Places 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.

2017 Association Croquet World Team Championship

2017 AC World Team Championship - California USA - 16 Apr to 4 May

The 2017 Association Croquet World Team Championship have been held at two venues.

Tier 1 is the MacRobertson Shield and was held in the United States at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California from Sunday, 16 April to Thursday, 4 May 2017.

The winners were Australia who defeated England 12-9, New Zealand 14-7 and USA 14-7.  England were second and defeated USA 14-7 and New Zealand 15-4 (two matches not played).  New Zealand were third and defeated USA 11-10.  USA were fourth.

Tiers 2.1, 2.2 and 3 were held in England at Sussex County Croquet Club, Southwick from Monday, 17 July to Saturday, 22 July 2017.

The winners and teams were as follows:

Tier 2.1:  WALES, Ireland, Scotland and Spain

Tier 2.2:  CANADA and SWEDEN, South Africa

Tier 3:     GERMANY and Czech Republic

Bad weather on the final day prevented the completion of Tier 2.2 which resulted in a shared victory.

 

2017 Golf Croquet World Championship

The 2017 Golf Croquet World Championship will be held at Cairnlea, Melbourne (and other venues) from Saturday, 25 February to Sunday, 5 March 2017 in accordance with version 4.8 of the Event Regulations and version 8.8 of the Sports Regulations.

The event website may be found at http://croquetvic.asn.au/2017-gcworlds/

 

Event details

The Event Capacity will be 80.

A Qualifying Tournament will be held at Cairnlea from Monday, 20 February to Wednesday, 22 February 2017 from which the two highest-placed finishers will gain Qualifying Places in the GCWC.  If places are returned after the Cut-Off Date (see below), additional Qualifying Places will be created.

A play-off will be held for two more Qualifying Places on Thursday, 23 February 2017 between the two highest-placed finishers in the Qualifying Tournament who have not already gained Qualifying Places 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.

Details of how to enter the Qualifying Tournament will be made available in due course.

Following the passing of the Response Date of 31 July 2016, 32 Membership Places have been requested and 116 individuals have been nominated for Ranking Places.

 

Future timetable dates

Later timetable dates set out in Appendix 2 paragraph 3 of the Sports Regulations, version 8.8 are:

ALLOCATION DATE: Sunday, 14 August 2016

The highest grades achieved by players in the year ending on this date will be used to determine the initial allocation of Ranking Places.

ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: Sunday, 28 August 2016

The players who have been awarded Ranking Places and Wild Card Places will be announced on this date.

CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 25 September 2016

This is the last date on which Members can nominate players for Membership Places.

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT ALLOCATION DATE: Sunday, 25 December 2016

Entries for the Qualifying Tournament received by this date will be accepted in ranking position order as shown in the Qualifier Ranking List which is itself calculated as at the end of the QTAD.  If the Qualifying Tournament is over-subscribed on this date, unsuccessful entrants will be placed on a Reserve List, also in ranking position order.

CUT-OFF DATE: Sunday, 8 January 2017

This is the date after which any returned Ranking Places or Wild Card Places are filled by creating extra Qualifying Places.

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 5 February 2017

This is the last date on which entries can be received to fill vacancies in the Qualifying Tournament.  It is also the last date on which any returned Membership Place can be replaced by a player from the same country.