Category: 2023 European Team Championship

2023 European Teams Championship: Winner England

This was the first time this event has been held under the management of the European Regional Committee. The event had been held many years ago by the previous European Federation.

For this inaugural event, 9 countries convened at Cheltenham, England for 4 days of mixed AC and GC matches. Each team had one AC player and 2 GC players in a format designed to test both versions of our sport.

Thank you to the Cheltenham Club for hosting and to all the volunteers and officials who organised the event.

Congratulations to the English team who beat Wales 3:0 in the Final

Aston Wade (Captain), Stuart Smith and Euan Burridge.

Full results can be found on Croquet Scores

Block results by country

AC Test Results

GC Test Results

 

 

European Team Championship – How to pay your entry fees

The Entry fee of £204 for the European Team Championship is due by 4th June

The ERC would prefer that teams pay by Bank Transfer. All details on how to do th is were advised in the email from Roberts Stafeckis dated 4th April. Paying in this way incurs lower fees for the ERC and will be very much appreciated.

If you do need to pay by PayPal, please click on the button below:

 

Announcement of Teams, Format, GC Referees Course and AC Coaching Day

4.4.23 – Following the call for entries to the European Team Championship to be held on August 2-5 in Cheltenham, England, 11 countries confirmed their participation (in alphabetic order):

Austria
Czech Republic
England
Germany
Ireland
Latvia
Scotland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales

Format
As to the format of the event, the ERC has decided to run it as a round robin event where each team plays each, as this would provide an excellent chance for each team to directly compare with all others. ERC will elaborate detailed Event Regulations and present them to the teams in due course. It is planned that the Awards Ceremony will be over by 5pm on Saturday, August 5, so the travel arrangements can be made accordingly.

Referees Course: July 30-31st
As announced earlier, the ERC is pleased to invite the players to enter a GC Referees Course that will be held on July 30 and 31 (Sunday and Monday) in Cheltenham Croquet Club. The course will be run by two experienced CA referees Ian Cobold and Ian Shore. The afternoon of Day 2 will be devoted to exams, and successful candidates will receive CA certificates.

AC Coaching – August 1st
On Tuesday, August 1 the host club has kindly offered an open AC coaching session for the team players. Alternatively, the players may spend the day practicing GC and/or AC as they wish.

What next?
Next important deadline is June 4th.
By this date, the teams have to:

1) pay the entry fee of £204 (payment details will be provided soon)

2) announce the names of the team players (min 3, max 5)

3) apply for a place in the GC referees course ( July 30-31)

4) provide an expression of interest for the AC coaching drop-in session (August 1)