Collective category for creating the European Championship history pages
Please see the below notice for Allocation information for this event including the list of players in receipt of Ranking Places, and the current Replacement Ranking List as at 13th December 2024.
ERC 2025 GC Singles Budleigh - Player Allocation 01122024
An exciting new event designed to give club players throughout Europe the opportunity to play abroad and also to find the Champion club team in Europe.
The winners of 6 Qualifying Stages will compete in the Grand Final to be held at the prestigious Roehampton Club, London (England) 13-15th October 2023.
Each qualifying stage will consist of 4 teams of 4 players, who will all play each other over the course of a single weekend. The first Qualifying Stage was held at the Algarve Club (Portugal) in November 2022 when the Roehampton Club were victorious https://croquetscores.com/2022/gc/european-club-league-algarve-1
THE HOST CLUBS
Dulwich Croquet Club (England)
The CERN Croquet Club (Switzerland) is located within the grounds of the European Centre for Fundamental Physics Research, on the outskirts of Geneva. CERN, itself straddles the Swiss / French border, and the Club’s two full sized lawns are situated within that part of CERN which is in France.
CERN is a 20 minutes Tram ride from the City Centre and 10 minutes by bus from Geneva International
Airport. There are a host of hotels on both sides of the border, offering a wide range of facilities and
prices. Assistance with transportation from hotels to the Club can be arranged if required.
Should anyone be interested in a tour of CERN, or indeed any other attractions in Geneva, this can be
arranged in advance if requested early enough.
Further information can be found at:
https://cerncroquetclubgeneva.com/
Roehampton Croquet Club (England) is situated within the private members Roehampton Club. It has four immaculate lawns, one in a walled garden. It is situated in South West London, approximately 30 mins from Heathrow and a short walk from Barnes railway station. Further details about the club can be found on its website, https://www.roehamptonclub.co.uk/
Ikskile Croquet Club (Riga, Latvia) is in a small suburb town of Ikskile in beautiful surroundings, 30 km from downtown Riga, or 45 min drive from Riga International Airport. The three full size club lawns have been built in 2021 with a help of WCF development grant. Clubhouse has all modern facilities, and there are good accommodation and catering facilities nearby. In 2022, the club hosted the European Women’s GC Championship with 28 players.
A link to google street view, unfortunately, off-season:
Website of the club https://krokets.lv/ikk/
Winner: Begoña Elzaburu from Spain, Runner Up: Paz Gonzalez De Aguilar from Spain, 3rd Silvija Freimane from Latvia, Shield Winner - Sabine Martinsone Latvia, Bowl Winner - Jane Morrison from ireland and Plate winner, Tania Varsa from Latvia.
For the full report click here
The Women’s Golf Croquet European Championships 2022 was held in Latvia between Thursday 30th June to Sunday 3rd July 2022.
The event was played across two venues: the Ikskile Croquet Club (IKK), Vecnorinu iela 18, Ikskile, LATVIA, where there are three full size courts, and a satellite venue in Sigulda with one full size court.
Congratulations to Begoña Elzaburu, from Spain, winner of the 2022 European Women's GC Championship.
The first ever Women's European Golf Croquet Championship took place in Latvia between Thursday 30th June to Sunday 3rd July 2022. The event was played across two venues: the Ikskile Croquet Club (IKK), Vecnorinu iela 18, Ikskile, LATVIA, where there are three full size courts, and a satellite venue in Sigulda with one full size court.
Latvia surprised the foreign players not only by perfect lawns, excellent organisation, and warm hospitality, but also by tropical temperatures of 30 degrees and above. There was not a single drop of rain during the four days of the games, although the lawns were flooded by a sudden thunderstorm just a few hours before the opening ceremony.
Among 28 players from 7 countries, 5 countries were represented by their women’s ranking leaders, Jane Morrison from Ireland being the top seeded player with DGrade just over 2000.
Spain was represented by 10 players, Latvia benefited from the host country status and was able to enter 6 players.
Players were seeded into 4 blocks of 7, and top 4 players of each block were promoted to the main knock-out. After the block stage, there were 6 Spanish, 5 Latvian, two English, two Irish, and one Swiss player among the top 16.
There have been several surprises during the Championship. Sabine Martinsone, from Latvia, won the Shield trophy having been seeded just number 19. Rocio Mato, from Spain, was seeded number 27, and finished 8th. At the same time, the third seed missed the knock-out, and the number one seed lost in the first round of the knock-out.
The first semi-final on Sunday morning between Paz Gonzalez de Aguilar, from Spain, and Michelle Leonard, from England, finished relatively early in two games in favour of Paz with 7/5, 7/6. Another semi-final between Begoña Elzaburu, from Spain, and Silvija Freimane, from Latvia, required 3 games and lasted over 4 hours before Begoña secured an all-Spanish final by beating Silvija 7/6, 6/7, 7/5.
The final match presented some high-quality croquet, however Begoña gave very few chances to her friend and opponent Paz, beating her in two games 7/4 and 7/5.
The third-place match between Silvija and Michelle was the last one to finish before the awards ceremony could start. Silvija secured a victory in two games, 7/4 and 7/6.
Another two young Latvian players, Sabine Martinsone and Tania Varsa, won the Shield and Plate trophies respectively, and the top seeded Jane Morrison, from Ireland, won the Bowl.
The Championship has contributed greatly to promotion of croquet. There have been a number of interviews on printed media, two rather long stories on television, and non-stop streaming of the games throughout the days.
The Opening ceremony was attended by three Ambassadors. The Spanish Ambassador also arrived on the final day to watch the finals and awards ceremony.
Apart from the opening and closing ceremonies, the was a river cruise on Thursday night and an official dinner on Saturday night.
According to the forward calendar of the WCF, the next Women’s GC European Championship is scheduled to take place in 2024.
Report by Roberts Stafeckis
Winner: Begoña Elzaburu from Spain, Runner Up: Paz Gonzalez De Aguilar from Spain, 3rd Silvija Freimane from Latvia, Shield Winner - Sabine Martinsone Latvia, Bowl Winner - Jane Morrison from ireland and Plate winner, Tania Varsa from Latvia.
Congratulations to Aston Wade, winner of the 2022 European GC Open Championship.
The European Golf Croquet Championship took place in Budleigh Salterton, Devon between Thursday 26 May to Sunday 29 May.
Aston beat Rachel Gee 7:3, 7:2 in the final.
For full results go to Croquetscores.com 2022 European GC Open Championship Results
