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Position	Country	Average	Players
1	Egypt	2,548	6
2	England	2,463	6
3	USA	2,371	6
4	New Zealand	2310	6
5	Spain	2,267	6
6	Australia	2,261	6
7	South Africa	2,214	6
8	Wales	2,182	6
9	Canada	2,122	6
10	Sweden	2,031	6
11	Germany	2,030	6
12	Ireland	2,022	6
13	Switzerland	1,992	6
14	Scotland	1,959	6
15	Latvia	1,935	6
16	Czech Republic	1,876	6
17	Norway	1,837	6
18	Finland	1,703	5
19	Mexico	1,744	4
20	Austria	2,064	3
21	Portugal	1,671	2
22	Belgium	2,230	1
23	Uruguay	1,732	1

Position	Country	Average Grade	Players
1	England	2514	6
2	Australia	2496	6
3	New Zealand	2455	6
4	USA	2404	6
5	Scotland	2156	6
6	Wales	2156	6
7	Ireland	2130	6
8	South Africa	1949	6
9	Canada	1884	6
10	Sweden	1689	6
11	Germany	1551	6
12	Austria	1489	6
13	Czech Republic	1310	6
14	Switzerland	1772	3
15	Spain	1758	3
16	Latvia	1352	3
17	Iran	2150	1
18	Jersey	2120	1
19	Luxembourg	1975	1
20	Mexico	1539	1

Following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, you might beinterested to see some old photographs from her visit to Hurlingham in 1967. The photo is a snapshot taken from the CA Gazette, so apologies for the poor quality.

Our sincere condolences to the Queen’s family and friends.

2023 GC Under 21 Championship Ranking Places

After the response date there were 31 entries for this 32 player event.

The Management Committee have agreed the following allocation of places for this 32 person event.

Capacity = 32
Member Places	15
Ranking Places	17

Ranking Places

The 17 Ranking Places have been awarded to the following players, based on the Initial Ranking List dated 7th September 2022. This is based on their Max DG ranking over 12 months as per Sports Regulations Appendix 2, clause 2.3.

Country	Ranking Places Awarded	Max Dgrade	Games Played
England	Aston Wade	2464	157
New Zealand	Josh Winter	2350	53
USA	Blake Fields	2304	49
Egypt	Fawzy Helmy	2246	11
Egypt	Mohab Elatreby	2185	20
Egypt	Gana Mohamed Saaid	2183	44
New Zealand	Paul Kaiser	2170	36
New Zealand	Levi Franks	2168	42
New Zealand	Joel Steele	2106	72
New Zealand	Nathan Bullen	2171	65
New Zealand	Te Kiri King	2067	24
England	Albie Willett	2011	48
New Zealand	Michael Lauer	1988	50
England	Sam Cuthbert	1980	87
New Zealand	Myles Duggan	1953	17
New Zealand	James Duggan	1926	43
New Zealand	Jessica Bullen	1795	76

Member Places

Members should send the Secretary-General the names of players to be nominated for their Member Places by 22nd October 2022 at the latest. Some Members have already notified the names of their nominees - please note that these can be changed up to the above deadline. The request for entry fees and player bios will follow after 22nd October.

The number of Member Places by Country is below:

Australia	2
Egypt	2
England	2
New Zealand	5
Spain	2
USA	2
Member places available	15

Additional Players - important notice for ALL WCF Member countries
As at the response date only 31 names were put forward. It is therefore possible that after the Membership closing date of 22nd October, the event will not be full.

Therefore, ALL Members are invited to nominate new players for the replacement ranking list. This is in line with Sports Regulations:

7.4 Replacement Ranking List
The Replacement Ranking List may contain players who were not on the Initial
Allocation Ranking List provided that they have played a minimum of 5 ranked
games (AC) or 10 games (GC) in the 12 months ending on the date on which the
vacancy arises and have informed the S-G by e-mail that they wish to play in the
Event. However, if the Event is under-subscribed on or after the Closing Date, any player may be added to the Replacement Ranking List.

If, as at 15th January, we still do not have enough players to fill the event (i.e. there is no Replacement Ranking list), then we will ask Croquet New Zealand to do the best they can to find a local player (under 21), or to manage the event with a smaller field.

Withdrawals
The cut-off date for this event is 28th December 2022. There is no qualifier.

If players with a Member Place drop out before this date, Members have 14 days to nominate a replacement (or until the cut-off date, whichever is the sooner). After this, the place reverts to a Replacement Ranking Place.

If players with a Ranking Place drop out before this date, the highest ranked player on the Replacement Ranking list will be awarded the place.

After 28th December, the highest ranked player on the Replacement Ranking list will be awarded the place.

ERC Result of Young Player Survey

2022 Association Croquet World Team Championship Tiers 2.1, 2.2 and 3

Congratulations to the winning teams at the 2022 AC World Team Championship - Tiers 2.1, 2.2 and 3.

This event took place at the Budleigh Salterton Croquet Club, Devon, England between 9-14 August 2022.

It started with an early pre-match on 8th August between Canada and Sweden, to determine which team would compete in Tier 2.1. This was due to the previous test remaining unfinished back in 2017. Sweden were successful and so took their place in Tier 2.1 for the main series of tests.

Tier 2.1 therefore consisted of Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales. By the final day it was very tight between Scotland and Wales. The final test was 3-3, a tie, however, Scotland took the series due to winning more of the Singles matches.

Congratulations to the team of Duncan Reeve, Lorna Dewar, David Warhurst and Chris Martin.

Tiers 2.2 and 3 started by competing together and after 2 days were split into the 2 divisions. The 5 teams were Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany and South Africa.

Tier 2.2 was won by Canada. Congratulations to Brian Cumming, Nick Mitchell, Jim Wright and Pierre Dunn.

Tier 3 was won by South Africa. Congratulations Andrew Hobbs,Nick Harvey, Judith Hanekom and Christine Wakeham.

Full results can be found on CroquetScores:

WCF AC WTC Canada v Sweden Play-off 8th August 2022
WCF AC WTC Tier 2.1
WCF AC WTC Tiers 2.2 & 3
WCF AC WTC Tier 2.2
WCF AC WTC Tier 3

Player profiles can be found on the Budleigh Salterton website - please click here