Find out more about the event here: Event webpage. Includes livestream links, match draws, event layout, and links to the event website and FB pages.
The team seeding and the draw has now been completed.
Category: World Championships
2025 GC World Team Championships – Tiers 2 and 3 – How to pay your entry fees
The Entry fee for this event is £504 per team. Your payment must be received by the WCF on or before 5th June 2025. Failure to pay on time may lead to the loss of your place in the event.
The WCF would prefer that you pay by Bank Transfer. All details on how to do this are sent separately by email.
If you do need to pay by PayPal, please click on the button below:
2025 AC World Championship – Winner: Reg Bamford (ZAF)
South Africa’s Reg Bamford beat England’s Mark Avery in style, winning all his games with a Triple Peel, and not dropping a single game throughout the whole championship.
In the first game, Mark Avery looked to be set to stop his run, but unfortunately stuck in 3b after having done all the peels. Reg stepped in, methodically completing turn after turn with no errors.
This win puts Bamford’s back alongside Robert Fulford as a six-time AC World Champion. He has also won the GC World Championship twice.
A welcome return for Mark Avery to the final who in recent years has returned to top form. Thirty-six years after reaching the final of the inaugural AC World Championship in 1989, he was again silver medallist, and had to come back twice from two games down to win earlier rounds of the knock-out.
Congratulations also go to the following:
Bronze medalists: Logan McCorkindale from New Zealand and Robert Fletcher from Australia.
Shield Winner: Zack Watson - USA
Bowl Winner: Stephen Mulliner - England
Plate Winner: Duncan Reeve - Scotland
Manager's Invitational Winner: Nick Parish - England
Ramekin Winner: Greg Hill - Australia
A full report can be found on Croquet Network: Croquet Network - AC World Championship Report
Full results can be found on Croquet Scores: Croquet Scores - 2025 AC World Championship
To watch all the livestream footage, go to the WCF YouTube Channel, select Playlists, and then select the AC World Championship playlist
Thank you to all many people who worked hard to deliver this fantastic event. Thank you to the sponsors, volunteers and players.
THE WCF WISHES ALL THE COMPETITORS IN THE UPCOMING AC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THE VERY BEST OF LUCK
Livestreaming
The event will be streamed live from 3pm on Friday 17th October until it finishes on Sunday 26th October.
Friday 17th October 3pm: Damon Bidencope Celebration of Life
Friday 17th October 4pm: Opening Ceremony
Saturday 18th October: Block play starts
Wednesday 22nd October: Knock-out starts
Subscribe to the USCA YouTube channel to follow all the action: https://www.youtube.com/@uscroquetassociation
2025 GC World Team Championships – Teams Announced
Preparations continue in Tasmania for the upcoming WCF PFC Mallets GC World Team Championship. The organising team is getting the venue ready. The event Facebook page is full of articles showing their hard working volunteers getting the site ready and undergoing training.
The 8 teams competing have now been announced. Download the file to see who will be representing their countries: 2025 Openshaw Shield Teams Announcement
And more exciting news, David Openshaw, who presented the Shield, will again be travelling out to support the event and present the trophy.
2025 GC World Team Championships – Appeals Panel
2025 GC World Team Championships – Event Website and Facebook Pages
2025 GC World Team Championship Tiers 2 Champions Sweden and Tier 3 Champions Scotland
Congratulations to Tier 2 Champions Sweden.
The 2025 GC World Team Championship Tiers 2 and 3 were held between Tuesday 5 to Sunday 10 August 2025.
The Swedish team won the Tier 2 Championship and took home the Amir Ramsis Naguib Salver. This win provides them with a well-deserved return to Tier 1 in 2029.
Scotland won the Tier 3 Jose Alvarez-Sala Salver . They then went on to beat Switzerland in the Relegation match, and so are promoted into Tier 2 for next time.
For the full results please see: Croquet Scores 2025 WCF World Team Championship Tiers 2 & 3
The WCF would like to thank Croquet Network for commissioning a tournament report and to John Miles, from Canada, for writing it. Croquet Network - full tournament report
The Spanish team, winners of Tier 2 in 2021
On the top line you have from left to right Jose Alvarez-Sala, Rafael Romero and Basilio Iglesias, on the bottom also from left to right Andrés Alvarez-Sala, Jose Riva (the captain) and Manuel Álvarez-Sala.
Spain have been promoted into Tier 1 and so will not be competing in 2025.
Who will take the trophy and earn promotion into Tier 1 for 2029?
2025 GC World Team Championships – How to pay your entry fees
The Entry fee for this event is £588 per team. Your payment must be received by the WCF on or before 17th December 2024. Failure to pay on time may lead to the loss of your place in the event.
The WCF would prefer that you pay by Bank Transfer. All details on how to do this have been sent separately by email.
If you do need to pay by PayPal, please click on the button below:
2024 GC World Championship – Player Information
The following information is required from all the above competing players by 16th June 2024 (or sooner please if possible).
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- A recent well-lit, clear and good quality photograph (ideally headshot)
- 150-250 words of biographical details
- Contact email and mobile phone numbers for during the event (for use by the Tournament Manager)
Please send this information online via Google Forms. Please click on this link: 2024 GC WC Player Information Google Form
Please note, the photo and bio may be published on the event website and on the WCF website. Players should expect some live streaming and the press may be present taking photographs. Players should note that their results will be published on Croquet Scores. The contact details will be held by the WCF S-G and Tournament Manager for use during the event.
You will also be sent an email with a link to join a WhatsApp group (to be set up during early June) set up for players and officials to chat together about the event, accommodation, transport, meals etc.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why is this requested via a Google Form?
The organisers for this event will pick up all the bios directly from the Google Form. This reduces the workload. If everyone sends the bio into the WCF separately, maybe by email, word document, pdf, whatsapp etc., then it would then have to be cut and pasted into some central repository. Much simpler if everyone feeds it into one place in one format in the first place.
Why can’t you re-use the information I sent last time?
Regarding your contact details: due to data protection rules, we ask that personal data is not kept by the organisers after the event, so emails and telephone numbers need to be captured each time. And of course, these could easily change year on year.
Due to privacy laws in the UK we also need you to consent to the use of your data each time.
Regarding your bio: firstly, there is no way for me to know who wants to keep an old bio and who wants to update it, so we ask for new each time. Plus, most players prefer to update the words for each event. Especially those of you that play both codes, who may want to say different things depending whether it’s GC or AC. You might have major wins in one code and not in the other for instance.
Who might read my bio?
It could be used in various ways to advertise and promote the event. Variously, it could be included in Sponsor Packs, the Event Website, the Programme, or perhaps sent to the Press.
Our sport needs sponsorship to help make these events financially viable. We need to look professional to attract sponsors. It is therefore important that your bios are sensible, well-written and give a good impression to the World.
Why is this information requested so early?
Work to prepare for a World Championship starts very early. The website and programmes are put together by volunteers, many of whom have other commitments. We need to give them as much time as possible to do this, to ensure that they not only do a good job, but that no undue stress is put on them. The army of volunteers works hard to make these world championships run smoothly and to ensure that you, as a player, have a fantastic event. As players you are not asked to do a lot to help, providing this information is something you can do.
Do I have to provide this information?
Yes.
Per WCF Sports Regulations, Appendix 2 Singles Events, Clause 6.3, all players are required as part of their participation in the event to send this information through on request, in the format and manner requested by the Secretary-General and the hosts.
6.3 …. all player information requested must be received by the date specified in the Invitation. This might include a photograph, email address, contact phone number during the event (if available) and up-to-date biographical details. These should be sent to the Secretary-General in the format requested.
Do I have to join the WhatsApp group?
No, this is optional.
2024 GC World Championships – How to pay your entry fees
Congratulations on getting a place in the 2024 GC World Championship.
The Entry fee for this event is £153 per player. Your money must be received by the WCF on or before 18th June. Failure to pay on time may lead to the loss of your place in the event.
The WCF would prefer that you pay by Bank Transfer. All details on how to do this will be in the email sent to each Member by the ERC Event Lead. This will be sent out shortly after each Closing date and we ask that our Members please forward this information onto their players. Paying in this way incurs lower fees for the WCF and will be very much appreciated.
If you do need to pay by PayPal, please click on the button below: