News 2000

CqE Official News

• 19th Dec 2000: The new Laws are now available as an A6 booklet from the CA Office, price 4 pounds to Associates
• 9th Dec 2000:  Act NOW to apply for the Townsend, Apps Heley or Millennium Awards in 2001 (update)
• 3rd Dec 2000:  The Fixtures book is at the printers and will be available for despatch early in the new year
• 25th Oct 2000: Croquet Association Diplomas 2000 - presented at the AGM
• 18th Oct 2000: Decisions from the CA Council's meeting on 14th October
• 16th Jul 2000: Selections have been announced for 'Eights Week'

Other News

• 31st Dec 2000: The Cheltenham Millennium one-ball is cancelled
• 29th Dec 2000: Are roll shots illegal?
• 12th Dec 2000: Recommended conference centre, with a croquet Lawn!
• 25th Nov 2000: The best tournament format for the better player to win
• 17th Nov 2000: Croquet web links site gets a fresh coat of paint
• 6th Nov 2000:  The final version of the new Croquet Laws (6th Edition) is now available
• 5th Nov 2000:  Draft Web News Editorial Policy - your comments are invited
• 4th Nov 2000:  The full draft programme for 2001 is now available
• 2nd Nov 2000:  Hunstanton Croquet Club appeals for contributions to their Building Fund
• 2nd Nov 2000:  The Inter-Counties draw for 2001 is now available
• 18th Oct 2000: List of Coaching Committee Merit Award Winners 2000
• 16th Oct 2000: More on the Hunstanton fire
• 15th Oct 2000: The September issue of the Gazette is still with the distributor
• 12th Oct 2000: National Short Croquet Singles
• 12th Oct 2000: National Short Croquet Team Final - The funeral of Short Croquet?
• 10th Oct 2000: Calling all representatives of UK croquet clubs - register your club!!
• 10th Oct 2000: For all those who think that croquet ought to be an Olympic sport
• 28th Sep 2000: Fire destroyed the clubhouse at Hunstanton on 28 September
• 25th Sep 2000: All England Handicap National Final 23rd - 24th September
• 14th Sep 2000: CA Tournament Committee confirm the decision to share the Spencer Ell title and announce the possibility of an additional eight
• 6th Sep 2000:  Robert Fulford's President's Cup predictions
• 6th Sep 2000:  Triples leader board for games played in 2000 by UK and Ireland players
• 14th Aug 2000: Golf Croquet World Championships selections
• 5th Jul 2000:  Minister for Sport visits Open Championships
• 29th May 2000: Tony Hall, president of the WCF, address on the aims and objectives of the WCF
• 30th Apr 2000: Croquet Clubs raise money for Childline

AC - Championships

• 24th Oct 2000: Chairman's Salver 2000
• 26th Sep 2000: British Open Champion, Stephen Mulliner, adds the 2000 European Championship to his titles for the 6th time
• 15th Sep 2000: South of England Championship for the O'Callaghan Gold Cup
• 12th Sep 2000: Robin Brown won the Chairman's Salver
• 12th Sep 2000: David Harrison-Wood beats Roger Jenkins in the Selectors final
• 12th Sep 2000: Peter Taylor and Chris Patmore share the Spencer Ell cup
• 9th Sep 2000:  Ed Cunningham of Ireland became the first victorious President's Cup debutante for many years
• 6th Sep 2000:  Tony Le Moignain's Eights Week Predictions
• 6th Sep 2000:  Jeremy Dyer's Eights Week predictions
• 6th Sep 2000:  Chris Williams' Eights Week predictions
• 30th Aug 2000: Northern Championships
• 30th Aug 2000: Barlow Bowl & Longman Bowl
• 12th Aug 2000: Ed Cunningham beats Stephen Mulliner in 3 straight games to take the Irish Championship
• 30th Jul 2000: Eastern Championship
• 23rd Jul 2000: Jersey Open Championship
• 23rd Jul 2000: Burridge regains Welsh Championship
• 22nd Jul 2000: Veteran's Championship 2000
• 14th Jul 2000: Inter-Counties Championship 2000
• 9th Jul 2000:  British Open Championship
• 25th Jun 2000: The 2000 Student Croquet Championships
• 25th Jun 2000: East Midlands Championship
• 17th Jun 2000: Robert Fulford retained the Championship of Surrey with consummate ease
• 11th Jun 2000: Men's and Women's Championship
• 1st May 2000:  Western Championship

AC

• 1st Oct 2000:  Southwick advanced weekend
• 9th Sep 2000:  Bristol B-Level weekend (15/16 August)
• 21st Aug 2000: Le Moignan triumphs at the Wrest park open weekend
• 5th Jul 2000:  Oxford Advanced Weekend
• 2nd Jul 2000:  North West Millennium Trophy - Area Final
• 14th May 2000: Colchester Open Weekend
• 24th Apr 2000: Surbiton Easter Open 2000
• 16th Apr 2000: Winchester One-Ball Croquet Championship

AC - Mixed

• 29th Aug 2000: Bowdon Northern Week
• 24th Aug 2000: Edinburgh Tournament (14-19 Aug)
• 19th Aug 2000: Nottingham week
• 13th Aug 2000: Jeremy Dyer wins the Championship Singles Hurlingham Cup for first time (5-13 Aug)
• 5th Aug 2000:  East Dorset (Parkstone) August Week
• 5th Aug 2000:  Budleigh Salterton August Tournament

AC - Handicap

• 25th Oct 2000: Cheltenham October Handicap Weekend (6-8 Oct)
• 12th Oct 2000: Guildford & Godalming handicap weekend
• 12th Sep 2000: All England Handicap Area Final - 2-3 September
• 3rd Sep 2000:  Millennium Tournament - The first sod is cut for Cheltenham's '11th lawn' programme at the Millennium Tournament
• 28th Aug 2000: The Pendle Summer Handicap Trophy
• 9th Jul 2000:  Bath - The Millennium Cup
• 9th Jul 2000:  East Riding Handicap Weekend
• 14th May 2000: Nottingham handicap
• 24th Apr 2000: Surbiton Easter Handicap
• 24th Apr 2000: Pendle Easter Tournament

GC

• 16th Oct 2000: All England Golf Croquet Handicap Final (14-15 Oct)
• 6th Aug 2000:  Yorkshire International Golf Croquet Open Championship
• 30th Jul 2000: National Championships
• 17th Jun 2000: Ramsgate Golf International
• 16th Jun 2000: Open Singles Golf Championship
• 13th May 2000: Lancashire International Golf Croquet tournament

AC - Inter-Club

• 1st Oct 2000:  Harrow Oak beat Bowdon 5-2
• 6th Sep 2000:  Bowdon beat Hurlingham 7-0
• 20th Aug 2000: Cheltenham lost to Harrow Oak 2-5
• 15th Jul 2000: Harrow Oak beat Wrest Park 6-1
• 9th Jul 2000:  Hurlingham beat Guildford & Godalming 4-3
• 8th Jul 2000:  Bowdon beat Nottingham 4-3
• 1st Jul 2000:  Northampton lost to Cheltenham 2-5
• 4th Jun 2000:  Guildford & Godalming beat Woking 4-3
• 4th Jun 2000:  Harrow Oak beat Sussex County 5-2
• 14th May 2000: Bowdon beat Surbiton 4-3
• 7th May 2000:  Bristol lost to Cheltenham 1-6
• 1st Apr 2000:  Draw
• 1st Apr 2000:  Draw

AC - Mary Rose

• 30th Sep 2000: Nottingham beat Pendle to win the Mary Rose 5-2
• 12th Sep 2000: Nottingham beat Wrest Park in the Semi-Final 5-2
• 2nd Sep 2000:  Pendle beat Bowdon 5-2
• 14th Aug 2000: Pendle beat East Dorset 7-0
• 13th Aug 2000: Nottingham beat Tunbridge Wells 6-1
• 5th Aug 2000:  Wrest Park beat Bristol 6-0
• 5th Aug 2000:  Bowdon beat Surbiton 5-2
• 17th Jul 2000: Bristol beat Colchester 5-2
• 2nd Jul 2000:  Wrest Park beat Letchworth 5-2
• 1st Jul 2000:  Nottingham beat Hurlingham 7-0
• 1st Jul 2000:  East Dorset beat Roehampton 3-2
• 10th Jun 2000: Pendle beat Woking 4-3
• 3rd Jun 2000:  Nottingham beat Colworth 7-0
• 3rd Jun 2000:  Tunbridge Wells beat Northampton 4-3
• 1st Jun 2000:  Bowdon beat Sussex County w/o
• 20th May 2000: Surbiton beat Medway 5-2
• 8th May 2000:  Bristol beat Southport 4-1
• 6th May 2000:  Bowdon beat Cheltenham 4-3
• 6th May 2000:  Pendle beat Dyffryn 4-3
• 1st Apr 2000:  Draw

AC - Longman Cup

• 25th Aug 2000: Colchester beat Medway 6-1
• 30th Jul 2000: East Dorset 5 Dyffryn 2
• 23rd Jul 2000: Medway beat Guildford & Godalming 5-2
• 10th Jun 2000: Ealing beat Surbiton 5-2

GC - Inter-Club

• 31st Dec 2000: 2000 Golf Croquet Inter-Club Championship - Results summary
• 2nd Oct 2000:  Tyneside beat Sussex County at Nottingham to win the inaugural Golf Croquet Inter-Club Championship 6-1
• 24th Aug 2000: Tyneside beat High Wycombe at Pendle 4-1
• 8th Aug 2000:  Sussex County beat Blewbury 5-2
• 9th Jul 2000:  Blewbury beat Ashby 4-2
• 20th Jun 2000: Sussex County beat Winchester 4-3
• 15th May 2000: Pendle lost to Tyneside 2-5
• 1st Apr 2000:  Draw

International

• 22nd Dec 2000: American National Croquet Center opens
• 25th Oct 2000: England's Stephen Mulliner reaches the semi-final in the World Golf Croquet Championship, leaving the final to the Egyptians
• 21st Oct 2000: Golf Croquet World Championship kicks off in Cairo
• 8th Oct 2000:  Carrickmines Club Championship
• 3rd Sep 2000:  CA vs. Scottish Croquet Association
• 1st Sep 2000:  Invitation to the Italian Open Golf Croquet Championship (16/17 September)
• 30th Aug 2000: Switzerland vs. The CA (played July 8/9)
• 26th Aug 2000: The Welsh and Scottish CA teams tied 10-10 in their 2 day match
• 13th Aug 2000: English CA vs. Irish CA
• 28th Jul 2000: Resort Invitational - Contest announcement
• 17th Jun 2000: Home Internationals
• 4th Jun 2000:  Belgian Golf-Croquet Open 2000
• 27th May 2000: Irish CA vs. Welsh CA
• 21st Jan 2000: Robert Fulford won the New Zealand Open Championship

The MacRobertson Shield

• 14th Feb 2000: Week 3 (Feb 7 - Feb 13) Aus v USA & GB v NZ (7-13 Feb)
• 13th Feb 2000: Week 2 (Jan 31 - Feb 6) Aus v NZ & GB v USA (31 Jan-6 Feb)
• 12th Feb 2000: Week 1 (Jan 24 - Jan 30) Aus v GB & NZ v USA (24-30 Jan)

World Championship

• 3rd Dec 2000:  Details of The WCF World Championship and British Open Singles
• 17th Oct 2000: 2001 World Singles Championship is announced

Technical

• 15th Jul 2000: Supershot opening analysed by Robert Fulford