Jeff Dawson won the Letchworth 14-point Advanced

[<<] [>>] by Nick Mounfield at Letchworth Croquet Club
26 Apr 2014 (AC)

Jeff Dawson continued his good early-season form to win the Letchworth 14-point Advanced event with an unblemished 100% record.

The single-day event saw nine players, in the handicap range -1.5 to 2, complete 28 games in around eight hours. Rather surprisingly, with 80 minute time limits having been applied, only four games went to time.

Despite numerous attempts at peeling turns, the day's only success was that by Jeff who completed a very controlled straight TP in his games against Nick.

This was the only 14-point Advanced event in this year's CA calendar and it proved to be a huge success. Everyone enjoyed the day (helped by nice weather and excellent courts) and with plenty of interaction, unique challenges and limited sitting-out time, it's a fixture that will definitely be repeated next year.

As far as a single-day format goes, the format is hard to fault. Hopefully other clubs will follow suit next year.

Results:

Jeff Dawson (-1.5) 6/6

Nick Mounfield (-1.5) 5/7

Duncan Hector (-0.5) 4/6

Gabrielle Higgins (-1.5) 3/5

Bryan Harral (1) 3/6

David Tutt (1) 2/6

Jon Palin (2) 2/6

Terry Mahoney (1.5) 2/7

Adrian Kirby (1) 1/7

Nick bt Bryan +13

David bt Gabrielle +3T

Duncan bt Terry +12

Jon bt Adrian +8T

Jeff bt Bryan + 8

Duncan bt Nick +1

Terry bt Adrian +5

Jon bt David +1T

Nick bt Adrian +12

Jeff bt Terry +8

Gabrielle bt Bryan +9

Duncan bt Jon +8

Adrian bt David +9

Bryan bt Terry +12

Jeff bt Gabrielle +8

Nick bt Jon +7

Duncan bt Adrian +6

Terry bt David +6

Bryan bt Jon +9

Gabrielle bt Terry +5

David bt Duncan +3T

Jeff bt Nick +11TP

Jeff bt Adrian +14

Bryan bt Adrian +12

Gabrielle bt Jon + 11

Nick bt Terry +10

Jeff bt Duncan +14

Nick bt David +7