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The GC Open (unrestricted) Series is one of six tiers of Golf Croquet Series in the Croquet England Fixtures Calendar, each a season-long competition that groups together certain tournaments of a similar class. Players can gain points by way of performance in a Series tournament - the Open Series is a straight 'points race' with no National Final.

The hierarchy of Series tournaments is:

The Championship Series................... - 8 Championship tournaments, leading to the English National Singles Championship Final (for the 'Ascot Cup').
The Open (Unrestricted) Series...... - 12 Open tournaments (unrestricted), it is a straight 'points race'. There is no National Final.
The A-Level (0+) Series..................... - 15 tournaments restricted to handicaps 0+, leading to a National Final.
The B-Level (4+) Series..................... - 24 tournaments restricted to handicaps 4+, leading to a National Final.
The C-Level (7+) Series..................... - 27 tournaments restricted to handicaps 7+, leading to a National Final.
The D-Level (10+) Series................... - tournaments restricted to handicaps 10+, it is a straight 'points race'. There is no National Final.

See the GC Series page for the procedures regarding tournament allocation and accumulation of points.

The Croquet England Events page shows the current Calendar Fixtures for the Open (unrestricted) Series.

All tournaments in the Series will use the standard GC formats if possible. Head to the Managing a GC Tournament page to download the format suitable for your Series tournament.

2025 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Information on the GC Ranking System
		List of ranked events in this Series
		Results on rankings?
Cheshire (Bowdon)	05-06 April
Cheltenham	12-13 April
Surbiton	26-27 April
Hunstanton	17-18 May
Wrest Park	31 May-01 June
Woking	09-10 June
Sidmouth	21-22 June
National Forest (Ashby)	28-29 June
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	12-13 July
Budleigh Salterton	02-03 Aug
Watford	30-31 Aug
Sussex	06-07 Sep
Final Standings

Points Totals 2025

Name	Points

Previous Seasons' Results

If you spot any errors in this history, please contact competition Director Chris Roberts. The previous winners of the Series are listed on the Roll of Honour webpage.

2024 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	13-14 April	James Death	Sam Cuthbert	Nick Archer	Colin Britt	report by Ivor Brand
Surbiton	27-28 April	_{Second day cancelled (waterlogged ground)}
Hunstanton	18-19 May	Andrew Hobbs	Clair Whyms	Steve Leonard	Mike Bilton
Woking	10-11 June	Mike Town	John Taylor	Tim Russell	Richard Gardiner
Roehampton	15-16 June	Tobi Savage	Aston Wade		Reg Bamford & Ian Norris
National Forest (Ashby)	29-30 June	Nick Archer	Arthur Rowe	John Carrington	Billy Cooke
Sidmouth	06-07 July	Stuart M Smith	Helen Reeves	Louise Smith	Philip Harris
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	13-14 July	Steve Leonard	Stuart M Smith		Louise Smith & Richard Gardiner
East Dorset	20-21 July	Stuart M Smith	Andy Loakes		Steve Leonard & Martin French
Budleigh Salterton	03-04 Aug	Martin French	Tim Jolliff	Lionel Tibble	Tim Russell
Watford	31 Aug-01 Sep	Nick Archer	Ross Bagni	Geoff Johnson	_{(not awarded)}
Sussex	07-08 Sep	Stephen Custance-Baker	Richard Gardener		Liz Farrow & Kim Taylor
Final Standings		Stuart M Smith (26 pts)	Nick Archer (24)	Steve Leonard (16)	Martin French (12)

Points Totals 2024

Name	Points
Stuart M Smith	26
Nick Archer	24
Steve Leonard	16
Martin French	12
Stephen Custance-Baker	10
James Death	10
Richard Gardener	10
Andrew Hobbs	10
Tobi Savage	10
Mike Town	10
Ross Bagni	6
Sam Cuthbert	6
Andy Loakes	6
Tim Jolliff	6
Helen Reeves	6
Arthur Rowe	6
Tim Russell	6
Louise Smith	6
John Taylor	6
Aston Wade	6
Clair Whyms	6
John Carrington	4
Geoff Johnson	4
Lionel Tibble	4
Reg Bamford	2
Mike Bilton	2
Colin Britt	2
Billy Cooke	2
Liz Farrow	2
Philip Harris	2
Ian Norris	2
Kim Taylor	2

2023 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	15-16 April	James Death	David Goacher	Chris Roberts	Jose Cano
Surbiton	29-30 April	Lionel Tibble	Nicolas Denizot	Dave Evans	Ron Carter
Hunstanton	13-14 May	Alain Giraud	Les Heard	Debbie Lines	Ian Lines
Pendle	10-11 June	Roger I'Anson	Andrew Gould	Libby Dixon	Christine Wood
Woking	12-13 June	Stephen Custance-Baker	Tim Russell	Mike Town	Tony Butcher
Roehampton	17-18 June	Stephen Custance-Baker	Chris Roberts		Jonny Claxton & Tim Russell	report by Tim Russell
National Forest (Ashby)	01-02 July	Les Heard	Mike O'Brian	Andrew Loakes	Keith Pound
Ryde	05-06 July	Nick Archer	Simon Carter		Stuart Peters & Roy Tillcock	report by Vernon Gibbs
Sidmouth	08-09 July	Stuart M Smith	Stephen Custance-Baker	Neil Fillery	Les Heard	report by Louise Smith
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	15-16 July	- Cancelled -
East Dorset	22-23 July	Stuart M Smith	Stephen Custance-Baker		Jonathan Powe & David Goacher	report by Jonathan Powe
Budleigh Salterton	05-06 Aug	Andrew Loakes	Tim Russell	Neil Fillery	Tim Jolliff	report by Jonathan Powe
Watford - NEW	02-03 Sep	Tim King	Nick Archer	Ian Shore	Ignacio Gross Ariza	report by Simon Hathrell
Sussex	09-10 Sep	Dominic Aarvold	Stephen Custance-Baker	Richard Brooks	Colin Britt
Final Standings		STEPHEN CUSTANCE-BAKER (38pts)	Stuart M Smith (20)	Les Heard (18)	Nick Archer (16)

Points Totals 2023

Name	Points
Stephen Custance-Baker	38
Stuart M Smith	20
Les Heard	18
Nick Archer	16
Andrew Loakes	14
Tim Russell	14
Dominic Aarvold	10
James Death	10
Alain Giraud	10
Roger I'Anson	10
Tim King	10
Chris Roberts	10
Lionel Tibble	10
Neil Fillery	8
David Goacher	8
Simon Carter	6
Nicolas Denizot	6
Andrew Gould	6
Mike O'Brian	6
Richard Brooks	4
Libby Dixon	4
Dave Evans	4
Debbie Lines	4
Ian Shore	4
Mike Town	4
Ignacio Gross Ariza	2
Colin Britt	2
Tony Butcher	2
Jose Cano	2
Ron Carter	2
Jonny Claxton	2
Tim Jolliff	2
Ian Lines	2
Stuart Peters	2
Keith Pound	2
Jonathan Powe	2
Roy Tillcock	2
Christine Wood	2

2022 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	02-03 April	Pedro Lozano	James Death	Nick Archer	Richard Bilton	report by Ivor Brand
Surbiton - NEW	30 Apr-2 May	Robert Fulford	Will Gee	Dominic Nunns	Lionel Tibble
Hunstanton	14-15 May	Richard Bilton	Nick Archer	-	Ian Lines & Jayne Stevens	report by Terrey Sparks
Pendle	11-12 June	David Cornes	Paul Dowdall	Elizabeth Dixon	Jane Tewson	report by Leigh Dixon
Woking	13-14 June	Simon Carter	Jeff Dawson	-	Tim Russell & Ian Norris?
Roehampton - NEW	18-19 June	Chris Roberts	Nick Yates	Jonathan Claxton	Tim Russell	report by Tim Russell
National Forest (Ashby)	02-03 July	Callum Johnson	Jack Good	-	Stephen Thornton & Tim King?
Ryde	06-07 July	Nick Archer	Raouf Allim	Chris Roberts	Stuart Peters	report by Roy Tillcock
Sidmouth - NEW	09-10 July	Tim Jolliff	Ryan Cabble	Tim Russell	Helen Reeves
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	16-17 July	Timothy O'Donnell	Les Heard	Helen Reeves	Michael Fensome
East Dorset	23-24 July	Robert Fulford	Lionel Tibble	Stuart M Smith	Timothy O'Donnell	report by Jonathan Powe
Budleigh Salterton - NEW	03-04 Sep	Stephen Custance-Baker	Colin Britt	Dom Aarvold	Richard Brand	report by Stuart M Smith
Sussex	10-11 Sep	Dom Aarvold	Lionel Tibble	-	Tony Butcher & Morgan Case
Final Standings		ROBERT FULFORD (20pts)	Nick Archer (20)	Dom Aarvold & Chris Roberts =3rd (14)

Points Totals 2022

Name	Points
Robert Fulford	20
Nick Archer	20
Dom Aarvold	14
Chris Roberts	14
Lionel Tibble	14
Richard Bilton	12
Timothy O'Donnell	12
Simon Carter	10
David Cornes	10
Stephen Custance-Baker	10
Tim Jolliff	10
Pedro Lozano	10
Tim Russell	8
Raouf Allim	6
Colin Britt	6
Ryan Cabble	6
Jeff Dawson	6
James Death	6
Paul Dowdall	6
Will Gee	6
Jack Good	6
Les Heard	6
Helen Reeves	6
Nick Yates	6
Jonathan Claxton	4
Elizabeth Dixon	4
Dominic Nunns	4
Stuart M Smith	4
Richard Brand	2
Michael Fensome	2
Ian Lines	2
Ian Norris	2
Stuart Peters	2
Jayne Stevens	2
Jane Tewson	2

2021 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	17-18 April	Stephen Mulliner	Lionel Tibble	Steve Leonard	Sarah Hayes	report by Ivor Brand
Budleigh (New)	22-23 May	Stuart M Smith	Aston Wade	Chris Roberts	Steve Leonard
Hunstanton	22-23 May	Ian Burridge	Simon Carter	David Bell	John Noble
Wrest Park	05-06 June	Nick Archer	Chris Roberts	Tim Russell	David Bell	report by Richard Keighley
Pendle	12-13 June	- Cancelled -
Woking	14-15 June	Simon Carter	Richard Brooks	Tim Russell	?	report by Simon Carter
Ryde	07-08 July	Nick Archer	Roger Goldring	Chris Roberts	Ian Shore	report by Roy Tillcock
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	17-18 July	Tim O'Donnell	Aston Wade	Nick Archer	Colin Britt	report by Richard Jenkins
Sussex	11-12 Sep	Tudor Jenkins	David Bell	Eleanor Ross	Jamie Burch
Final Standings		NICK ARCHER (24pts)	Simon Carter (16)	Chris Roberts (14)	David Bell & Aston Wade =4 (12)

Points Totals 2021

Name	Points
Nick Archer	24
Simon Carter	16
Chris Roberts	14
David Bell	12
Aston Wade	12
Ian Burridge	10
Tudor Jenkins	10
Tim O'Donnell	10
Stephen Mulliner	10
Stuart M Smith	10
Richard Brooks	6
Roger Goldring	6
Steve Leonard	6
Tim Russell	6
Lionel Tibble	6
Eleanor Ross	4
Colin Britt	2
Jamie Burch	2
Sarah Hayes	2
John Noble	2
Ian Shore	2

2020 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	18-19 April	Cancelled - then resurrected to 01-02 August (see below), but that then cancelled too
Northampton	02-03 May	Cancelled
Hunstanton	23-24 May	Cancelled
Wrest Park	30-31 May	Postponed to 05-06 Sep (see below)
Woking	08-09 June	Cancelled
Pendle	13-14 June	Cancelled
Ryde	08-09 July	Cancelled
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	18-19 July	Stuart M Smith	Steve Leonard	Gary Brennan	Ross Bagni
East Dorset	25-26 July	Jonathan Powe	Stuart M Smith	Steve Leonard	Gary Brennan	report by Jonathan Powe
Cheltenham	01-02 Aug	Cancelled, was a new date
Wrest Park	05-06 Sep	Les Heard	Paul Durkin	Stephen Custance-Baker	John Noble	report by Richard Keighley
Sussex	12-13 Sep	Eleanor Ross	Steve Leonard	Richard Brooks	Lionel Tibble
Final Standings		STUART M SMITH (16pts)	Steve Leonard (16)	Les Heard, Jonathan Powe, Eleanor Ross =3rd (10)

Points Totals 2020

Name	Points
Stuart M Smith	16
Steve Leonard	16
Les Heard	10
Jonathan Powe	10
Eleanor Ross	10
Paul Durkin	6
Gary Brennan	6
Richard Brooks	4
Stephen Custance-Baker	4
Ross Bagni	2
John Noble	2
Lionel Tibble	2

2019 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	13-14 April	Stuart M Smith	Roger Goldring	Louise Bradforth	Nick Archer	report by Kevin Ham
Northampton	04-05 May	Stuart M Smith	Pete Dowd	Tim King	John Noble
Hunstanton	25-26 May	Simon Carter	Nick Archer	Stephen Custance-Baker	Don Beck	report by David Boxell
Wrest Park	08-09 June	Chris Roberts	John Noble	Roger Goldring & Tim King (2 points each)		report by Richard Keighley
Woking	12-13 June	Malcolm Bigg	Jeff Dawson	Mike Town	Colin Britt	report by Bernard Jones
Pendle	15-16 June	David Widdison	Tim King	Paul Rigge	David Bell	report by Abdul Ahmed
Ryde	06-07 July	Steve Leonard	Roger Goldring	Chris Roberts	Chris Heath
East Dorset	13-14 July	Jonathan Powe	Stuart M Smith	Ian Cobbold	David Kendrick	reports by Jonathan Powe
Wiltshire (Hamptworth)	20-21 July	Stuart M Smith	Lionel Tibble	Keith Pound	Tim O'Donnell
Sussex	07-08 Sep	Liz Farrow	Robert T Clark	Stuart M Smith	Richard Brooks
Final Standings		STUART M SMITH (40pts)	Chris Roberts (14)	Roger Goldring (14)	Tim King (12)

Points Totals 2019

Name	Points
Stuart M Smith	40
Chris Roberts	14
Roger Goldring	14
Tim King	12
Malcolm Bigg	10
Simon Carter	10
Liz Farrow	10
Steve Leonard	10
Jonathan Powe	10
David Widdison	10
Nick Archer	8
John Noble	8
RobertT Clark	6
Jeff Dawson	6
Pete Dowd	6
Lionel Tibble	6
Louise Bradforth	4
Ian Cobbold	4
Stephen Custance-Baker	4
Keith Pound	4
Paul Rigge	4
Mike Town	4
Don Beck	2
David Bell	2
Colin Britt	2
Richard Brooks	2
Chris Heath	2
David Kendrick	2
Tim O'Donnell	2

2018 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	14-15 April	Lionel Tibble	Dave Trimmer	Mark Suter	Tony Forbes	report by Kevin Ham
Lancashire (Pendle)	28-29 April	Tim King	Libby Dixon	-	Paul Rigge & Stuart Smith	report by Paul Durkin
Northampton	05-06 May	Lionel Tibble	Nick Archer	Peter Balchin	David Widdison	report by Lionel Tibble
Hunstanton	26-27 May	Richard Bilton	Stuart M Smith	Martin French	David Widdison	report by David Boxall
Woking	04-05 June	Jeff Dawson	Lionel Tibble	Guy Scurfield	Mike Town	report by Bernard Jones
Wrest Park	09-10 June	Tim King	Lionel Tibble	Raouf Allim	John Noble	report by Richard Keighley
Pendle	16-17 June	- Cancelled -
Ryde	07-08 July	Roy Tillcock	Chris Roberts	Stephen Leonard	Chris Sheen	report by Roy Tillcock
East Dorset	14-15 July	Jonathan Powe	Stuart M Smith	Stephen Custance-Baker	Richard Brooks	report by Jonathan Powe
Sussex	08-09 Sep	Stuart M Smith	Manuel Alvarez-Sala	Liz Farrow	Stephen Custance-Baker
Final Standings		LIONEL TIBBLE (32pts)	Stuart M Smith (22)	Tim King (20)	4 players, see below (10)

Points Totals 2018

Name	Points
Lionel Tibble	32
StuartM Smith	22
Tim King	20
Richard Bilton	10
Jeff Dawson	10
Jonathan Powe	10
Roy Tillcock	10
Manuel Alvarez-Sala (Spain)	6
Nick Archer	6
Stephen Custance-Baker	6
Libby Dixon	6
Chris Roberts	6
Stuart M Smith	6
Dave Trimmer	6
Raouf Allim	4
Peter Balchin	4
Liz Farrow	4
Martin French	4
Stephen Leonard	4
Guy Scurfield	4
Mark Suter	4
David Widdison	4
Richard Brooks	2
Tony Forbes	2
John Noble	2
Paul Rigge	2
Chris Sheen	2
Stuart Smith	2
Mike Town	2

2017 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Cheltenham	22-23 April	Stephen Custance-Baker	Ivor Brand	Peter Balchin	David Bell	Report by Russell Barter
Lancashire (Pendle)	29-30 April	Tim King	David Widdison	Freda Vitty	Ray Mounfield	Report by Tim King
Northampton	06-07 May	Lionel Tibble	Peter Dowd	John Noble	Michael Hills	Report by Lionel Tibble
Woking	05-06 June	Jeff Dawson	Lionel Tibble	James Death	Chris Roberts	Report by Bernard Jones
Pendle	17-18 June	Jane Pringle	Freda Vitty	Les Heard	Libby Dixon	Report by Abdul Ahmad
Ryde	08-09 July	Stephen Custance-Baker	Chris Roberts	Roy Tillcock	Pam Sim
East Dorset	15-16 July	Jonathan Powe	Richard Brooks	Nick Archer	Tom Weston	Report by Jonathan Powe
Sussex	09-10 Sep	David Dray	Colin Britt	Lionel Tibble & Martin French (3 points each)
Final Standings		STEPHEN CUSTANCE-BAKER (20pts)	Lionel Tibble (19)	6 players, see below (10)

Points Totals 2017

Name	Points
Stephen Custance-Baker	20
Lionel Tibble	19
Jeff Dawson	10
David Dray	10
Tim King	10
Jane Pringle	10
Jonathan Powe	10
Freda Vitty	10
Chris Roberts	8
Ivor Brand	6
Colin Britt	6
Richard Brooks	6
Peter Dowd	6
David Widdison	6
Nick Archer	4
Peter Balchin	4
James Death	4
Les Heard	4
John Noble	4
Roy Tillcock	4
Martin French	3
David Bell	2
Libby Dixon	2
Michael Hills	2
Ray Mounfield	2
Pam Sim	2
Tom Weston	2

2016 Open (Unrestricted) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links
Northampton	07-08 May	David Widdison	Tim King	David Bell & Les Heard (3 points each)		report by Tim King
Woking	06-07 June	Jeff Dawson	Mike Town	Lionel Tibble	Jonathan Diamond	report by Bernard Jones
Lancashire (Pendle)	18-19 June	David Widdison	David Bell	Margaret Cowman & Edward Flexman (3 points each)		report by Andrea Widdison
Hamptworth	25-26 June	Lionel Tibble	Jonathan Powe	Chris Roberts	Mark Daley	report by Richard Jenkins
Ryde	09-10 July	James O'Keeffe	Chris Roberts	Stuart Peters	Pam Sim
East Dorset	16-17 July	Jonathan Powe	Mark Hamann	Ian Cobbold	Don Beck
Bury	23-24 July	David Widdison	Angharrad Walters	David Crawford & Jane Pringle (3 points each)
Sussex	10-11 Sep	Paul Gunn	Colin Britt	Bill Arliss & Mike O'Brian (3 points each)
Final Standings		DAVID WIDDISON	Jonathan Powe	Lionel Tibble	Jeff Dawson, Paul Gunn & James O'Keeffe =4 (10)

Points Totals 2016

Name	Points
David Widdison	30
Jonathan Powe	16
Lionel Tibble	14
Jeff Dawson	10
Paul Gunn	10
James O'Keeffe	10
Chris Roberts	10
David Bell	9
Colin Britt	6
Mark Hamann	6
Tim King	6
Mike Town	6
Angharrad Walters	6
Ian Cobbold	4
Stuart Peters	4
Bill Arliss	3
Margaret Cowman	3
David Crawford	3
Edward Flexman	3
Les Heard	3
Mike O'Brian	3
Jane Pringle	3
Don Beck	2
Mark Daley	2
Jonathan Diamond	2
Sam Pim	2