The Mitsubishi Motors 2005 World Croquet Championship took place 6th-14th August 2005 in Cheltenham (for the first time), with Bristol, Edgbaston and Nailsea hosting some of the block stage and plate games.
David Maugham, wrote a blow-by-blow account of the final stages of the tournament, from quarter final stage onwards. These were posted to this web-site as a live-update for those unable to be at Cheltenham. The quarter-final reports became the most accessed page on the CA Website. Active for only a day, it received almost 15,000 hits, from a total of 450 people.
These "live-updates" have been archived here.
First Round | Second Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Winner |
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David Maugham | David Maugham +21 +17tp |
James Death +26tp -26tp +26tp |
James Death 10tpo, -12otp, +11tpo, +17 |
Robert Fulford +24tp +26tp +5otp |
Reg Bamford + 17tp +26sxp +17sxp |
Simon Williams | |||||
James Death | James Death +15 +15tp | ||||
Rutger Beijderwellen | |||||
Matthew Burrow | Matthew Burrow +5 +26 |
Aaron Westerby +17tp +26tp | |||
Jeff Dawson | |||||
Leslie Watson | Aaron Westerby +8 -17 +2 | ||||
Aaron Westerby | |||||
Keith Aiton | Keith Aiton -26 +26tp +26tp |
Keith Aiton +16 +4 |
Robert Fulford +26tp, +5tp, +3tp | ||
Mike Jenner | |||||
Peter Landrebe | Ed Duckworth +24tp +26tp | ||||
Ed Duckworth | |||||
John Gibbons | John Gibbons +26tp +17tp |
Robert Fulford +5tp +14 | |||
Paddy Chapman | |||||
Andrew Johnston | Robert Fulford +17tp +10tpo | ||||
Robert Fulford | |||||
Reg Bamford | Reg Bamford +23 +26 |
Reg Bamford +5qp +17tp |
Reg Bamford -15, +26, +26, +26tp |
Reg Bamford +26sxp +5tp +26qp | |
Ian Lines | |||||
Mark McInerney | David Goacher +9 +21 | ||||
David Goacher | |||||
Trevor Bassett | Marcus Evans +17 +17 |
Marcus Evans -16tp, +9, +26tp | |||
Marcus Evans | |||||
Kevin Beard | Mark Avery +26tp +17tp | ||||
Mark Avery | |||||
Ronan McInerney | Ronan McInerney +14otp +17 |
Jonathan Kirby +16 +20 |
Jonathan Kirby +10, +12tp, -14, +25 | ||
Robin Brown | |||||
Jerry Stark | Jonathan Kirby +23 +2 | ||||
Jonathan Kirby | |||||
Ian Dumergue | Ian Dumergue -7 +7 +1 |
Ken Bald -15 +15tp +22 | |||
David Openshaw | |||||
Ken Bald | Ken Bald -16 +16tp +17tp | ||||
Chris Clarke |