Croquet Australia - Executive Circular (#1 2003)
Sonoma Cutrer
Training Squads
President's Invitation Eights
World Championships
2003 Australian Championships
NZ Scholarships
Australian Rankings for Championships
Future Program
This year the ACA has been asked to select 3 players and we are pleased to advise that the following have accepted the invitation, Jocelyn Sutton (Qld), Greg Bury (Qld) and Ian Dumergue (WA). Because of other commitments, Bruce Fleming, Les Watson and Martin Clarke were unable to accept. The event is held annually at the Sonoma Cutrer Vineyards in Sonoma County, California and is on 12 - 17 May 2003. The total prize money this year is $13000 and this will be divided among the top 10 finishers. Each player will play a minimum of 10 games. After 17 years of running a very successful event there is recent information indicating that the event this year may be at a different venue, but we are at this time waiting on further advice on the matter.
Please note Since writing the above we have been officially advised that the tournament is cancelled for 2003. It is hoped that a tournament will be organized for 2004.
On the weekend of 1-2 February the MacRobertson Squad held a practice session in Melbourne and the following weekend of 8-9 February the Reserve Squad had a training session in Melbourne. Immediately following the Australian Championships the six players for the MacRobertson team will be selected and further training will be organised at a central venue.
This year's President's Eights competition will be held on 3 - 6 October 2003. Play will commence at 1-00pm Friday 3rd October with two sessions that afternoon. On the 3 following days, Sat 4th, Sun 5th and Mon 6th there will be 4 playing sessions each day. It is expected that this schedule of play will allow all games to be played in daylight.
Each of the three Eights will be played in the State where the majority of players in that Eight reside. There will be an entry fee of $200 to be paid by all players regardless of where they reside. This money will be redistributed amongst the travelling interstate players to help subsidise their travelling costs.
The selection of players will be decided by the ACA Selection Committee and announced as soon as practical after the conclusion of the 2003 Australian Championships.
To give reasonable warning to the States involved as to the venue location of each of the three Eights we will at this time use the 1st January 2003 Ranking List as the guide for State allocation of each of the Eights. On this basis we advise as follows :-
First Eight ------ Queensland
Second Eight ---- Western Australia
Womens Eight --- Queensland
These arrangements can only be confirmed at a later date when invitations have been issued and acceptances received for all positions in the 3 Eights. It is possible that some changes could be required, but we feel it is necessary to give this early warning of the most likely outcome.
The 9th WCF World Championships were held in Wellington, New Zealand, on 2 - 8 December 2002. The 7 selected Australian players were, Bruce Fleming (Qld), Stephen Meatheringham (NSW), Martin Clarke (WA), Les Watson (Qld), Trevor Bassett (Vic), Jocelyn Sutton (Qld) and Stephen Forster (Vic). Unfortunately Les Watson was a late withdrawal. Additionally the following Australian players obtained wild card entries, George Latham (Vic), Max Donati (Qld), Tony Hall (NSW), and Kevin Beard (Vic) with placing in qualifying event. In the knock out section Martin Clarke advanced to the second round. Stephen Meatheringham progressed to the final of the Plate event. In the 5 game final of the main event Robert Fulford (E) beat Toby Garrison (NZ) 3 games to 1.
Because of the unavailability of some of the bowling courts that had previously been expected there is some careful planning being done to fit the program into the facilities that are available.
The following clubs will be used, Maitland Croquet Club 4 courts, Maitland Park Rec. Club 1 court, Toronto Croquet Club 3 courts, West Wallsend CC 1 court, National Park CC 4 lawns, Newcastle City Bowling Club 2 courts, Macquarie City CC 2 courts, EDSACC 4 courts, Mangrove Mountain CC 3 courts.
The Headquarters will be at Maitland Park Bowling & Sporting Complex Ltd. Maitland Park, off Elgin St, Maitland. P.O. Box 121 Maitland NSW 2320 Ph 02 49336815 Fax 02 49343285
The AGM of the ACA is at this venue on Sunday 6th April at 6-00pm and the dinner will also be held at this venue on Saturday 12th April.
A web site has been developed specially for this project at www.croquet2003.hl.com.au This is being continually updated as time progresses
This year 4 senior scholarships were awarded to Helene Thurston, Alan Sands, Simon Hockey and Brett Rogers to play in the singles and doubles events at the New Zealand Championships on 11 - 17 January. Other Australian players at this event were Creina Dawson, Elizabeth Fleming and Bernie Gleeson. All the scholarship holders qualified for the play off in the Open Singles with Simon Hockey and Brett Rogers advancing as far as the semi finals. Creina Dawson won through to the final of the Open Plate event. In the Doubles two Australian pairs, Creina Dawson - Simon Hockey and Alan Sands - Helene Thurston advanced to the semi finals. The Open Singles was won by R Jackson, r/up D Goacher, and the Open Doubles was won by G Beale/D Wickham with r/up R Jackson/J Guest. The Plate winner was J Versey and r/up Creina Dawson. For the coming year there will be an endeavour to encourage younger players who will be able to qualify for the junior scholarship.
Australian Rankings for Championships
The attached Ranking and Handicap Listing is dated 11 February 2003 and this is the Ranking List that is to be used for the Australian Championships 2003.
To help with planning of future events by the States we advise the following information regarding ACA and other planned events :-
2003
Nationals Sat 29 Mar - Sun 13 April Hunter Valley NSW….
AGM Sunday 6th April Maitland NSW
Easter 18 - 21 April
President’s Invitations Frid 3 – Mon 6 October Qld and WA.
Nat Handicap Sat 18 – Frid 24 October Rich River
Nat Golf Croquet Sat 25 - Mon 27 October Horsham
Nat. Gateball 31 Oct -- 2 November 2003 Caloundra, Qld
Croquet World Series Practice 25 - 31 Oct, 2003 Palm Beach, Florida USA
Mac Rob Shield 1 - 15 Nov 2003
Note : Daylight saving 31 Oct 2003 to 27 Mar 2004 (Tasmania starts about 1 month earlier).
2004
Trans Tasman Test February New Zealand
Nationals March 20th to April 4th. Victoria
Easter Good Friday 9th April
Current Australian Rankings List issued 11th February 2003
Australian Rankings and Handicaps at 11th February 2003. These are the official Rankings for use in relation to the 2003 Australian Championships.
The ACA now provides handicaps for Australian players on a World Ranking grade of 1650 and above (Handicap 6 and below). Other players should rely on State based handicaps.
Qualification, 10 games in previous 12 months
The first figure after the name is the Grade, next figure is Games, next is Wins, next is Index and then %age
**(xx) indicates number of games played all time in system when xx is fewer than 30.
Ranking Handicap
1 Bruce Fleming 2656 88 73 2622 83.0 QLD
1.5
2 Martin Clarke 2517 80 58 2525 72.5 WA
2
3 Les Watson 2494 99 72 2423 72.7 QLD
2
4 Ian Dumergue 2490 41 25 2461 61.0 WA
2
5 Simon Hockey 2452 88 57 2560 64.8 SA
2
6 Trevor Bassett 2443 118 85 2531 72.0 VIC
2.5
7 Steve Meatheringham 2435 141 111 2505 78.7 ACT
2.5
8 Jocelyn Sutton 2421 117 82 2418 70.1 QLD
2.5
9 Daniel Anderson 2416 40 31 2541 77.5 WA
2.5
10 Greg Bury 2407 128 97 2427 75.8 QLD
2.5
11 Alan Sands 2386 92 67 2407 72.8 WA
2.5
12 Peter Landrebe 2381 90 71 2381 78.9 NSW
2.5
13 Bryan Dawson 2375 55 36 2445 65.5 SA
2.5
14 Leigh Harvey 2363 100 70 2406 70.0 QLD
2.5
15 Jeff Newcombe 2357 26 24 2350 92.3 WA
2.5
16 Ken Bald 2353 107 76 2369 71.0 VIC
2.5
17 Helene Thurston 2346 75 56 2321 74.7 WA
2.5
18 Carl Robertson 2331 36 26 2302 72.2 WA
2.5
19 Albert Rutten 2329 42 29 2300 69.0 SA
2.5
20 Creina Dawson 2327 172 128 2316 74.4 SA
2.5
21 Stephen Forster 2316 95 61 2296 64.2 VIC
2.5
22 Max Donati 2299 101 69 2320 68.3 QLD
3
23 Steve Jones 2297 34 21 2223 61.8 QLD
3
24 Dean Paterson 2285 94 66 2272 70.2 SA
3
25 Brett Rogers 2279 88 57 2332 64.8 NSW
3
26 Mark Prater 2265 80 54 2316 67.5 SA
3
27 Rod Kirk 2257 60 35 2228 58.3 VIC
3
28 Colin Pickering 2250 14 8 2194 57.1 SA
3
29 Kevin Beard 2225 112 75 2174 67.0 VIC
3
30 Ian Bassett 2221 139 99 2242 71.2 VIC
3
31 Ray Howell 2221 34 15 2209 44.1 SA
3
32 Simon Watkins 2204 102 69 2231 67.6 VIC
3
33 George Latham 2192 103 57 2117 55.3 VIC
3
34 Greg Burnes 2191 24 10 2204 41.7 NSW
3
35 Robert Lowe 2189 36 25 2223 69.4 NSW
3
36 Brett Hewitt 2170 12 6 2160 50.0 QLD
3
37 Shirley Carr 2138 99 69 2161 69.7 SA
3.5
38 John Philpott 2108 90 53 2101 58.9 QLD
3.5
39 Chris Prater 2072 95 55 2104 57.9 SA
3.5
40 Eric Miller 2064 66 37 2072 56.1 VIC
3.5
41 Tony Hall 2059 108 59 2000 54.6 ACT
3.5
42 Mark Senior 2039 11 4 1990 36.4 SA
4
43 Margaret Melville 2028 114 66 2023 57.9 QLD
4
44 Liz Fleming 2027 94 53 1991 56.4 QLD
4
45 Ted Singleton 2011 111 58 1990 52.3 QLD
4
46 Greg Whymark 2011 78 48 2071 61.5 QLD
4
47 John Hardy 2004 72 40 2036 55.6 QLD
4
48 Owen Edwards 2001 37 21 1980 56.8 VIC
4
49 Gary Fox 1994 43 18 1920 41.9 TAS
4
50 Meryl Garrod 1992 40 29 1994 72.5 WA
4
51 John Riches 1984 43 25 2012 58.1 SA
4
52 Betty Belz 1978 23 16 1986 69.6 QLD
4
53 Steve Harden 1976 41 22 1926 53.7 NSW
4
54 Noel Young 1974 68 32 2002 47.1 SA
4
55 Jan Murdoch 1973 52 24 1942 46.2 QLD
4
56 Jim Curtis 1972 108 56 1937 51.9 SA
4
57 Fred King 1967 39 21 1930 53.8 SA
4
58 Nick Macoun 1965 54 30 1964 55.6 NSW
4
59 Maurice Woodmansee 1955 28 13 1972 46.4 TAS
4
60 Graeme Gallus 1953 98 56 1964 57.1 VIC
4
61 Kenn Boal 1952 46 22 1965 47.8 VIC
4
62 Anna Miller 1944 98 53 2016 54.1 VIC
4.5
63 Dennis Faggotter 1944 65 35 1932 53.8 NSW
4.5
64 Chris Borlase 1938 45 25 1953 55.6 SA
4.5
65 Ross Marshall 1933 51 33 1949 64.7 WA
4.5
66 Doug Amey 1932 89 40 1872 44.9 SA
4.5
67 Susan Wharton 1926 28 13 1876 46.4 WA
4.5
68 Stephen Richards 1913 48 28 1930 58.3 NSW
4.5
69 Wendy King 1905 48 25 1801 52.1 SA
4.5
70 Vinko Mestrovic 1893 114 57 1816 50.0 QLD
4.5
71 Peter Tavender 1890 71 41 1908 57.7 ACT
4.5
72 Mike Phillis 1886 73 36 1868 49.3 SA
4.5
73 Roger Buddle 1886 56 27 1969 48.2 SA
4.5
74 Rosemary Graham 1876 30 14 1867 46.7 NSW
4.5
75 Mike Walker 1872 27 11 1785 40.7 NSW
5
76 Gill Schupelius 1870 81 39 1867 48.1 SA
5
77 Greg Rowberry 1865 77 39 1833 50.6 SA
5
78 Ernie Melville 1863 44 19 1806 43.2 QLD
5
79 Don Close 1848 39 18 1805 46.2 QLD
5
80 Bob Harewood 1842 14 5 1717 35.7 WA
5
81 Lois Kirk 1831 45 23 1881 51.1 VIC
5
82 Adrian Masterman-Smith 1825 55 26 1831 47.3 VIC
5
83 Eric Delaney 1817 24 11 1821 45.8 QLD
5
84 Lorraine Le Blang 1816 60 32 1843 53.3 NSW
5
85 Judith Faulkner 1813 21 11 1797 52.4 WA
5
86 Roger Bird 1802 49 19 1865 38.8 VIC
5
87 Bernie Gleeson 1788 55 21 1857 38.2 QLD
5.5
88 Tim O'Leary 1784 28 15 1833 53.6 SA
5.5
89 Irene Wardell-Johnson 1777 36 20 1786 55.6 WA
5.5
90 Mac Macdonald 1774 20 9 1748 45.0 ACT
5.5
91 Graham Nichols 1772 23 11 1732 47.8 TAS
5.5
92 Gordon Porter 1771 102 47 1804 46.1 VIC
5.5
93 Judy Wembridge 1770 33 22 1772 66.7 VIC
5.5
94 Garry O'Dell 1770 32 12 1689 37.5 NSW
5.5
95 Geof McDonald 1770 56 25 1774 44.6 NSW
5.5
96 Graham Scott 1768 60 29 1736 48.3 NSW
5.5
97 Willi Silk 1742 60 22 1703 36.7 QLD
5.5
98 Penny Krstev 1740 67 33 1758 49.3 VIC
5.5
99 Helen Philpott 1736 46 19 1703 41.3 QLD
5.5
100 Graeme Morrison 1736 22 9 1733 40.9 VIC
5.5
101 Ken Schilling 1736 14 6 1751 42.9 VIC
5.5
102 Joan Ferguson 1733 52 22 1741 42.3 SA
5.5
103 John Byers 1733 70 24 1709 34.3 NSW
5.5
104 Bill Turner 1721 37 16 1709 43.2 WA
6
105 Christine Pont 1721 50 25 1661 50.0 NSW
6
106 Sue Beattie 1716 74 37 1779 50.0 TAS
6
107 Norma Motteram 1710 13 4 1650 30.8 WA
6
108 Ken Edwards 1705 50 21 1713 42.0 NSW
6
109 Betty Brown 1700 17 3 1653 17.6 NSW
6
110 Rob McAdam 1693 45 18 1739 40.0 TAS
6
111 Doug Richmond 1692 17 6 1683 35.3 NSW
6
112 Gordon Cook 1690 13 10 1795 76.9 VIC ** (13)
6
113 Miranda Morgan 1688 16 12 1793 75.0 SA ** (16)
6
114 Jonathan Bowen 1675 22 10 1756 45.5 NSW
6
115 Terry Speers 1671 37 13 1617 35.1 WA
6
116 Daphne Alcorn 1670 11 6 1706 54.5 VIC
6
117 Ann Crow 1668 34 14 1608 41.2 VIC
6
118 Lo Hearne 1667 54 23 1673 42.6 NSW
6
119 Olga Lindon 1666 36 14 1644 38.9 WA
6
120 Ian Hulme 1658 34 15 1744 44.1 QLD
6
121 Iris Trevethick 1656 15 5 1658 33.3 QLD **(29)
6
122 Jenni Mitchell 1648 32 16 1593 50.0 VIC
123 Danni Dettmar 1645 23 8 1680 34.8 QLD
124 John Ballantyne 1645 12 4 1625 33.3 NSW ** (23)
125 Nerida Taylor 1642 42 15 1602 35.7 ACT
126 Tricia Devlin 1641 48 21 1618 43.8 VIC
127 Bill Roy 1640 30 16 1733 53.3 WA
128 Andrew Usbourne 1634 32 10 1637 31.2 SA
129 Christopher Wilson 1633 32 15 1677 46.9 ACT
130 Bob Hutchinson 1629 16 8 1633 50.0 TAS
131 Venerable Yanatharo 1628 21 6 1634 28.6 NSW
132 Claire Gorton 1622 36 17 1651 47.2 NSW
133 Judith Johnstone 1621 15 1 1588 6.67 QLD
134 Peter Presneill 1620 33 8 1650 24.2 QLD
135 John Cook 1616 24 9 1570 37.5 NSW
136 Norma Amey 1616 19 7 1684 36.8 SA ** (24)
137 Chloe Aberley 1610 19 14 1663 73.7 NSW **(19)
138 John Carter 1609 14 6 1604 42.9 QLD **
(14)
139 Margaret Gunn 1595 20 3 1537 15.0 VIC ** (24)
140 Rod White 1593 11 7 1659 63.6 VIC ** (16)
141 Gwen Anderson 1591 42 14 1575 33.3 WA
142 Kate Fox 1587 72 30 1549 41.7 TAS
143 Judy Lewis 1583 23 7 1587 30.4 QLD **
(28)
144 Shirley Starbuck 1583 26 12 1585 46.2 VIC
** (26)
145 Judy Evans 1579 37 12 1643 32.4 VIC
146 Lance Kershaw 1579 24 11 1681 45.8 WA ** (24)
147 Peter Stevenson 1573 40 13 1549 32.5 QLD
148 Libby Christmas 1573 11 7 1661 63.6 WA **
(11)
149 Anne Tothill 1569 29 8 1559 27.6 WA
150 Claire Bamford 1554 63 22 1592 34.9 TAS
151 Jim Byrne 1554 13 6 1594 46.2 VIC ** (13)
152 Maurice Taylor 1554 20 8 1582 40.0 QLD ** (20)
153 Harley Grattan 1553 21 8 1545 38.1 ACT ** (21)
154 Roy Morrison 1552 21 7 1535 33.3 WA
155 Doron Gunzburg 1541 52 15 1553 28.8 NSW
156 Fay Stove 1537 38 17 1577 44.7 NSW
157 Murray Blatchford 1536 31 5 1490 16.1 SA
158 Peter Rich 1536 35 9 1490 25.7 TAS
159 Greg Diprose 1532 10 5 1593 50.0 ACT ** (10)
160 Jan Sage 1527 14 3 1504 21.4 NSW ** (14)
161 Marie Calthorpe 1525 45 12 1558 26.7 VIC
162 Joy Makepeace 1519 25 7 1496 28.0 VIC ** (25)
163 Barry Sutton 1518 26 8 1553 30.8 QLD **
(26)
164 Vince Carbery 1516 16 7 1575 43.8 QLD ** (16)
165 Brian Reither 1511 20 6 1505 30.0 VIC ** (28)
166 Roy Machen 1510 26 4 1459 15.4 QLD
167 Peter Ballard 1509 13 2 1466 15.4 QLD **
(13)
168 Lesley Smith 1509 35 12 1532 34.3 NSW
169 Charlotte Morgan 1503 27 6 1521 22.2 SA
170 Elizabeth Allen 1499 49 11 1448 22.4 VIC
171 Pam Gentle 1499 18 6 1528 33.3 NSW **
(18)
172 Paul Nelson 1495 27 6 1487 22.2 ACT **
(27)
173 Valda Jones 1490 20 6 1530 30.0 SA
174 Merryl Taylor 1487 14 3 1478 21.4 ** (14)
175 Lowen Clarke 1486 14 3 1471 21.4 VIC ** (26)
176 Peg Presneill 1482 13 4 1550 30.8 QLD
177 Clem Joyce 1482 23 3 1451 13.0 VIC
178 Eldyne Smith 1481 10 1 1432 10.0 SA ** (10)
179 Geoff Woollard 1470 14 1 1452 7.14 SA
180 Thelma Burnell 1462 31 7 1385 22.6 QLD
181 Iris Williams 1461 18 4 1400 22.2 VIC
** (23)
182 Rosemary Newsham 1461 18 5 1455 27.8 NSW ** (18)
183 Ray Lakeman 1460 14 2 1445 14.3 SA ** (14)
184 Margaret Burke 1460 13 5 1454 38.5 NSW
185 George Smith 1457 27 9 1490 33.3 WA
186 Jim Neale 1457 13 1 1410 7.69 QLD **
(13)
187 Lorraine Singleton 1456 38 9 1438 23.7 QLD
188 Annette McManus 1456 11 1 1428 9.09 ACT ** (11)
189 Wendy Davidson 1455 12 0 1406 0.00 NSW
190 Marilyn Miller 1455 15 2 1403 13.3 VIC
191 B Dalrymple 1451 14 2 1434 14.3 VIC **
(18)
192 Lindon Richter 1445 24 3 1414 12.5 SA
193 Roger Bowles 1444 16 3 1399 18.8 TAS **
(16)
194 Liz Dolby 1442 19 5 1404 26.3
QLD
195 Claire Wilson 1439 18 3 1378 16.7 NSW
** (18)
196 Carol O'Dell 1439 18 4 1425 22.2 NSW
** (18)
197 Lance Turner 1432 13 3 1420 23.1 QLD **(13)
198 Pamela Hamilton 1428 40 8 1426 20.0 TAS
199 Snow Evans 1422 23 2 1363 8.70 VIC ** (23)
200 Patrick Hooker 1421 24 5 1412 20.8 WA ** (24)
201 Ella Sait 1416 17 2 1334 11.8 VIC **
(17)
202 Carmel Statham 1399 44 11 1358 25.0 NSW
203 Jacquie Ashby 1392 28 6 1420 21.4 WA
204 Keith McLeod 1390 27 4 1389 14.8 VIC
205 Vic Gleeson 1380 10 2 1383 20.0 NSW
206 Brenda Roberts 1373 21 3 1355 14.3 TAS
207 Elizabeth Giutronich 1372 34 6 1358 17.6 NSW
208 Carl Perrin 1366 19 3 1366 15.8 WA **
(27)
209 Kay Higginson 1348 10 2 1363 20.0 WA ** (22)
210 Gavin Bow 1322 14 0 1267 0.00 SA **
(28)
211 Syd Greene 1304 27 1 1255 3.70 WA
