Association Croquet Open Handicap Singles Weekend on September 26th and 27th 2009.

The format consists of 3 distinct competitions -
1: A competition for those who play on Saturday.
2: A competition for those who play on the Sunday.
3.

A wet and blustery day turned into a fine day of both weather and croquet. There were a number of round robin matches left in both division one and two before the finals were to take place.

See 2009 Handicaps in sidebar.

The Championship of Ireland ( The Duff Matthews Trophy)
Winner – Stephen Mulliner
Runner up – Chris Patmore (The Leslie Webb Salver)
Championship Doubles (Anne Healy trophies)
Winners – A Johnston & C Broderick
Runners up – E Cunningham & P FitzGerald
Handicap Doubles (The Stonebrook Cups)
Winners – Ed Cunningham & Jack Clingan
Runners up – Simon Williams & Richard Lamb
Handicap Singles (The Founder’s Cup)
Winner – Dave McGrath
Runner up – Danny Johnston
Green Cup
Winner - Malcolm O'Connell

We're working towards a great day on Saturday.

The CAI have pleasure in announcing a Coaching courses taking place 28th-31st August in Carrickmines Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club (by kind permission). The full details and entry form are available for download in the sidebar of this web page.

Please return entry forms to Leo Dungan as soon as possible to enable final planning of the courses.

Please pass on this information to anyone who may not be aware of the courses on offer.

Well that’s it for the Irish!

The other five guys had placing matches so we all went in for an early start. To be perfectly honest I’m so tired I can’t really remember who came where and who beat who and what the scores were. The only thing I really remember is that Jack Gleeson recorded a great win over Danny. I think this left Danny with the wooden spoon or whatever the croquet term is.

I waited around supporting the others and waiting until my second round match against Dina Saad at five.

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The Irish contingent were all knocked out by Eygptians, Aussie wonderkids or Kiwis who eventually won the tournament.

Kieran got through his first round by beating our own Jack Glesson who fought commendably, taking K to three games.
This set up a second round match with Dina Saad, an Eygptian girl who had beaten Danny in the block stages.

After the 3rd appointed weekend there are still many matches waiting to be played.

Would all players please play all outstanding matches before the finals day on August 15th.

The latest results can be seen on pages 2 & 3 in the downloadable Masters2009 pdf

In Div 1 the matches won are as follows
Andrew 5
Ed 4
Patsy 3
Conor 3
Simon 2
Nathaniel, Evan 1
Gerard - scratched

In Div 2
Michael 6
Kieran 5
Robert 3
Danny 2
Jane, Ben 1

The first day of the knockouts was upon us and it was a difficult one for all of us.

Danny was first up against Malcolm Fletcher. Malcolm is only a youngster but he has the potential to be an exceptional player at both forms of the game. This game was a great spectacle, lots of great clearing and hoop running. Danny was happy with his performance but in his own words, " A few mistakes at crucial times" cost him. Malcolm came through in two games, 7-5, 7-3.

Next up was Ben against Duncan Dixon.