By Pauline Smith and Carol Ryan
Joy Newman has beaten Pauline Smith 26-19 in the Stanthorpe Association Croquet competition held on 11 June.
Newman and Smith battled it out around the first few hoops. Newman scored two peels plus an Irish peel, while Smith scored three peels (one being two balls through one hoop with two strokes). Newman got the lead of three hoops with one ball and Smith was unable to catch her to the final peg out. Newman won 26 – 19.
Golf Croquet – 22 May
Game one: Liz Ellway, Steve Jones and Shirley Page played against Dianne Jones, Kathy Hopgood and Jennifer Gleadhill.
D Jones scored a great jump shot to win a hoop, but unfortunately Ellway, S Jones and Page proved too strong, winning by 10 – 4. A jump shot is striking your ball to make it ‘jump’ over another ball to go though the hoop.
Game two: – Two sets of ‘pairs’ took to the court – D Jones and Hopgood played against Carol van Klareren and Page. And Gleadhill (playing two balls) played against Ellway and S Jones. D Jones and Hopgood scored seven hoops each, winning 14 – 9. While in the second pairing, S Jones scored eight hoops, and along with his partner, Ellway scoring six hoops, won 14 – 7.
Gateball – 14 June
Game One: Jenny Tunbridge, Hannah Widderick and Pauline Smith played against Joy Newman, Caroline Draper, Les Williams and across all four games, swapping the coloured balls (odds and evens) for the third and fourth games. While Tunbridge, Widderick and Smith scored four balls through gate two, Newman, Draper and Williams scored an agari, winning 10 – 9.
Game Two – Another close game – Newman, Williams and Draper had all their five balls active during the first round.
Tunbridge, Widderick and Smith only had two active, but had all five balls active during the third round. Newman, Williams and Draper scored one more ball through gate three, winning 10 – 9.
Game Three: Tunbridge, Widderick and Smith had three balls active during the first round, while Newman, Williams and Draper only managed two, and were unable to get all five balls active by the end of the game. Tunbridge, Widderick and Smith scored an agari, winning this game 11 – 4.
Game Four: Tunbridge, Widderick and Smith scored only one ball of their ball through gate one in the first round. Newman, Williams and Draper scored an agari. A close game again with Newman, Williams and Draper winning 10 – 9.
Warwick Croquet
Tuesday 11 June association play.
Tony Hinde and Lesley Grayson defeated Jill Birtwistle and Peter Campbell 23-16.
Thursday 13 June Golf Play
Carole Dorrough and Joyce Mahony beat Barb Morrison and Sue Stanley-Harris 7-6;
Rhyl Dearden and Beth Schottelius beat Lil Henricks and Deb Martin 7-6;
Marian Cirson and Helen Dooley defeated Robyn Luck 7-6; Brian Murray beat Judy Funder 7-5; Marian Cirson and Beth Schottelius were too strong for Helen Dooley and Brian Murray 7-4; Barb Morrison and Judy Funder defeated Joyce Mahony and Lil Henricks 7-6; Sue Stanley-Harris and Rhyl Dearden beat Deb Martin 7-5; Carole Dorrough beat Robyn Luck 7-5; Barb Morrison and Judy Funder were too strong for Marian Cirson and Brian Murray 7-5; Helen Dooley and Joyce Mahony beat Carole Dorrough and Sue Stanley-Harris 7-4 and Robyn Luck and Beth Schottelius won 7-6 over Rhyl Drearden and Deb Martin.
