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Goulburn Valley Golf Croquet Singles 17-18 May 2025
Our Golf Croquet Open Singles tournament was hosted by Deniliquin Croquet Club over two days. It was a very successful event enjoyed by all. We had 40 players from 18 clubs competing – Colac, Deniliquin, Drouin, Drysdale, Echuca Moama, Euroa, Howlong, Kyabram, Mildura, Mooroopna, Morwell, Quarry Hill, Queenscliff, Rich River, RNB, Shepparton, Twin City and Wagga Wagga.
We had some very close results across three divisions.
Div 1 was played in two blocks and block winners Peter Binks (Queenscliff) and Wolfgang Klementz (Drysdale) competed in a final. We were treated to a very close game with Wolfgang winning 7 hoops to 6. Runners up in the blocks were John Young of Mooroopna (one win behind Peter) and Trevor Peters of Shepparton (same number of wins as Wolfgang, 3 hoops behind).
There was only one group for Div 2. Our winner was Bunty Clark of Howlong with 7 games, followed by Dave Maher of Rich River, also on 7 wins, beaten by 3 hoops.
Also in two blocks, Div 3 saw a final between block winners Rod Le Lievre of Twin City, who won all his games on the weekend, and Tony Bull of Deniliquin who had only had one loss. They played late in the day in very cold conditions. Rod was the winner with 7 hoops to 3 after some very close competitions around the hoops. Runners up in Div 3 were John Gatty of Colac whose only loss for the weekend was to Rod Le Lievre, and John Powell of Mildura on the same number of wins (6) as Tony, but 5 hoops behind.
Our thanks go to our hard working President Marg Gleeson and Secretary Pauline Phillips for organising the tournament, Deniliquin Croquet Club and their members for all their efforts in hosting, referees Bev Floyd, Cherie Lessing and Fred Littmann, and all competitors who travelled from far and near to help make the tournament so friendly and competitive.
Goulburn Valley Association Croquet Champion of Champions 8-9 April 2025
The GVCA AC Champion of Champions was held over two days at Rich River Croquet Club. 13 Club Champions enjoyed sunny conditions and competitive croquet in a lovely, friendly environment.
In Div 1 Kenn Boal of Rich River and John Young of Mooroopna played two games. John played well, but Kenn played with his usual skill and won, pegging out in both games and earning the right to have his name added to the trophy once again.
Four players faced off in Div 2 – Ron Wrest of Mooroopna, John James of Deniliquin, Louise Vale of Numurkah and Ian Grant of Rich River. John was at the top of his game, winning all three games and pegging out twice. Runner up was Louise Vale of Numurkah with two wins.
Our two players in Div 3 were David Ryant of Rich River and John Alstin of Echuca Moama. David played an excellent game and pegged out in both games.
In Division 4 we had five players - Veronica Richardson of Mooroopna, Fred Littmann of Deniliquin, Cherie Lessing of Rich River, Margaret Gleeson of Shepparton and Greg Brierley of Echuca Moama. Veronica had a well deserved win. She won all four games. Cherie wasn’t far behind on three wins.
Kenn, John, David and Veronica went on to represent the GVCA at the Victorian Regionals in Geelong on 28-30 April. There was some very strong oppositiion in all Divisions, but our team played strongly too. In Div 1 Kenn won 3 games out of 6, pegging out twice and scoring a triple peel. In Div 2 John won 4 games from 7, David won 3 from 6 and Veronica scored 4 from 6 finishing in 3rd place. These results were enough to score the GVCA fourth place in the Teams Event. Well done team!
Goulburn Valley Golf Croquet Champion of Champions 26-27 March 2025
The GVCA Champion of Champions was held at the Shepparton Croquet Club. All appreciated the wonderful facilities at Shepparton, and the immaculate courts. Thank you Shepparton club members for a great effort.
And the winners were:
Div 1 winner was John Young of Mooroopna with 5 wins out of 6 and a whopping 19 net hoops. Very close runner up was Andy Davis of Deniliquin who also won 5 out of 6, and had a net hoop score of 14.
Div 2 winner was another Mooroopna member, Taryn Arho, who didn't lose a game and finished with 5 wins and a huge 18 hoops. Runner up was Cherie Lessing who had 4 wins from 5 games, losing only to Taryn and having a net 15 hoops.
In Div 3 Mick Sullivan took the win with 4 out of 5 games and 8 net hoops. Runner up was Sharon Wolfe of Echuca Moama with 3 wins and 4 net hoops. John Baker of Euroa was unlucky to miss out on second spot, also with 3 games but with 3 net hoops.
The GVCA and the 13 other Victorian Croquet Associations sent their best players to compete in the Regionals at Cairnlea on April 11-14. In Div 1 John Young won 5 games, finishing in mid field In Div 2 Taryn Arho also won 5 games and in Div 3 Loretta Gawne, substituting for Mick Sullivan, won 6 games.
GVCA AC Tournament May 2024
Our 2024 AC tournament was held May 23/24 at Rich River. Unfortunatly numbers were down this Year and only Section 2, 3, and 4 were held. the weather was kind and a great two days were enjoyed. congratulations to the winners. Section 2 Winner: Russell Smyth - Rich River 5 games +47 Runner-Up Chris Eiffert – Quarry Hill 5 games +40 Section 3 Winner: Bruce Shaw – Quarry Hill 3 games + 7 Runner-Up: John Alstin – Echuca Moama 2 games + 8 Section 4 Winner: Fred Littmann – Deniliquin 3 games + 19 Runner-Up: Bev Floyd – Rich River 3 games + 7
GVCA GC Open Singles May 2024
Our Golf Croquet Singles were held at Deniliquin this year in lovely Autumn conditions even if the wind was a little chilly on the Saturday. Congratulations to the winners. Division 1 Richard Parks (Williamstown)with runner up Peter Binks (Queenscliff). Division 2 was Greg Brierley (Echuca Moama) runner up Dave Maher (Rich River). Division 3 was Jan Tracy (Echuca Moama)Runner up Marjorie McKenzie (Queenscliff)
Vic AC Country Regionals
It was the GVCA’s turn to host the Victorian Country Regional AC Championships. Div 1 Stephen Forster of Geelong had a magnificent tournament, winning all 6 of his games by pegging out, one with a triple peel, and scoring the maximum number of hoops possible. He had a net hoop score of 135. Kenn Boal also had a great tournament, coming in second with 4 wins after pegging out in 3 games. His net hoop score was 59. Kim Collins of Geelong dominated in Div 2. He also won all 6 games, ending with a net hoop score of 44. Second place went to Ian Phillips of Gippsland who won 4 games with a net hoop score of 9. In Div 3 Russell Kelly of Geelong began the last game with 4 wins under his belt, against Michael North of Gippsland who had won 5. Russell won, pushing Michael into second place by scoring a very high 75 net hoops to Michael’s 29. Div 4’s winner was Naomi Patullo of Murray Valley who won all 6 of her games with a very worthy 45 net hoops. Runner up was Charles Armstrong.
GVCA GC Champion Of Champiosl
The GVCA Golf Croquet Championships were held at the Shepparton Croquet Club on the 3rd and 4th April 2024 in lovely Autumn conditions. Congratulations go to the winners Division 3 Gayle Dudgeon (Mooroopna) 6 wins 1 loss Division 2 Paul Murray (Euroa) 5 wins 1 loss Division 1 Russell Smyth (Rich River) 4 wins 1 loss Photo L to R are the winners. Margaret Gleeson Co-Tournament Manager, Gayle Dudgeon (Div3), Russ Smyth (Div1), Paul Murray (Div2) and Pauline Phillips Co-Tournament Manager
GVCA AC Champion of Champion 2
The AC Champion of Champions was held at the Rich River Croquet Club on the 19th / 20th March. Kenn Boal was the winner of section 1, John James Section 2, Lyle Carey from Mooroopna Section 3 and Fred Littmann From Deniliquin Section 4, All players will represent the GVCA in the Country Regionals to be held at the Rich River Croquet Club 7th to the 10th April 24
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