Welcome to May, and the start of our new Caversham Climbers croquet ladder competitions – organised by Gareth Hobby.
- You can challenge anyone on the ladder within 5 places of you, up or down.
- If the higher player wins then they advance one position up the ladder.
- If the lower player wins then they advance to just above the higher player
- Please adjust your positions on the ladder in the clubhouse, but also send all results to me (garethhobby@aol.com) and enter them in your handicap cards
- You can only play each other person once per month, in each competition
- The GC games are played using the Advantage system
- The AC games are 14 pt games with 1:45 timelimit, played using a base handicap of 5
Starting positions have been drawn at random and the ladders have been set up as follows:
GC Ranked List | ||
Position | Name | Handicap |
1 | Chris Barnard | 10 |
2 | Mark Keogh | 6 |
3 | Mike Parker | 10 |
4 | Maureen Stewart | 14 |
5 | Wil Watson | 8 |
6 | Kate Armitage | 12 |
7 | John Wakeford | 10 |
8 | Liz Walker | 10 |
9 | Tim Leverton | 8 |
10 | Brian Jamieson | 4 |
11 | Dave Murray | 10 |
12 | Mike Reddy | 7 |
13 | Linda Allen | 12 |
14 | Marjorie Tierney | 14 |
15 | Anne Small | 5 |
16 | Judy Reddy | 10 |
17 | Katherine Molyneux | 14 |
18 | Bill Runacre | 10 |
19 | Tim Small | 7 |
20 | Charles Briggs | 8 |
21 | Jane Probitts | 12 |
22 | Jill Murray | 12 |
23 | Pam Briggs | 8 |
24 | Carol Jamieson | 6 |
25 | Gareth Hobby | 7 |
26 | Stella Kendall | 11 |
27 | Neil George | 9 |
28 | Molly Anderson | 14 |
29 | Carol Hill | 10 |
30 | Pauline Fisher | 11 |
31 | Deanna Nield | 12 |
32 | Sally Judge | 12 |
AC Ranked List | ||
Position | Name | Handicap |
1 | Will Watson | 20 |
2 | Terry Marsh | 20 |
3 | John Wakeford | 22 |
4 | Mark Keogh | 16 |
5 | Chris Grieves | 16 |
6 | Michael Kay | 4 |
7 | Francis Brown | 20 |
8 | Carol Jamieson | 20 |
9 | Mike Reddy | 24 |
10 | Phil Sweeney | 24 |
11 | Bob Eales | 11 |
12 | Brian Jamieson | 9 |
13 | Gareth Hobby | 12 |
14 | Chris Barnard | 20 |
15 | Charles Briggs | 14 |
16 | Jasmine Marsh | 24 |
17 | Liz Walker | 24 |
18 | Neil George | 16 |
19 | Ben Hargreaves | 16 |
If anyone who wants to play in the competition has been missed off the lists, then please let me know and I’ll add you to the bottom of the ladder.
If you don’t yet have a handicap then don’t let that stop you taking part – you can play off a handicap of 20 in AC or 10 in GC, but your scores won’t count towards handicap cards for you or your opponents.
Gareth will provide a separate sheet to illustrate how to calculate bisques for the AC games (to hopefully avoid confusion)
If you have any questions, please drop Gareth an email or a text on 07557 347420.
Ladder Rules
Starting positions on each ladder have been assigned at random.
You are allowed to challenge anyone on the board within 5 places, above or below.
You may only play each opponent once per month in each competition (once in AC and once in GC)
You can book the lawn as normal, up to 7 days in advance.
Please double-bank where possible (however AC and GC games should not play at the same time)
If the lower player wins, they move above the higher player, if not the higher player moves up one place
Matches
Each game is a formal match, using your AC or GC handicap, and should be recorded on your handicap card(s)
AC games should be played to 14-pts with a time limit of 1:45 and a handicap base of 5
GC games should be standard 7-pt game using the Advantage system
At the end of your game, please adjust the relative position of your lollipops, update your handicap cards and email me your results (with date and time of match)
Handicaps
You should use your current handicap from the start of that day.
Players without handicaps can still take part. They will be assigned a temporary handicap for the purpose of the competition (AC:20 and GC:10) but matches they take part in will not count towards anyone’s handicap and should not be recorded on handicap cards by either player.
AC ‘Handicap base of 5’ explained:
- if both players have a handicap greater than 9 then each player gets bisques, calculate their bisques as if they were playing a player of handicap 0, and then take off the base of 5
- If either player has a handicap of 9 or below then handicaps are calculated as normal for a 14 pt game
Monthly Updates
Each month, I will check the order of the ladder and email out a set of results and an updated ladder position.
After two months, any player who has not played any games at all will be removed from the ladder.
If they wish to rejoin at a later stage, then they are welcome to do so, and will do so at the bottom.
Good luck everyone and play well.
Rgds
Gareth
Many thanks to Gareth for volunteering to take on the organisation of this new initiative and thanks to Neil George for suggesting the ladder and actually making it!