You are on the ladder!

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
PositionNameHandicap
1Chris Barnard10
2Mark Keogh6
3Mike Parker10
4Maureen Stewart14
5Wil Watson8
6Kate Armitage12
7John Wakeford10
8Liz Walker10
9Tim Leverton8
10Brian Jamieson4
11Dave Murray10
12Mike Reddy7
13Linda Allen12
14Marjorie Tierney14
15Anne Small5
16Judy Reddy10
17Katherine Molyneux14
18Bill Runacre10
19Tim Small7
20Charles Briggs8
21Jane Probitts12
22Jill Murray12
23Pam Briggs8
24Carol Jamieson6
25Gareth Hobby7
26Stella Kendall11
27Neil George9
28Molly Anderson14
29Carol Hill10
30Pauline Fisher11
31Deanna Nield12
32Sally Judge12
Starting positions have been drawn at random
AC Ranked List
PositionNameHandicap
1Will Watson20
2Terry Marsh20
3John Wakeford22
4Mark Keogh16
5Chris Grieves16
6Michael Kay4
7Francis Brown20
8Carol Jamieson20
9Mike Reddy24
10Phil Sweeney24
11Bob Eales11
12Brian Jamieson9
13Gareth Hobby12
14Chris Barnard20
15Charles Briggs14
16Jasmine Marsh24
17Liz Walker24
18Neil George16
19Ben Hargreaves16
Starting positions have been drawn at random

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!