Captain’s Report 29.10.26

Recent Results:

This week began with Level Play Divisions One and Two both travelling to Mornington to play Round 6.

Unfortunately, Level One did not record a win, but Level Two scored a win with matches 3:3 + 5 hoops more, which for this week puts Sandringham very narrowly on top of the leader board (for the time being)!!

On Thursday, both Advantage Play teams Sharks and Dolphins played Ringwood Rebels and Kew respectively. Sharks had a good win and are now on top of the Advantage Leader Board.

Dolphins had the narrowest of losses, with 3 matches each but ONE hoop less than Kew!And they are holding 4^th place on the Leader board.

Reduced Handicap: On Monday, Tony Brand playing Level Two, reduced his handicap to 5, so congratulations Tony!

Jill Budge had a good weekend at Rich River with a 3^rd place. Congrats Jill!

Club Championships:

Registration for the Club Championships is now open on our Sandy Croquet website. You can find my information post here: Championships Registration.

We are doing it all online through the website through the RevSport Portal, which greatly assists our organisation as it collates the information for us, helping us finalising the draws.

If anyone finds it difficult to navigate and register online, please email Robin Boyle directlyrobin@cicadabay.comwith your details to register manually or contact him on Mob. 0474 246 797.

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email within 30 minutes or so.

N.B. Handicap cards will be used for these Championships, so please contact Andrew White if you would like to enter and need a Handicap.

Coaching:

Andrew held a very successful Coaching Clinic last Tuesday, thanks to Ray Davis, Tom Dixon, Malcolm Bradbury and Paul Adams for helping out. A very enthusiastic group of recent new members attended. And many thanks to our level 5 NZ visitor, Brenda, who, after an introduction from Andrew, gave some one-on-one coaching to a prospective new member.

Another session prior to the Club Championships is scheduled for Tuesday 17^th November @ 12.30pm, mainly for the benefit of Division 3 players but I am sure everyone would be welcomed.

We wish David Budge and Tony Brand good luck, as they are competing at Cairnlea Croquet Centre this weekend in the divisional Singles Tournament incorporating the Owen Edwards Cup Challenge.

Tony is now a qualified referee. Here is a photo of him receiving his certificate from croquet legend, John Van der Touw.

We were lucky to have 47 ml of rain last Sunday, so the Courts are looking superb as a result, also saving the Club’s water bill!

Have a good weekend!

Rose Inglis

SCC Club Captain.