CROQUET NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 19

CROQUET NOTES

i By "Couckntratm"

Coming Tournaments. Ota e° tomnament (m piogiess) Southern HawWs Bay to\u lament, Dann, . Mike (iu r jirogiess). • • gie°s) toUl>nament > Hamilton (in pre ? lar ™ 5: Taranaki tournament, Ne' l lymouth. 3laich 7: Auckland Association touinc " i.ient, Auckland, 12: Te Aroha tomnament. 12: Gold. Mallets Grejmonlh. ilnter-cluh Matches. " These matches aie now pi actually com £ cd. Wlta*e exception of the intei mediate pade, which continues well int. kAlarch. It is impossible at piesent to gn, to summaiy of the position as theie aie . number of matches, held ovei dunng th, Wellington tournament, jet to be played South Taranaki Championship. U J*T Mr,S a s gUfP (? XVaia) easj'y defeatec eit S (Patea) In the final of th< South Taranaki open championbhip a Maweraj -When: the competition was n ' PF°erf sS last.week each player had i life. Claque won the fitst game 26-13 and played brdhantly to wm.the seconc 264, his opponent having only two shots Cldgue made two all-Lound breakb. Pollock Stars. c?^3^o6^^ "oMeLs of the Pollocl "WaV 5° Wellington Club, lepiesentec by Mesdames Caldow and Manton, rnei tlie beatoun Club, repiesented by Mcs dames Robeitson and McGin. -All four playeis were not playing up to form, and the game was, as a consequence not up to the usual standaid. The- lawns under tne contiol of Jthe-council aie anj thing but good just now, owing, it is, iindetstood, to lack of watci.. The wet weather has certainly lielptd considpiably.fbut the lawns aie still 1 very patohv. Southern Hawkers, fea'y)•Tournament/, ';" A perfect dayv-grcoted the opening^-of the Southern HawkVs Bay tournament now being held at; Dannevirko. This tourney is becoming-'-imore- popular each year, and entiies*afe*largerNthanNeveribefoie. Plajeis cameifrom Wellington, Masteiton, New- Plj mouth/ Waipawa, "WoodMile, Palmerston North, Auckland, and ilanakau. Airs, Harris (president, Rangatira Club) welcomed the\ players and , wished those present a.happy -stay m . Dannevirke. The five lawns in use are , particularly good, in fact are in almost ■ perfect condition, the surface being very level, with a fair amount of grip. The avst two days' play was taken up with ■ Handicap singles and doubles, the followihc being the results^— ■ • i Handicap Singles.—Mrs. Wright (5) beat Mrs. Whitelaw (5%), 26-12; Mrs. Noean (J) beat Mrs. R. Gillespie (5), 28-14: Miss Xcnnant-(4%) beat Mr, Laurie (4), 26-7; Mis. Eingham (4%)'be'at Mrs. Spence (3) 26-23; Mis. McCrae (3%) beat Mrs. Pater--1 son (7), 26-11; Mis. Higgins (6) beat Mrs. Soundy (35*), 26-16; Mrs. Doggett (6) beat Mrs. Caldow (—l%), 26-10; Mrs. Glass (%) beat Mrs. McGregor (4%). 26-10; Miss McKenzie (4). -beat Mrs. Kinghorn (7), Handicap Doubles.—Caldow and Bassett beat Higgins and Allan, 26-24, Robertson ' and Davis beat Glass and R. Gillespie, 26 22; McCaithy and Miss McKenzie beat Cross and Kinghorn, 26 21. Ladies' Championship (one life). —Sirs. Bassett beat Mis. Giover, 2615, Mrs. Bingham beat Mis. McGiegor, 20 14; Mrs. Burkinshaw beat Mrs. Biyant, 26-20. Open Singles (2 lives).—Second life: Mrs. McCrae beat Mrs Hansaid, 26 IS; Mrs. K. Millar beat Mrs. Whitelaw, 26 23; Mrs. Nogan beat Mrs. A. Gillespie, 26-14. Waimaria Croquet Club. , Members of the Waimarie Club held a very pleasant afternoon recently w hen the guest of honour was Mrs. Mouat, winner of the Wellington Croquet Association's open championship. In presenting Mrs. Mouat with a charming gift Mrs. Vaughan (president of the fclub) said it waa the second time that the open championship had come^to Waimaiie Club, Mrs.. Johnson having won the cup four jears ago. Among 'those pi esent were Mrs Andrews (patroness), Mrs. John Mitchell (vicepresident), and Mi«s Gray. Mrs. Mouat has been playing exceptionally well this season and has cariied off the club championshipi Croquet Tour. Will New Zealand be represented at the first world cioquet championship' The event is likely to be held during the Melbourne Centenaiy celebiations, according to a letter receded by the New Zealand Croquet Council from the oi ganiser, Mr. Cjnl J. Miller. M"k SliDei'states* fhat~it is proposed to hold a monster croquet cai»

nival for the celebrations, and the Centenary Council Walloitecl the month ot ne- iebiuary, 1935, and the following month, ' ]f iiecess.aiy, for 'the holding of the tournaro- nients. Mi. Miller further states that it is his ew ambitiou to Ikuo soir-> 2000 plajers taking part in mteinational, inteibtate, countiy la- touinameuts, and open championship matches A team of foui or; more is in■uted tiom Jsew Zealand to play in o fcciies of matches foi....the .MacßobeiUoii 5 liophy and to compete in the voild championship and other matches The letter states that complete airangements have not jet been completed, and adds that ™ this is the first big chance the association in ka<l to hung; the game beiwe the l" general public. It is intended to make the croquet display not-only impiessne, but he *° pa ce '* on the'same scale and up to , the standard of the other spoits at the ' celebrations. l- L The New Zealand Council is asked to e( } make the eftort successful by Bending a h e team so that the carnival _ri ill not only at «c successful, but also so "that the meinm bers of the team -nill ,be recoided in a tradition i\hen the hibtoiy of the cele3, brations is In conclusion, Mr. id Miller says that England is likely to be a. represented and that a' tnangukr contest for the international tiophy would be an excellent attraction for the public. So far no decision has been reached by :k the New; ZealandjPguneil, y bni.if the'asso--i ciations affiliated *Jt6'"tlie" council are preDt pared to contnbute a small sum through s- each member the-team will be certain to Ir make the tup The majority of the coun--1(1 cil membeis are nine to the advantages to ip be guned tluough such a tour, and it is 3r conbideied that no effoit should be spared 'S to &end the best playeis in the country. A*- ** Xew Zealand team iisilcd Austiaha some ■*: four jeais ago, and plajed"in,-a series Of matches with'Pngland and Australia for , the MacßobertSon Trophj ."Jaiit oving to ; the fact that, they found, the climate 'nn,f suitable they were notable give ,or* lt their best, and ifcvuas hot until the"final ls Test that the.players -rtere able lo leveal jj their true form t r ~ Altogether theie aro1" sixteen'lassocia-' s- tions affiliated to" the council ana the 1_ playing strength is over 5000. From, the (1 results of previous matches Ausn- traha and England jt has been shown that d. the standard'of1 croquet in New Zealand n is high. The, country is particularly f OX' c tunatejin the strength *of her'leading play,t ers at the present time, and on the score y of play a representative team would c worthily- uphold the name made in other h sporting directions. r- However, the question of. expensel will be the deciding factor. The cost of the t trip has not yet been arrived at, but i£ a the 5000 players were prepared to*'cona tribute Is per head a team could easily 5 be sent. The associations are to be en- » cularised, asking for an opinion, and until such time as their respective decisions •■ come to hand, nothing can be. done in the • matter. However, taking a lino thiough ) the fine response from'the" players on the 3 occasion of .the last visit to Australia, it » is not'anticipated'that any tiouble -will bo encountered. i X Y.Z.System-pf.praw. . At the annual meeting of the Xew Zeat land Association A suggestion -was made that some of the events should be played' • on the X V Z system. ,This would help to • keep the lawns occupied, and assure all • players of at least three games, v'hioh would probably induce more players to • enter than under the present system where • a player goes out after one game—or in the 1 two life, after two games. The X V Z system is a very simple sj storn and is suitable for tournaments of any club event where the entries are 'too | numerous.to run the "Yankee." The ±01- --, lowing is the sy&tein:—Event "X".—AH s competitors who have entered shall be drawn on,the Bagnall-Wild method. Event "Y." —AIK competitors who lose their first game m " n "X" enter automatically into "}t." 'Names to ber entered on ''V" slcoie card in same order as they ■weie drawn in the "X" event. Event "Z." —All competitors who lose their second game■ in "X" or their first game in "V" enter automatically into."Z." Event "Z" to be redrawn on Bagnall-Wild system. This system might Teally be called a thiee-life system, as every6ne'gets three games, and after that drops out as she loses. There is no provision for playing off, so that three .prizes, are, neccfesary,,the: first to go to winner of "X," who would have to go through that section unbeaten; second to go to winner of "V;" who would only have lost her one game in "X," and third to winner, of 'mZ,'' -ivho was unbeaten m tlrat~section, but hdd- already—lost- -two games .which brought her into "Z "