Ken Wheeler Shield results
by year:
Golf Croquet
Again hosted at Hunstanton on 2nd June 2018, the EACF Inter-Counties GC tournament was won by the Cambridge team for the first time using a slightly revised format as the entry received this year was reduced to four teams.
The day started in a light drizzle of rain but became drier later. There was plenty of very competitive play from the teams Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Norfolk battling it out over three rounds of doubles and three rounds of singles, followed by a Gold Medal Round of two pairs for the top three teams.
Report by Terrey Sparks,| Venue | Saturday 2 June, Hunstanton |
 The Ken Wheeler Shield |
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| Manager | Terrey Sparks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Entry fees | tba | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Previous winners | Herts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format revised for 2018 because only 4 counties entered |
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Each team plays a match against each other team (i.e. an American Block), played over 6 rounds. A 'match' comprises two doubles and four singles games. The leading teams will be decided on Game Wins with any tie being resolved by a 3-hoop doubles play-off. On completion of this Block Phase the three leading teams qualify for the seventh "Gold Medal Round". "Gold Medal Round" Format Each team will carry forward games won (each game scoring a single point). Each team will now comprise two Doubles pairs. The pairings may differ from the Block Phase. Pairs will be drawn to play a single game in the following format:
A game win will score three points and be added to the aggregate carried forward. The winning team will be the one with the most points, with any tie being resolved by a 3-hoop doubles play-off. See the 2018 Regulations for more details. |
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| Eligibility | To qualify for a county the team member must either be born, reside or be
registered with a club within that county. (For this tournament the county of Bedfordshire includes the
clubs of Northampton and Stony Stratford). If you are eligible and want to play, please contact the relevant team captain! |
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| Regulations |  (PDF, 52 kb) |
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match |
Cambs | Norfolk | Essex | Beds | GAME POINTS |
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| Cambridgeshire | 3-3 [hoops: 31-34] |
6-0 [hoops: 42-23] |
3-3 [hoops: 33-29] |
12 | |
| Norfolk |
3-3 [hoops: 34-31] |
3-3 [hoops: 31-36] |
3-3 [hoops: 35-29] |
9 | |
| Essex |
0-6 [hoops: 23-42] |
3-3 [hoops: 36-31] |
5-1 [hoops: 41-31] |
8 | |
| Bedfordshire |
3-3 [hoops: 29-33] |
3-3 [hoops: 29-35] |
1-5 [hoops: 31-41] |
7 |
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game |
Cambs | Essex | Norfolk | GAME POINTS |
carried forward | TOTAL POINTS |
PLACE |
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| Cambridgeshire | 7-5 | 7-2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | |
| Essex | 5-7 | 7-4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | |
| Norfolk | 2-7 | 4-7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| Bedfordshire: | John Cundell (3)(C), David Ball (4), Roger Stroud (4), Judith Pengelly (4) |
| Cambridgeshire: | Terrey Sparks (1)(C), Peter Ross (2), Robert Skeen (5), Colin Carr (6) |
| Essex: | John Skuse (3), Judith Hand (4)(C), Karen Jones (5), John Mariner (5) |
| Hertfordshire: | [did not participate] |
| Norfolk: | David Thirtle-Watts (2)(C), Tony Lee (4), Noel Gill (5), David Boxell (6) |
| Suffolk: | [did not participate] |
See also:
the national Inter-Counties Tournament