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2018 Home Internationals Results
The 2018 Home Internationals were held in a very sunny Bowden Croquet Club, south of Manchester. The Irish team comprised of Danny Johnston, Peter Moore, Jane Morrison, Home Internationals veteran Simon Williams, and finally Evan Newell who overcame injury in time for the event. Bowden is a club steeped in history and held a match in the McRoberston Shield as recently as 2010 so it was a pleasure to visit.
Click Title to read Danny's report or below for full scores and photos.
Co Dublin Championship Results
The Championships of Co Dublin were held in Carrickmines over the four days of last weekend in glorious sunshine. The winners were:
Championship - Simon Williams.
Duff Matthews Cup (Advanced Play) - Daniel Bennett Runner Up: Gerard Osborne Burke
Coronation Bowls (Handicap Doubles) -Simon Williams & Hugh Brennan Runners Up: Daniel Bennett & Martin Gilmartin
Boxwell Cup (Handicap Singles) - Simon Williams Runner Up: Daniel Bennett
Mirabeau Cup (Level Play) - Geraldine O'Rourke Runner Up: Martin Gilmartin
Phantom Trophy (Base 6) - Liam O'Broin Runner Up: Shiela Glenanne
CAI Team for Home Internationals
The Home Internationals are to be contested in Bowden (UK) on June 9-10th 2018. The team selected to represent Ireland is as follows:
Danny Johnston (C)
Simon Williams
Evan Newell
Jane Morrison
Peter Moore
All Smiles in Strokestown
A group from the National Association of Headteachers were introduced to Golf Croquet by the Strokestown Croquet Club in the walled garden.
Gymnastic Cup results
Myles McWeeney wins the Gymnastic cup at Carrickmines
14 - 10 Victory - Appleton Trophy Regained!
The annual match between CAI (Nathaniel Healy, Jane Morrison, Sandy Greig, Daniel Bennett, Alan Looney and Gerard Osborne Burke) and SCA (John Surgenor, Chris Martin, Janice Duguid, David Houston, Brian Durward and Bob Darling) was played at the Meadows Club in central Edinburgh last weekend under glorious sunshine and the Irish emerged victorious in a closely fought contest where they were always in the lead.
Major Tournament Entry Forms
The links to the tournament entry forms does not appear on mobile phone screens or tablets in portrait mode so I'm posting the links here until I can rectify the problem.
Irish team for Appleton Trophy
The CAI Selectors have announced the team to play against the Scottish Croquet Association for the Appleton trophy, which happens in Edinburgh this year. It is Nathaniel Healy (C), Jane Shorten, Sandy Grieg, Daniel Bennett, Alan Looney and Gerard Osborne Burke
Interesting Innovation in Croquet
Report and videos from the Croquet Innovation Tournament, West Palm Beach, Florida USA in which Danny Johnston competed.
The tournament embraced some proposed variations proposed by Howard Sosin who competed in the Green Cup in the Irish Open in 2017. He did explain some of his proposals to us during the event. Click the head line to read Danny's report and get links to videos of the variations in action. Very interesting.