Croquet Advanced Doubles Tournament
On Thursday, August 26 the VLBC held an Advanced Doubles Snake in the Grass croquet tournament. Four teams competed in a Round Robin format.
This was the first tourney where players chose their own partners and entered as a team.
Each team played the other three and the two leading teams faced off in the final.
Ralph Street and Rolf Bertsch prevailed over the team of Pierre Dunn and his partner Chris Percival Smith from the CP club.
Congratulations to all participants for a fine afternoon of croquet.
After prizes, $50 went into the croquet equipment fund.
Croquet Novice Tournament
On a very warm Thursday,August 12th, we had our croquet tournament for novice players. While games of Doubles were played, only one participant would be named the champion.
It was a close contest with Sandy Hodel and Norma Alison tied for points: however, John Binstead edged them out to be declared the winner of the day’s Tournament. Congratulations to all the hardy souls who helped make the day happen!
Hi – Lo Snake in the Grass Pairs Tournament
On Thursday, July 29th, our club hosted the popular Hi-Lo Snake-in-the-Grass Tournament. 16 players were matched to form equally balanced (as humanly possible) teams. At the end of play, Rolf Bertsch and Carole Costello edged out Mike Skene and Sandy Hodel to take the trophy. Congratulations to all the teams on their good play and laughter for a fun tournament.
ADVANCED SINGLES SNAKE TOURNAMENT
On Saturday, July 10th, we held our first Advanced Singles Snake-In-The-Grass Tournament. Eight of our best players battled it out for the coveted trophy. After a day of close games, and spectacular shots with demonstrations of cunning strategies, a winner was declared.
During the final game, Peter Rassenti challenged Pierre Dunn to play at his best. As a result Pierre won the trophy. Could he have had an inside advantage as he is the author of “Snake”…hard to tell. It was a great day for all.
posted by Donna Del Torre
Congratulations to the Winners
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This past Thursday, June 24 on a beautiful summer’s day, the first croquet competition of the year took place. The tournament was a Snake in the Grass doubles for players classified as Intermediate. There were six teams and a friendly competition ensued. After the first three rounds, the semi finals were decided and then the finals were set. Kathy Moi and Brent Jansen went up against Bob Vandersteen and Colin Bradley. Most appropriately the match went down to the wire and a tie-breaker hoop resulted in victory for Kathy and Brent. Congratulations to them and to all who took part.
Croquet players can look forward to a number of tournaments scheduled for July and August for all levels, from Novice to Advanced.
Congratulations to all the winners
