From Nick Cheyne's YouTube Channel -- "Shots of the final day for the GC World Champs in order.
Tried to capture the majority of the final matches."
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Video: 2016 WCF Golf Croquet WTC Day 1
From Nick Cheyne's YouTube Channel -- "Random shots from different players on the 1st day of the GC champs 2016 at Surbion Croquet Club."
Read MoreNew Zealand Wins 2016 Golf Croquet WTC
The WCF Golf Croquet World Team Championship concluded this past weekend in England with New Zealand claiming the Tier 1 title by virtue of a 7-5 win over Egypt. Full match scores here:
Read MoreWCF Golf Croquet WTC: Day Five
By Eric Sawyer | Yesterday, our lads beat the South African team pretty easily to conclude the Plate pool play. After factoring in our prior win over Sweden in the A block, our team finished 3-0 to secure the #1 seed in the Plate. We will play Sweden, the #2 seed in the Plate, in a two-day test beginning tomorrow.
Read MoreWCF Golf Croquet WTC: Day Four
By Eric Sawyer | Yesterday was first round of the Plate. We played and defeated the #4 seed from the other block, Wales. We won 4-1. Sherif won his first singles match. Our boys showed some real character today.
Tomorrow, we play South Africa, my early favorite. That team features all-time great Reg Bamford. I have offered to buy whoever plays and beats him in singles tomorrow whatever six-pack they pick. We should beat SA, as they have not played well in this event.
WCF Golf Croquet WTC: Day Three
By Eric Sawyer | Today was not our day. A confluence of misfortunes bit us on the butt. We lost to Egypt, as expected. Except we got steam-rolled by The Force, 6-0. The only close match was Ben's spirited loss to world champion Ahmed Nasr in three games, with two games going to hoop 13.
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By Eric Sawyer | I should have expected it. Those plucky Irishman. We ended up in a tie with them, 3-3.
Ben and Sherif were dominant in their doubles match. But Danny and David lost their second straight doubles match. We then split singles 2-2, with Ben and David winning their matches and Sherif and Danny losing their matches. Danny's loss was a bit of a surprise to me; David's win was huge!
WCF GC World Team Championship: Day One
Good news, our lads beat Sweden on Sunday in the opening day of WCF Golf Croquet World Team Championship block play with a 4-2 score. Today we play the Irish, which will be a really big game as explained below.
USA v. Sweden
Our play today was solid, but not spectacular. Ben, Danny and David were solid in winning their singles matches. Our doubles teams split, with Ben/Sherif winning their match but Danny/David losing their match. The highlight in doubles was when Ben made hoop 9 from the boundary line with a two bounce jump shot that took us to 5-4 in game two of the doubles.
2016 WCF GC World Teams Preview
This event is about to begin! Our lads have arrived in London, practiced, participated in team meetings and are ready for action. Play will begin very early Sunday morning, our time. Team USA will play Sweden first.
To see all of the teams and their members, read about the history and format of the event and to follow the action, go to the official site of the event, located at: http://www.gcwtc2016.org.uk/
Crowdsourcing the Kamal Cup
This video provides some information on an innovative approach that Eric Sawyer and the Pasadena Croquet Club are taking to fund a purse for the 2016 Kamal Cup golf croquet tournament to be held at the club June 11-12, 2016. The club is using the Tilt platform to ask donors to help fund the target purse of $3,500 with the idea of drawing in top US GC players. Through Tilt, the donation process is simplified and perks are provided for specific levels of donation.
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