The National Golf Croquet Doubles Championship

2008-08-02 & 03, Surbiton

Chris Farthing and Samir Patel beat Nick Butler and John Spiers 7-2, 2-7, 7-4 in the final of the Golf Croquet National Doubles Championship. They dominated the tournament, having won all 12 other games over the weekend (block and semi-final), only going to the 12th hoop twice and the 13th hoop once.

Egypt versus Rest of the World

2008-08-09 & 10, Roehampton

Egypt battled back from being 4-8 down at the end of the first day to draw level at 10-10. The weather was quite poor at times but this did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the spectators or lessen the tension in both teams. Reg Bamford prevailed in the final deciding leg of the match, beating Ahmed Nasr in two straight games.

Egypt versus Rest of World - Khaled Younis (EGY)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Ahmed el Mahdi (EGY)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Mohamed Nasr (EGY)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Ahmed Nasr (EGY)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Yasser Esmat (EGY)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Helmi Abdelgayad (EGY)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Stephen Mulliner (RoW)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Rob Fulford (RoW)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Chris Clarke (RoW)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Rutger Beijderwellen (RoW)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Reg Bamford (RoW)

Egypt versus Rest of World - Sheriff Abdelwahab (RoW)

Recognition

The Croquet World Online Magazine has announced the 2008 Photo Contest Winners. I submitted four photographs and am pleased to have received two category winners.