Tournaments

The two regular Edgbaston AC tournaments were held in 2024 as follows:

The Tompkinson Shield A Class for handicaps -1 to 5 took place on 17th/18th August.

By Nick Steiner:

Fourteen players with handicaps ranging from -1 to 3.5 played on the three well-groomed lawns at Edgbaston croquet club. The competition was superbly managed as a swiss tournament by Andrew Gregory. There were no time limits, all the games finishing promptly with a lot of interactive play. There were some very close scores and only one game (Mike Porter v Mark Simmerson) finished with a score of +26. There were many attempts at triple peels, and Roger Tribe attempted a tpo. Congratulations to Neil Adams who completed three tps. The contest remained close up to the finish. Mike had beaten Roger, but still had to beat Neil to win which he did +11. So Mike won. Mike and Roger both had 5 wins. Five players had 3 wins, four with 2 wins, two on 1, and one on zero. The man of the match was Andrew. Not only did he manage well, but as one of the higher handicaps, (2.5) he was only beaten by Mike(-0.5) and Neil(-1). A very pleasant weekend was had by all. No rain, pleasantly warm but not too hot, some sun at times. As usual Edgbaston club provided a delicious buffet lunch with tea and coffee throughout and cake for tea.

The Sally Nicholls Trophy B level took place on 8th/9th June with 10 competitors.
Although rapid improver Ged Smolskas (upon entry within the 2 – 8 handicap range but now down to 0.5!) was undefeated, he was given a good run for his money by the other competitors and, based on the flexible Swiss format, there were four runners up. A good time was had by all and our lawns were much complimented!

Previous winners of both these events are as follows:

The Tompkinson Shield

2002 Paul Swaffield

2003 Henry Fellows

2004 Dave Kibble

2005 Martin Granger-Brown

2006 Martin Granger-Brown

2007 Nigel Polhill

2008 Brian Storey

2009 James Hopgood

2010 Gabrielle Higgins

2011 Nigel Polhill

2012 Paul Swaffield

2013 Richard H. Smith

2014 Andrew Gregory

2015 Andrew Gregory

2016 David Foulser

2017 Cesar Miranda Reyes

2018 Cesar Miranda Reyes

2019 Nigel Polhill

2020 Jonathan Wolfe

2021 Andrew Willis

2022 Clive Goode

2023 Jack Good

2024 Mike Porter

The Sally Nicholls Trophy

1995 Paul Swaffield

96 Michael Blackwell

97 Sam Tudor

98 Ben Elwell

99 Daniel Mills

2001 Bill Sidebottom

02 Alison Thursfield

03 Paul Miles

04 Silvia Steer

05 BJD Kerr

06 /07 Andrew Winn

08 Nicholas Saxton

10 Peter Wilson

11 Richard Kimberley

12 Brian Christmas

13 Ian Slatter

14/15 A. Brandwood

16 Dave Gunn

17 Adrian Morris

18 Robert Upton

19 Adam Moliver

20 not played

21 not played

22 Michael Finnegan

23 not played

24 Ged Smolskas