Victorian Open
2 January 2006
Tim Murphy recently played in the Victorian Open croquet tournament.
As usual Tim played extremely well winning six out of his eight matches to come second in his block and make the quarter finals.
Tim’s Australian ranking is now 78,he lost to Anna Miller ranked 66 beat Jerry Guest world ranking 119( Tim’s World ranking is 304, )beat Greg Freeman, Lost
to Trevor Basset Australian ranking 5 beat Stephen Richards ranking 35 and beat Judy Evans
Tim lost the semi finals to Ken Bald who beat him 2 nil. In the semi finals Ken Bald beat Mike Jenner, and Trevor Bassett beat his dad Ian Bassett. Ken
then lost to Trevor Bassett in the final 2 nil Trevor making a triple peel in each game to win the tournament
The conditions for the tournament were extremely hot with temperatures reaching 43o. On day four; play was called of due to the extreme heat
Shoalhaven high School students played their last game of croquet for 2005 on Tuesday. 6th December. The winner of the point score for term four was
Samantha Williams with 6 ½ closely followed by Shaun Learmont with 6.
A number of other students were on 5 points making a very close contest
Croquet club members are pleased with the progress made by students, many showing a big improv2ement in their game during the term
Margaret Sawers
