Gordon Giles and Geoff Hull win titles at Broadwater and Bribie events

Wynnum wins at Mallet Sports on the Broadwater

Our Club was well represented at the Mallet Sports on the Broadwater Golf Croquet Event over five days, 28th June – 2nd July 2023.

The Golf Croquet Mixed Doubles was played on Wednesday and Thursday, 28th–29th, where Gordon Giles (Wynnum) teamed up with Mary McMahon (Southport), and Richard Pickvance (Wynnum) teamed up with Alison Oatway (Stephens). There were 12 pairs playing in the Round Robin Block. There was some extraordinary croquet played over the two days of play, and eventually Gordon and Mary claimed the Shield with 10 wins and 31 Net hoops. Richard and Alison came in 3rd with 7 wins and 19 Net hoops.

Congratulations to our Gordon and Mary on their success.

Our entries for the GC Division 1 Singles, played on Friday 30th June, were Geoff Hull, Richard Pickvance and Gordon Giles.

Block 1 was a very close competition, with four players on 3 wins, but Graham McLean (Windsor) won with a better Net Hoops (5). Geoff Hull (Wynnum) won Block 2 with 4 wins and 12 Net hoops.

The final was played between Geoff Hull (Wynnum) and Graham McLean (Windsor), where Geoff went on to win the GC Division 1 Shield. Congratulations Geoff – well done.

Unfortunately, Wynnum didn't have any players in Divisions 2 and 3.

A great five days of croquet was had by all. All results are on Croquet Scores:

- https://croquetscores.com/2023/gc/msob-doubles-level-play - https://croquetscores.com/2023/gc/msob-div-1-singles-level-play-southport-qld

Gordon Giles wins McKenzie Aged Care Bribie Challenge

The GC Singles 6 and Under McKenzie Aged Care Bribie Challenge, held at Bribie Island on 24th and 25th June 2023, was a Round Robin of two blocks with 16 players. The top four from each block progressed to the Championship block of eight on Sunday.

Our club was represented by Geoff Hull, who played great croquet on Saturday to win Block A with 6 games and 22 net hoops, and Gordon Giles, who came 4th in Block B with 4 wins and 11 net hoops. Both players qualified for the Championship round on the Sunday. There were many close games, and the winner of the Championship wasn't clear until after the last game of the day.

Gordon Giles won the Championship with 5 wins and 12 net hoops to claim the trophy. Congratulations to Gordon on his success, well done.

Addison Matthews (Laurel Bank – Toowoomba) came 2nd with 5 wins and 10 net hoops.

Deirdre Giles was a Referee for the weekend.

It was a huge weekend with great play, and thanks to the Bribie Island club members for all the great work done in making this tournament such a great event. Everybody really enjoyed the great hospitality and friendship.

All results are on Croquet Scores: https://croquetscores.com/2023/gc/qld-mckenzie-bribie-cove-challenge-1