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10 April 2021
Our 2021 Annual Championships drew to a close yesterday afternoon. It was a tournament with a difference – played COVID Style with very few spectators, no prizegiving and lots of social distancing … However, what emerged (AS USUAL) was the backbone of a great club. The matches were played in fine spirit and yielded some great tennis and camaraderie amongst our members. We congratulate the winners and runners-up of the various events and thank all our members for participating. After all, there can be no tournament unless some of us lose! Our sincere thanks go to Cyril for his efficient organisation of the event. We appreciate his efforts on our behalf!
Ladie’s Singles
(Winner & runner-up)
Kim Peters and Lisa Wade
Men’s Singles
(Winner & runner-up)
Wian Roothman and Uys Jordaan
Easter Weekend: 2-4 April 2021
The Tennis Section hosted the WILSON Marks Park Open Tennis Tournament over the Easter Weekend. The event drew an amazing entry of some 260 players ranging from Under 12 to 50+ years of age! We were extremely proud when Marks Park made a clean sweep in the Open age-group with our members winning the Men’s and Ladies Singles and Doubles events. Kim Peters and Wian Roothman took the Ladies and Men’s Singles titles, beating Sarah Millard and Lwazi Ngwenya in straight sets. Kim then won the Ladies Doubles, partnered by Karen Hambridge while Wian teamed up with his brother, Rynhard to win the Men’s Doubles. It was wonderful to be able to award the prizes to our own members as they kept the club’s flag flying high.
Our thanks go to WILSON for their loyal sponsorship of this annual event over many years. We would also like to thank Cyril Rudman for his wonderful organisation (again!) and Meluli and Memory for their hard work.
Kim Peters and Sarah Millard
Wian Roothman and Lwazi Ngwenya
20-22 March 2021
Country Club Johannesburg’s Victor Dladla walked away from the Gauteng provincial championship with the coveted Open Singles title. It was staged at the Auckland Park club over the recent long weekend.
Victor has a long history of representing South Africa but winning was no cake walk.
An 80 year old veteran, Mike Corcoran from Marks Park, pushed Victor to the end in a entertaining close final that Victor finally won 10 -8. Both players have represented South Africa in international croquet events.
Chairman of the croquet section, Chris Wakeham, managed the event that drew favourable comments from participants contending with restrictions due to Covid. CCJ has some of the best croquet facilities in the country and the setting makes it quite special, said a participant.
The Open Doubles title was won by Mike Corcoran and his son Marc.
From left: Wearing CCJ colours, Gauteng Open Singles winner Victor Dladla, Natalie Wood of tournament sponsor Warwick, Mike Corcoran and Chris Wakeham
GAUTENG CROQUET ASSOCIATION | ||
Provincial Golf Croquet Tournament | ||
20-22 March 2021 | ||
RESULTS | ||
Open Singles | Silver Cup | Club |
Winner: | Victor Dladla | CCJ |
Runner Up: | Mike Corcoran | MP |
Handicap Singles (0-5) | Singles Floating Trophy | |
Winner: | Victor Dladla | CCJ |
Runner Up: | Mike Corcoran | MP |
Handicap Singles (6-12) | Mike Mayers Cup | |
Winner: | Jonas Makubung | MP |
Runner Up: | Dave Marsh | CCJ |
Open Doubles | Joy van Noord Memorial Trophy | |
Winners: | Marc & Mike Corcoran | MP |
Runners Up: | Alfred Makhubo & Lebo Senokwane | CCJ |
Handicap Doubles | Silver Tankard | |
Winners: | Jolene Atterbury & Roy Watson | MP |
Runners Up: | Keith Broad & Pierre de Villiers | MP |
Marc Corcoran and dad Mike, both from Marks Park Croquet Club, (centre) won the doubles event. The runners up were Lebo Senokwane (left) and Victor Dladla (right) both from Country Club Johannesburg.
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