There’s an excellent article on cheating in croquet on this site:

http://www.croquetworld.com/Letters/drazin-cheat.asp.

Sonoma-Cutrer member Adrian Wadley made it all the way to the final against Jerry Stark and finished second on Saturday, July 19. Wadley defeated another Sonoma-Cutrer member, Mike Orgill in an exciting come-from-behind game in the semi-finals.

Jerry Stark posted the results on www.croquetworld.com:

The 22nd annual Meadowood Classic was played last week on two lawns at Meadowood Napa Valley and one lawn at the Ink Grade CC. The Classic is an AC singles event. There were sixteen players in the championship flight and twelve in the killer B flight. The format was block play followed by a single elimination ladder in both flights.

The finishing order was:
Championship flight
1  Jerry Stark
2  Adrian Wadley
=3  Stuart Lawrence, Mike Orgill
=5 Paul Billings, Jim Butts, Matt Baird, Ron Hendry
=9  Charlie Smith, Bob Van Tassell, Martyn Selman, Rob Coleman
=13  Mike Zuro, Len Lyon, Leo Nikora, Aviv Katz,

Killer Bee flight
1  Lee Hamel
2  Phyllis Butts
=3  Kerry Ramm, Jonas Spatz
=5  Jean Engebretson, Paul Ramm, Dick Engebretson, Bob Kays
=9  Toni Kemp, Rebecca Dant, Carl Heinz, Elaine Fong

The sixth annual Maui Croquet Club at Sonoma-Cutrer Croquet Club tournament
was won by Paul Billings (MCC). The tournament was a Swiss format and played July 12-13.

1st Paul Billings (MCC) 5/6 83%
2nd Mike Orgill (SCCC) 3/4 75%
3rd Ruben Edwards (SCCC) 2/3 66%
4th Adrian Wadley (SCCC) 3/5 60%
5th Leo Nikora (MCC) 2/6 33%
6th Karen Collingwood (SCCC) 1/3 33%
7th Bob van Tassell (SCCC) 0/4 0%
(less than three games)
Paul Ramm (MCC) 2/2 100%
Robert Coleman (SCCC) 1/2 50%
Martyn Selman (SCCC) 1/2 50%
Jonas Spatz (SCCC) 1/2 50%
Kerry Ramm (MCC) 0/1 0%

David Cartwright, carrying nine official USCA bisques, defeated Martyn Selman 22-10 in the final of the first American rules handicap tournament of the SCCC season. Selman held two USCA bisques and thus gave Cartwright seven bisques for the final game.
Cartwright played extremely well and used his bisques wisely.

Selman went second and did the Chernobyl. Selman let him two ball it to 4, taking a couple of bisques. At that point, Cartwright gave Selman a chance allowing Selman into the game and he went to the peg. Selman left a good leave. Cartwright’s ball was a couple of feet from corner 4. Selman set the leave around hoop 2 – with two balls lined up in wired positions and the open ball about 2 feet from corner 2. Cartwright lagged up to the ball in corner 2 (from corner 4) and stopped within 2 yards. He used a bisque to roquet, and used another bisque to get his break going. He then proceeded with a 4 ball break to the peg. Selman said “I think he could have used one more bisque to revive his break, but he played the break pretty well. He did not peg me out, which I would have done had the boot been on the other foot.”

Cartwright left a long shot at his balls, which Selman missed by a fraction, so he set off on his second break with about 4 or 5 bisques in hand.

Cartwright lost concentration a bit, and used his last bisque at 4 back – at which point time expired. Selman report: “I think he should have kept going, but he stopped his break there. By the time I played my back ball, he was safely hiding on the boundaries, so there was little hope.”
In the semi-final game for third place Robert Coleman defeated Karen Collingwood 26-2.

Complete Results:
1. David Cartwright
2. Martyn Selman
3. Robert Coleman
4. Karen Collingwood
5. Mike Orgill
6. Larry Stotter
7. Susi Wall
8. Karl-Heinz Kempfer
9. Ned Graffagnino
10. Betty Lou Graffagnino

Block 1:
1. Martyn Selman 4 wins +71 (2 bisques)
2. Karen Collingwood 2 wins +13 (4 bisques)
3. Larry Stotter 2 wins -21 (16 bisques)
4. Karl-Heinz Kempfer 1 win -11 (13 bisques)
5. Betty Lou Graffagnino 0 wins -52 (12 bisques) (one forfeit)
(These standings are based on incomplete results. The Collingwood/Kempfer game was unrecorded.)

Block 2:
1. David Cartwright 4 wins 0 net (9 bisques)
2. Robert Coleman 3 wins +32 (6 bisques)
3. Mike Orgill 2 wins -9 (1 bisque) (one forfeit)
4. Susi Wall 1 win -10 (20 bisques)
5. Ned Graffagnino 1 win -15 (10 bisques)

Editorial comment by Mike Orgill:

Martyn Selman did an excellent job organizing the tournament. I think we should have many more of these handicap tournaments, both under association and American rules. Higher handicapped club members will learn much more about croquet strategy and the shot making skills they need to improve by playing under handicaps.

In place of our usual “Firecracker” tournament the club will celebrate National Croquet Day by holding a golf croquet tournament on July 5th. Mike Orgill is the tournament manager at morgill@sonic.net. Invite non-members if you wish. The tournament fee is $10 per person which will cover lunch and drinks. Please contact Mike to confirm if you will play. Or call 707.585.7819 to confirm.

www.mauicroquetclub.org/news/2008/RockyMountainInternationalOpen.htm