Maui Croquet Club News in 2006

CROQUET NEWS: USCA International Rules National Championship Won by Jerry Stark

	Finishing Positions
	1st	Jerry Stark (CA)
	2nd	Rich Lamm (CO)
	3rd	Paul Scott (NC) Jeff Soo (NC)
	5th	Brian Cumming (ON) Danny Huneycutt (NC) Ron Lloyd (MO) Carl Uhlman (WA)
	9th	Leo McBride (ON) Stewart Jackson (FL) Mik Mehas (CA) Johnny Mitchell (TX) Bob Kroeger (MA) Ted Quimby (NY) Bob Cherry (NC) Peter Just (FL)
	17th	David Bent (FL) Mike Gibbons (NY) Ron Hendry (LA) Mike Zuro (IL) Louis Nel (ON) Martyn Selman (CA) Ken Shipley (ON) Jim Butts (CA)

24-29 April 2006
National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

by John Osborn in Croquet World Online

NA	Player (state)
#1	Jerry Stark (CA)
#2	Leo McBride (ON)
#5	Paul Scott (NC)
#6	Rich Lamm (CO)
#8	Danny Huneycutt (NC)
#9	Stewart Jackson (FL)
#10	Bob Cherry (NC)
#11	Jeff Soo (NC)
#12	Brian Cumming (ON)
#17	Carl Uhlman (WA)
#20	Mik Mehas (CA)
#22	Bob Kroeger (MA)
#24	David Bent (FL)
#25	Peter Just (FL)
#28	Ron Lloyd (MO)
#36	Mike Zuro (IL)
#37	Jim Butts (CA)
#41	Johnny Mitchell (TX)
#48	Louis Nel (ON)
#52	Martyn Selman (CA)
#63	Ted Quimby (NY)
#73	Ron Hendry (LA)
#75	Ken Shipley (ON)
#77	Mike Gibbons (NY)

The 2006 USCA Internationals Rules National Championships was played under sunny skies [at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, FL, USA].

Format: straight best of three knockout. A 7.5 hours time limit will be broken down 3, 2.5 and 2.

Tournament Director and ROT: John C. Osborn
Assistant Tournament Director: Jerry Stark
Assistant ROT: Jeff Soo
Assistant Referee: Ted Prentis

In the Championship Singles Final, Jerry Stark took full advantage of both some good shooting and good luck to capture the title (+8, + 18) over Rich Lamm. Game one proved the most interesting of the two when Stark missed the peg-out after rushing partner ball poorly back through the rover hoop. Lamm subsequently maneuvered his way about, pegged out one of Stark’s balls and began a three ball match, his back ball being for one-back. Lamm scored two more, but after leaving a less than frightening trap, Stark nailed the stake dead center from just past hoop two. The second game also could have had some intrigue as Stark failed at two-back having completed two peels of the triple. Lamm had chances but failed to really ever get momentum, clanging off hoop one at one time and stuffing two-back on another.

Championship Singles Knockout (best of three)

	Jerry Stark [#1]	Jerry Stark +24, +17	Jerry Stark +4, +26tp	Jerry Stark +26tp, +26tp	Jerry Stark +8, +18
Jim Butts [#37]	Peter Just +13, -2(t), +7
Peter Just [#25]
Ken Shipley [#75]	Carl Uhlman +6, +20	Carl Uhlman –17, +11, +3(t)
Carl Uhlman [#17]
	Bob Cherry [#10]
	Ted Quimby [#63]	Brian Cumming +20, +25tp	Paul Scott +22, +23tp
	Brian Cumming [#12]
Martyn Selman [#52]	Bob Kroeger +21, +16	Paul Scott +26tp, –5, +4
Bob Kroeger [#22]
	Paul Scott [#5]
	Rich Lamm [#6]	Rich Lamm +25, +11	Rich Lamm +25tp, +14	Rich Lamm +25tp, +12
Louis Nel [#48]	Johnny Mitchell +10, –25, +13
Johnny Mitchell [#41]
	Danny Huneycutt [#8]	Danny Huneycutt +14tp, +26tp
Mik Mehas [#20]	Mik Mehas +14tp, +17tp
Mike Zuro [#36]
Stewart Jackson [#9]	Stewart Jackson +9(t), +23	Jeff Soo –14, +15, +24tp	Jeff Soo +20, –24, +26tp
Mike Gibbons [#77]
Jeff Soo [#11]	Jeff Soo 20, +23tp
Ron Hendry [#73]
David Bent [#24]	Ron Lloyd +7tp, –5, +13	Ron Lloyd +24, –26tp, +26
Ron Lloyd [#28]
	Leo McBride [#2]