CROQUET NEWS:  Meadowood Classic Won by Paul Billings

	Final Standings
	1st	Paul Billings
	2nd	Ron Hendry
	3rd	Leo Nikora Charlie Smith
	5th	Jim Bast Johnny Mitchell Marty Foroughi Bruno Amby
	9th	Erv Peterson
	10th	Martyn Selman

24-28 July 2007
Meadowood Resort, St. Helena, California, USA
Sonoma-Cutrer Winery, Windsor, California, USA
by Leo Nikora

Paul Billings receiving first-place prize from Jerry Stark at the 2007 Meadowood Classic.

Paul Billings of Wailuku, HI, won the 2007 Meadowood Classic croquet tournament. "It's been a long time since anyone has won back-to-back championships here," said tournament director Jerry Stark, "but Paul won last year, and he did it again this year." Billings won the final match with an outstanding triple peel.

Ron Hendry of Brusly, LA, finished second. Leo Nikora of Kihei, HI, and Charlie Smith of Sana Rosa, CA, tied for third. Nikora ran the only other triple peel of the tournament.

Twenty croquet players from around the United States competed for five days on championship croquet courts at the Meadowood Resort in St. Helena, CA, and the Sonoma-Cutrer Winery in Windsor, CA. The players were divided into Championship Flight and Killer Bee Flight. Each flight played a round-robin block, from which the top eight players advanced to a single-elimination knockout to determine the winner of the flight.

The tournament was sanctioned by the United States Croquet Association, and followed Advanced Association (International) Rules.

See more pictures from the Meadowood Classic in the Maui Croquet Club Gallery.

Knockout Play

Block Play