CROQUET NEWS: Men's and Women's Championships Won by Keith Aiton and Louise Bradforth CROQUET NEWS: Men's and Women's Championships Won by Keith Aiton and Louise Bradforth
7-10 June 2007
Cheltenham Croquet Club, Cheltenham, England 
, United Kingdom 
by Samir Patel in Croquet Association News
| Keith Aiton | Aiton +26tp +24 |
Aiton –10 +26tp +13tpo |
Aiton +20tp +17tp +17 |
Aiton –12otp +26tp +16 +8tpo |
|
| Bernard Neal | |||||
| Richard Dickson | Guest +2 –25tp +1 |
||||
| Jerry Guest | Guest +26 –26tp +7 |
||||
| Jack Wicks | |||||
| Andrew Gregory | Patel –11 +26tp +26tp |
Patel +18 +12tpo |
Patel –11tpo +19tp +26tp |
||
| Samir Patel | |||||
| Ben Ashwell | Ashwell –8tp +17 +21 |
||||
| Roger Jenkins | |||||
| David Harrison-Wood | Evans +8 +26tp |
||||
| Marcus Evans | |||||
| James Death | Death +26tp +21qnp |
Death +14 +26tp |
Death +25tp +2 |
Death +16 –26tp +26tp +12tpo |
|
| Mark Gooding | |||||
| Dave Kibble | Magee –12tpo +21 +12 |
||||
| David Magee | |||||
| Dave Mundy | Mundy +13 +15 |
Mundy +11 –4 +17 |
|||
| David Goacher | |||||
| Chris Daniels | Davies +9 +2 |
||||
| Andrew Davies | |||||
| Nick Butler | Butler +9 +21tp |
Mulliner +14 +17 |
|||
| Dick Knapp | |||||
| Ian Burridge | Mulliner |
||||
| Stephen Mulliner |
| Louise Bradforth | Bradforth +24 +26tp |
Bradforth +20tp +26 |
| Julie Hudson | ||
| Eileen Magee | Knapp +18 +17 |
|
| Mary Knapp |
Keith wins toss and goes first; James RY
1. U supershot
2. Y peg high on E
3. K misses Y, to 7 yds south of Y
4. R hits; break to 4-back with spread
5. K hits Y from corner III, TPO. Accidentally rush-peels rover before 2-back. Turns down pop after 2-back and declines after poor rush after Rover. Leaves U with 5 interfering with rush to 1. K in II.
6. U rolls from U to K, putting U 6 yds NW of 1. Takes off to 1 short. Takes mostly wired position from U.
7. U to IV.
8. Y runs hard, hits K; roll from II is short. U to level with 6 on E.
9. K to 5 yd join on S.
10. U to III
11. U rushes K to 1; approaches 3 from Y and fails hoop.
12. Y hits K and finishes.
James chose to go first; Keith RY
1. U to E level with 5
2. R to II
3. K misses U to 7 yds S
4. Y hits U no rush on K; rolls it to 1 going to II. Takes off to 1; runs 1 by 15 yards misses R.
5. U misses double in II
6. R takes cannon; goes to 4-back with spread. U at peg open to 1 and 2.
7. K shoots at U from B baulk. Hits peg and stays in centre.
8. Y runs TP
Keith chose to go first; James RY
1. U supershot
2. R hits U; to 4-back. Leaves U 2 ft out of IV towards hoop 4. R just S of corner II.
3. K misses; no double.
4. Y misses.
5. K pops Y to 2, with standard SXP leave.
6. Y misses U in III
7. U SXP; fails 1b before 1, completes after 2. 2b before 5; 3b before 1b. Fails 4b before 3b and doesn't get position for straight. Goes to peg with postumous 4b peel with contact leave: R on W level with 5, Y on W level with 6, U on E level with 5, K in IV.
8. Y takes off from K to U for rush, but goes off short.
9. U rushes Y to near IV, lays up behind 3
10. Y misses R
11. K finishes
James goes first with UK
1. U to E level with 5
2. R to II
3. K misses U to IV
4. Y misses K
5. K takes off from Y lays up without a rush in III
6. R misses K
7. U to 4b (including having to hit 8yd hoop 3 pioneer) with NSL with Y just in hoop 4.
8. Y misses to just E of IV
9. K fails II (Y still in IV)
10. R hits K, rolls off 1 from Y in IV and TPO. R in III and Y in IV
11. K rolls from IV, hits R, rolls off II, but falls down hill at 6. Scatters R
12. R hits K; leaves K near 3 and leaves rush for Y near corner I.
13. K misses (just)
14. Y finishes