CROQUET NEWS:  United States Croquet Association Eights Won by Stewart Jackson, Doug Grimsley, and Jerry Stark

	Place	NA	Player, State
	1st	#12	Stewart Jackson, FL
		#14	Doug Grimsley, VA
		#2	Jerry Stark, CA
	4th	#8	Ron Lloyd, NC
		#4	Leo McBride, ON
	6th	#15	David Bent, FL
		#6	Brian Cumming, ON
		#11	Damon Bidencope, NC
	1st	#20	Johnny Osborn, FL
	2nd		Ben Rothman, CA
		#32	Jim Butts, CA
		#25	Jim Bast, TX
	5th	#18	Joe King, TX
	6th		Bob Kroeger, MA
		#17	Andy Short, NC
	8th	#23	Peter Just, FL
	1st		Trevor Herin, MI
	2nd	#37	Johnny Mitchell, TX
	3rd	#50	Martyn Selman, CA
	4th	#31	Leo Nikora, HI
		#33	Louis Nel, ON
	6th		Ted Quimby, NY
		#42	Russell Brown, NY
		#38	George Cochran, LA
	1st		Ed O'Laughlin, MD
	2nd	#65	Tom Herin, MI
	3rd		Stuart Lawrence, NY
			Horace Hayworth, NC
	5th	#57	Mike Gibbons, NY
	6th	#62	Ken Shipley, ON
	7th		Gene Fusz , FL
	8th	#94	Rob Coleman, CA

25-28 October 2007
National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
by Leo Nikora in Maui Croquet Club News of 2006, Kihei, Hawaii, USA

Stewart Jackson, Doug Grimsley, and Jerry Stark win USCA Eights.

The United States Croquet Association selected the top thirty two players in North America, and divided them into four sets of eight based on their strength of play. Advanced Association Rules were followed in four double round-robins. The first, second, and third eights were played to the peg, while the fourth eight played two-hour games. Winners were decided by games won, with no tiebreaking (although total net points are also shown below).

Stewart Jackson, Doug Grimsley, and Jerry Stark tied for first place in the First Eight. Johnny Osborn won the Second Eight. Trevor Herin won the Third Eight. Ed O'Laughlin won the Fourth Eight.

Tournament Director Jerry Stark wrote, "Well the 4th playing of the Selection 8s is history. I hope everyone enjoyed the week, I know I did even with the ups and downs of being TD and playing.

"I love the 8s event and like the endurance it takes to play 14 games over 4 days, and that for the top three 8s the game goes to the peg as it was intended. It was pretty impressive that the 4th 8 had 25 of the 56 games go to the peg with the 2 hour time limit, last year we had 8 games go to the peg. BIG IMPROVEMENT!!! I think this event is a good test of ones will and ability to stay focused for the entire time and fight for every game which was proved in some of the pegged down games. Next year I hope everyone that plays will plan their lunches with how things went for them this year. There are so many hours in a day and for this event most all of them are for playing unless you can finish your game earlier.

"Thanks again to Mike and Cynthia and also to Stewart and Josie for the dinners otherwise it would have been just croquet, croquet and more croquet!"

Mike & Cynthia Gibbons hosted a wonderful German dinner, complete with strolling accordion player, at the National Croquet Center on the first night. Stewart and Josie Jackson offered the players a barbeque dinner the second night, and a sumptuous buffet brunch on the last day, at the National Croquet Center.

Pictures can be found the Maui Croquet Club Gallery.

First Eight	Stark	McBride	Cumming	Lloyd	Bidencope	Jackson	Grimsley	Bent
Jerry Stark, CA [2471, #2]	1st 8, -33	26tp-3	26-20		26-10 26tp-10	26tp-11	26-23	26tp-21 26tp-16
Leo McBride, ON [2433, #4]	26tp-9	4th 7, -19	26tp-0	26tp-2	26tp-22	26tp-9		26-24 26-1
Brian Cumming, ON [2431, #6]	26tp-0	26-9	6th 6, -1	26-12 26-9		26tp-0	26-11
Ron Lloyd, NC [2352, #8]	26-11 26tp-0	26-12		4th 7, -9	26-18	26-4	26-14	26-19
Damon Bidencope, NC [2313, #11]		26tp-9	26tp-19 26-20	26tp-1	6th 6, -37		26-10	26-22
Stewart Jackson, FL [2286, #12]	26tp-0	26tp-0	26-9	26-22	26tp-9 26-2	1st 8, +56	26tp-0	26-2
Doug Grimsley, VA [2236, #14]	26tp-9	26tp-6 27-9	26tp-0	26tp-18	26tpo-24	26tpo-14	1st 8, +28	26-3
David Bent, FL [2217, #15]			26-24 26-0	26-5	26-1	26tp-10	26-1	6th 6, +15

Second Eight	Short	King	Kroeger	Osborn	Rothman	Just	Bast	Butts
Andy Short, NC [2105, #17]	6th 6, -121	26-23	26-15 26-25		26-9	26-2		26-23
Joe King, TX [2101, #18]	26-6	5th 7, +26	26-0 26-9	26-20		26-0 26-2		26-25
Bob Kroeger, MA [2072]			6th 6, +3	26-0	26-11		26-14 26-7	26-3 26-23
John Osborn, FL [2069, #20]	26-1 26-9	26-11	26-2	1st 9, +126	26tp-9	26-1 26-9	26-0	16-13
Ben Rothman, CA [2044]	26-2	26-11 16-14	26-13	26-13	2nd 8, +84	26-1 16-0		26-6
Peter Just, FL [2024, #23]	26-3		26-24 26-25			8th 4, -143	26-0
Jim Bast, TX [2017, #25]	26-0 26-3	26-11 26-12		26-21	26-24 26-20	26-19	2nd 8, -1
Jim Butts, CA [1962, #32]	26-4	26-6		26-23	26-19	26-13 26-18	26-23 26tp-13	2nd 8, +26

Third Eight	Nikora	Nel	Herin	Mitchell	Cochran	Quimby	Brown	Selman
Leo Nikora, HI [1976, #31]	4th 6, -12	26-17			26-23 26-14	26-2	26-14	26-9
Louis Nel, ON [1949, #33]	26-22	4th 6, -43			26-5	26-23 26-16	26-22	26-14
Trevor Herin, MI [1910]	26-19 26-23	26-18 16-10	1st 12, +128	26-13	26-0	26-15 26tp-7	26-9 26-9	26-20 26-10
Johnny Mitchell, TX [1864, #37]	26-1 26-3	26-8 26-14	26-9	2nd 10, +123	26-1	26-0 26-15	26-23 26-20
George Cochran, LA [1860, #38]		26-8	26-12	26-22	6th 5, -105		26-0	26-18
Ted Quimby, NY [1855]	26-25				26-3 26tp-2	6th 5, -52	26-1	26-9
Russell Brown, NY [1831, #42]	26-7	26-13			26-7	26-13	6th 5, -62	26-24
Martyn Selman, CA [1747, #50]	26-20	26-23		26-16 26-10	26-3	26-1	26-8	3rd 7, +23

Fourth Eight	Lawrence	Hayworth	Gibbons	Shipley	Herin	Coleman	O'Laughlin	Fusz
Stuart Lawrence, NY [1819]	3rd 9, +97		26-18	26-3 26-9	26-17	26-14 26-10	26tp-0	26-13 23-18
Horace Hayworth, NC [1701]	22-21 23-19	3rd 9, +15	11-10 16-11			22-9 7-5	23-9	26-8 23-22
Mike Gibbons, NY [1671, #57]	21-17		5th 8, +52	20-14 26-3	26-6	26-0	26-7	23-16 23-22
Ken Shipley, ON [1652, #62]		14-10 23-14		6th 5, -58		22-5 13-1		26-6
Tom Herin, MI [1645, #65]	26-10	26-13 22-20	26-4	26-4 20-18	2nd 10, +142	26-2 26-4		26tp-0 26-0
Rob Coleman, CA [1468, #94]			15-12			8th 1, -186
Ed O'Laughlin, MD [1415]	20-13	22-6	26-11	15-10 18-6	20-18 19-17	13-11 16-9	1st 11, +30	26-6 18-17
Gene Fusz , FL []				24-14		26-1 23-12		7th 3, -92