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Well done John!
Today John Swabey edged out Arthur Forbes and Allan Morris to win his first Belgian Association Croquet National Championships. The first three all finished on 3 wins from 4 games but John came home on net points.
John, who played with a borrowed mallet throughout (the handle of his own mallet was enjoying an unscheduled vacation in Australia) had looked unbeatable on day 1 but stumbled slightly in his only game on day 2. However the margin of his wins was such that on net points he beat Arthur by a "short head".
Results of the Belgian National Association Croquet Championship 2009
Winner John Swabey (3/4 +49 net hoops)
2nd Arthur Forbes (3/4 +47 net hoops)
3rd Allan Morris (3/4 +27 net hoops)
4th Bruno Eeman (1/4)
5th Gabor Weiner (0/4)
All play all
| John | Arthur | Allan | Bruno | Gabor | Wins | Net hoops | Pos. | |
| John Swabey | +7 | -3t | +26 | +19 | 3 | +49 | 1 | |
| Arthur Forbes | -7 | +9t | +19 | +26 | 3 | +47 | 2 | |
| Allan Morris | +3t | -9t | +10t | +23 | 3 | +27 | 3 | |
| Bruno Eeman | -26 | -19 | -10t | +12 | 1 | -43 | 4 | |
| Gabor Weiner | -19 | -26 | -23 | -12 | 0 | -80 | 5 | |
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Pierre receives his trophy (a valuable 21st century china mug with tea-stains) from John.
The 2009 Belgian national championships for Golf Croquet was won today on the Genval club lawns in front of the Chateau du Lac by Pierre Beaudry, who dropped only one game over the weekend tournament. The field of 7 players (whittled down over the last week by illness and other reasons) played a round robin of single 13 point games on Saturday 5th September, with the results used for seeding the knock-out phase played best-of-three.
Well done Pierre for a convincing win!
Well done Bruno for taking a game off him!
Results of the Belgian National Golf Croquet Championship 2009
Final
| Pierre Beaudry | beat | Allan Morris | 7-4, 7-2 |
Semi-finals
| Allan Morris | beat | John Swabey | 7-6, 7-4 |
| Pierre Beaudry | beat | Bruno Eeman | 6-7, 7-4, 7-4 |
Quarter-finals
Pierre won all 6 of his first round games and had a direct place in the semi-finals.
| Pierre Beaudry | bye | ||
| Bruno Eeman | beat | Bernard Thys | 7-6, 7-4 |
| Allan Morris | beat | Anne White | 7-3, 7-5 |
| John Swabey | beat | Gabor Weiner | 7-2, 7-3 |
Round robin
| Pierre | Bruno | Allan | John | Bernard | Gabor | Anne | Wins | Pos. | |
| Pierre Beaudry | 7-2 | 7-4 | 7-3 | 7-1 | 7-3 | 7-1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Bruno Eeman | 2-7 | 4-7 | 4-7 | 5-7 | 7-4 | 7-5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Allan Morris | 4-7 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 7-3 | 6-7 | 7-1 | 4 | 2 | |
| John Swabey | 3-7 | 7-4 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 7-3 | 7-4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Bernard Thys | 1-7 | 7-5 | 3-7 | 5-7 | 7-6 | 7-0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Gabor Weiner | 3-7 | 4-7 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 6-7 | 7-6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Anne White | 1-7 | 5-7 | 1-7 | 4-7 | 0-7 | 6-7 | 0 | 7 |
Round robin
| Bob | Tony | Allan | Sabine | John | Bernard | Gabor | Games won | Pos. | |
| Bob Appels | 3-7, 5-7 | 6-5t, 4-7 | 6-7, 7-6 | 3-7, 7-3 | 7-6, 6-7 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Tony Falcon-Uff | 7-3, 7-5 | 7-5, 6-7 | 7-2, 7-4 | 7-2, 6-7 | 7-6, 4-7 | 7-3 | 8 | 2 | |
| Allan Morris | 5-6t, 7-4 | 5-7, 7-6 | 7-5, 7-4 | 5-7, 3-7 | 7-3, 6-7 | 7-5 | 6 | =3 | |
| Sabine Regout | 7-6, 3-7 | 2-7, 4-7 | 5-7, 4-7 | 6-7, 3-7 | 2-7, 4-7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Swabey | 7-3, 3-7 | 2-7, 7-6 | 7-5, 7-3 | 7-6, 7-3 | 7-2, 7-2 | 7-2 | 9 | 1 | |
| Bernard Thys | 6-7, 7-6 | 6-7, 7-4 | 3-7, 7-6 | 7-2, 7-4 | 2-7, 2-7 | 7-2 | 6 | =3 | |
| Gabor Weiner | 3-7 | 5-7 | 2-7 | 2-7 | 0 | 7 |