John Swabey presents Bob with a memento.

In recognition of the many years of service Bob Appels has given to the club - as Membership Manager, coach and jack-of-all-trades - he has been made the clubs first Honorary Life Member. As a token of our appreciation he was presented with a memento by John Swabey when this was announced.

Cathy Condon receives the gymkhana trophy.

Cathy beat allcomers in the end of season gymkhana. For this she received the valuable "art fumeur" gymkhana trophy.

Guido shows off the trophy for the Belgian Golf Croquet Championships.

Guido Palacios was the first winner of the John Martin trophy for the Belgian Golf Croquet Championships. In the past this trophy was presented for the Belgian Open Golf Croquet Championships but, as this is no longer held, it has been decided to award the trophy for the National Championships.

A good time was had by all.

John Swabey congratulates Arthur.

In a reduced field Arthur Forbes won the Belgian National Association Croquet Championships (again).

Results:
Arthur Forbes beat Allan Morris +20
Arthur Forbes beat John Swabey +25
John Swabey beat Allan Morris +3T

John Swabey congratulates Guido - and commiserates with Bob.

A field of 8 contested the championship.

Round robin

	B A	Z D	M-P H	H M	G P	S R	A W	A VM	Wins	Pos.
Bob Appels		7-4	4-7	4-6T	7-4	7-3	7-6	7-4	5/7	2*
Zoï Dellopoulos	4-7		4-7	3-7	5-7	1-7	4-7	7-5	1/7	8
Marie-Paule Haar	7-4	7-4		3-4T	3-7	7-5	6-7	7-4	4/7	3
Hilary Morris	6-4T	7-3	4-3T		2-7	3-7	5-7	5-7	3/7	5
Guido Palacios	4-7	7-5	7-3	7-2		4-5T	6-4T	7-1	5/7	1*
Sabine Regout	3-7	7-1	5-7	7-3	5-4T		7-5	6-7	4/7	3
Anne White	6-7	7-4	7-6	7-5	4-6T	5-7		5-7	3/7	5
Alain Van Moer	4-7	5-7	4-7	7-5	1-7	7-6	7-5		3/7	5

* After the all-play-all round robin Guido and Bob both had 5 wins from 7 games. A deciding game was played.

Guido Palacios beat Bob Appels 7-3

Well done Guido! Better luck next year Bob!

Team Belgium - Pierre Beaudry, John Swabey, Hilary and Allan Morris.

Pierre was the mainstay of the team and won 6 of the 8 singles games that he played while Hilary, who stepped in at the last minute when Bernard Thys was unable to play, distinguished herself in winning a doubles game against the Czechs with Pierre.

Tests

	Belgium	Czech Rep.	Germany	Norway	Sweden	Points	Pos.
Belgium		0	1	1	0	2	4
Czech Rep.	2		2	2	1	7	1*
Germany	1	0		2	0	3	3
Norway	1	0	0		0	1	5
Sweden	2	1	2	2		7	2*

2 = win, 1 = draw
* Czech Rep. and Sweden both had 7 points but Czech Rep. won more games.

Round robin

	Bob	Hilary	Guido	Bernard	Alain	Games won	Pos.
Bob Appels (8)		3-5	3-6	3-7	4-7	0/4	5
Hilary Morris (9)	5-3		3-4	3-7	5-4	2/4	3
Guido Palacios (6)	6-3	4-3		2-5	7-4	3/4	2
Bernard Thys (6)	7-3	7-3	5-2		7-3	4/4	1
Alain Van Moer (7)	7-4	4-5	4-7	3-7		1/4	4

John Swabey was undefeated in winning "The Mallet" (the trophy he had himself donated to the club may years ago) for the first time. The competition was run as a 14-point all-play-all event.

Results of "The Mallet.

Winner John Swabey (4/4)
Equal 2nd Hilary Morris (2/3) and Bernard Thys (2/4)
4th Bob Appels (1/4)
5th Allan Morris (0/3)

All play all

	Bob	Allan	Hilary	John	Bernard	Wins	Pos.
Bob Appels		+6t	-1t	-3t	-1t	1	4
Allan Morris	-6t		---	-1t	-2t	0	5
Hilary Morris	+1t	---		-1t	+2t	2	=2
John Swabey	+3t	+1t	+1t		+7	4	1
Bernard Thys	+1t	+2t	-2t	-7		2	=2

Round robin

	Bob	Marie-Paule	Allan	Guido	Sabine	Bernard	Games won	Pos.
Bob Appels		7-6	6-7, 3-7	3-7	7-3, 7-6	3-7	3/7	3
Marie-Paule Haar	6-7		4-7	---	7-4	5-7	1/4	=4
Allan Morris	7-6, 7-3	7-4		7-0	7-4, 7-2	6-7, 4-7	6/8	2
Guido Palacios	7-3	---	0-7		6-7	3-7	1/4	=4
Sabine Regout	3-7, 6-7	4-7	4-7, 2-7	7-6		2-7, 4-7	1/8	=4
Bernard Thys	7-3	7-5	7-6, 7-4	7-3	7-5, 7-3		7/7	1