It was great to have 16 entries.  The event was played in the following format - 2 blocks of 8, the top 4 from each block continued to the championship- 2 blocks of 4, winner of each block played for the honour of champion. 

Bruce Fleming played Jacky Lynch  with Bruce the winner and champion.  Bruce won all his games. It was great to see Jacky contest the final.

The plate was played as a block of 6, with Lindsay David the winner and Chris Borlase runner-up.

Thanks to all the volunteers. Lawns were great.

2024 Queensland Association Croquet Open Singles

Records of this event go back to 1911.     Read about it here.

https://www.croquetqld.org/history/ac-queensland-open-singles-champions/

The field included some previous winners.

Bruce Ford          1982, 1983

Les Watson          1998, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2022

Bruce Fleming    1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2006

Heather Knight   2021

The field included international players; Jarrod Coutts, Graeme Fisher & Baubre Murray (New Zealand).

The event was played over four days, the first two day’s blocks determined the qualifiers for the Championship. Winners of the Championship blocks (Bruce Fleming & Jacky Lynch) contested the Final. Bruce was undefeated over four days; he pegged out in all games but one.

Championship results     Winner Bruce Fleming (Wynnum) Runner up Jacky Lynch (Stephens)

Plate results        Lindsay David (Twin Rivers) won this event by a margin of 21 net hoops over Chris Borlase (Gracemere).

Graeme Fisher (once) and Les Watson (twice) triple peeled.

Addison Matthews continues to impress with his determination to excel in all codes of Croquet.

Players enjoyed the hospitality and lovely lawns at Toombul Croquet Club thanks to Hedi Trask and Wayne Appleby.

See all the results here

https://croquetscores.com/2024/ac/qld-open-singles/block-a