NELSON BAY CROQUET CLUB

​State Pennants 2021

The Golf State Pennants are an annual competition organised by Croquet NSW. The first rounds of matches are played in regions: Hunter, Northern Sydney, South Coast/ACT and South/West Sydney.

Regional matches need to be concluded by 10th September for Division 2 and 17th September for Division 3 with the winning teams from each region being invited to play in a final series to determine the Division Champions. The final round-robin series will be at CNSW HQ at Mackey Park, Tempe (Sydney) 13th-15th September (Division 2) and 20th-22nd September (Division 3).

Teams comprise 4 players and each match against another club consists of two team members in a doubles match and the other two team members in singles matches. All three matches are best of three 13-point games but with a time limit for all three games if required.

The regional competition in Division 2 comprises NB Samurai, NB Kingsley, Maitland and Newcastle National Park, playing 6 games, home and away.

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The regional competition in Division 3 comprises NB Birubi, NB Fingal, EDSACC Red, EDSACC White, Maitland and Newcastle National Park, playing 3 games at home and 3 games away.

Games / Results

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Division 2

Nelson Bay Samurai

versus Maitland (home), 1st April, Won 3-0

Sandy Tawa 7-3 / 6-7 / 7-2; Peter Gordon 7-3 / 7-4; Liz Friend / Karen Lilly 7-5 / 7-4

versus Maitland (away), 15th April, Lost 1-2

Sandy Tawa 6-7 / 5-7; Peter Gordon 4-7 / 6-7; Karen Lilly / Cheryl Lloyd 7-6 / 7-5

versus Newcastle National Park (home), 18th April, Won 3-0

Sandy Tawa 7-6 / 7-1, Peter Gordon 7-6 / 5-7 / 7-3; Karen Lilly / Cheryl Lloyd 7-5 / 2-7 / 7-6

versus Newcastle National Park (away), 2nd May, Won 1-1

Sandy Tawa 2-7/ 1-7; Peter Gordon 7-1 / 7-5; Liz Friend / Cheryl Lloyd 7-5 / 7-5

versus NB Kingsley (home), 6th June, Won 3-0

Peter Gordon 7-3 / 7-2; Cheryl Lloyd 7-5 / 4-7 / 7-4; Liz Friend / Karen Lilly 6-7 / 7-6 / 6-4

versus NB Kingsley (away), 7th June, Won 3-0

Peter Gordon 7-6 / 7-4; Cheryl Lloyd 5-7 / 7-3 / 7-6; Liz Friend / Karen Lilly 0-7 / 7-5 / 6-5

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Nelson Bay Kingsley

versus Maitland (away), 17th May, Lost 0-3

David Wilson 6-7 / 1-7; Allen Lees 6-7 / 3-7; Linda Butler / Laurie Lawson 6-7 / 6-7

versus Maitland (home), 19th May, Won 2-1

David Wilson 3-7 / 6-7; Allen Lees 7-4 / 7-6; Linda Butler / Laurie Lawson 4-7 / 7-6 / 7-5

versus NB Samurai (away), 6th June, Lost 0-3

Allen Lees 3-7 / 2-7; Jim Timbs 5-7 / 7-4 / 4-7; Linda Butler / Laurie Lawson 7-6 / 6-7 / 4-6

versus NB Samurai (home), 7th June, Lost 0-3

Linda Butler 6-7 / 4-7; Allen Lees 7-5 / 3-7 / 6-7; Laurie Lawson / Jim Timbs 7-0 / 5-7 / 5-6

versus Newcastle National Park (away), 12th July, Lost 1-2

Allen Lees 3-7 / 5-7; Jim Timbs 7-6 / 4-7 / 3-7; Laurie Lawson / David Wilson 0-7 / 7-4 / 7-5

versus Newcastle National Park (home), 14th July, Won 3-0

Laurie Lawson 7-5 / 7-6; Jim Timbs 4-7 / 7-6 / 7-6; Allen Lees / David Wilson 7-4 / 6-7 / 7-1

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Division 3

Nelson Bay Birubi

versus EDSACC White (home), 28th March, Won 2-1

Rae Uptin 5-7 / 7-3 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-2 / 3-7 / 6-7; Rae Black / Kay Smith 6-7 / 7-5 / 7-6

versus Toronto Tornadoes (home), 7th April, Won 2-1

Rae Uptin 7-4 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-0 / 6-7 / 7-4; Rae Black / Kay Smith 3-7 / 6-7

versus Toronto Torpedoes (away), 11th April, Lost 1-2

Rae Uptin 3-7 / 7-3 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-1 / 4-7 / 3-7; Rae Black / Kay Smith 5-7 / 2-7

versus NB Fingal (away), 23rd May, Won 2-1

Rae Uptin 7-5 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-4 / 7-1, Kay Smith / Penny Wilson 6-7 / 4-7

versus EDSACC Red (away), 30th May, Lost 1-2

Rae Uptin 3-7 / 4-7; Sherry Gordon 7-2/ 7-3; Rob Batho / Kay Smith 7-5 / 5-7 / 4-7

versus Newcastle National Park (home), 13th June, Won 2-1

Rae Uptin 7-5 / 7-4; Sherry Gordon 5-7 / 7-3 / 6-7; Faby Batho / Rob Batho 7-2 / 7-4

Nelson Bay Fingal

versus NB Birubi (home), 23rd May, Lost 1-2

Warren Sharp 5-7 / 5-7; Jan Puckeridge 4-7 / 1-7; Barry Elliott / Victor Goodsir 7-6 / 7-4

versus Toronto Tornadoes (away), 23rd June, Lost 1-2

Barry Elliott 7-2 / 7-4; Jan Puckeridge 3-7 / 3-7; Victor Goodsir / Warren Sharp 5-7 / 7-2 / 5-7

versus Toronto Torpedoes (home), 18th July, Lost 1-2

Jan Puckeridge 7-4 / 7-4; Ian Spight 7-6 / 2-7 / 2-7; Beryl Chalkley / Warren Sharp 4-7 / 4-7

versus EDSACC White (away), 26th July

versus Newcastle National Park (away), 31st July

versus EDSACC Red (home), 29th August

Team Birubi versus Team Fingal

Play in the all Nelson Bay Birubi versus Fingal

Team Kingsley versus Maitland at Nelson Bay