Principal Event Details

Title: Over 50 Golf Croquet World Championship.

Dates: Saturday 14th October 2023 to Saturday 21st October 2023.

Venues:

Moorabinda Croquet Club (MCC) Bunbury, West Australia
Bunbury Tennis Club (BTC) Bunbury, West Australia

The Bunbury Tennis Club is across the road from MCC. The Bunbury Tennis Club facilities were used in 1997 for a WCF World A/C event.

Courts:

MCC - 6
BTC-2

Main Qualifying Tournament

Cambridge Croquet Club - Western Australia
Sunday 8th October 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023.

Eastern Australia Qualifying Event

Cairnlea - Victoria
Tuesday 26th September 26th to Thursday 28th September 2023

Practice Thursday 12th October 2023 & Friday 13th October 2023.

Entries

Event Capacity = 48 players

Event Governance

Courts. All the courts are full size and divided by movable barriers.

Speed. Anticipated speed to be 11-12 Plummers.

Balls Dawson International, Primary and Secondary colours.

Hoops. Quadway, set to WCF Tournament standards.

Format

Qualifying Tournament

Format – Championship

General All matches in the Block Stage and Knock-Out Stage will be best of 3 games (except for later rounds of Knock-Out Stage), single-banked and played without time limits subject to Sports Regulations 7.2 and 9.4 in emergencies.

Block Stage. Saturday 14th October 2023 to Tuesday 17thOctober 2023. 8 blocks of 6 players (48). Top 4 of each block advance to the Knock-Out Stage.

Knock-Out Stage. Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Saturday 21st October 2023.

Round 1: (32 players), Wednesday 18th October 2023 in two sessions. am.
Round 2: (16 players), Wednesday 18th October 2023 p.m.
Quarter-finals: Thursday 19th October, best of 3 or 5 games at Tournament Manager’s discretion.
Semi-finals: Friday 20th October, best of 5 games.
First semi-final a.m., second semi-final p.m.
Final: Saturday, 21st October, best of 5 games.

Consolation events. Salver, Shield, Bowl, Plate, and other play: will be designed to fit the above schedule.

Practice courts. Four practice lawn courts are available in the Perth Metro area at Nedlands Croquet Club, 2 practice lawn courts at Bunbury Central Croquet Club and 3 practice lawn courts are available at Busselton Croquet Club (50 kms South of Bunbury).

This tournament is also conducted under the following key policies of the Australian Croquet Association