Selection Eights Won by Ben Rothman and Jim Bast
28-31 October 2010
National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, FL
story by Leo Nikora
scores by Danny Huneycutt
The USCA Selection Eights invited the top thirty-two available Association (International) Croquet players in the United States Croquet Association to compete in four groups of eight. This year, the fourth eight had ten players.
Eight |
Winner(s) |
First |
Ben Rothman
Jim Bast |
Second |
Damon Bidencope |
Third |
Michael
Carmichael |
Fourth |
Mike Gibbons |
The tournament director was Danny Huneycutt. The tournament referee was Jeff Soo.
The format was a double Round Robin. Each game in the First and Second Eights went to the peg (no time limit); each game in the Third Eight was to the peg on the first day, two hours and forty five minutes long on the second day, and two and a half hours on the third and fourth days; and each game in the Fourth Eight was two and a half hours long. There were no tie-breakers; a group could end in a tie.
First
Eight |
B.R. |
D.H. |
D.G. |
R.L. |
C.P. |
J.B. |
J.S. |
B.C. |
Roth-
man |
1st
(9) |
26tp-15 |
26-9
26tp-3 |
26tp-0 |
26tp-0 |
26tp-9 |
26-16
26-18 |
26tp-1 |
Hun-
ey-
cutt |
26tp-8 |
3rd
(8) |
|
26tp-2
26tp-0 |
26-9 |
26tp-1 |
26-22 |
26tp-0
26tp-9 |
Grim-
sley |
|
26tpo-21
26-24 |
6th
(6) |
26-21 |
26-24 |
|
26-17 |
26tp-9 |
Lamm |
26-19 |
|
26-1 |
8th
(3) |
26tp-9 |
|
|
|
Pat-
more |
26-16 |
26otp-18 |
26otp-12 |
26-16 |
3rd
(8) |
26-14 |
26tp-7
26tp-11 |
26-20 |
Bast |
26tp-9 |
26tp-19 |
26tp-0
26-0 |
26-18
26-5 |
26tp-0 |
1st
(9) |
26-9 |
26tp-0 |
Soo |
|
26-4 |
26-13 |
26-18
26tp-17 |
|
26-24 |
7th
(5) |
|
Cum-
ming |
26tpo-19 |
|
26-17 |
26tp-1
26tp-1 |
26tp-0 |
26tp-9 |
26tp-9
26tp-11 |
3rd
(8) |
Second
Eight |
D.B. |
J.O. |
S.L. |
B.K. |
P.B. |
C.G. |
J.M. |
P.E. |
Biden-
cope |
1st
(13) |
26tpo-16
26-15 |
26-12
26-12 |
26-19
26-1 |
26-4
26tp-2 |
26-3 |
26-3
26tp-21 |
26tp-5
26-12 |
Osborn |
|
4th
(6) |
26-13
|
26tp-0 |
|
26-23 |
26-16 |
26-23
26-20 |
Law-
rence |
|
26-11 |
4th
(6) |
26-16 |
26-22
26-15 |
|
26-24
26-4 |
|
Kroe-
ger |
|
26-20 |
26-8 |
3rd
(8) |
26-11
26-23 |
26-22 |
26-13
26-9 |
26-10 |
Billings |
|
26-20
26tp-12 |
|
|
6th
(5) |
|
26tp-0 |
26-9
26-19 |
Gill-
marten |
26tp-1 |
26-0 |
26tp-21
26-3 |
26-14 |
26-17
26-8 |
2nd
(11) |
26-18
26-1 |
26-18
26-4 |
Mitchell |
|
26-23 |
|
|
26-5 |
|
7th
(4) |
26-16
26-23 |
Em-
mett |
|
|
26-3
26-11 |
26-10 |
|
|
|
8th
(3) |
Third
Eight |
A.W. |
L.N. |
G.C. |
R.B. |
M.S. |
S.S. |
T.R. |
M.C. |
Wad-
ley |
2nd
(9) |
26-2
26-2 |
|
26-18 |
26-12
17-15 |
26-15
18-17 |
|
26-6
26-11 |
Nikora |
|
5th
(6) |
26-3
16-16 |
10-8 |
|
26-6 |
26-7
18-17 |
|
Coch-
ran |
26-6
23-18 |
|
4th
(8) |
26-9
26-22 |
|
17-16 |
26-8
26-9 |
23-22 |
Brown |
26-4 |
26-9 |
|
7th
(4) |
|
23-19 |
26-15 |
|
Sel-
man |
|
26-10
26-16 |
26-22
26-7 |
26-19
20-17 |
2nd
(9) |
26-19
26-24 |
26-8 |
|
Scal-
pone |
|
26-3 |
23-11 |
21-12 |
|
7th
(4) |
26-23 |
|
Rapu-
ano |
26-9
26-22 |
|
|
17-9 |
26-0 |
14-10 |
6th
(5) |
|
Car-
mich-
ael |
|
26-24
22-11 |
24-23 |
21-13
26-9 |
26-18
18-12 |
26-0
26-11 |
26-4
18-3 |
1st
(11) |
Fourth
Eight |
S.S. |
E.S. |
T.R. |
J.E. |
M.T. |
M.G. |
J.B. |
D.D. |
T.Y. |
R.H. |
Sum-
mer |
3rd
(8) |
26-1 |
|
|
26-9
21-16 |
22-8 |
26-13 |
26-2 |
|
26-10
26-8 |
Soo |
|
5th
(6) |
26-19
26-8 |
|
|
|
26-9 |
26-4
26-3 |
24-5 |
|
Reav-
es |
26-21 |
|
9th
(4) |
|
|
|
|
20-19 |
26-24
26-12 |
|
Essick |
26-2
26-0 |
21-18 |
26-16 |
2nd
(9) |
26-12 |
|
19-17 |
26-3 |
|
23-19
18-15 |
Taylor |
|
15-4 |
26-2 |
23-17 |
3rd
(8) |
22-19 |
26-2 |
26-2 |
26-0 |
26-13 |
Gib-
bons |
22-15 |
26-9 |
26-5 |
23-14
18-12 |
20-17 |
1st
(11) |
23-21 |
19-8 |
26-3 |
26-12
19-15 |
Behar-
riell |
|
20-14 |
26-12
26-9 |
|
|
|
5th
(6) |
26-7
22-9 |
26-0 |
|
Dixon |
|
|
21-6 |
|
|
|
|
10th
(1) |
|
|
Yates |
16-15 |
20-6 |
|
17-16 |
|
|
25-13 |
17-14
26-4 |
5th
(6) |
|
Hurst |
|
12-1 |
26-19 |
|
26-20 |
|
18-17 |
18-10 |
26-6 |
5th
(6) |
|
|
NA Rk. |
Player (ST) |
#1 |
Ben
Rothman (CA) |
#2 |
Danny
Huneycutt (NC) |
#3 |
Doug
Grimsley (VA) |
#4 |
Rich
Lamm (CO) |
#5 |
Chris
Patmore (NY) |
#6 |
Jim
Bast (TX) |
#8 |
Jeff
Soo (NC) |
#11 |
Brian
Cumming (ON) |
=3 |
Damon
Bidencope (NC) |
=12 |
John
Osborn (FL) |
#13 |
Stuart
Lawrence (NY) |
=15 |
Bob
Kroeger (MA) |
#16 |
Paul
Billings (CO) |
#17 |
Charles
Gillmarten (VA) |
#22 |
Johnny
Mitchell (TX) |
#25 |
Paul
Emmett (ON) |
=16 |
Adrian
Wadley (CA) |
#26 |
Leo
Nikora (CA) |
=27 |
George
Cochran (LA) |
=29 |
Russell
Brown (NY) |
#31 |
Martyn
Selman (CA) |
#34 |
Steve
Scalpone (OR) |
#36 |
Tim Rapuano (NJ) |
=37 |
Michael
Carmichael (FL) |
#35 |
Steve
Summer (NC) |
#38 |
Eileen
Soo (NC) |
#40 |
Tony
Reaves (NC) |
#42 |
Jon
Essick (NC) |
=43 |
Mike
Taylor (NC) |
=44 |
Mike
Gibbons (NY) |
#51 |
Jane Beharriell (ON) |
#52 |
Donna Dixon (TX) |
#60 |
Tom
Yates (NC) |
|
Robert Hurst (SC) |
|
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