2025 Scissortail Invitational
Oklahoma City Croquet Club
June 5-8, 2025
The annual ScissorTail Oklahoma Championship, held at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, was a fun and challenging tournament. Players came from Houston and Tyler Texas, Memphis Tennessee, Naples Florida, and Seattle Washington to compete with the ScissorTail Croquet Club members. In addition to the stiff competition among the players in the championship and first flights, the weather offered its own challenges. Heavy rains each night along with steady rain on Saturday morning turned the lawns into a squishy, muddy bog. The players trudged through it all like the seasoned competitors that they are. They were rewarded on Sunday morning for the semi-finals and finals with bright sunshine and courts that had dried off considerably. This meant that now they were playing on a different surface from the days before.
This was a double elimination format beginning with the playoffs, so everyone came out of block. There were 8 participants in each flight that had two chances to advance to the finals. The competition was stiff!
First flight finalists were Tish Peterkin and Gene Bryan. Tish had worked her way through the playoffs to the finals with no losses. Gene had one loss and had to play his way through the consolation bracket. That meant that Gene would have to beat Tish twice to win, which he did! Both matches were nail-biters with heroic shots from each player.
Championship flight ended up in a similar situation. Britt Ruby played his way through playoffs to the finals with no losses. John Brown had one loss and then fought his way to the finals through the consolation bracket. So now he had to beat Britt twice to win. And he did! Both of their matches were exciting with incredible shots executed by both players.
Congratulations to John, Britt, Gene, and Tish and to all the participants who came to play! It was a most challenging and fun tournament.
Players from left to right: Tish Peterkin, Gene Bryan, John Brown, Britt Ruby
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
01. John Brown
02. Britt Ruby
03. Conner Helms
04. Scott Spradling
05. Tim Rapuano
05. Carl Archiniaco
07. John Watson
07. George Peterkin
FIRST FLIGHT
01. Gene Bryan
02. Tish Peterkin
03. Georgia Carter
04. Suzanne Spradlling
05. Lee Hamel
05. Ron Rapuano
07. Nora Watson
07. Donna Hamel