The 10th annual Palm Beach County Summer Golf Croquet League came to a conclusion on Tuesday, Aug. 14 at the National Croquet Center. For six weeks, 83 teams competed, some on Tuesday evenings and some on Wednesday evenings.
Holding Court (Rosemary Faulconer, David Spivey and Bill Trower) won the championship division finals. They earned a spot in the finals by taking the Tuesday evening championship division title, holding back Outside Agency (Gail Rubin, Cheryl Harders, Jim Taylor and John Warlick). Pretty Nearly Perfect (Jeannette and Tom Tribby, and Victoria Albrecht) gained entry to the finals by defeating the 2017 winners, Big Cats, for the Wednesday evening championship division title.
In Amateur division finals, the American Legion team (Paul Wall and Tony Caesar) defeated Lady and the Tramp (Diane Pelletier and Tom Graham). And in the new beginners division finals, Splendor in the Grass (Jane and Bob Smith) prevailed over Team Flagler (Patricia Astudillo and Sharada Alducin).
Special recognition certificates were also awarded. Team Spirit went to Diesel Racing (Cami and Tate Russack, Celia Battaylini and Coutenay Radonets); Sportsmanship went to For the Win (Mary Ellen and Tim Fowler); and Best New Team Name went to Disarming Armadillos (Marie Rittman, Sandra Knuth-Walsh and Barbara Weltner).
Teams were formed by families, friends and business associates. Players came from as far north as Stuart, as far south as Fort Lauderdale and from Palm Beach to Wellington. They were male and female, ranging in age from 13 to 89 years. Many were croquet beginners.
Golf croquet is an alternating, single-shot version of the game that is quite easy to learn and to play. The National Croquet Club offers free lessons every Saturday morning for anyone interested in learning more about croquet. Reservations are required. For more information, call Marie at (561) 478-2300, ext 3.
