2015 MCA Gold Division New Game Times
/BELTON, MO -- The 2015 MCA Championship lost one player in Six Ball and added another for the Gold Division Championship. The new times for the Gold Division follow. The Six Ball times are the same, but the new line-up is posted below:
GOLD DIVISION - 12:40 PM, Saturday, September 19, 2015
12:40 PM -- ROUND ONE
#4 Debbie Breeden vs #5 Ellie Kemp
1:50 PM -- SEMIFINALS
#1 Deborah Millican vs 4/5 Winner
#2 Bill Berg vs #3 Jodi Adams
3:00 PM -- GOLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
SIX-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP - 6:00 PM, Friday, September 18, 2015
Top three finishers from each game advance to the final at approximately 7:25 p.m.
Qualifier 1 -- 6:00 PM
Dylan Goodwin
Deborah Millican
Bill Berg
Josh Reed
Brevin Millican
Cade Millican
Qualifier 2 -- 6:00 p.m.
Ron Millican
Jason Johnson
Di Berg
Darin Watson
Gwyneth Bowen
Renee Potter
ADDRESS:
Markey Park
615 Markey Rd
Belton, MO 64012
We are still able to take up to six more players for the Six Ball Championship on Friday evening. It is a free event for MCA members and $10 for non-members. Contact kccroquetclub@gmail.com if you would like to participate.
2015 Missouri Open - Gold Schedule
/2015 MCA AGM: Focus on KC Development
/2014 MCA Gold Championship Playoff Set
/MCA Gold Race Update
/LEAWOOD, KS -- Despite missing the KC Open, Taylor Airrington still has a strong lead in the Gold Points race with 174 points. Debbie Breeden and Deborah Millican are 42 points back at 132, but Millican is opting to play in the Pro Championship on September 13. Bill Berg is within reach as well as he follows closely at 125 points. With only two rounds though for the Gold Playoff, everyone will be hoping Airrington loses in the first round in order to have a shot at catching him.
Airrington is Still Gold
/Kansas Scorcher
/LEAWOOD, KS -- The MCA returned to Leawood, Kansas on Saturday in a big way as the the 2014 Kansas Challenge set a new record for player entries with 17. That eclipsed 12 entries for the same event in 2013 and shows the steady growth that the MCA is enjoying in the second season of the Nine Wicket Series.
GALLERY 1 | GALLERY 2 | GALLERY 3 | OFFICIAL SCORESHEET
On the courts though, the big story was the battle against the heat as the temperature reached 92 degrees in the afternoon. The Kansas Challenge had play across three divisions with Dylan Goodwin taking the Pro Division, Ron Millican winning the Gold Division and newcomer Nate Benz going 4-0 to win the Silver Division.
2014 Kansas Challenge Early Report
/LEAWOOD, KS -- The 2014 Kansas Challenge just finished up and we have winners across three divisions. Dylan Goodwin claimed his third straight tourney win with a 21-20 thriller over Greg Adams in the Pro Division. Ron Millican missed the Pro cut, but battled through the Gold Division bracket and took a 32-25 win over Debbie Breeden. The Silver Division had a five player round-robin and it came down to a big final showdown as projected in the afternoon. Nate Benz took the win with a 16-13 win over Justin Marciniak.
The big report with photos and results will be on the MCA website tomorrow.
Fourth Time's A Charm
/MCA Name Change: Midwest Croquet Association
/LEAWOOD, KS -- The MCA held it's Annual General Meeting February 9 in Leawood, KS and announced several new changes and initiatives. The most significant change is a new name -- the Midwest Croquet Association (changed from Missouri Croquet Association). The change is intended to better represent the organization's activities on both sides of the border and allow for expansion. New president Dylan Goodwin will work with the MCA Board to get a new logo approved that reflects the new direction of the association.
The big ticket item though was the announcement of a season-long nine-wicket points race for singles play. Details will be announced later, but the concept is that players will accumulate points at events hosted throughout the region. Top points players will then qualify for the MCA Nine-Wicket Championship event in September.
Most of the dates and venues are still to be determined, but Ron Millican announced May 4 as the official date for the Lee's Summit edition of the series (more details to come). The event will kick off the nine-wicket MCA season and Millican plans to have both partner ball flights and a cut-throat (six ball) flight as well. The MCA hopes to have at least one event per month over the summer with Warrensburg, MO and Overland Park, KS being likely hosts. August is being left open as many MCA players would like the opportunity to play in the 40th edition of the Kansas City Invitational in Parkville, MO.
The MCA also announced a $5.00 bump in membership fees for both singles and couples/families. Single memberships are now $20.00 and couples/family memberships are now set at $30.00.
Former MCA president Matt Smith asked to leave the MCA Board and Ron Millican has taken his place on the five member board. The board consists of Dylan Goodwin (President), Jodi Adams (Treasurer), Debbie Breeden (Secretary), Greg Clouse and Ron Millican.
Lawn Warrior Classic Croquet Fundraiser Tournament
/Jodi & Greg Adams, Deborah & Ron Millican, Debbie & Billy Bob Breeden all of the Missouri Croquet Association attended the first annual Lawn Warrior Classic Croquet Fundraiser tournament to benefit ALS in Lincoln, Nebraska. The William G Lauer Foundation said the tournament was a success and they are planning to have another one next year.
2011 Winners were Jodi & Greg Adams of Kansas City, Mo.
Click here to Strike Out ALS www.lauerfoundation.org
More to come.......
Croquet in Lincoln, Nebraska for the ALS Fund Raiser
The day started off with meeting up with our co-croquet players from Cameron and riding together to Lincoln. We were going to Lincoln to play croquet in an ALS benefit. They had eight croquet courses set up and there were to be 64 people that were playing in this event. As we practiced we had fellow players who had not played croquet since they were kids out practicing with us and asking questions. I heard several times during the day “I never knew that there were rules I thought you just sent your opponents ball away as far as you could”.
At 1:00pm the tournament started. Each game consisted of four teams with two on a team. The Missouri partners were put on different courses which I believe was a very good move, as we were able to help the other players who really did not know exactly what they were doing and wanted to learn more about the game. They all were very interested in learning the various strategies of the game.
The top two teams from each game went on to the next game. Again after each game the top two sets went onto the next game until there were just four teams left for a final game. We had four teams that consisted of Joel and ??? (Lincoln), Billy Bob and Debbie (Cameron), Ron and Deb (Lee’s Summit) and Greg and Jodi (Kansas City). The field was surrounded by all the other players and fans to watch the game.
The final game was won by Greg and Jodi in first, Billy Bob and Debbie in 2nd, Joel and ??? in 3rd, and Ron and Deb in 4th.
I would have to say this event was well organized. They provided shirts for all players and lunch. They also had beer, pop, water and flowers that you could buy that would also help go to the ALS fund raiser.
This was such a great day! We meet lots of nice people in Lincoln and really just enjoyed the whole day. And the rain stayed away!
Article by GA.