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GC Inter-Counties results
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GC Golf Croquet

The GC Inter-Counties Championship is a national team competition sponsored by the Croquet Association.
Counties from the EACF region that participate in it are shown below in bold red.

A tournament report can be found on the CA website

See also the AC Inter-Counties Championship

Division 1

Winner: Dorset

Results vs.: Dorset Kent Som-
erset
Sussex Surrey CA
Select
Notts Hants North-
ants
Middx Glam-
organ
Essex MATCH
WINS
GAME
WINS
Dorset   3-3 1-2 5-1 3-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 8 25
Kent 3-3   5-1 1-2 1-2 3-0 3-0 2-1 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 8 28
Somerset 2-1 1-5   3-3 3-0 1-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 3-0 6 21
Sussex 1-5 2-1 3-3   3-0 3-0 2-1 0-3 2-1 2-1 3-0 3-0 8 24
Surrey 0-3 2-1 0-3 0-3   4-2 3-3 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 2-1 6 18
CA Select 2-1 0-3 2-1 0-3 2-4   0-3 4-2 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-2 5 16
Nottinghamshire 1-2 0-3 1-2 1-2 3-3 3-0   4-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-3 4 18
Hampshire 1-2 1-2 2-1 3-0 1-2 2-4 2-4   1-2 1-2 2-1 3-0 4 19
Northamptonshire 1-2 0-3 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-2 2-1   6-0 3-0 3-3 4 21
Middlesex 1-2 0-3 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-1 2-1 0-6   3-3 3-0 4 16
Glamorgan 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-3 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-3 3-3   5-1 2 16
Essex 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3 1-2 2-1 3-0 0-3 3-3 0-3 1-5   2 12
Key to venues:SouthwickCheltenham

In Division 1, after the all-play-all stage of the tournament the counties were divided into three blocks of 4 based on their results so far. Each block of 4 then played a 2-round knock-out with a play-off for the losers. Dorset emerged as the overall winners by beating Kent 2-1 in the final of the knock-out between the top 4 counties in the all-play-all stage, with Kent as runners up and Somerset 3rd.

Division 2

Winner: Hertfordshire

Results vs.: Herts Oxon Devon Berks Leics Gloucs Bucks CA
Select
MATCH
WINS
GAME
WINS
Hertfordshire   5-2 4-3 6-1 6-1 5-2 4-3 5-2 7 35
Oxfordshire 2-5   5-2 6-1 5-2 5-2 6-1 5-2 6 34
Devon 3-4 2-5   2-5 5-2 5-2 5-2 4-3 4 26
Berkshire 1-6 1-6 5-2   3-4 4-3 4-3 3-4 3 21
Leicestershire 1-6 2-5 2-5 4-3   4-3 2-5 4-3 3 19
Gloucestershire 2-5 2-5 2-5 3-4 3-4   6-1 4-3 2 22
Buckinghamshire 3-4 1-6 2-5 3-4 5-2 1-6   4-3 2 19
CA Select 2-5 2-5 3-4 4-3 3-4 3-4 3-4   1 20
Key to venues:SouthwickCheltenham

Note: No promotions or relegations this year because of exceptional conditions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Teams
Hertfordshire: John Noble (C), Nick Archer, Simon Hathrell, John Taylor
Northamptonshire: tba
Essex: tba