The World Croquet Championship Final is underway in Florida at the National Croquet Center. Reg Bamford from South Africa, 2 time world champion is playing Ben Rothman of California. No videos from either Chris Clarke or Bob Kroeger have been posted yet today – will report here when one is available.
14:50 EDT
Dave Maugham reports: “we have our oldest ever world champion…”
Reg Bamford beats Ben Rothman 3-0 (+13tp +22 +16tp)
Archived commentary available here.
At 14:40 Reg has two peels done of a triple to win the Championship.
Status at lunch: Reg Bamford leads Ben Rothman by two games to none +13tp +22
Status at 12:25pm EDT is Reg Bamford one game up (+13tp) in the best-of-five final. Game two also went to Bamford. Dave Maugham’s commentary reports that Ben Rothman’s good shooting has deserted him today.