Baba's Tourney #1

For those of you who didn’t catch the last croquet tournament at Robert Reeder’s place, here’s what you missed:

(Thrills, chills and spills…) What first looked like a possible washed out rain parade turned into a battle royal for the coveted ‘Champion maroon jacket’ (much esteemed by croquet fanatics). There were 4 preliminary rounds consisting of 16 players. Many familiar names gave it whirl and tried to fandangle their way to the top: David Navarette, Denyse Rusch, Stacy Dalton, Hans Olson just to name a few. (David Navarette also complained about his lack of air time on the commentary). But if you didn’t eat your wheaties that day, you probably got left in the dust.

The top two of winners in each round went on to advance to the semi-finals and so forth to the finals where we had our top 4 players competing for the ultimate prize. Many came and attempted to climb the ladder of twists and turns but after all was said and done the final four were: David Stakland, Robert Reeder, Eric Rusch, and James Hall.

Stakland looked to be favored in the final heat after an impressive prior 2 rounds of relatively painless effort, but he hadn’t faced the likes of these characters. Eric Rusch, AKA- the silent stinger, also man-handled the competition without as much as a blink of an eye. And Robert Reeder, well what can I say, the defending champion (you don’t wear that jacket for nothing) showed us why he won the first tournament. James Hall from England was in the running due to his superior strategy and play. In the end Eric Rusch weaved his way to a maroon jacket victory. Who will be the next BCC Champion?

Tune in on September 25th to find out.