Cleveland Rocks

The Cleveland Open certainly rocked the MCA Nine Wicket Series this past weekend as all four of the points' races saw new leaders at the top of the standings after this weekend's action at the Cleveland Croquet Club. The fun started in the Pro Division, as former USCA Nine Wicket National Champion Matt Smith came into the event with the idea of ending Matt Griffith's participated tournament win streak of six. Smith had a couple of MCA events under his belt, but the Cleveland Open is the first one where he planned to participate in the knockout round.

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2016 Cleveland Open Day One Winners

CLEVELAND, MO -- There was a lot of croquet action on day one of the 2016 Cleveland Open outside of Cleveland, Missouri today as the Pro, Gold and Bronze Divisions all competed today. All three divisions saw new winners.

PRO DIVISION: Matt Smith over Greg Clouse 20-10

GOLD DIVISION: Nate Benz over Jodi Adams 30-22

BRONZE DIVISION: Patrick Fagan 2-0, Gwyneth Bowen 1-1, Shari Cullinan 0-2

A full report will be posted at a later date, as we will continue with Silver play tomorrow morning with an 8:30 a.m. start.

Update on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 7:18PM by MCA Website Admin

Gabe Airrington won the Silver Division final with a 28-15 win over Justin Marciniak on Sunday.

2016 Cleveland Open Pro Line-up

The Pro Division for the 2016 Cleveland Open start swinging the mallets at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning with a three-round random draw format. Ten players will be looking for eight spots in the afternoon playoff bracket. The Pro Championship will take place at 3:15 p.m. on Center Court at the Cleveland Croquet Club. Methodology is explained below.

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2016 Cleveland Open Gold Line-up

The Gold Division for the 2016 Cleveland Open will kick off at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday morning. Four players will do a round-robin looking for one of two spots in the Gold Championship final at 3:15 p.m.

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2016 Cleveland Open Silver Line-up

The Silver Division for the 2016 Cleveland Open will be the featured event on Sunday with action starting at 8:30 AM. Nine players will be split into three blocks of three with the top two from each group advancing to a six-player playoff. All players will receive a bye in the morning, with Trevor Adams, Darin Watson and Justin Marciniak having a bye in round one.

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2016 Cleveland Open Bronze Line-up

The Bronze Division for the 2016 Cleveland Open will change format with a head-to-head singles in round-robin play. The Bronze Division will not utilize carry-over deadness like the other divisions, but will otherwise follow the same rules of nine wicket croquet as the Silver Division with a 50-minute clock, last turns and three time-outs per player. Game times and court assignments are below. In addition, we will be experimenting with the bracket website Challonge.com and a link is below to follow the scores on that website.

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2016 Cleveland Open Deadline: June 7

The 2016 Cleveland Open sign-up deadline is tomorrow (Tuesday, June 7) at 7:00 p.m. we already have 19 players that have shown interest. The list of current commitments and interested players follows. Pro is set for Saturday and Silver is set for Sunday. We have low entries for both Gold and Bronze, so there is the potential that we could merge Pro/Gold as we have done in the past and essentially run Gold as a consolation bracket. That would shift Gold to Saturday. We may need to make adjustments with the Bronze group as well and I will communicate directly with those players. 

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2016 Cleveland Open Registration

The next leg of the 2016 MCA Nine Wicket Series travels south for the first ever Cleveland Open. With two courts available the event will be played June 11-12, 2016. The Pro and Bronze Divisions will play on Saturday and the Gold and Silver will start on Sunday. Start times are tentative until the final lineups are released, but it is expected the the Pro Division will start at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday with the Bronze Division starting around 2:30 p.m. Ideally, both the Gold and Silver Divisions will start at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.

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2016 MCA 9WS Schedule

LEAWOOD, KS -- The MCA Nine Wicket Series is pleased to announce five events for the 2016 season. All of the 2015 tournaments are back on the schedule, plus the Cleveland Croquet Club will add the Cleveland Open to the mix for the weekend of June 11-12, 2016. The Cleveland Croquet Club is located near Cleveland, Missouri, on State Line Road. More details will be provided at a later date. 

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