Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 4:51PM The golf croquet test between Kansas and Missouri is being called the MCA States Shield in anticipation of adding more state teams to the test in 2017. Goodwin World Media is providing a "MacRobertson" style shield for the event. The schedule follows and the key change from the prior announcement is that the event will start on Thursday night with two rounds and finish on Saturday morning.
Friday, May 13, 2016 at 6:16AM The MCA Pro Division for the 2016 Lee's Summit T-Bone Tournament will utilize two blocks for the morning with all players advancing to an eight-player knockout. Schedule follows.
A BLOCK
8:30 AM
Griffith vs B. Berg
R. Millican vs G. Adams
9:45 AM
Griffith vs G. Adams
R. Millican vs B. Berg
11:00 AM
Griffith vs R. Millican
G. Adams vs B. Berg
B BLOCK
8:30 AM
Clouse vs D. Millican
Goodwin vs Johnson
9:45 AM
Clouse vs Johnson
Goodwin vs D. Millican
11:00 AM
Clouse vs Goodwin
Johnson vs D. Millican
PLAYOFFS
1:00 PM - QUARTERFINALS
2:15 PM - SEMIFINALS
3:30 PM - PRO FINAL
Updated website information on the Lee's Summit T-Bone Tournament will appear here:
midwestcroquet.com/missouri-croquet/tag/lees-summit-t-bone-tournament
Use #MCA9WS for the most up to date news on social media.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 8:03AM BELTON, MO -- The MCA opened the 2016 Annual General Meeting with the announcement of the President's Awards for the 2015 season. Gabe Airrington took the under-18 award for best Junior Player of the Year as he compiled a 5-2 record in Silver Division play and also claimed a tournament win at the Lee's Summit T-Bone Tournament. Brevin Millican was honorable mention as he finished strong with a surprise run to the Silver Division Final as the #5 seed at the 2015 MCA Championship.
Monday, September 21, 2015 at 8:15AM BELTON, MO -- The MCA capped its third season of the Nine Wicket Series with a wild weekend of play at Markey Park in Belton, Missouri. Dylan Goodwin took the Pro Championship with a 17-13 win over Greg Clouse in a hard-fought final, but with four divisions and the Six Ball Open Championship on Friday night there was plenty of hardware to go around.
Deborah Millican probably had the biggest weekend as she took the Six Ball Open Championship in an epic Friday night battle under the lights, then followed that with a 20-11 win in the Gold Championship over Bill Berg claiming both the Gold Shield and overall Gold Points race with 208 points on the season. Bill Berg was second in the Gold Points race with 193 points.
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 6:21PM MARKEY PARK / BELTON, MISSOURI / SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
PRO DIVISION
Final
Dylan Goodwin 17, Greg Clouse 13
Semifinals
Greg Clouse 23, Ron Millican 19
Dylan Goodwin 17, Billy Bob Breeden 14
Quarterfinals
Greg Clouse 13, Bill Berg 12
Ron Millican 22, Greg Adams 21
Billy Bob Breeden 21, Jason Johnson 20
Dylan Goodwin 21, Deborah Millican 17
Overall 2015 Pro Division Points Race
1. Matt Griffith 474 pts ($150) 2. Greg Clouse 371 pts ($75) 3. Dylan Goodwin 286 pts ($50) 4. Billy Bob Breeden 254 pts ($25) 5. Ron Millican 248 pts
GOLD DIVISION
Final
Deborah Millican 20, Bill Berg 11
Semifinals
Deborah Millican 22, Ellie Kemp 9
Bill Berg 24, Jodi Adams 23
First Round
Ellie Kemp 20, Debbie Breeden 16
Overall 2015 Gold Division Points Race
1. Deborah Millican 208 pts 2. Bill Berg 193 pts 3. Jodi Adams 168 pts 4. Debbie Breeden 121 pts 5. Nathan Oberg 114 pts
SILVER DIVISION
Final
Darin Watson 19, Brevin Millican 15
Semifinals
Brevin Millican 12, Di Berg 10
Darin Watson 10, Justin Marciniak 7
First Round
Brevin Millican 20, Trevor Adams 17
Overall 2015 Silver Division Points Race
1. Di Berg 163 pts 2. Darin Watson 158 pts 3. Gabe Airrington 135 pts 4. Justin Marciniak 81 pts 5. Eddie Mondt 78 pts 5. Ellie Kemp 78 pts
BRONZE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Renee Potter 16 pts 2. Gwyneth Bowen 13 pts 3. Cade Millican 12 pts 4. Elizabeth Goodwin 10 pts
Game 1 -- G Bowen 8, R Potter 6, E Goodwin 4, C Millican 4
Game 2 -- R Potter 10, C Millican 8, E Goodwin 6, G Bowen 5
Overall 2015 Bronze Division Points Race
1. Tim Weimholt 50 pts 2. Gwyneth Bowen 46 pts 3. Trevor Adams 42 pts 4. Renee Potter 38 pts 5. Daniel Cooper 37 pts 5. Aaron Rowden 37 pts
Friday, September 18, 2015 at 6:24AM 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.
Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 6:54AM
Updated on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 12:51PM by
MCA Website Admin
BELTON, MO -- It's championship week! The action starts on Friday evening with the Six Ball Championship at 6:00 p.m. at Markey Park in Belton, Missouri. Saturday morning the Pro Division will take the courts with an 8:30 a.m. start. Gold, Silver and Bronze follow with a 12:45 p.m. start. No meals are provided with this event.
ADDRESS:
Markey Park
615 Markey Rd
Belton, MO 64012
We are still able to take up to five 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. Official schedule follows.
Monday, August 17, 2015 at 6:48AM KANSAS CITY, MO -- MCA member Matt Griffith won the 42nd Annual Kansas City Invitational on Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri. The event is six-ball (cutthroat) and is likely the longest active running croquet tournament in the US. In 2013, the Palm Beach Invitational celebrated its 45th year, but there is no report of the event running again since that year.
The MCA had 11 members participate in the 30-player event with Griffith, Ellie Kemp, Dylan Goodwin, Greg Adams, Jodi Adams, Billy Bob Breeden, Debbie Breeden, Ron Millican, Deborah Millican, Greg Clouse and Jason Johnson all on hand.
The event was held at Fast Eddie Mondt's private residence on two courts. The southern court featured a steep downhill at the turn wickets that provided a challenge all day for players -- funneling most balls that approached directly out of bounds behind the turn stake. Players got two games and the top 12 by place points advanced to two six-player semifinals. From there the top three advanced from each game to the final.
The MCA supports all competitive croquet events in the midwest and all of the players that participated enjoyed the event.
FINALS LINE-UP
Matt Griffith (W)
Billy Bob Breeden
Greg Clouse
Art Hatchey
Deborah Millican
Ron Millican
Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 8:11PM PARKVILLE, MO -- This past Saturday, Matt Griffith plowed through the field for his fifth straight MCA tournament title and capped the day with a 32-11 win against Deborah Millican in the Kansas City Open Pro Division final. The event had 21 players overall with 11 in the Silver and Bronze Divisions.
PHOTO GALLERY | OFFICIAL SCORESHEET
The Pro/Gold Division utilized two blocks and Griffith ran through the A Block with a 4-0 record. Deborah Millican gave him the toughest challenge in the morning action, but she eventually fell 18-16. That was Griffith's first game of the day and he then found his groove and notched three pegouts in his final five games.
Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 11:50AM BELTON, MO -- Matt Griffith steam-rolled his way to a record fourth-straight MCA Nine Wicket Series tournament win claiming a 32-6 win over Greg Clouse in the final at the 2015 Missouri Open at Eagles' Landing Golf Course in Belton, Missouri on Saturday. And with the deepest, 10-player Pro Division in MCA 9WS history, it's not like the rest of the field didn't give it their all on ending Griffith's reign over MCA tournament titles.