The latest quarterly WCF Team Rankings were published today.

With the recent action of the WCF World AC Championship, the European Open GC Championship and the WCF European Team Championship there were sure to be changes in the pecking order of both codes, and so it proved.

In the Association Croquet Rankings there are now 10 Associations with 6 players in the rankings with the biggest winners this quarter being South Africa moving up 5 places from 17^th to 12^th; Wales 7^th to 5th: Spain 12^th to 9^th whilst the Czech Republic and Japan re-enter after a temporary absence.   This is underlined by an increase in the total increase in the number of eligible players in the whole system from 772 to 781.

In the Golf Croquet Rankings, Canada improved its ranking from 18^th to 13^th but the Czech Republic went the other way down from 12^th to 19^th due to losing 3 players who have not played sufficient qualifying games. (20 games in 24 months). Nevertheless there was a total increase in the number of eligible players in the whole system from 345 to 362.

For both codes, at the top it is as you were, with England (AC) and Egypt (GC) leading the pack closely followed by the other larger associations.

Note for editors:

Each player in the calculation must:-

• be qualified and eligible to play for the relevant WCF Member Association at International Level;
• in Association Croquet have played a minimum of 10 (ten) competitive ranked games in the preceding 12 months;
• in Golf Croquet have played a minimum of 20 (twenty) competitive ranked games in the preceding 24 months;
• for AC have a minimum ranking grade of 1 (one);
• for GC have a minimum ranking grade of 1400.

Details of the responses to the recent consultation with WCF member associations about the organisation of a proposed World Team Championship (WTC) can be found on the 2010 MacRobertson Shield page of the WCF web site - "WTC" Tab.

The matter is now under active consideration by the WCF.

Please be advised that the full match results from the 2^nd WCF European Team Championship, including, where known, the individual game scores, are now recorded on the WCF Championship web page, on the “Results and Media” tab.

Thanks to all players and Tournament Manager Andrew Gregory for original recording and Chris Williams for transcribing into digital format.

The draw for the WCF Under 21 World Golf Croquet Championship being held in Cairo, Egypt in July 2009 has been carried out.

Groups and the Order of play can be found on the WCF Championship web page. – "Groups, Order of Play and Media" Tab.