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Red Ball Trophy

Red Ball Trophy – 2012
The Croquet Canada Red Ball Trophy was presented by Tremaine Arkley in 1989 to recognize “The Most Unusual Shot at CroqCan”.
The initiative for this award was Tremaine’s shot of the red ball into Lake Ontario during the first CroqCan which was held that year.
The following submission by Joy Dej was received at Golf CroqCan 2012, held at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club”
“It was a hot day on croquet sward #4, and the last of the Second Flight Doubles round robin was under way.. Nate Hall, a new member this year, was trying out his newly acquired skill; “The Jump Shot”. With youthful enthusiasm he attacked the ball. It went up in the air, landed on the opponent ball sitting in the wicket, and started spinning like a whirling dervish.

As his partner and opponents watched in amazement, it spun for at least five seconds, then dropped gently down, on the wrong side of the wicket. The opponent ball endured without movement.
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The Golf CroqCan 2012 Red Ball Trophy is awarded to Nate Hall, of the Toronto Cricket Club..
Submitted by: Georg Dej, Tournament Director

Red Ball Trophy – 2011


The Croquet Canada Red Ball Trophy was originally presented by Tremaine Arkley in 1989 to recognize “The Most Unusual Shot at CroqCan”.
The initiative for this award was Tremaine’s shot of the red ball into Lake Ontario during the first CroqCan which was held that year.
The following submission by Ken Shipley was received at Golf CroqCan 2011, at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club:

“Patrick Little playing Blue/Black and Ken Shipley playing Red/Yellow were for hoop 2.
Yellow was in the jaws, with Blue two feet in front, and Black on the same line 6 feet back.
Ken shot Red between Blue and Black, on the same line.

Black to play:
Patrick shot Black, intending to send Red off to the side behind the hoop (blocking a shot to hoop 3).
Instead, he hit nose on, sending Red into Blue, which in turn peeled Yellow through the hoop, by means of a double cannon."
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The 2011 Red Ball Trophy for Golf CroqCan was awarded to Patrick Little at the 2011 AGM

Submitted by: Georg Dej, Tournament Director
​Past Recipients
1989                Tremaine Arkely
1998                Jim Nicklasson
1999                Rufus K. Baynard
2000                Christian Paquet
2001                Fred Jones
2002                Beth Ann Theiste
2003                Richard Blassnitz
2004                Derek French
2005                Jeff Soo
2006                Richard Blassnitz
2007E              Paul Emmett
2007W             Patrick Little
2009GC           Ken Shipley
2011GC           Patrick Little
2012GC           Nate Hall
2015GC           Ian MacGregor
2916GC           Jim Wright
2017GC           Eric Harris
2018GC           Amr Hamdy
2019GC           David Wise
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