Chris Clarke (croquet player)
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Chris Clarke (born 1971 in Lancashire) is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s.
Clarke works full-time as a cost analyst and contracts manager for a transport firm in Britain.
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[edit] Start of career
Clarke started playing croquet while a 13 year old student at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Blackburn under the coaching of French teacher Andrew Bennet.
[edit] Achievements
World Ranking at 1 August 2005: 2 World Ranking at 22 January 2006: 5
World Croquet Federation World Championships:
- 2002 - quarter finals;
- 2001 - 2nd Round;
- 1995 - Champion;
- 1994 - Finalist;
- 1992 - 1st Round;
- 1991 - semi final,
- 1990 - 1st Round;
- 1989 - 4th Round
1995: Winner Croquet World Championships.
5-times President's Cup winner
Represented Great Britain in the last 4 MacRobertson shield competitions (captain in 1996).
Chris has won 10 British Open Doubles titles (9 with Robert Fulford).
He has won the British Opens Singles title in 1997, British Men's Championships in 2005, Sonoma-Cutrer World Croquet Championships in 1997.
[edit] 2006
- Winner South Island Doubles (with Jenny Williams)
- Runner-up South Island Singles
- Winner New Zealand Open Doubles (with Robert Fulford)
