Reginald Bamford

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Reg Bamford (born 11 October 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a croquet world champion from London, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa.

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Since 2001, he has dominated world croquet. He is the only player to have won both versions of the World Championships (Golf Croquet and Association Croquet) and held both titles simultaneously in 2013. He has won the Association Croquet World Croquet Championship five times (2001, 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2020), [1] And the WCF World Golf Croquet Championship twice (2013 and 2017). He was runner-up on two occasions (2018 in AC and 2012 in GC) and semi-finalist on two occasions (2014 and 2016 in AC). He has won the British AC Open Championship 12 times and the British GC Open Championship 12 times, the premier events in the UK of each code.

Furthermore, he was ranked 29th in the 100 Best Sportspeople in the World for the year 2020 by Sports Media. He enjoys a rivalry with Robert Fulford, whom he has faced in eleven British AC Open singles finals.

He is a businessman and qualified Chartered Accountant (after completing his articles at Deloitte SA in 1992), who founded and runs Sable International, a company that offer services to expats and high-net-worth individuals. He is known throughout the Antipodean and South African communities in London. He has two sons and is married to Adrienne.

Career statistics (Association Croquet)

Source: [1]

Major tournament performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament19841987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
World ChampionshipAAQF1RQF2RQF
Open Championship1RSFAAAAAWWW2RSFQFW
Men's ChampionshipAAAAAAAWFAAAAW
Win–loss0-13-10-00-00-01-10-110-011-26-11-15-22-19-0
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
World ChampionshipW*2RW1RW
Open ChampionshipFW*WFSFSFFFSFSFW
Men's ChampionshipWWWAWAAAAAA
Win–loss8-110-09-14-17-18-13-14-13-27-15-0
Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024 SR W–L Win %
World ChampionshipWSFSFFW2R5 / 1643 - 1179.6
Open ChampionshipWWWFQFQFWAF1RWFSFQF12 / 33104 - 2183.2
Men's ChampionshipASFAAAAAAANHAAA6 / 833 - 294.3
Win–loss5-011-17-14-11-14-24-04-13-15-14-03-13-21-123 / 57180 - 3484.1

* The 1989 and 2001 World and Open Championships were combined events.

Major Championship Finals: 31 (21 titles, 10 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipOpponentScore
Winner1993Men's Championship Chris Clarke +tpo, +tp, +tp
Winner1993Open ChampionshipDavid Maugham-25tp, +26tp, +19, -11tp, +26tp
Runner-up1994Men's ChampionshipMichael Taylor+26tp, -26tp, -26tp
Winner1994Open Championship Chris Clarke +16tp, +26
Winner1995Open Championship Robert Fulford +24tp, +26tp, -26tp, -26tp, +26tp
Winner1999Men's Championship Stephen Mulliner -17, -17tp, +26tp, +10, +16tp
Winner1999Open Championship Robert Fulford +26tp, -26tp, -26tp, +26tp, +26tp
Winner2000Men's ChampionshipToby Garrison+26tp, +1, -26tp, +26tp
Runner-up2000Open Championship Stephen Mulliner +25tp, -9tpo, -20tp, -20tp
Winner2001Men's Championship Robert Fulford +3, -8tp, +8, -20tp, +17qnp
Winner2001World Championship Robert Fulford -16tp, +17sxp, -3, +26sxp, +26qp
Winner2002Men's ChampionshipDavid Goacher+17sxp, +15sxp, +17octp
Winner2002Open Championship Chris Clarke +12, +26sxp, +26sxp
Runner-up2003Open Championship Robert Fulford -26tp, -12, -18tp
Winner2004Men's ChampionshipPeter Trimmer-8tp, +17sxp, +26sxp, -19tp, +26sxp
Winner2005World Championship Robert Fulford +17tp, +26sxp, +17sxp
Runner-up2006Open Championship Robert Fulford +2qp, -25sxp, -26qnp, +8sxp, -1
Runner-up2007Open Championship Robert Fulford -26tp, -25sxp, +16tp, -26sxp
Winner2009World Championship Ben Rothman +13tp, +22, +18tp
Winner2010Open ChampionshipRobert Fletcher+16 -17tp +17tp -26tp +12tpo
Winner2011Open Championship Robert Fulford -18tp, +26sxp, +17, +26sxp
Winner2012World ChampionshipRobert Fletcher-12tpo, +17tp, -26tp, +17tp, +26qp
Winner2012Open Championship Robert Fulford +25sxp, -14tp, +24sxp, +24sxp
Winner2013Open ChampionshipSamir Patel+26sxp, +25sxp, +15qnp
Runner-up2014Open Championship Robert Fulford -16, -5qp, -18qp
Winner2017Open Championship Robert Fulford -25sxp, -3, +20sxp, +26sxp, +19sxp
Runner-up2018World ChampionshipPaddy Chapman-7tp, +26tp, +26tp, -15tp, -17tp
Runner-up2019Open ChampionshipJames Death-18tp, -18tp
Winner2020World ChampionshipMatthew Essick+14tp, -12, +17tp, +26tp
Winner2021Open Championship Robert Fulford -3sxp, +25sxp, +24sxp, +19sxp
Runner-up2023Open ChampionshipJames Death-19tp, +17sxp, -2, -26tp

The 2001 World Championship and Open Championship were a combined event.

References

  1. 1 2 "Croquet Records" . Retrieved 29 January 2017.