Owen Edwards

Owen Edwards is a life member of Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club, East Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He joined 1983, was Treasurer 1984 to 1986, and President 2001 to 2003.

Owen was ACA National Director of Refereeing AC & GC 1996 to 2010.

He was the Tournament Referee at many international events:

• WCF Open AC World Singles Championship; Bunbury, WA, AU 1999
• WCF Worlds AC Singles Championships; Cheltenhan, EN,UK 2005
• World AC Team Championship (MacRobertson Shield); Australia 2006
• WCF Womens Golf Croquet World Singles Championships; Melbourne, AU 2009
• WCF Open AC World Singles Championships; Palm Beach, Florida, USA 2009

He was a referee at many international events:

• WCF Worlds AC Singles Championships; Wellington, New Zealand 2003
• Worlds Teams AC Championships (MacRobertson Shield); USA 2003
• WCF Worlds AC Singles Championships; Cheltenhan, UK 2005
• WCF Worlds AC Singles Championships; Christchurch, NZ 2007

Owen's playing record includes:

• Australian GC Croquet Open Singles Champion, 2002, 2005 & 2006

Owen has lots of Association Croquet material available:

• AC Referees Manual. 2008
• AC Umpires Tutorial No 1. 2009
• AC Umpires Tutorial  No 2. 2009
• A Quick Guide to AC Umpiring and Refereeing Practice. 2009
• AC Umpires & Referees Tutorial ( the Open Book ‘Trial Exam / Tutorial’ ) 2009
• ACA AC Umpires Exam. 2009
• ACA AC Referees Exam. 2009

Owen has lots of Golf Croquet material available:

• GC Referees Manual 2008
• GC Referees Open Book Exam/Tutorial 2009
• ACA GC Referees Exam 2008

Owen's articles are reproduced here (in alphabetical order). You may need to get the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Double Taps and Pushes — Close Balls
Golf Croquet Fundamentals — The DT's
Golf Croquet Fundamentals — The DT's Continued
Golf Croquet Glossary
Official Rulings on the 2007 Edition of the WCF Golf Croquet Rules
Offside: An Attempt to De-Confuse
WCF Golf Croquet Rules Index