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.
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.
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remove this message 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 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 Contents 1 Career statistics Association Croquet 1 1 1 Major tournament performance timeline 1 2 Major Championship Finals 31 21 titles 10 runners up 2 ReferencesCareer statistics Association Croquet 1 editMajor tournament performance timeline edit Key W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH 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 Tournament 1984 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 World Championship A A QF 1R QF 2R QF Open Championship 1R SF A A A A A W W W 2R SF QF W Men s Championship A A A A A A A W F A A A A W Win loss 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 0 11 2 6 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 9 0 Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 World Championship W 2R W 1R W Open Championship F W W F SF SF F F SF SF W Men s Championship W W W A W A A A A A A Win loss 8 1 10 0 9 1 4 1 7 1 8 1 3 1 4 1 3 2 7 1 5 0 Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W L Win World Championship W SF SF F W 2R 5 16 43 11 79 6 Open Championship W W W F QF QF W A F 1R W F SF 12 32 103 20 83 7 Men s Championship A SF A A A A A A A NH A A A 6 8 33 2 94 3 Win loss 5 0 11 1 7 1 4 1 1 1 4 2 4 0 4 1 3 1 5 1 4 0 3 1 3 2 23 56 179 33 84 4 The 1989 and 2001 World and Open Championships were combined events Major Championship Finals 31 21 titles 10 runners up edit Outcome Year Championship Opponent Score Winner 1993 Men s Championship Chris Clarke tpo tp tp Winner 1993 Open Championship David Maugham 25tp 26tp 19 11tp 26tp Runner up 1994 Men s Championship Michael Taylor 26tp 26tp 26tp Winner 1994 Open Championship Chris Clarke 16tp 26 Winner 1995 Open Championship Robert Fulford 24tp 26tp 26tp 26tp 26tp Winner 1999 Men s Championship Stephen Mulliner 17 17tp 26tp 10 16tp Winner 1999 Open Championship Robert Fulford 26tp 26tp 26tp 26tp 26tp Winner 2000 Men s Championship Toby Garrison 26tp 1 26tp 26tp Runner up 2000 Open Championship Stephen Mulliner 25tp 9tpo 20tp 20tp Winner 2001 Men s Championship Robert Fulford 3 8tp 8 20tp 17qnp Winner 2001 World Championship Robert Fulford 16tp 17sxp 3 26sxp 26qp Winner 2002 Men s Championship David Goacher 17sxp 15sxp 17octp Winner 2002 Open Championship Chris Clarke 12 26sxp 26sxp Runner up 2003 Open Championship Robert Fulford 26tp 12 18tp Winner 2004 Men s Championship Peter Trimmer 8tp 17sxp 26sxp 19tp 26sxp Winner 2005 World Championship Robert Fulford 17tp 26sxp 17sxp Runner up 2006 Open Championship Robert Fulford 2qp 25sxp 26qnp 8sxp 1 Runner up 2007 Open Championship Robert Fulford 26tp 25sxp 16tp 26sxp Winner 2009 World Championship Ben Rothman 13tp 22 18tp Winner 2010 Open Championship Robert Fletcher 16 17tp 17tp 26tp 12tpo Winner 2011 Open Championship Robert Fulford 18tp 26sxp 17 26sxp Winner 2012 World Championship Robert Fletcher 12tpo 17tp 26tp 17tp 26qp Winner 2012 Open Championship Robert Fulford 25sxp 14tp 24sxp 24sxp Winner 2013 Open Championship Samir Patel 26sxp 25sxp 15qnp Runner up 2014 Open Championship Robert Fulford 16 5qp 18qp Winner 2017 Open Championship Robert Fulford 25sxp 3 20sxp 26sxp 19sxp Runner up 2018 World Championship Paddy Chapman 7tp 26tp 26tp 15tp 17tp Runner up 2019 Open Championship James Death 18tp 18tp Winner 2020 World Championship Matthew Essick 14tp 12 17tp 26tp Winner 2021 Open Championship Robert Fulford 3sxp 25sxp 24sxp 19sxp Runner up 2023 Open Championship James Death 19tp 17sxp 2 26tp The 2001 World Championship and Open Championship were a combined event References edit a b Croquet Records Retrieved 29 January 2017 nbsp This biographical article relating to a United Kingdom sportsperson is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reginald Bamford amp oldid 1219787689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
