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Mitsubishi Motors 2005 World Croquet Championship |
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| Kevin Beard - Position 2nd in Blue Group (AUS) |  |
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World Ranking at 1st August 2005: 67
Kevin Beard, 53, is a geneticist with the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme. His primary task is to identify the top bulls from around the world for Australian dairy farmers . The bulls are ranked on the expected profitability of their future daughters - a task even more difficult than Chris Williams' job of ranking croquet players on their own performance. Kevin was introduced to croquet 7 years ago and took it up to get some balance in his life. Despite the suggestion that the pendulum has swung too far, he has the strong support of his wife Janet, and two young adult daughters, Sally and Catherine. Kevin's greatest thrill in croquet to date is being named captain of the Australia A team to play New Zealand A in Melbourne in May 2005. He is the current holder of the Victorian section of the Australian Gold Medal. Other recent achievements are 3rd place in the Australian Open Singles in 2004, semifinalist in the Australian Open Doubles with Brett Rogers in 2004 and 3rd place in the Australian Mens Championship in 2005. Winning the Tom Howat Cup (President's 2nd 8) in 2003 and 3rd place in the Eddie Hunt Trophy (President's 1st 8) in 2004 are also high on his list of achievements. |
Results/Schedules for Kevin Beard - Position 2nd in Blue Group
| Competitor | Games | Competitor | Games | Date | Time | Lawn | WDL | Group | |||||
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| Jerry Stark | 
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0 | Kevin Beard |
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1 | Mon 8 Aug | 13.30 | Nailsea | W | -10 | Blue Group |
| Kevin Beard |
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1 | David Foulser | 
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0 | Mon 8 Aug | 11.30 | Nailsea | W | +23(T) | Blue Group |
| Chris Williams | 
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0 | Kevin Beard |
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1 | Mon 8 Aug | 10.00 | Nailsea | W | -18 | Blue Group |
| Colin Irwin | 
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0 | Kevin Beard |
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1 | Sun 7 Aug | 13.30 | Bristol | W | -11 | Blue Group |
| Simon Williams | 
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0 | Kevin Beard |
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1 | Sun 7 Aug | 11.30 | Bristol | W | -26 | Blue Group |
| Kevin Beard |
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0 | Chris Clarke |
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1 | Sun 7 Aug | 10.00 | Bristol | L | -5 | Blue Group |
| Kevin Beard |
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1 | Stephen Forster |
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0 | Sat 6 Aug | 13.30 | Cheltenham | W | +11(T) | Blue Group |
| Kevin Beard |
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1 | Anton Varnas | 
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0 | Sat 6 Aug | 11.30 | Cheltenham | W | +23 | Blue Group |
| Peter Batchelor | 
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1 | Kevin Beard |
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0 | Sat 6 Aug | 10.00 | Cheltenham | L | +1(T) | Blue Group |
