GOLF CROQUET: Masterful strokes by Nasr win final - Hawkes Bay Today - Mar 13 2006 12:00PM - localsport
GOLF CROQUET: Masterful strokes by Nasr win final - Hawkes Bay Today - Mar 13 2006 12:00PM - localsport: "The largest crowd ever to watch golf croquet in New Zealand, they said, and every man, woman and child among the crowd of more than 300, glued to the action.
That didn't include artist Peter Williams, of course, who having taken a snapshot in his mind of yesterday's World Championship final between Egyptians Mohamed Nasr and Salan Hassan at the Te Mata club, spent the rest of the afternoon vividly capturing it in oil paint.
But for the rest of us, Nasr's 7-4, 7-6, 3-7, 7-5 victory was a work of art in itself.
Nasr's power and precision was something to behold, even for the lay person.
But for golf croquet aficionados, it was almost a religious experience.
New Zealand's Geoff Young, who'd beaten Egypt's number one player, and the pre-tournament favourite, Khalid Younis, back on day one reckoned he could scarcely believe his eyes. "
That didn't include artist Peter Williams, of course, who having taken a snapshot in his mind of yesterday's World Championship final between Egyptians Mohamed Nasr and Salan Hassan at the Te Mata club, spent the rest of the afternoon vividly capturing it in oil paint.
But for the rest of us, Nasr's 7-4, 7-6, 3-7, 7-5 victory was a work of art in itself.
Nasr's power and precision was something to behold, even for the lay person.
But for golf croquet aficionados, it was almost a religious experience.
New Zealand's Geoff Young, who'd beaten Egypt's number one player, and the pre-tournament favourite, Khalid Younis, back on day one reckoned he could scarcely believe his eyes. "
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