Lakewood Croquet Club Champions are recognized the world over as the premiere competitors in extreme croquet. The Champions Cup, held annually to crown the Club’s Champion, is the most hotly contested trophy in the sport. Year in and year out, LCC competitors put their reputation on the line against the best of the best from both within the Club and outside. Over the past decade, the Champions Cup and other LCC titles have been competed for not only by the creme of the LCC crop, but also by members of the SFECC (San Francisco Extreme Croquet Club), Ironman Croquet (IMC), UW Honors Croquet League, WACCOS (Washington Association for Correct Croquet with Order and Sanity), the Commencement Bay Croquet Club and others.
LAKEWOOD CROQUET CLUB CHAMPION *
1 - “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton (8/16/96-8/9/97)
2 - “The Franchise” Jeff Gepner (8/9/97-8/14/99)
3 - “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton (8/14/99-7/21/01)
4 - “The Franchise” Jeff Gepner (7/21/01-8/30/02)
5 - “The Great One” Andy Cooper (8/30/02-8/30/03)
6 - “Steak Boy” David Bois (8/30/03-10/2/04)
7 - Brian S. Johnston III (10/2/04-7/16/05)
8 - “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton (7/16/05-8/19/06)
9 - “The Franchise” Jeff Gepner (8/19/06-9/2/07)
10 - “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton (9/2/07-Present)
LAKEWOOD CROQUET CLUB DOUBLES CHAMPIONS **
1 - Brian S. Johnston III & Tom Carmony (5/14/98-5/22/99) #
2 - Emily Smith & Andy Cooper (5/22/99-6/13/00)
3 - Brian S. Johnston III & Tom Carmony (6/13/00-5/6/01) %
4 - Jeff Gepner & Tom Carmony (5/6/01-5/31/02)
5 - Brian S. Johnston III & Tom Carmony (5/31/02-7/12/03) ^
6 - Jeff Gepner & Brian S. Johnston III (7/12/03-7/25/04)
7 - Jeff Gepner & Kevin Sutton (7/25/04-5/26/07)
8 - Colin & Joel Pritchard (5/26/07-6/7/08)
9 - Brian S. Johnston III & Kevin Sutton (6/7/08-Present)
POISON CHAMPION ***
1 - “The Franchise” Jeff Gepner (7/9/05-8/5/06) ~
2 - “The Franchise” Jeff Gepner (8/5/06-8/11/07)
3 - “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton (8/11/07-8/16/08)
4 - Mr. Brian S. Johnston III (8/16/08-Present)
CHAMPION OF FREEDOM ****
1 - Jenn Farrell (7/4/06-7/4/07)
2 - “King of Qualifying” Tom Carmony (7/4/07-7/4/08)
3 - “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton (7/4/08-Present)
Retired Championships
PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION(S) *****
1 - Brian Jermyn (9/10/00 - 8/11/01)
2 - “Rat Boy” Brian Egan (8/11/01-7/28/02)
3 - Amy Egan & “Queen of Croquet” Lin Cherry (7/28/02-8/17/03)
4 - Bob Kopcho & Rick Jermyn (8/17/03-8/22/04)
5 - “The Muddy Bears” Kristen & Brian Motz (8/22/04-8/6/05)
6 - “King of Qualifying” Tom Carmony (8/6/05-Eternity)
* Winner of Champions Cup recognized as LCC Champion.
** Winners of Gary Coleman Memorial Team Challenge recognized as LCC Doubles Champions.
*** Winner of annual Poison event recognized as Poison Champion.
**** Winner of the Indepdence Invitational recognized as Champion of Freedom.
***** Winner of Pennsylvania Open, held 2000-2005 recognized as LCC Commonwealth Champion. The Commonwealth Championship was retired in 2006.
# - President Johnston declared himself and Carmony champions following a time-limit draw in the inaugural Coleman Challenge.
% - Johnston again declared himself and Carmony champions when the 2000 Coleman Challenge was rained out.
^ - For the third time, Johnston declared himself and Carmony champions when he cancelled the 2002 Coleman Challenge.
~ - Gepner admitted, in the days following Poison II, that he illegally skipped a wicket, and thus, “King of Qualifying” Tom Carmony should have won the event, but the LCC Board of Directors refused to reverse the ruling.
