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Ian Lines (born 1965) is an international croquet player. He has played international representative croquet for Great Britain since 2004 and has represented England in the Home Internationals.^[1]^[2]

Profile

Lines started playing croquet in 1993, and won the All England Association Handicap Championship in 1995. More recently, he won the Chairman's Salver in 2004 and played for Great Britain in their successful Solomon Trophy team against the United States in Palm Springs.

He achieved his highest world ranking of ninth in early 2005. During that year he also represented England in the Home Internationals, played in the Plate Final of the British Opens and got through to the knockout stages of the WCF Association World Championships. Although mainly an Association player, Lines won the Lancashire International Golf Croquet Championship in 2005, and was a member of the Lancashire team which won the very first UK Inter-County Golf Championship.

March 2006 saw Lines represent England in the World Golf Croquet Championships in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Club Activities

Lines is an active member of the Bowdon Croquet Club in Manchester, and is secretary of the NorthWest croquet federation. As well as winning most of the region's A Class tournaments, he is a popular coach and player at Bowdon, and regularly travels around the UK to compete in tournaments.

References

^ 2008 World Croquet Championships Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Bio Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] 2008 World Croquet Championships Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Bio Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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+'''Ian Lines''' (born 1965) is an international [[croquet]] player. He has played international representative croquet for Great Britain since 2004 and has represented [[England]] in the Home Internationals.<ref>[http://www.worldcroquet2008.com/players.html 2008 World Croquet Championships] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511212302/http://www.worldcroquet2008.com/players.html |date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.wcfcroquet.org/Players/Lines-Ian.html Bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716115139/http://www.wcfcroquet.org/Players/Lines-Ian.html |date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
-[[Image:Ian_lines.jpg|120px]]Ian Lines (born 1965) has played international representative croquet for Great Britain since 2004.
 ==Profile==
-Ian started playing croquet in 1993, and won the All England Association Handicap Championship in 1995.
+Lines started playing croquet in 1993, and won the All England Association Handicap Championship in 1995. More recently, he won the Chairman's Salver in 2004 and played for [[Great Britain]] in their successful Solomon Trophy team against the [[United States]] in [[Palm Springs]].
+He achieved his highest world ranking of ninth in early 2005. During that year he also represented England in the Home Internationals, played in the Plate Final of the British Opens and got through to the knockout stages of the WCF Association World Championships. Although mainly an Association player, Lines won the Lancashire International Golf Croquet Championship in 2005, and was a member of the Lancashire team which won the very first UK Inter-County Golf Championship.
-More recently, he won the Chairman’s Salver in 2004 and played for Great Britain in their successful Solomon Trophy team against the USA in Palm Springs.
+March 2006 saw Lines represent England in the World Golf Croquet Championships in [[Hawke's Bay, New Zealand]].
-Ian's achieved his highest [[http://www.butedock.demon.co.uk/rank/index.html][world ranking]] (number 9) in early 2005. During that year he also represented England in the Home Internationals, played in the Plate Final of the British Opens and got through to the knockout stages of the WCF Association World Championships.
+==Club Activities==
-Although mainly an Association player, Ian won the Lancashire International Golf Croquet Championship in 2005, and was a member of the Lancashire team which won the very first UK Inter-County Golf Championship.
+Lines is an active member of the Bowdon Croquet Club in Manchester, and is secretary of the NorthWest croquet federation. As well as winning most of the region's A Class tournaments, he is a popular coach and player at Bowdon, and regularly travels around the UK to compete in tournaments.
+==See also==
-March 2006 sees Ian represent England in the World Golf Croquet Championships in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
+*[[History of croquet]]
-==Club Activities==
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-Ian is a very active member of the [[http://www.bowdoncroquet.co.uk][Bowdon Croquet Club]] in Manchester, and is secretary of the NorthWest croquet federation. As well as winning most of the region's A Class tournaments, Ian is a very popular coach and player at Bowdon, and regularly travels around the UK to compete in tournaments.
+==External links==
+* [http://butedock.com/cgs/rank.php Croquet world rankings]
+* [http://www.bowdoncroquet.co.uk Bowdon Croquet Club]
+{{Portal bar|Biography|England|Sports}}
+{{Authority control}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Lines, Ian}}
+[[Category:1965 births]]
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:English croquet players]]