page_title: Wile Cup
section_title: Redmond 2013
hierarchical_section_title: Wile Cup / Modern Era / Redmond 2013
context_page_description: The Wile Cup is a trophy awarded annually to a group of croquet enthusiasts. Formerly the Championship Trophy for the University of British Columbia's Croquet Society club, the Wile Cup has since become an annual recreational award. It is named after Croqsoc founder and inaugural club president, Daryl Wile. The tournament which the trophy is played for is also known as the Wile Cup.
  The Wile Cup was purchased by the club in 2004, to be presented to the player who earned the most points in tournament play during the 2003-04 Winter semester. The Cup didn't receive its moniker until the following school year, when President Corey Fischer christened the chalice in honour of the Croquet Society's founding father.
context_section_description: While the 2012 tournament dipped briefly into the USA during the opening round, the 2013 Wile Cup was the first to be played entirely south of the 49th parallel.  Participation in Washington state is a home-coming of sorts, as the idea for the UBC Croquet Society was first pitched on US soil.  Competition for the 10th edition of the Championship was held in the Seattle suburb of Redmond.  Reigning champion Brian Martin and his wife Alison selected a nearby soccer field to hold round 1, played in the Traditional format.  The ample space allotted for both matches to be played simultaneously, resulting in a fairly quick opening frame.
  Play resumed for the Xtreme Croquet round at Microsoft headquarters, on the Redwest campus.  The unusual terrain boasted a new obstacle to this year's round; “Death Tree.”  Should a player's ball come into contact with Death Tree or its exposed roots, that player must return to the starting stake for their next turn; he or she does not lose any completed wickets.  Overall, Death Tree was struck four times between the two Xtreme matches, garnering it for future Wile Cup inclusion.
  The Championship Final was played at the Martin homestead, contested by a near clean sweep of former UBC Croquet Society Executive Board members, save for Mike Bortolin: Corey Fischer, Adam Gelinas, Brian Martin, Kevin Nickel, and trophy namesake Daryl Wile.  The Executive not involved, Colin Olson, designed the Championship course and served as head official.
  Olson's course featured a central stake, tasking players to not only start and finish at the same point, but more importantly to avoid during the course of play.  Unlike Death Tree, should a player's ball strike the stake, his game is over.  This strategy was not lost on the experienced group, with no less than five stake-outs attempted; the closest performed by Wile, wherein he sent Bortolin's ball just centimeters from doom, only to roquet off Gelinas’ ball, which was already in immediate stake-proximity.
  Shot of Game (and arguably of Day) went to the leader Martin, who had been sent off the pitch on Fischer's previous turn; needing one long shot to capture first place, Martin passed the stake, but had just enough carry to nudge up to Bortolin, awarding him two short strokes to capture his second consecutive Wile Cup Championship.  Repetition was also in store for Wile himself, who finished as Runner-up in back-to-back years.
caption: Microsoft Xtreme.
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