Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club's Robert Fulford is officially best of British.

Fulford triumphed in the British Golf Croquet Open Championship beating his old rival Reg Bamford to the title.

Fulford - a new member of Royal Tunbridge Wells - won 4-7, 7-6, 7-3 in the final at the Sussex County Croquet Club in Southwick.

A player for 40 years, he joined the club after recently moving to Hawkhurst and it’s the first time any member of the club has played in one of the British Opens.

Fulford will now be competing in the the Golf Croquet World Championship, also at Southwick, between July 30 and August 7 and goes into the event seeking a tournament first.

A five-times winner of the Association Croquet World Championship, Fulford has never won the Golf Croquet one.