Frank Gunstone dies
We’re sad to have to report that Frank died in his sleep at home earlier this week. Richard Clark writes: “With the passing of Frank at the age of 86 this November, the Croquet...
Yearly Archive: 2019
Lawns re-open for the Winter!
You’ll be glad to know that Chris and Alex have just drilled the hoops on lawns 1 and 2, so we’re open for business again! Ray will paint the lines in due course. Lawn...
Escape to the Perfect Town
Filming of this BBC1 programme about a property hunt in Tunbridge Wells took place in July. The programme aired on Monday 14th October and features quite a good four minute segment about croquet at our...
Simon Manwaring wins our GC New Members Tournament
A bit belated to report: Simon Manwaring won our initial tournament on 28th September in good weather with three straight wins. Trevor Houghton-Berry won two games and Dave Grimshaw won one, with Philip Osman,...
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Finals Day! 7 close matches completed – pictured is the Golf Doubles at the start of game 3. This went to the Golden Hoop. pic.twitter.com/zbJtlJsga3 — Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club (@CroquetWells) September 9, 2019
Finals Day success
We managed to complete seven finals in splendid weather on Finals Day with only the Golf High Bisquers. Golf New Players and Miriam Reader Association Doubles outstanding. See our 2019 Competitions page for full...
Andy Dibben retains Honeygrove Cup
Just short of a full house of 11 players entered our annual Advanced Tournament, the Honeygrove Cup, with most of the usual suspects. Our lawns were delightful and the fastest they’ve ever been. The...
Barney Lewis almost wins!
Barney came second in the Area Final for the CA All England handicap event held at Surbiton last weekend, so qualifies for the Final being held at Hunstanton this weekend. John Knight from Reigate...
SECF A league v Sussex County – lost 3:4
A decent match at last! We were on average one handicap weaker than them, but came out of the morning session 2:1 up. This is the first time this has happened in an A...
SECF Golf Level League v Merton – lost 0:7
A bad day at the office, the only saving grace being that we were on average one handicap difference worse off…