Croquet can be a really easy game, but it really helps your enjoyment of the game if you’ve been taught how to hold your mallet, hit a ball properly, run hoops, make breaks and the proper rules!
See our for our one day Introduction to Croquet courses
The cost for any of these courses is just £30 per person, and will include light refreshments.
Your membership fee for the year will be reduced from £60 to £30 if you decide to join the club and pay at the end of the course.
Don’t worry if you know nothing about croquet – these courses are designed for you! Or if you have played croquet before, perhaps in the garden, but aren’t really sure about all the rules, then come along – we’ll teach you everything you need to know.
What you need for all these courses is
- a pair of flat soled shoes (trainers are fine),
- your packed lunch,
- drinks, apart from tea and coffee which we provide,
- the cafe in the park should be open as are local shops within 5 mins walk, but queues can build up if it’s a nice day.
All courses will be run from 10am to 3pm including a break for lunch and several tutored play sessions.
The overall structure of our basic Introduction to Croquet course is:
AM
– How to hold a mallet, hit straight and run hoops
– Simple tactics
– Supervised play
PM
– More supervised play
Our Introduction to Short Course Croquet builds on the skills learnt on the basic course to teach you how to play Association Croquet. This finishes a little later at 4pm, with an overall structure of
AM
– Roquets and simple laws
– The croquet shot
– Take-offs
– Straight Drives
– Principles of break play
PM
– Stop and Split Shots
– Supervised play
Don’t forget to let your friends know that you’re coming, so that they can join you! It’s more fun that way.
To discuss this or for further information contact our Chief Coach, Jon Diamond, by email: coaching@tunbridgewellscroquet.org.uk. More information about croquet and our club can be found on the rest of this website