Victory at last in the U league
After a hitherto lacklustre season, our final U league match of the season, postponed from 18th July, was played on 29th September. Tim Luke, John Greenwood, Barney Lewis and Jack Ingle hosted Gabrielle Higgins,...
Author: Chris Barham
Fraser Tankard
After a season where the first place changed continuously, it was not until the very last game (postponed from 27th May!) that Team A finally emerged victorius. Congratulations to Mike, Trevor, Barney, Keith Sheila...
Finals Day (in the rain!)
As we only had four matches to play, Finals Day was scheduled just for the afternoon. The forecast was not good, but the rain held off until mid-afternoon, and seven hardy members (Jon Savage,...
Thomas Cullis wins Abbey Challenge Cup at Southwick
Congratulations to Thomas Cullis for winning the A Class trophy, the Abbey Challenge Cup, at the Sussex County Annual Tournament on 26/27 August. Thomas beat Antipodean visitor Dennis Bulloch in a tight match which ended...
David Beddy wins Pegasus Plate
Competitors came from as far and wide as York, Manchester and London for this prestigious tournament, Ignoring lesser sporting events such as Wimbledon. Thankfully, the weather also pitched up at an acceptable 25 degrees....
Defeat to Ivychurch A
We played our final match of the season in the Croquet South-East Golf Croquet Handicap league at home to Ivychurch A on 7 July. After a short delay for rain, we started strongly; winning...
Defeat to Cheam in sweltering heat
We suffered our third defeat in succession in the Croquet South-East Golf Croquet Handicap league, losing 6-3 at home to Cheam on 30 June, with heat beating all-time records. The opening round of two...
Phil Taylor wins Weldon Trophy at East Dorset
The East Dorset and Lawn tennis and croquet club holds a 4 day June tournament every year run by Andy Gregory. The initial two days are handicap play the latter two are split into...
Narrow defeat at Bromley
We lost our second match of the season in the Croquet South-East Golf Croquet Handicap league, losing 5-4 to Bromley C on 16 June. Bromley made very efficient use of their one lawn, which...
Golf Croquet Club Day Competition
On Friday 6th June we held our inaugural GC Level Play Day Competition. The weather was decidedly dodgy earlier in the day and we did have a few short rain delays. By the afternoon...