Author: Jon Diamond

Last One Ball of the Year

Last One Ball of the Year

The last One Ball for 2023 this Sunday turned out to be quite damp after the first hour, so we only had 6 hardy players. The current state of play is: Swiss Games Wins...

Lawns closed

Lawns closed

Lawn 1 is now closed until the end of December. We’ll probably then close lawn 2 for at least two months. But Ray’s instructions, if any, on the Ball Store door will override these. Don’t...

SECF league results

SECF league results

The 2023 league results have just been released and we won the A league for the first time! It’s probably also the last time as the current plans are not to run it in...

Congratulations to Aaron Westerby

Congratulations to Aaron Westerby

Aaron has just been made a Life Member of Croquet New Zealand in recognition of his contribution to croquet in New Zealand, as a player, as an administrator and the go-to person for anything...

An Interview with Robert Fulford

An Interview with Robert Fulford

The following interview was published in the Croquet Network online magazine: www.croquetnetwork.com Robert Fulford in play during the 2023 AC World Championship semifinals at Hurlingham. Photo by Andrew Moss. In July, croquet players and...

Family tournament completed

Family tournament completed

In an epic final of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club Family Tournament, ‘The Two Jays’ triumphed over ‘The Gentlemen Gentries’ 7-5, 7-6. Torrential rain half an hour before ‘kick-off’ threatened to undermine the...

Thomas Cullis wins Honeygrove Cup

Thomas Cullis wins Honeygrove Cup

Local wins Honeygrove Cup for the first time in 6 years. After a poor July and most of August the weather was dry, if not terribly sunny, with warmish temperatures and lawns in excellent...