Jubilee Croquet
Kate and Michael Sander provided some croquet over the Jubilee weekend for the residents of Birkin Lodge, a family-led nursing, residential and dementia care in Hawkenbury, as part of their special programme of Jubilee...
Author: Jon Diamond
We win Doubles at SECF Golf Teams Day
We had a good result in the Doubles last Sunday at the SECF Golf Teams day at Southwick winning three matches and drawing the 4th. As a result, we won the trophy! Not quite...
Richard Brooks wins the Montevideo Cup
Another lovely day welcomed eight players from three clubs in the Montevideo Cup, being held again after a three year interval. This is somewhat down on the 12 we’ve had in previous years, but...
SECF Restricted League match v Canterbury – lost 0:7
Mike Gentry reports: “Our first match in this league this year is one that we might like the forget. The scoreline of 0:7 is fairly comprehensive and the team only managed to win one game...
New membership record
We’ve just had two successful Introduction to Croquet Courses, which resulted in ten new members. In addition we’ve recently had an Open Day and, together with a number of out-of-the-blue applications, we’ve now exceeded...
SECF league match v Purley Bury – lost 1:5
We played our first AC B league match yesterday away at Purley Bury. The weather was glorious, the result not so! The team of Barney Lewis, Jack Ingle and me lost 1-5 with only...
CA Charity One Ball Final
A lovely day out for our three players in the final this Sunday at Surbiton. Unfortunately we didn’t have any winners, but the results were Daniel Crocombe 5/7, Jon Savage 4/7 and Peter Player...
Club updates
All competition draws, including the Fraser Tankard, are now on the website and the Notice Board. Please note that the handicap system used for the Fraser Tankard is the new (on trial) Advantage one....
New members
We’re continuing to add new members as a result of our recent very successful Open Day and Introduction to Croquet course (with 8 attendees). Now up to 68, with another Introduction Course scheduled for...
Croquet Academy Course held at Tunbridge Wells
A bit belated this as it took place on 23rd April: Well, the course should have been run by the Academy, but Richard Carline came down untimely with a severe bout of Covid. So...