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...
Author: Jon Diamond
Many Congratulations to Jon Diamond on his Award of a Croquet Association Diploma
The CA Diploma is awarded in recognition of club members ‘who have given outstanding service to croquet over a period of time. It has nothing to do with playing prowess and all about helping...
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
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
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...
SECF A league v Woking – won 5:2
On the hottest day of the year we hosted Woking for our second A league match of the season. We were pretty evenly matched on handicap, with only Philip being significantly outmatched. So it...
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...
SECF A league v Sussex County – lost 2:5
At last our first A league match of the season and a visit to Southwick with reasonable weather. Unfortunately Jon couldn’t make it due to family pressures, so we only fielded a team of...
SECF U league v Medway – won 6:1
A win at last! A clean sweep In the morning of the Doubles and two Singles, was followed in the afternoon by 3 wins and a solitary loss by our newby. That makes one...
SECF GC Handicap League v Bromley – lost 3:6
First defeat in the Handicap league Our team of Jeff Chapman, Richard Crews, David Pratt and Derek Owens sadly failed to make it 4 wins out of 4 in the SECF Golf Croquet Handicap...