2025 AGM minutes
The main items were: Chris Barham is the new Chairman The subscription rate has increased to £120 (the first increase since 1995!) The minutes are here
Author: Jon Diamond
Croquet South East league results announced
Again we’ve managed to do not very well in the Croquet South East leagues: U league: 8th out of 10 teams Golf Handicap League: 13th/17 a) must enter more leagues and b) try harder!
Timothy Luke won the Surbiton ARK
Timothy Luke won the ARK at Surbiton this year with a handicap of 4.5 and a perfect score of 5 wins out of 5 games. The runner up was Joel Taylor (hcp -2) with...
Richard Clark
It is with sadness that we have to tell you that Richard died this week, aged just 90. He had been ill for a long while and had to retire from croquet playing in...
A wet end to the season – draw v Ivychurch
Our final match in the Croquet South-East Golf Croquet Handicap league was at home to Ivychurch, on Thursday 5 September. It was supposed to be at Ivychurch but their lawnmower broke down… The opening...
Ged Smolskas wins Honeygrove Cup
The Honeygrove Cup this year was won by a first timer Ged Smolskas all the way from Lithuania, via Bury Croquet Club. He managed to win 4 games, but won by dint of his...
Narrow defeat at home to Canterbury
We suffered a loss at home to Canterbury in the Croquet South-East Golf Croquet Handicap league on Monday 5 August. Pairs of Kate Sander with Denis Cruse and Trevor Houghton-Berry with Robert Hassell both recorded losses...
Rob Fulford wins the Championship of Surrey
It doesn’t sound much, but this is one of the major AC events of the year, just behind the British Open. It’s played at Surbiton over three days; this year in fairly fast and...
CSE GC Handicap League v Ramsgate – won 7:2
Convincing victory at home to Ramsgate Following a heavy defeat at Sydenham the previous week, we recorded a convincing victory at home to Ramsgate in the Croquet South-East Golf Croquet Handicap league on Monday...
Richard Platt wins Pegasus Plate
Competitors came from far and wide for this prestigious tournament (our annual AC Handicap event) ignoring the lessor sporting events happening simultaneously such as Wimbledon and the Euro’s. The big screen in the park showing...