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Jon Diamond in Southport

Jon Diamond in Southport

Southport Croquet club is close to the sea, which is wonderful but does mean that the lawns are sometimes below high tide. Given the wet winter we had this led to their 5 main...

National Croquet Day report

National Croquet Day report

After a slow start on Sunday due to a damp night, but a dry if cloudy early morning, we had 19 visitors including two family groups whom we are hopeful may join. We has...

Alex Jardine  second in Sussex B-level Challenge

Alex Jardine second in Sussex B-level Challenge

Alex picked up second place in the Sussex County B-level Challenge at the weekend. Four players won 4/5, three who had done the usual “he-beat-her-beat-me-beat-him” and one who had won his 4 amongst those...

Other croquet news

Other croquet news

Some other croquet sites provide a news feed and we’ve consolidated all  those that we can find in the South East, plus the Croquet Association. Click on the link on the right halfway down...

Robert Alexander wins the Kent Cup (AC)

Robert Alexander wins the Kent Cup (AC)

Thanks goodness the heat had gone! The hottest April day in 70 years was just two days ago and the weather for this event on 21st/22nd April at Tunbridge Wells was perfect. Unfortunately the...

AC on Thursday evenings started successfully

AC on Thursday evenings started successfully

Our first try for AC with free parking garnered 6 players, with one short lawn and one full-sized one. Both Advanced and Handicap games were played, mainly 18-points so that each person who stayed...

Barney wins on Opening Day!

Barney wins on Opening Day!

Once again, Barney Lewis proved to be Top-of-the-One-balls, his single-point defeat of John Greenwood being the deciding factor when both ended up on 3 wins out of 4 games. A decent attendance of ten...

Fraser Tankard draw announced

Fraser Tankard draw announced

The draw for this season’s Tuesday evening GC team event has been released. Please note that the Rules have been revised this year: the start time is 6:15pm and all games are level play,...