This page lists various honours achieved by North West Federation Croquet Clubs. These include all Federation League Champions; Millennium Tournament winners; Federation Festival Awards; Pennine Cup holders and National Inter Club achievements.
The first League Champions were Ellesmere who won the league in 1973 and again in 1974.
| You can jump to the various honours boards by clicking on the following links: | ||
| B Level AC League | Millenium Adv AC | Festival of Croquet |
| Handicap AC League | Millenium AC Hcp | Pennine Cup |
| Midweek AC League | Millenium Short AC | National Inter Club |
| Short AC League | Millenium Hcp GC | Advanced League |
| Handicap GC League | Millenium Adv GC | NWF Northern League |
| Level Play GC League | Confederation League |
Advanced League (est 2000) | ||
| 2000 – South Lakes | 2001 – South Lakes | 2002 – Southport |
| 2003 – Southport | 2004 – Bowdon | 2000 – South Lakes |
| 2001 – South Lakes | 2002 – Southport | 2003 – Southport |
| 2004 – Bowdon | 2005 – South Lakes | 2006 – Crake Valley |
| 2007 – Bowdon Canons | 2008 – Southport | 2009 – Bowdon Saints |
| 2010 – Fylde | 2011 – Bowdon Saints | 2012 – Bowdon Saints |
| 2013 – Chester | 2014 – Chester | 2015 – Pendle |
| 2016 – Bowdon | 2017 – Discontinued |
| B Level Advanced League (est 2014) | ||
| 2014 – Pendle | 2015 – Fylde | 2016 – Bowdon |
| 2017 – Fylde | 2018 – Bowdon | 2019 – Chester |
| 2020 – Not Played | 2021 – Bowdon | 2022 – Crake Lakes |
| 2023 – Crake Lakes |
The NWF Northern League (est 1973) | ||
| 1973 – Ellesmere | 1974 – Ellesmere | 1975 – Daten |
| 1976 – Daten | 1977 – Ellesmere | 1978 – Ellesmere B |
| 1979 – Chester/East Riding tied | 1980/1987 – ??? | 1988 – Pendle |
| 1989/1991 – ??? | 1992 – Discontinued |
The Confederation League (est 1992) | ||
| 1992 – Bowdon | 1993 – Tyneside | 1994 – Beverley |
| 1995 – Beverley | 1996 – Beverley | 1997 – Beverley |
| 1998 – Beverley | 1999 – Pendle | 2000 – Middlesbrough |
| 2001 Discontinued |
The Handicap League (est 1990) | ||
| 1990 – Bowdon | 1991 – Pendle | 1992 – Bury |
| 1993 – Bowdon | 1994 – Pendle | 1995 – Bowdon |
| 1996 – Bury | 1997 – Bowdon | 1998 – Bowdon |
| 1999 – Chester | 2000 – Bowdon | 2001 – Bowdon |
| 2002 – Southport | 2003 – Pendle | 2004 – Bury Caesars |
| 2005 – Fylde | 2006 – Pendle | 2007 – Chester |
| 2008 – Pendle | 2009 – Pendle | 2010 – Fylde |
| 2011 – Fylde | 2012 – Pendle | 2013 – Bowdon St Marys |
| 2014 – Bury Peelers | 2015 – Fylde | 2016 – Chester |
| 2017 – Bury Peelers | 2018 – Chester | 2019 – Chester |
| 2020 – Not Played | 2021 – Crake Valley | 2022 – Bury Caesars |
| 2023 – Bury Caesars |
The Midweek Handicap League (est 2004) | ||
| 2004 – Pendle | 2005 – Bowdon Griffins | 2006 – Chester |
| 2007 – Bury | 2008 – Bowdon Earls | 2009 – Bowdon Earls |
| 2010 – Chester | 2011 – Fylde | 2012 – Chester |
| 2013 – Westmorland | 2014 – Chester | 2015 – Fylde |
| 2016 – Westmorland | 2017 – Chester | 2018 – Southport |
| 2019 – Pendle | 2020 – Not Played | 2021 – Bowdon |
| 2022 – Westmorland | 2023 – Bowdon |
Short AC League (est 1987) | ||
| 1987 – Pendle | 1988 – Pendle | 1989 – Pendle |
| 1990 – Pendle | 1991 – Pendle | 1992 – Radbroke Hall |
| 1993 – Bowdon | 1994 – Pendle | 1995 – Bowdon |
| 1996 – Bowdon | 1997 – Pendle | 1998 – Bowdon |
| 1999 – Lancaster | 2000 – Southport | 2001 – Southport |
| 2002 – Pendle | 2003 – Bowdon | 2004 – Fylde |
| 2005 – Bury | 2006 – Bowdon | 2007 – Bury |
| 2008 – Bowdon | 2009 – Llanfairfechan | 2010 – Llanfairfechan |
| 2011 – Pendle | 2012- Bowdon | 2013 – Llanfairfechan |
| 2014 – Southport | 2015 – Bury | 2016 – Bowdon |
| 2017 – Bowdon | 2018 – Westmorland | 2019 – Bury Crusaders |
| 2020 – Not Played | 2021 – Chester | 2022 – Westmorland |
| 2023 – Southport |
Hcp GC League (est 2000) | ||
| 2000 – Southport | 2001 – Southport | 2002 – Southport |
| 2003 – Bury North | 2004 – Bury South | 2005 – Southport Proms |
| 2006 – Culcheth | 2007 – Pendle | 2008 – Chester |
| 2009 – Southport | 2010 – Llanfairfechan | 2011 – Bury South |
| 2012 – Pendle | 2013 – Chester | 2014 – Chester |
| 2015 – Southport | 2016 – Southport | 2017 – Southport |
| 2018 – Westmorland | 2019 – Crake | 2020 – Not Played |
| 2021 – Crake Valley | 2022 – Southport | 2023 – |
Level Play Golf League (est 2013) | ||
| 2013 – Bury | 2014 – Bury East | 2015 – Bowdon Bandits |
| 2016 – Bowdon Bandits | 2017 – Bowdon Bandits | 2018 – Chester Centurions |
| 2019 – Chester Centurions | 2020 – Not Played | 2021 – Chester Centurions |
| 2022 – Bowdon |
Millennium AC Advanced Competition
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| 2000 Roger Brookes (Southport) | 2001 Roger Brookes (Southport) | 2002 Ian Lines (Bowdon) |
| 2003 A – Colin Irwin (Bowdon) B – Peter Wardle (Crake) | 2004 A – Ian Lines (Bowdon) B – Liz Wilson (Fylde) | 2005 A – Chris Clarke (Bowdon) B – Andrew Winn (Bowdon) |
| 2006 A – Ian Lines (Bowdon) B – Paul Rigge (Bury) | 2007 A – Ian Lines (Bowdon) B – Ray Lowe (Southport) | 2008 A – Andrew Winn B – David Walters |
| 2009 A – Ian Lines (Bowdon) B – Roger Schofield (Pendle) | 2010 A – Ian Lines B – Mark Lloyd | 2011 A – Alan Mayne (Bowdon) B – Alan Pidcock (Southport) |
| 2012 A – David Walters (Bowdon) B – Roger Schofield (Pendle) | 2013 A – David Walters (Bowdon) B – Robert Essler (Pendle) | 2014 A – Colin Irwin (Bowdon) B – Robert Essler (Pendle) |
| 2015 A – David Walters (Bowdon) B – Andy Brandwood (Bury) | 2016 A – Paul Rigge (Bury) B – Roger Schofield (Pendle) | 2017 A – David Walters (Bowdon) B – Ian Hall (Keswick) |
| 2018 A – David Walters (Bowdon) B – Gerry Guest (Chester) | 2019 A – Andrew Winn (Bowdon) B – Paul Kenworthy (Bury) | 2020 A – John-Paul Moberley (Bowdon) B – Lorna Dewar (Pendle) |
| 2021 A – Mark Lloyd (Chester) B – Liz Wilson (Fylde) | 2022 A – Rick Harding (Southport) B – Nigel Matthews (Bowdon) | 2023 A – Nigel Matthews B – Steve Skelton |
Millennium AC Handicap Competition
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| 2000 – Martin Bradshaw (Fylde) | 2001 – Derek Bell-Jones (Chester) | 2002 – Keith Roberts (Southport) |
| 2003 – No competition | 2004 – Mark Lloyd (Chester) | 2005 – Lee Hartley (Fylde) |
| 2006 – Abandoned | 2007 – Justin Brightmore (Bury) | 2008 – Terry Vernazza (Fylde) |
| 2009 – Patrick Cheyne (Bowdon) | 2010 – Matt Holmes (Bury) | 2011 – Barry Keen (Bowdon) |
| 2012 – David Boyd (Chester) | 2013 – Abandoned | 2014 – Paul Kenworthy (Bury) |
| 2015 – Not played | 2016 – David Lloyd (Westmorland) | 2017 – |
| 2018 – Barry McKenzie (Bowdon) | 2019 – Dave Williamson (Crake) | 2020 – Anne Alvey (Bury) |
| 2021 – Anne Alvey (Bury) | 2022 – Chris Alvey (Bury) | 2023 – Not contested |
Millennium Golf Hcp Competition
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| 2008 – Alan Mayne (Bowdon) | 2009 – Abdul Ahmad (Pendle & Craven) | 2010 – Gary Greenwood |
| 2011 – John Adams | 2012 – Margaret Eccles (Bury) | 2013 – Brian Poynton (Culcheth) |
| 2014 – Don Williamson (Southport) | 2015 – Vi Richards (Bury) | 2016 – Keith Woodward (Culcheth) |
| 2017 – Roger Edwards (Craig-y-don) | 2018 – Not played | 2019 – Sam Seal (Llanfairfechan) |
| 2020 – Frank Sharps (Crake) | 2021 – Lou Pell (Fylde) | 2022 – Frank Sharps (Crake Valley) |
| 2023 – Paul Galley (Crake) |
Millenium Short Competition
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| 2011 – John Mawdsley (Southport) | 2012 – Jennifer Mawdsley (Southport) | 2013 – Chris Evans (Bowdon) |
| 2014 – Nathan Blake (Fylde) | 2015 – David Lloyd (Westmorland) | 2016 – Brian Walton (Chester) |
| 2017 – Sally Slater (Chester) | 2018 – Jayne Taylor (Chester) | 2019 – James Thomas (Llanfairfechan) |
| 2020 – Neil Adams (Westmorland) | 2021 – Brian Storey (Bowdon) | 2022 – Alison Broughton (Fylde) |
| 2023 – Phil Snowden |
Millennium Level Play Golf Competition (est 2015) | ||
| 2015 – Paul Rigge (Bury) | 2016 – Paul Rigge (Bury) | 2017 – Not played |
| 2018 – Libby Dixon (Pendle) | 2019 – David Walters (Bowdon) | 2020 – Paul Rigge (Pendle) |
| 2021 – Jack Good (Bury) | 2022 – David Cornes (Crake Valley) | 2023 – Nigel Matthews (Bowdon) |
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CHAMPION
| AC EVENTS: (L = Level Play; H = Handicap; S = Short;) | GC EVENTS: (L = Level Play; H = Handicap;) |
| 1994 SOUTHPORT | – | – |
| 1995 PENDLE | – | – |
| 1996 BURY | – | – |
| 1997 SOUTHPORT | Bowdon (S) | – |
| 1998 SOUTHPORT | – | – |
| 1999 SOUTHPORT | – | – |
| 2000 PENDLE | – | – |
| 2001 SOUTHPORT | – | – |
| 2002 BURY | Bowdon (H); Bury (S); | Southport (H) |
| 2003 SOUTHPORT | South Lakes (H); Pendle (S) | Southport (H) |
| 2004 BOWDON | Bowdon (L); Bowdon (H); Fylde (S); | Bury (H) |
| 2005 BURY | Bury (L); Southport (H); Fylde (S); | Culcheth (H); |
| 2006 SOUTHPORT | Bury (L); Southport (H); Southport (S); | Culcheth (H); |
| 2007 BOWDON | Fylde (H); Bowdon (S); | Bowdon (H); |
| 2008 BOWDON | Crake Valley (L); Bowdon (H); Pendle (S); | Bowdon (H); |
| 2009 BOWDON | Southport (L); Fylde (H); Bowdon (S); | Bowdon (H); |
| 2010 CHESTER | Fylde (L); Chester (H); Chester (S); | Chester (H); |
| 2011 BURY | Fylde (L); Crake Valley (H); Bury (S); | Llanfairfechan (H); |
| 2012 PENDLE | Fylde (L); Westmorland (H); Llanfairfechan (S); | Pendle (H); |
| 2013 SOUTHPORT | Crake Valley (L); Southport (H); Bury (S); | Bury (H); |
| 2014 BOWDON | Bowdon (L): Westmorland (H); Chester (S); | Bowdon (H); |
| 2015 BURY | Fylde (L); Fylde (H); Bury (S); | Chester (H); |
| 2016 FYLDE | Fylde (L); Fylde (H); Bowdon (S); | Culcheth (H); |
| 2017 BURY | Fylde (L); Westmorland (H); Bowdon (S); | Bury (H); |
| 2018 WESTMORLAND | Fylde (L); Bury (H); Chester (S); | Crake (H); |
| 2019 PENDLE | Pendle (L); Pendle (H); Chester (S); | Llanfairfechan (H); Southport (L); |
| 2020 Not Played | – | – |
| 2021 PENDLE | Pendle (L); Westmorland (H); Fylde (S); | Pendle (H); Bowdon (L); |
| 2022 Bowdon | Bowdon (L); Bowdon (H); Bowdon (S); | Bowdon (L); Fylde (H) |
| 2023 Pendle | Pendle (L); Bowdon (H); Fylde (S) | Fylde (H); Bowdon (L) |
The Pennine Cup (Annual match between the Croquet Federations of the North West and the North East) | ||
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| 2002 – NW | 2003 – NW | 2004 – NE |
| 2005 – NW | 2006 – NW | 2007 – NW |
| 2008 – NE | 2009 – NW | 2010 – NW |
| 2011 – NE | 2012 – NE | 2013 – NE |
| 2014 – NW | 2015 – Not Played | 2016 – Not Played |
| 2017 – NW | 2018 – NW | 2019 – NW |
| 2020 – Not Played | 2022 – NW | |
| 2023 – NW |
National Inter Club Competitions | |
| AC INTER CLUB: | 2003 – Bowdon |
| MARY ROSE: | 2019 – Bowdon 2010 – Bowdon 2007 – Pendle 2001 – Bowdon |
| LONGMAN CUP: | 2017 – Pendle 2009 – Bury 2008 – Fylde 2007 – Fylde 2006 – Pendle 2023 – Fylde |
| SECRETARY’S SHIELD: | 2014 – Bowdon 2009 – Pendle 2002 – Bowdon |
| NATIONAL SHORT CROQUET: | 2022 – Bury 2019 – Bowdon 2018 – Penrith |