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Apps Heley Award for Crake Croquet

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Crake Valley Win the Apps Heley Award for 2021

Crake Valley has won the Apps Heley Award for 2021. This prestigious Croquet Association award is given every two years to the club with three or four courts that has made most progress at a national or local level over the previous two years. The major progress at the Club recognised by this award includes bringing a third lawn into operation with improvements in the quality of all lawns, as well as construction of the new clubhouse.

Much of the funding for these projects was obtained locally and was seen to be providing a local community facility attempting to provide croquet for all. Many members have worked tirelessly to gain this award which is the result of a lot of hard work. There is, of course, always more to do and the Club looks forward to continued progress in future years.

Special thanks are due to David Cornes who has led the team with enthusiasm and determination, he has recently been elected as Development Officer for the North west Federation of Croquet Clubs.

(The Apps Heley Award is given by the Croquet Association every two years to the club with three or four courts that has made the most progress at a national or local level in the last two years. Previous club winners in the north west have been: Bowdon 2005; Crake 2007; Chester 2011; Fylde 2013.)

Jack Good Wins National B Level Golf Croquet Title

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National Golf Croquet B Level Final – 5/6 Sept 2020 Roehampton CC

The north west had two qualifiers in the national B Level Golf Croquet Final last weekend – a remarkable achievement for both Jack Good (Bowdon) and David Cornes (Crake Valley) as they travelled down to Roehampton, SW London for the weekend event.

The 16 national qualifiers came from all over England and most had a handicap of about 3 so a very close tournament was anticipated. The sun was out for both days with the 4 lawns in immaculate condition living up to their reputation as being amongst the best in the UK.

David Cornes (Crake) at Roehampton

David normally has good control over the ball position but found reading the pace accurately difficult at times and any mistakes were punished by his opponents. The damage to his chances were done by Saturday lunch. His first match was lost against the eventual winner. Then 3 defeats (6-7, 6-7 & 3-7) meant he hadn’t recorded a win at that time. After that David performed better and won a very credible 6 out of his 11 remaining games to finish on Sunday afternoon in a lower mid table position. A good result after a poor start.

At the end of tournament 3 players were tied on 11 wins. Young Jack Good (Bowdon – Handicap 0) took the title and its’ impressive trophy by 1 net hoop difference. An excellent victory.

(Pictures to follow)

New Croquet Clubhouse Opened at Crake

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Roger Staples (l) officially open the new Crake Clubhouse assisted by Crake Chairman Jim Allcock

Despite the national Covid-19 crisis, Crake Valley officially opened their new clubhouse on Saturday 21st March with a minimum attendance to comply with government safety guidelines.

Roger Staples, Chairman of the Executive Croquet Association Board, performed the traditional tape cutting ceremony.

The club is grateful to the Croquet Association for all their help with the new clubhouse.

There will be another celebration at a later date when all of members and guests can celebrate this major achievement in the development of the club.

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