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Fed Croquet Leagues Ready To Go

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Federation Leagues Ready to Go on 17th May 2021

The revised schedule of NWFed league fixtures for the 2021 season along with copies of the League Rules (as approved at the Federation Spring meeting on the 6th March), and a list of nominated team captains are now available on this website. Please go to the individual league pages from the drop down tab NWFCC Leagues.

The actual start date of the season may change if the programmes adopted by the English and Welsh Governments respectively for easing the restrictions on travelling and social gatherings change. Please ensure you are aware of and comply fully with any restrictions in place aided by the guidance issued from time to time by the Croquet Association. 

As agreed at the recent Federation Spring meeting the weekend handicap and short lawn AC and handicap GC leagues have been divided into two groups each to accommodate the matches into the shortened league season.

The grouping has been based on minimising transport and each now comprises a ‘northern’ group and a ‘southern’ group. For these three leagues all fixtures are scheduled to be completed by the end of August and any matches not played by the 20th September will be declared void.

Following the completion of the league fixtures for these three leagues the two leading teams in each league group will be invited to agree a date for an end of season play-off to determine the three overall league winners. The venues for the play-offs will be notified to the two team captains in due course and the play-off matches should be completed no later than the 3rd October 2021.

For the remaining three leagues, the B level advanced and midweek handicap AC and the level-play GC, all matches should be completed no later than the 3rd October and any matches which remain unplayed by that date will be declared void.

If for any reason you would like to change the proposed date of a league match on the draft fixture list please contact the opposing team captain directly and once a new date has been agreed let me know so that I can update the fixture list.

Please also note the following points:

* An up-to-date fixture list, league rules, match score sheets, full match results, league tables and contact details for Team Captains, can be found on this website on the individual league pages or Calendar on the home page. Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, any match cancelled at short notice due to a Covid related circumstance will be treated as an emergency under League Rule 2(b) and the two team captains will have up to three weeks from the scheduled date of the match to agree a new date before the match is declared void. All AC league matches should be played in accordance with the 7th Edition of the Laws of Association Croquet as adopted by the CA with effect from the 1st March. New League Rule 24(b) requires that match score sheets for level play GC matches must present the results of individual games in the order in which they are played to comply with the requirements of the CA grading system and, unless agreed otherwise by the team captains, the default sequence of games is that shown on the NWFed match score sheet.

As always, any questions or problems please don’t hesitate to get in touch in the normal way, either by email ivan.wheatley@gmail.com or by telephone 07881581349.

Ivan Wheatley, NWFed League Manager

NW Croquet League Fixtures 2021

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NW Croquet Federation 2021 fixtures now published

The provisional fixture list for the 2021 federation croquet league season have now been published and has been sent to club secretaries and nominated team captains for comment. All six leagues including B Level advanced, Weekend and Midweek Handicap and Short Lawn AC and Level Play and Handicap GC will run as usual.

There are a couple of new entrants in the leagues. After a plan to take part in the Short Lawn league last year, which of course didn’t come off, Llanfairfechan have entered the Short Lawn league again this year as well as entering the Level Play GC league. Fylde have re-entered the B level AC league after a short absence to replace Crake Valley who have dropped out and Culcheth have again rejoined the Level Play GC league after standing down in 2020. Bury have reverted to just one team in the level play and handicap GC leagues.

In total we have 183 matches scheduled for the season which, Covid permitting, will commence on Saturday the 10th April and run through to mid-September. If for any reason we are forced to delay the start of the season we have plans in place to respond accordingly to ensure that we at last can return to the lawns in 2021.

Download the complete provisional 2021 fixture list – here.

Download a list of all Team Captains – here.

Contact details of all team captains can be found on the Who’s Who page or the individual league pages (where you can also download individual league calendars and match scoresheets)

Coronavirus – Interim Rules for Fed Croquet League

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The new croquet season is now just over a month away and the news about Covid-19 evolves daily.  I am confident that clubs are considering the impact of the virus on their own activities and will undoubtedly be guided by Government advice however I would like to take this opportunity to reassure you that we are continually monitoring the situation and its impact on the Federation league programme. As an interim measure we have agreed to introduce a supplementary rule covering matches that are either cancelled or abandoned due to Covid-19.

·       In the event of a club being unable to fulfil a fixture due to Covid-19 issues arising from confirmed infection of a member of the club or self-isolation of a member of the team then this will constitute an ‘agreed emergency’ under league rule 2(b).

·       In the event that a new date for the match cannot be agreed within the required 3 weeks period after the scheduled date then the match will be declared a draw with one point awarded to each side.

·       If a match, for which the original cause of its postponement was Covid-19 related, remains unplayed by the end of the season then the match will be declared a draw with one point awarded to each side.

·       If during the course of a match it has to be abandoned due to a Covid-19 related issue then the match will be declared a draw unless the teams can, within a three week period, agree a revised date to play the match. If an individual game within a match is abandoned or cannot take place due to a Covid-19 related issue then that game will be declared a draw and the result of the match determined accordingly.

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