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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.

Dave Williamson Wins Fed Millenium Handicap

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NWFCC Millennium handicap AC tournament, 13th/14thJuly 2019

2019 Federation Millenium Handicap contestants

The Federation Millennium handicap AC tournament was held over the weekend of the 13th/14thJuly hosted by Pendle & Craven Croquet Club. With 8 contestants from Bowdon, Bury, Crake Valley, Fylde, Pendle and Westmorland and with handicaps ranging from 3½to 22 taking part, the event comprised 5 rounds of 18 point handicap AC played to a time limit of 2½hrs per game. The lawns were in excellent condition, running both true and consistently, and the weather forecast was for good, dry days so all looked on course for an enjoyable weekend of croquet.

Robert Essler (Pendle) presents the winning trophy to Dave Williamson (Crake).

Initial pairings were based on matched handicaps as far as possible with subsequent rounds determined using the Swiss format. This brought some interesting encounters with the overall ranking changing with each iteration. As late as round 4 there were still three of the competitors in contention for the title but by the final round this had reduced to two with the final result hung on the last game to finish. At the end of the tournament three of the players were tied on 3 wins out of 5 and the end placings were determined by net hoops however the overall winner, being the only player with 4 wins out of 5 was Dave Williamson from Crake Valley (who earned a handicap reduction from 22 to 16). Second place went to Paul Dowdall of Pendle and third place to Tony Phillips of Bury.

Robert Essler (Pendle) presents the Runners Up trophy to Paul Dowdall (Pendle)

Thanks to Pendle CC for hosting the event and for providing their customary excellent hospitality and to Robert Essler of Pendle who presented the trophies .

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