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On Line Croquet Tournaments Entry Postponed

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Opening Date for Online Entries Postponed

The opening date for online entries to tournaments or courses (other than virtual ones) has been postponed to at least the end of February, due to the current state of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Traditionally, the calendar has been published on, and online entries accepted from, 1st February, to coincide with delivery of paper fixtures books.  It had already been decided not to print the fixtures calendar this year, because of uncertainty about the Covid-19 pandemic, but it had been intended to stick to the same timetable.  However, it is now looking increasingly unlikely that events early in the season will be able to take place, and it is too soon to be able to predict which ones will be able to proceed. 

Refunding entries for events which have to be cancelled requires significant effort, is error prone and incurs additional transaction costs.  It has therefore been decided not to accept online entries until further notice, which will be no earlier than the end of February.  The situation will be reviewed before then.

We appreciate that many players enjoy planning their season at this time of year.  Due to enhancements to the fixtures calendar system it will still be possible to do so and save a wallet of events to enter once entries are being accepted for them.

Clubs which have events with allocation or closing dates before 15th March will be asked to review them and inform the CA Office whether they want them cancelled, or postponed or retained with allocation and closing dates on or after then.  It is important that all events should have allocation dates specified, so that players know that they can delay entering until then without reducing their chance of their entry being accepted.

The allocation, closing and draw dates for the inter-club competitions have been postponed by a month, to 8th, 8th and 15th of April respectively.

We apologise for the inconvenience that will be caused by this, but are satisfied that it is the best response to these uncertain times.

I trust you have an enjoyable season once it comes. 

Link to online news item.

Best wishes,
Mark Suter
Manager Croquet Association.
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Let’s give our Croquet more public recognition – Here are some new Logos

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Are the letters NWFCC enough?

How do we attract more interest in Croquet? How do we distinguish our Federation from all the other sporting organisations? How do we persuade people to want to know us?

A Logo is one way of starting this process but unfortunately, here in the North West our Clubs have Logos, our governing body, the Croquet Association has a Logo, so where is the North West Federation of Croquet Clubs’s Logo? The initials NWFCC does not really cut it.

Time to let loose your artistic flair – can you design a Logo that:

  • provides a unique identity for north west Croquet?
  • attracts interest and raises curiosity
  • becomes an easily recognised symbol of the Fed
  • easy to replicate on digital media, paperwork, flags, banners, trophies, clothing and marketing accessories

Why not have a go at designing something, especially since you may have time on your hands during Lockdown!

Here are the entries so far:

Please submit any further designs to the Federation Secretary – Angharrad Walters (email – secretary.nwcroquet@gmail.com ) by 1st March 2021, who will collate the entries and present them to clubs at the Spring Meeting. Clubs will then decide the winner.

We cannot promise the winner any material riches but they will gain a place in the Federation Roll of Honour and be remembered for a lasting and memorable contribution.

Jumping in the Snow Croquet Style

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“Oh the Courts outside are frightful
But the hoops and balls delightful
And since we’ve no place to go
We practice jump shots in the snow”

Playing Croquet at Pendle is always a pleasure but even more so when the Pennines have their annual covering of snow. Paul Rigge had fun knocking a few balls around and even did some interesting coaching on Jump Shots on the skippy slippy surface.

By the end of the day it was announced the area was to be placed in Tier 4 – restricting the Pendle croquet world to only two players per court for the foreseeable future.

Riggey in the snow – did it run?

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