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National Inter Club Croquet Tournaments

The Croquet Association organise a range of national competitions for club, you can see further information on the CA website via this link: https://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=/
This is how north west teams are performing in 2022:

THE INTER-CLUB AC CHAMPIONSHIP
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2003)

2022 – Bowdon finished runners up

– see all 2022 Mary Rose results here

THE MARY ROSE INTER-CLUB AC TROPHY 2019
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2019, Bowdon 2010, Pendle 2007, Bowdon 2001)
Advanced play, players must have Handicaps of 0 or greater and teams must have a gross handicap of at least 4

2022 – Bowdon finished runner up

– see all 2022 Mary Rose results here

THE LONGMAN CUP (AC)
(Previous north west winners: Pendle 2017, Bury 2009, Fylde 2008, Fylde 2007, Pendle 2006)
Handicap play, players must have a Handicap between 3.5 and 20.  Teams must have a gross handicap of at least 24.
2022 – Bury finished in 3rd Place. 2023 Won by Fylde
– see all 2022 Longman Cup results here

THE SECRETARY’S SHIELD (AC)
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2014, Pendle 2009, Bowdon 2002)
Handicap play for players with a maximum handicap of 20. Normally one doubles and six single matches are played in a single day by a team of four, but variation is possible – refer to the full regulations for details.

– see all 2022 Secretary’s Shield results here 

THE SHORT CROQUET INTER CLUB AC TROPHY
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2019, Penrith & N Lakes 2018)
Representative team from each Federation to play in Regional (if required) and National final. Teams must have at least one player with a SC handicap of 6 or more.
Bury finished as 2022 winners
– see all 2022 Short Croquet Inter Club results here

This is how north west teams performed in 2020:

THE INTER-CLUB AC CHAMPIONSHIP
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2003)
Level play with no handicap restrictions.
2020, 1st Round:
Bowdon v Hurlingham
– see all 2020 Inter-Club results here 

THE MARY ROSE INTER-CLUB AC TROPHY 2019
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2019, Bowdon 2010, Pendle 2007, Bowdon 2001)
Advanced play, players must have Handicaps of 0 or greater and teams must have a gross handicap of at least 4.
2020, 1st Round: awaiting draw.
– see all 2020 Mary Rose results here

THE LONGMAN CUP (AC)
(Previous north west winners: Pendle 2017, Bury 2009, Fylde 2008, Fylde 2007, Pendle 2006)
Handicap play, players must have a Handicap between 3.5 and 20.  Teams must have a gross handicap of at least 24.
2020, 1st Round:
Bowdon v Ashby
Pendle v Bury
Chester have a bye.
– see all 2020 Longman Cup results here

THE SECRETARY’S SHIELD (AC)
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2014, Pendle 2009, Bowdon 2002)
Handicap play for players with a maximum handicap of 20. Normally one doubles and six single matches are played in a single day by a team of four, but variation is possible – refer to the full regulations for details.
2020, 1st Round: awaiting draw.
– see all 2020 Secretary’s Shield results here 

THE SHORT CROQUET INTER CLUB AC TROPHY
(Previous north west winners: Bowdon 2019, Penrith & N Lakes 2018)
Representative team from each Federation to play in Regional (if required) and National final. Teams must have at least one player with a SC handicap of 6 or more.
2020, 1st Round: awaiting draw.
– see all 2020 Short Croquet Inter Club results here

THE INTER-CLUB GC CHAMPIONSHIP
Level play with no handicap restrictions.
2020, no north west teams entered.
– see all 2020 Inter-Club results here 

THE GOLF CROQUET MURPHY SHIELD
Handicap play, one team member must have handicap of 2+, others must be greater than 2, the team gross handicap must be at least 12.
2020, Preliminary Round:
Crake Valley v Pendle
– see all 2020 GC Murphy Shield results here   

THE GOLF CROQUET FEDERATIONS SHIELD
Handicap play with no handicap restrictions.
2020, Quarter Final:
Crake Valley v High Wycombe
– see all 2020 GC Federation Shield results here 





Cake and Croquet in Bury

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NATIONAL CROQUET DAY AT WHITEHEAD PARK ON 4th JUNE

What a brilliant day!

The weather was good to us and the sun shone as the Mayoress of Bury, Mrs Dorothy Gunther, visited us to open our new facility.  There was a good turnout of visitors and along with our own members everything culminated in a very enjoyable day.

Many thanks go to all members for their hard work and to Pat Carter for the fabulous cake – delicious!.

Croquet Returns to Keswick

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Homeward Bound for 18 Months

The Mayor of Kewsick, Susan Leighton, performs the opening ceremony witrh Keswick Croquet Club chair, Ian Hall.

Keswick Croquet Club, with fewer than a dozen members, took the opportunity of the happy coincidence of National Croquet Day and the long-awaited restoration of our lawn on Fitz park, Keswick, to hold a joint taster day and re-opening ceremony.  Fitz Park is the natural flood plain for Keswick, and Storm Desmond, December 5th 2015, took full advantage of it to deposit many thousands of tons of silt, many hundreds of uprooted trees, and even the remains of eight mobile homes over the thirty acres of park – much of it on our croquet lawn. We found that even after the mechanical removal of the detritus and the sterling efforts of the Parks staff to restore order, nets, park benches, flower beds and shrubs the croquet lawn was unwilling to resemble anything more than a pond.  All those tons of silt had thoroughly blocked the drains, and even seemed to have formed an impermeable layer a foot down.

Restoring the drains and breaking up that layer, and establishing a decent sward, has taken ever since the deluge, and so National Croquet Day, falling eighteen months to the day later, was too good an opportunity to miss. We publicised the joint opening and taster day in the local ‘Keswick Reminder’ and with the posters provided by the CA and invited the lady Mayor, Councillor Susan Leighton, along to perform the ceremony and join in the golf croquet afternoon.

Fortunately the sun smiled upon us, and the small crowd who’d come along to see what it was all about were able to enjoy both the game itself and the social aspect provided by sparkling wine and various canapés laid on by our social secretary Tom Ryan and his wife Gail. We had four games going on our two short lawns, each with a member explaining how to do it and keeping score, and those who played seemed thoroughly to enjoy themselves.

Was it a success? It depends how you define such things. The crowd was small, and liberally laced with friends and well-wishers, and the likely permanent uptake is likely to be tiny – say two or three at most. However, it may establish these two short lawns as a venue for Golf Croquet, and may generate its own following. Existing members are passionate Association players, and have found an alternative excellent full lawn at nearby Braithwaite village, but we have found by experience that it is difficult to introduce new players to AC, so maybe GC at Fitz Park will slowly generate some AC players. Only time will tell.

 

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