December 21st Update

The new Tier 4 areas face tighter restrictions. The government’s guidance states that outdoor sports courts can remain open for individual exercise, and for people to use with others within your household, support bubble, or with one person from another household.

The CA’s Coronavirus Task Force interprets this to mean that, for clubs or players in Tier 4 areas, only one game of singles should take place on a court, unless the players are members of a family group or support bubble.

Apart from elite sport, organised outdoor sport is only permitted for under 18s and disabled people. Accordingly the CA’s tournament guidance does not apply in Tier 4 and tournaments, team matches, etc. should not be held.

The guidance for other tiers is unaffected, but clubs and players should be aware of the increased risk of transmission by the new strain of the virus.

Read the full guidance here

Next CA Webinar – Croquet Lawn Care and Maintenance Saturday 30th January 2021 (CA Official News)

Saturday 30th January 2021 – Croquet Lawn Care and Maintenance (Duncan Hector and George Noble)

Join us in hearing from Duncan Hector and George Noble – two of the leading experts on croquet lawn care in England.

Potential topics (details tbc):

• General lawn care advice
• Equipment
• Construction of new lawns
• Greenkeepers’ calendar
• Winter play
• Recent advances

Duncan Hector, of Great Dunham Croquet Club, is a lawn care professional advising on more than 90 croquet lawns around the UK. He has worked with the Sports Turf Research Institute on sports turf nutrition, and control of turf diseases and pests, and established two high quality lawns from scratch at Letchworth Croquet Club.

George Noble, Chairman of Surbiton Croquet Club for many years, converted Surbiton’s 7 lawns over the years from rough, sloping, former tennis courts to some of the best in the country. A leading light in instilling a volunteering ethos and always willing to roll up his sleeves, he willingly shares his knowledge via the CA’s Lawn Advisory Group.

Details: Saturday 30th January 2021, 9:30-11:00am.

Please sign up on Eventbrite by 5pm (BST) on Thursday 28th January to reserve your place.

The webinar will be held on Zoom and broadcast live on YouTube. Meeting details (how to join the webinar) will be shared with registered attendees on Friday 29th January.

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The CA Webinars are a webinar series for CA Members, CA Member Clubs and Federations, to learn and discuss particular topics around croquet administration. We aim to run this on the last Saturday morning of each month.

Recordings of past webinars are available via the Webinars page (member login required).

Past Webinars

Date	Title
31st October 2020	Meet the new CA Executive Board
26th September 2020	Marketing your Club
29th August 2020	A conversation on Diversity and Inclusion in Croquet
25th July 2020	Managing A Croquet Roll-Up/Competition (COVID-19 Edition)
27th June 2020	Recruiting Young Players Over Lockdown
30th May 2020	Court Booking Systems

Want to view a previous webinar? Visit the Webinars page (member login required)