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More Croquet Club Coaches on the Way

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The Federation’s second Coach the Coach (CTC) Coaching day was again hosted at Whitehead Park by Bury CC on 13th May. The first course on 13th April was massively oversubscribed.

Don Williamson and Paul Rigge again led the course for Learner Club Coaches from Fylde, Chester, Bowdon & Southport this time, again in bright warm sunshine on superb courts – the joke of the day being, “maybe we should only play croquet on the 13th of each month, since we’ve got great weather for both of these courses”.

Now the examining coaches await the work by the delegates back at their own clubs…  

Fed Sec Wins Millennium LPG

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Federation (Millennium) Level Play Golf – 17th April 2019, Bury Whitehead Park

Dave Walters, being presented with the Federation LPG Millennium trophy by Organiser Jean Hargreaves.

In lovely weather 14 players from 5 clubs played in this event. The handicaps ranged from -3 to 7 and play was in 2 blocks followed by semi-finals, play-off and final.

There were several very close matches and some surprise results in the block play, including games seesawing between players.  Among the most notable were Richard Leach (hcp 7) beat Colin Irwin (hcp -1) 7-5 and Keith Woodward ( hcp 5) beat Paul Rigge (hcp-2). David Walters (hcp -3) was the only player to win all his block games.

The semi- finals were David Walters against Colin Irwin and Paul Rigge against Libby Dixon. David and Colin fought a close match with David winning on the Golden Hoop. Paul beat Libby 7-0 but not without a fight from her.

In the playoffs Colin beat Libby 7-1 but she still played determinedly.

The final between David and Paul started with Paul pushing hard but soon was overtaken by David. The match ended at hoop 10 when a shot of Paul’s didn’t go to plan and with David having 2 balls near the hoop and Paul’s far off, Paul conceded the hoop, and the match to David.

A very enjoyable day was had by all.

Would You Like to become a Club Coach?

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Help Your Club, Your Members and Yourself by becoming a Club Coach

If you are a regular Association or Golf Croquet player with a Handicap Card, why not consider becoming a Club Coach.  Your Federation is running:

One Day course: Becoming a Club Coach

Whitehead Park, Bury – Saturday 13th April 2019 – 10am to 4pm. 

This course is for both AC and GC players aiming to develop their coaching skills and seeking to become qualified CA club coaches. Coaches also find that coaching others can significantly improve their own game. You are expected to have a working knowledge of the Laws of AC or the Rules of GC.

The course is free and organised under the Federation Coaching scheme.  It will be run by Paul Rigge and Don Williamson.

Interested?  please book a place by emailing Paul Rigge (paul.rigge@tiscali.co.uk) as soon as possible.  It is expected this will be a popular event, so early booking is advisable.

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