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Pods for A and B Class Players
Matt Holmes will be running four Coaching sessions for A and B Class players at Coronation Park, Bury. (Whitehead Park may be used itv lawns suitable).
Start time – 6pm till dusk.
Tue 10th May – Second Break
Tue 7th June – Peeling and Lining Up
Tue 21st June – Straight Peels
Tue 19th July – 4 Back Peel Decision Making
Croquet Coaching across the Federation
The north west Federation of Croquet Clubs offers coaching at all levels throughout the region to any club who requests such activities. All coaching is free, however, the provision of refreshments to our coaches is always appreciated. We provide coaching expertise from across the region and sometimes from further afield, they zoom into your club and provide high quality tuition, leaving behind a rich repertoire of new skills – our Flying Circus of coaches can deliver formal or bespoke events as requested.
In the first instance, Club secretaries should discuss their club coaching requests with the Federation Coaching Officer. Requests can cover Golf or Association Croquet, from Beginners to Advanced and could also be formal Bronze, Silver or Gold courses as written by the CA. Our Coaching Officer will arrange the coaches for you and may even suggest a combined event involving players from other clubs.
At the time of writing – all coaching requests should be directed to the Federation Secretary Paul Rigge.
Travel Costs for Coaches
Any club wishing to have coaching should contact the Coaching Officer who will agree if, when and where such coaching shall take place and whether or not any other clubs may be interested in involvement. Coaches involved can reclaim the costs of fuel if they so desire by e-mailing a request for payment to the Treasurer, copied to the Coaching Officer. Any coaching arrangements made independently of the Coaching Officer are between the coach and the club involved and will not attract Federation funding.
The Croquet Coaching Pods are Back
These CA formulated pods will recommence in May. The aim is to have one session a month until daylight starts to dwindle, so provided there is enough interest these are the planned dates.
A reminder that these sessions are provided for CA members who are playing Advanced rules or will be very shortly.
Sessions will start at 5.30pm until light permits. Latecomers will still be welcome but they should advise beforehand to ensure the running of the event can be worked around there time.
BURY Tues 12th May – Improving 4 Ball breaks
BURY Tues 16th June – Executing good lift leaves
BURY Tues 7th July – Pegging out opposition towards the end of a game
BURY Tues 4th August – Straight peeling
All events at the Bury Coronation Park lawns.
Those who haven’t yet registered for local coaching pods can do so on the CA website in the members area.