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Croquet Volunteers Wanted

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Garry Wilson (NWFCC Chairman) recently attended a CA Conference on the future relationship between the CA and the Federations – here are his comments:

Hello everybody,

As you may be aware, I recently attended a Federations Conference with David Walters and John Dawson.  Though it was a relatively short day, we managed to discover that as a Federation we are well organised and have a great deal of good processes and practices in place.

One outcome of the conference was the creation of a number of working parties and we have committed, if at all possible, to provide two individuals to be members of two of these working parties. The first working party is Communications, and we would be present as a Federation who seem to have got it right. The second working party is one entitled Marketing and Recruitment, which would cover recruitment, retention, sponsorship, etc. We would join this working party like every other Federation, believing we could do better.

We need to look within our Federation for these two participants. They do not need to be committee members. What is more important is expertise in the particular area.  All ideas, names and even volunteers would be most welcome, please contact me.

Best regards,

Garry Wilson, Chairman

Email Garry or phone 07711 623 311

PS:  Please don’t forget that I will no longer be in office after the October meeting and nobody has yet stepped forward to take on the Chairman’s role.

North West Sending Two Players to National Croquet Final

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Phil Nuttall and Libby Dixon Take North West Hopes to Wrest Park

Manager Peter wilson (centre) with Phil Nuttall and Libby Dixon
Phil Nutall

Phil Nuttall (Bury) won the regional heat of the national Association Croquet Handicap tournament 5/5.  Libby Dixon (Pendle) was runner up 4/5.  Both now will go to Wrest Park for the final in two weeks.

The tournament was a real test of all round skill.  Scorching Sunshine for the first three games with players working hard on hydration and shade.  This was followed by two games in constant drizzle on Sunday with players seeking shelter and towels.

Both finalists had kind words to say about the tournament organisation, lawns and catering.

Phil triggered down to handicap 16 automatically, Libby will continue to the final at 18.

Libby Dixon

 

Before Wimbledon there was …..

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THERE WAS A NEWS FLASH !

Before Wimbledon there was ….  Listen to James Hawkins talking to Chris Evans about Croquet on Radio 1 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p058x6kh

THEN AN OLD CODGER GOT UPSET !

Letter to the Editor

Dear Sir

I was so disappointed to learn that the Editor of the NW Fed website was stuck in a pre millennium time warp. Even the most uneducated of his readers will know that Chris Evans has matured over the years and moved from Radio 1 to take over the early morning Radio 2 slot once occupied by ( some would say) the late/ great Terry Wogan!

As my daughters say to me so regularly ” Keep up , you old …..”. I trust the error will be quickly rectified ( even if the balls are not returned their previous position)

Yours

Old Codger of Chester

THE EDITOR REPLIES ! 

Ah those pre-millennium days – when I had a high croquet handicap and could win most of my Croquet games, Wogan and the TOG’s gave us a few laughs on Radio 2 whilst a young whippersnapper called Evans excited younger listeners on Radio 1.  This fellow Evans does not look a day older so still looks like a Radio 1 personality, far too young for Radio 2!  When did that transfer happen?  Apologies to all Radio 1 / 2 fans.

JOHN DAWSON PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE ! 

James Hawkins, a leading AC player and author of Complete Croquet, is to be congratulated on getting Croquet on to the Chris Evans Radio 2 show. He initially phoned in to ” put Chris right” on the history of croquet at Wimbledon a few weeks ago and was promptly ” rewarded ” with a live interview with Chris within days. A brave man!! And whilst James in the interview may not have revealed anything new to croquet aficionados he did get croquet into the public arena. Not many of us create the opportunity to talk to 9 million people in the UK about croquet and to get on to the Chris Evans IPlayer site for more listeners ( along with a photo of AC World Champion, Stephen Mulliner lining up a hoop1 peel).

Well done , James .

John Dawson

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