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Pendle Croquet Up and Running 30th March 2021
Pendle lawns cut, lined and ready to play. What better way to start the season with a game of Croquet in the Spring sunshine.
Playing croquet is the ideal way to come out of lockdown – easy to social distance and obey the Rule of Six.
Everything looking in great shape ready for the Pendle Easter tournaments – read more HERE
Pendle & Craven Croquet Club
Easter Tournaments 2021
Due to Covid restrictions on Hotels & Guest Houses not being allowed to open, our popular 4 day Easter tournament has been again cancelled.
In its place it is proposed to offer – TWO distinct ONE-DAY events:
Golf Croquet Competition – Saturday 3rd April
Propose a mix of Level & Handicap play, depending upon Entries.
AC Croquet Competition – Sunday 4th April
Propose a mix of Level & Handicap play, depending upon Entries.
Covid guidelines state that ‘organised’ sporting events can be legally held from 29th March but obviously, you will need to consider your commute to Pendle Club to attend these events, for example you might prefer not to car share, and the ‘Boris’ timetable might hiccup.
The Village Buttie Shop will be Open on the Saturday, so lunches can be sourced there, but Sunday will be ‘Bring your Own’ – sorry, Covid prohibits us catering, however drinks will be available on the terrace over both days.
Last year Pendle hosted Five Covid Safe Tournaments and the lessons learnt from them will be utilized for these; ‘owned’ Personal chairs, Extra Spaced cover, antibacterial equipment wipes, external brew stuff etc…
So if you fancy hitting balls about in competition as a season starter then please notify Liz Wilson (Liz@palnet.co.uk) to enter either (or both).
Costs:
Tournament entry fee – per player – £10.00/day (members £8)
Bottomless tea/coffee/squash during day – £3.00/day
Please, in the first instance, register your place so level of interest can be assessed.
“Oh the Courts outside are frightful
But the hoops and balls delightful
And since we’ve no place to go
We practice jump shots in the snow”
Playing Croquet at Pendle is always a pleasure but even more so when the Pennines have their annual covering of snow. Paul Rigge had fun knocking a few balls around and even did some interesting coaching on Jump Shots on the skippy slippy surface.
By the end of the day it was announced the area was to be placed in Tier 4 – restricting the Pendle croquet world to only two players per court for the foreseeable future.
