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Move From Golf Croquet to Association Easily!

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Golf Croquet to Association Croquet Made Easy

A new coaching video has just been produced by Chris Alvey of Bury Croquet Club. Chris is also an Executive Board member of the Croquet Association with responsibility for Croquet Performance and Selection.

The shots & techniques demonstrated utilising GC skills are used to put together a break, whilst there are other shots that can be used but these are the basis of association croquet and you can win a game using these three basic shots alone.

The video can be seen by using the link below and will soon be available on the CA You Tube channel.

Well done Chris & Anne – an excellent and professional production!

Use this link to watch the video:

Bury Croquet Featured in Lancashire Life

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BURY CROQUET IN LANCASHIRE LIFE 

Bury Croquet Club club is in a four-page feature in the quality lifestyle magazine “Lake District Life & Lancashire Life”. May/June edition. 

Lovely photographs show club members in play, along with editorial about the club and North West federation. 

The magazine is on sale now available from Newsagents and Supermarket news stands. There is also an online edition viewable by subscription. 

David Cornes on way to National Croquet Final

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National GC B Series – Pendle Round – Saturday 15th May 2021

David Cornes being presented with the Pendle GC B Series Trophy from Paul Rigge

This year, the series comprises of 24 rounds across the country with only 3 awarded to clubs north of the midlands. Our round, held this weekend, was the first of those. 

Despite the forecast (wet), players gathered from Leicester, Crake, Bury, Ripon Spa, Durham as well as Pendle’s own to complete for not only our tankard, but a place in the National Final at season end.

Play was organised into a single all-play-all block, and the players ‘peddled on’ impressively with the workload – the manager kept sending them back out to contest the next round as soon as a game score had been handed in!

At the presentation, the manager thanked the field for putting on such a strong show, some playing  in their very first tournament and noted that playing standard improved during the day as did the weather. The majority of scores being a tight 7-6 or 7-5. 

National points were earned by McCann, Leach & Daines but the Tankard and top spot was taken, by a very solid NW Federation member David Cornes.

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