North West Federation of Croquet Clubs - for everything Croquet in the north west
SPENCER ELL CUP (10-14 Sep Parkstone, Poole)
This event represents the third best eight Association Croquet players available and Fed Chairman Paul Rigge carried the hopes of the north west and finished in a highly creditable third place.
National Golf Croquet C Level Finals – 19/20 Sep 2020
David Cornes reports from Colchester
The North West Federation had 2 finalists at Colchester to compete for the National GC C level trophy over the weekend of 19th & 20th September. Frank Sharps and daughter Sandra Cornes finished 2nd and 1st at the Crake Valley qualifier in July and joined 8 other players for the national final.
The initial round was a block of “all play all” and both players scored a credible 49 hoops (maximum 63). Frank won 5 out of 9 matches and qualified for the semi finals whilst Sandra fell short with 3 wins (losing 2 matches 6/7).
In hot weather for the time of year Frank showed great stamina and skill pushing the undefeatable winner, Duncan Catterall (High Wycombe) to 6-10 in the semi final. He then played Rick Lilley (Phyllis Court) in the 3rd & 4th place play off. Frank took the first game 7-4 and then lost 5-7. Due to the fact the final had concluded both players felt it fair and proper to share 3rd place rather than play a decider.
To complete the family involvement David Cornes stood in at short notice to manage the tournament whilst already being requested to be referee for the event.
CA Club Webinar – Marketing your Club – Saturday 26 September 2020 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom
Does your club have a marketing plan?
How do you promote your club’s activities, to potential members, external groups and within the Federation/CA?
What platforms should you be using to reach your target audience?
How can you optimise how you use these?
Members of the Marketing Committee will be sharing tips and ideas to market and promote your club. A sample list of topics:
DETAILS:
Saturday 26th September 2020, 9:30-11:00am.
Please sign up on Eventbrite by 5pm (BST) on Thursday 24th September to reserve your place.
The webinar will be held on Zoom and broadcast live on YouTube. Meeting details (how to join the webinar) will be shared with registered attendees on Friday 25th September.
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About CA Club Webinars
The CA Club Webinars is a newly established webinar series for CA Member Clubs and Federations, to learn and discuss particular topics around club administration. We’ll aim to run this on the last Saturday morning of each month. Recordings of past webinars are available on request.
Have a suggestion for a topic? Wish to present? Email cainfo@croquet.org.uk
Eugene Chang
Chair Marketing Committee