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ASHBY CROQUET CLUB CHRISTMAS MEAL Tuesday 8th December 7.00 for 7.30 pm At the Lakeside Tearoom (same venue as
last year), Cost £19.95
for three courses, or £15.95 for two courses. Names,
menu choices and £5 deposit per person to Mick H a.s.a.p. please. |
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Countdown has been booked for Tuesday 12th January at 7.30 pm
– more details to follow. The Winter Walk will be on Sunday 31st January – location
and details to follow. |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Ashby Croquet
Club AGM was held on Tuesday 10th
November at Moira Miners Welfare.
Trophies were presented to the winners of this year's competitions. List of
competition winners 2009 (PDF) |
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LAWN 3 NEWS We are pleased to report that the work on Lawn 3 is now complete. The area has been professionally drained, levelled, the seed bed prepared and seeded and fencing has been erected to encompass the three lawns together. The grass is now growing as the picture below shows, and Ashby members expect to be playing on the new lawn in summer 2010, the club's 25th anniversary year. We will be having a grand opening ceremony; details to follow. Ashby Croquet Club is indebted to all who have helped with the project.
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NEWS FROM INTERNAL COMPETITIONS Mike
won the Golf Croquet Knockout Tournament,
dispelling the myth about playing and administrating not being wise. Mike beat Ray in the final 7-3, 7-3, the only spectators being the noisy birds. Will won the Buxton Vase (Golf Croquet Singles
League), defeating Ray in the play-off. Arthur and Judith were the winners of the Golf Croquet Doubles League.
Will and Rachel finished runners-up. Geoff won the O'Grady Trophy (26-point
Association Croquet League), winning 4 of his 5 games. Runner-up was
Mick. Derek won the 14-point Association Croquet
League with 4 wins out of 6. Arthur was a very close runner-up. Unfortunately the newly-arranged 14
point Alternate Stroke Doubles never got off the ground. Only one game
was played. We should try this again next year. |
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Well done everyone! The
secret was well-kept, Seventeen members and guests
sat down for a sumptuous lunch at Cynthia's house. We enjoyed starters of
delicious smoked salmon or melon, fantastic main course choices of
chicken casserole, beef casserole or fish pie all accompanied by various hot
vegetables and salads, with gorgeous sweets of apple and blackberry pie &
custard, fresh fruit salad and cream, or lemon torte to follow. The wine
flowed and everyone enjoyed themselves. Ray gave a short speech
in appreciation of all After lunch, the guests
played snooker, carpet bowls, darts, carpet croquet and other games. Lindsey organised a "triathlon"
of darts, croquet and golf putting. The results were then worked out by
Judith with mathematical jiggery-pokery to evenly weight the value of each
game and come up with a winner. Rupert won with 189 points, Dave 2nd with
187, and Lindsey 3rd with 179. Snooker was very popular with the table being
used almost non-stop. Mal and Eileen had a marathon game, their skills not
fully appreciated by the men. Birthday cake and nibbles
were enjoyed when the other guests arrived in the late afternoon.
Unfortunately Special thanks go to Cynthia for having the idea and the use
of her house, also organising some of the food preparation. To Carina,
Cynthia's daughter, for allowing us to use her dining room. To Chris, Jean
and Eileen for providing the main course dishes of chicken, beef and fish. To
Mike for organising the wine distribution! To everyone who brought wine
etc. To everyone who brought games and/or organised them. To Richard for
staying on and helping with the clearing up. To We all hope that you had a lovely
birthday Barrie, we all certainly did! Report
by Eileen
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Ashby
finished runners-up to Nottingham in the East Midlands 14-Point Association
Croquet League. In Division
1 of the East Midlands Golf Croquet League,
Ashby A finished runners-up, again to |
BOTTLE CHALLENGE
Report by Mike The
2009 Bottle challenge was held on 3rd October with a full compliment of eight
players with handicaps ranging from three to zero. The guest player this year
was Roy Ware. The 2008 winner, Derek Old, unfortunately had other
commitments. The Ashby players were Chris, Ray, Arthur, Derek, Will, Tim and
Mike. Conditions were challenging due to fast lawns and high wind. The final
round decided the winner. Roy and Will both had five wins with The
other results were Mike on five wins, Chris on four, Arthur and Ray on three,
Tim and Derek on one. The most important event of the day only became
apparent the following day: Yours Truly moving from a handicap of two down to
one after the final game. |
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Ray and Chris Mounfield
successfully defended their Yorkshire Open Doubles title at Ripon in October,
defeating Mike O'Brian and Roy Ware in the final. Details on the CA
website. |
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INTER-CLUB GOLF
CROQUET FINAL For the second year running
Ashby faced Surbiton in the Inter-Club Golf Croquet Final at |
Geoff
qualified for the finals of the All In the
area semi-finals at Geoff
then progressed to finish in 4th place in the finals at Roehampton on Sept
19th & 20th. More
details on the CA site. |
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Three
Ashby players – Tim, Mike and Ray – played in the Ascot Cup at
Hurlingham in September. The Ascot Cup
is effectively the National Golf Croquet Singles Championship, and is contested
by a select group of 16 players, chosen on merit according to results in
various CA tournaments over the season. |
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