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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 |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Ashby Croquet
Club AGM will be on Tuesday 10th
November at 7.15 pm in the Lounge at Moira Miners Welfare. Details have been sent out to club
members. Please try to attend the
meeting if possible. Following the AGM, there will be a light buffet supper
(£3.50 per person) and social evening. If possible, please let Derek know if you plan to partake in the buffet supper
so that we can order the correct amount. |
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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
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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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ARTHUR RETAINS
THE FARRANT SALVER The 2009 Farrant Salver was
contested by Tim, Arthur, Derek & Ray. The competition was run in
two phases: an all-play-all block phase, followed by a best-of-three final,
with the first of the three games being carried over from the block stage.
There were several close games in the block phase. Arthur and Tim contested a
very close game in the first round, with Arthur making a third-turn break to
peg, but breaking down at hoop 4 with his second ball. Tim then went round
and pegged out Arthur's first ball, going on to win the 3-ball ending by a
single point after a long hit-in when Arthur's ball was near the peg. The games were played
without time limits and most games finished in a reasonable time. Tim and Arthur then went on
to play a best-of-three final, with Tim's win from the block stage counting
as the first game. The second game was characterised by errors from both
players, ending with another close finish, this time +4 to Arthur. The
deciding game was quicker and cleaner, with just a single mistake by Tim
allowing Arthur to win in two turns (+14). |
In
Ashby's local derby match, the 'A' team narrowly beat the 'B' team 7–5.
Most of the games were close and the final result could easily have gone
either way. |
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STEEL MEMORIAL BOWL Congratulations
to |
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CAR BOOT Ashby Croquet Club ran a stall
at the Moira car boot sale to boost our Development Fund and at the same time
get rid of some of Mick's junk! The stall raised £74 – thanks to Mick,
Eileen, Richard, Lindsey, Cynthia and Geoff for helping. |
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Winner:
Khalid Younis; runner-up: Ahmed El Mahdi. The beaten semi-finalists were Reg
Bamford and Jacob Carr. Ray
reports that the Ashby players have reason to be satisfied: Derek qualified for the
quarter-finals (beaten by Reg). Mike took a block game off El Mahdi
(7-3), the best result of anyone against him. Ray took a block game off Reg
(7-6), and the only other player to take any games off Reg was El Mahdi. Ray repeats Tim's feat a week
earlier (see
Musk's Cup report below) of winning a
game against the world number one player. |
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TIM RUNNER-UP in
MUSK'S CUP Aug 15–16 Tim competed in the Musk's Cup (the Golf Croquet national "Eights"
tournament) at Tim's highlight of the weekend was taking a game
off Reg (7-5) in the block stage, ending an unbeaten run of 48 games. |
GOLF CROQUET VETERANS Derek, Eileen and Ray
took part in the Golf Croquet Veterans’ Competition at
Budleigh Salterton on 28-30 July. Ray
reached the final and played the holder, Dick Strover. The result wasn’t decided until the
13th hoop of the third game – a tight match which Dick won and Ray
finished runner-up. |
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Ashby A (Mike, Barrie, Richard) 8–4 Woodhall Spa |
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Christine
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ASHBY WIN 26-POINT LEAGUE AGAIN Ashby have won the The Ashby team started
well, winning the matches against Leicester and Woodhall Spa. But in the final match against Ashby win the league for
the third time, and once again qualify for next season's Secretary's Shield. |
CLIVE PEARSON DOUBLES Sunday 9th August Fourteen
people entered this year including Jean and David Burrows, our newest
members. Pairings were arranged by Ray
(tournament manager) resulting in five of the pairs having a combined
handicap of 12, the two others totalling 10 and 8. Eileen and Chris had hoped to be paired
together to practise for the Thames Valley Ladies’ Doubles but their
request fell on deaf ears! Ray
organised play as ‘all play all’.
After 6 rounds Lindsey and Derek had won all their five games but in
the final round they met Barrie and Richard who notched up their fifth win
and edged ahead on a ‘who beat who’ basis. To everyone’s amazement Richard
announced that this would be the first time his name would be engraved on an
Ashby trophy. Jean
and David enjoyed their first taste of competitive play and were ably coached
and encouraged by their respective partners, Tim and Will. Many
thanks to Ray for managing - and stepping down as a player at the last minute
to ensure there were an even number competing. It's a shame we didn't have one more player
to make 16 in total which would have been ideal. Thanks also to all entrants
for turning up and making it a successful tournament, and for the sunshine! |
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GC INTER-CLUB SEMI-FINAL: Saturday 8th August. Report by Tim Having not had a home fixture this year, Ashby were away yet
again, this time against Meanwhile
Ashby went one game down in both of the other morning legs. Will recovered his
form to win the next two games, whilst Ray and Tim recovered theirs too late
in their second game, losing at the thirteenth hoop. Rachel had a quick
victory against David; suggesting that tactics do in fact exist in Golf
Croquet! This gave Ashby a 2-1 lead at lunch. In the
afternoon Will built on this lead, beating David. Shortly afterwards Rachel
sealed the match for Ashby, beating Tony. This rendered the remaining matches
superfluous, and given both other legs were tied at one game all, the players
retired to the bar. Ashby were grateful for the good condition of the lawns,
as it helped prevent undue home advantage. They also appreciated not having
to double-bank. Ashby are now through to the final (their fourth
in six years), to be played September 26th, when they will meet the winner of
Ryde and Surbiton. So far, the youngsters have been the stars of the show for
Ashby; both are unbeaten in legs and Rachel has won 11 games and lost 3, Will
has won 10 and lost 3.
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UNDER-21s WORLD GOLF
CROQUET REPORT Ashby Croquet Club members Rachel and Will travelled
to The competition started with preliminary group
matches which determined the seedings and byes for the subsequent knockout
phase. After mixed success in the
group stage – Will winning all three matches, but Rachel failing to win
any – both Rachel and Will then went on to enjoy success in the knockout
stages. Will reached the
quarter-finals (finishing in 8th place) and Rachel the last 16 (13th place). There's a report by Rachel and Will, with a photo,
on the CA website. For a day-by-day report with full results, see the World
Croquet Federation website (you need to select the Results &
Media tab). |
GC INTER-CLUB: Sunday 26th July at Ripon. Report by Tim Rachel
showed no ill-effects and took her first game against Eugene, who was then
able to respond in a close second. However, the great surprise was for Will
and Tim to lose 7-1 in their first game. Freda and Jane had played steadily
and also then took the first hoop of the second game. The consequence was to
wake the two gentlemen from their slumbers and they won the next seven hoops.
Fortunes switched again and the ladies went 5-2 up in the third. Once more,
Will and Tim found some better execution of their big shots and they had
their second long sequence of hoops to take the leg. Meanwhile Pat played
with good composure to give In the
afternoon, the main feature was 8 out of 11 games played going to the
deciding hoop, including in the deciding third games in three of the legs,
each of which Ashby then won. So, overall, Auckland were not far short of
taking the match, having also been the winner of the only leg to be won in
two games and winning 9 games to 11 for Ashby. The weather was never brilliant, with some
showers, but the hospitality of the welcome at Ripon Spa was as warm as ever.
Rachel was probably the player of the day, with two good wins against lower
handicap opponents.
Ashby will face
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EAST
MIDS 14-POINT AC: Saturday 25th July Ashby's 14-point team of
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GEOFF
PROGRESSES TO Geoff Ellott has won the
club's qualifying stage of the CA All
England Handicap (26-point Association Croquet) competition which is
decided by the results of all relevant games played to date in our internal
26-point league (O'Grady Trophy). Geoff is therefore through to the next
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EILEEN REACHES
SEMI-FINALS AT RAMSGATE June
20th & 21st Report by
Eileen Eileen Buxton was accepted as a late entry to the
Women’s Open Tournament at Ramsgate, after the disappointment of having
to cancel The Ashby Ladies Day tournament due to lack of players. Eileen came second in her block and joined
Marilyn Murray in the Quarter Finals. Unfortunately they had to play each
other in the Quarter Finals, Eileen just winning 10/8. Eileen played Jane Collier from the Colchester
Club in the semi finals, just losing in the third game. The scores were 7/4;
5/7; 7/6. Jane Collier beat Valerie Harding of Ramsgate in
the final, and retained her title and trophy for the second year. Eileen beat Christina Rice, from the Ramsgate
Club 7/5 in the 3rd and 4th place play-off. Her success has meant that her
handicap has been reduced to 4. Evelyn Martin was the tournament referee, and she
sends her regards to everyone at Ashby Croquet Club. |
AC FRIENDLY MATCH: Ashby 5–3 Wednesday 15th July at Moira. Report by Mick On
Wednesday we played a friendly match against
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ALTERNATE STROKE
DOUBLES Unfortunately, due to insufficient entries, we have had
to cancel the Alternate Stroke Doubles tournament which was scheduled for
Saturday 18th July. Arthur will
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MAX MORRIS TROPHY Sat 4th July A clash with an Association Inter-Club match
meant that some strong players were absent, but eight members contested the
2009 Max Morris Handicap Competition. 13-point games were played in two blocks, with
the luxury of no time limit. Ray topped Block A with three wins and In the semi-finals Ray lost to Rupert, and
In the final Rupert used his bisque effectively
and took an early lead which he maintained to win the tournament and take the
Max Morris trophy. The weather was mostly kind to us (only the
finalists got a bit damp) and the croquet and the company were both
enjoyable. |
SECRETARY'S SHIELD: Ealing 5-2 Ashby Sat 4th July Will, Rachel, Arthur and Mick travelled to
Ealing in Results
(Ealing names first):
Colin McKenzie (6) and David Wedmore (14) beat Will Gee (-1) and
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ASHBY ANNIVERSARY SHIELD Sat 27th & Sun 28th
June With
seven players, the tournament manager Mick decided to try the new format of a
flexible Swiss to reduce the field from seven to four. On Saturday everyone played at least four
full games, Richard and Will managed five!
The four players with the best record qualified for the semi-finals on
Sunday. In
semi-final 1 Derek beat the holder Rachel 26-23 in a very close game. The other semi-final between Jeremy and
Arthur was even closer. Both players had more than one chance to close out
the game and when time was called both had clips on penult and peg. However, Jeremy still had a turn and he
successfully ran penult to win +1 on time. In the
play-off for third and fourth Rachel continued with her remarkable form
against Arthur in this competition and won 26-1 in just over an hour. The final
lasted rather longer, neither player made much progress in the early stages
but Jeremy got his nose in front after around 90 of the 210 allocated minutes
with clips on 4 and 5 against Derek's 1 and 4. Derek eventually found his form and took
Yellow round from 2 to peg which proved to be the decisive innings. With 15 minutes to go Derek had an 11 hoop
lead but Jeremy then found form and put together a good break. With the clock
ticking away he missed a crucial shot and Derek had won by +6. This was the first time Derek had won this
trophy and it was good to see his form return after an indifferent spell. For the
record Richard was 5th, Will 6th and Mick a poor 7th. Hopefully next year we will be able to play
on three lawns and accommodate more players. The winner declared that this
was the best Association tournament the club had held yet and with a total of
18 games played over a day and a half it certainly set the record for games
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LONGMAN CUP: Bowdon 6–1 Ashby Sunday 21st June The
Ashby team of Mick, Jeremy, Richard and Geoff were well and truly beaten 6-1
by a strong Bowdon team, in an exact reversal of the score in the previous
meeting between the teams at Moira in May 2007. Not even the presence of our mascot
(non-playing captain Derek) could lift our performance. Well done to Geoff for winning his singles
game, thus saving us from a complete whitewash. A nice friendly club, great facilities,
warm hospitality, shame about our croquet! Bowdon team: Francois Garcia (10), Paul
Widger (10), Barry Keen (11), Barry McKenzie (16) Ashby team: Results (Bowdon names first): Barry K
& Barry M 20-14 Richard & Geoff; Francois 26-10 Jeremy; Paul 26-9
Mick; Francois
26-8 Mick; Barry K 26-3 Richard; Paul 26-3 Jeremy; Barry M 20-26 Geoff
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CANCELLED/POSTPONED
EVENTS The Ladies
Day competition scheduled for Saturday 20th June had to be cancelled due
to a shortage of entries. The Novices
competition scheduled for Sunday 21st June had to be cancelled due to a
shortage of novices. The Member
& Guest competition scheduled for Thursday 25th June has been
postponed until later in the season. |
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JIM KIRBY
CUP Saturday 13th June Five players contested the Jim Kirby Cup at
Moira. Arthur won all four of his games,
securing the trophy for the first time.
Full results |
ALL-ENGLAND
GOLF CROQUET: CLUB HEAT Sunday
7th June Four players spent just over two hours in the
pouring rain, and Ray played very well to qualify for the Ray beat Mick 7-1, Lindsey 7-2, Martin 7-3 Martin beat Mick 7-4, Lindsey 7-5 Mick beat Lindsey 7-2 Despite the torrential rain the lawns drained
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SHAKESPEARE
CUP Sunday 14th June This was the club's first venture into the world
of advanced play. Four players took
part, and Tim (a last-minute entry) was the worthy winner with three wins out
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LONGMAN
CUP: Ashby 7–0 Beverley Thursday
28th May On a fine early summer day Ashby entertained
Beverley and managed to reverse the result of the clubs' only previous
meeting (in the 2006 Secretary's Shield). The match was much more closely fought than the
scoreline would suggest. Results (Ashby names first): Derek Buxton (9) and Geoff Ellott (14) beat John
Kennedy (7) and Malcolm Lawrenson (16), +7 Derek Buxton beat Mike Evans, +6t Geoff Ellott beat Malcolm Lawrenson, +19 Overall
result: Ashby 7-0 Beverley Report
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INTER-CLUB: Letchworth 2-4 Ashby Sunday
31st May Ashby travelled to Letchworth to contest the
first round of the Golf Croquet Inter-Club Competition. The team
captains were father and son: Ray for Ashby; Nick for Letchworth. When the
morning singles matches finished (after about two hours), the doubles
pairings had only just completed their first very tactical game (7-6 to
Ashby) so it was decided to play the remaining singles after lunch and then
resume the doubles if necessary. Afternoon wins by Will and Rachel mean
Ashby will play Results (Ashby names first): Will Gee beat George Woolhouse 7-2,
7-1
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result: Letchworth 2-4 Ashby Report
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GC FRIENDLY
AT Wednesday
20th May The Golf Croquet Friendly match took place at Doubles matches were played in the morning with
the score of The We thank Kenilworth C.C. for their good company
and good croquet facility. The
Association Croquet friendly Ashby v Report
by Eileen Buxton |
NEWS FROM
MAY TOURNAMENTS Rachel and
Will successfully defended their Speed
Doubles title at Surbiton. And Ashby had
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NATIONAL TEAM
COMPETITIONS 2009 Our Longman
Cup team had a 7-0 home win against Beverley in the first round. In the second round we lost 1-6 to Bowdon. In the
Secretary’s Shield (for winners of the previous season’s
regional AC leagues) second round, we lost 2-5 at Ealing. In the
Inter-Club Golf Croquet our team had a 4-2 first-round victory at
Letchworth. In the quarter-final we
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ONE BALL
CROQUET This year's One Ball club competition was
contested by only six players. The weather was good, the
lawns played excellently, and the day was enjoyed by those who played. |
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NEWS FROM
APRIL TOURNAMENTS Ray Mounfield didn’t do too badly
either. He entered the Ripon
Rowels Singles Cup (at Ripon Spa) and finished as runner-up to the winner
(and title holder) Jacob Carr. Ray
reports: "It was run as an all-play-all three games event and up to the
final round neither Jacob nor I had lost a match. Unfortunately (for
me) he won our match and therefore retained the title. Earlier this
month I was unfortunate to meet the eventual tournament winner (David
Walters) in the quarter finals of the Lancashire Open, but at least this time
losing to the tournament winner meant I finished second." Further report (CA website) Tim reached the final of
the Lancashire Open 2009 Golf Croquet Championship at We also had representatives playing
in tournaments at Surbiton, |
The fixtures have been announced for
the various Following promotion at the end of
last season, Ashby B join Ashby A in Division 1 of the Golf Croquet League. Each team plays five matches during the
course of the season. The crunch Ashby
A v Ashby B match is on Saturday 29th August. Once again there are only three teams
– Ashby, The 26-point Association Croquet league
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LAWN AVAILABILITY FOR THE 2009 SEASON The season runs from March 29th to
October 25th. The main club sessions
are Tuesday & Thursday evenings
from about 5.30 pm (although many usually arrive earlier in the afternoon)
and Sunday afternoons from about
2.30 pm. Please note that lawn availability may occasionally be restricted
during club sessions due to the odd tournament or beginners’ session
taking place (check the Events List for latest
updates), although we have tried to schedule these away from club sessions as
far as possible. Please note that the lawns are closed for play on Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings until 12.00 noon. This is to allow the groundsman uninterrupted access for lawn
maintenance and watering. Apologies
for any inconvenience, but we hope that the loss of four mornings’ play
will be compensated by the increased maintenance and even better quality
lawns as a result. Access will be available for members
on Wednesday mornings, subject to the same conditions that apply at all other
times, i.e. the committee may arrange club events and the groundsman or the
lawn committee may close the lawns without prior notice. Providing that conditions for play
are suitable, the lawns will be open at any time (except mornings on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) during the playing season subject to the
lawns being free of arranged events or Lawn Committee requirements. There is no priority on lawn use, but
please co-operate to enable fair and equal use of the lawn time available,
particularly as we are restricted to two lawns this year. Please be aware that we will need
Lawns 1 and 2 for the taster sessions this year whilst lawn 3 is being
constructed. |
SHAKESPEARE CUP Mick
won the rescheduled 2008 Shakespeare Cup, but only just. As 3 of the 4 players tied on two wins each
(Mick, Richard and Derek), it went to hoop difference. Mick had the best hoop difference by just
one point. Report now available. |
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TACTICS SESSION Many
thanks to Will for running another excellent AC tactics session, which
amongst other things covered advanced play leaves, cannons, and tactics for
peeling the partner ball. Hopefully
everyone who was there will have lots of opportunities to put these into
practice. Thanks also to Arthur and
Judith for hosting. |
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QUIZ RESULTS Three teams fought a tough battle in our recent
quiz, but it was the Pencil Pushers team of Martin, Janet and Richard that
triumphed on 75 points, just ahead of Forlorn Hope (73 points) and the M
& Ms (68½
points). Many thanks to Mick for
running the quiz. |
GOLF CROQUET ASTROTURF TOURNAMENT sponsored
by Molson Coors Played
at Shobnall on Sunday 8th March We have new names on the trophies this year:
Sapcote won the Bass Shield, and |
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WINTER WALK This
year’s walk was enjoyed by ten adults, three children and two
dogs. We assembled at
Coton-in-the-Elms church for a five-mile circular route taking in one or two
National Forest plantations before arriving in Rosliston village and then the
Forestry Centre where we stopped for tea and cakes. After a detour via the adventure play area
(enjoyed by all!) we were soon on our way back to Coton.
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LAWN 3 NEWS
We have received confirmation that the Croquet
Association has granted us the further £2000 that we were seeking. This is in addition to the £3000 already
granted by the CA, plus
grants of £2500 from Awards for All and £520 from Leicestershire Grassroots. These
grants will take our projected Lawn 3 Development Fund to £13,700. We can now complete the job
comfortably and the new lawn should be ready for play by April/May 2010. Thanks
to everyone who's made a contribution to the fund in the way of cash donations,
or by filling in grant application forms (mostly Barrie), or by helping out
at the various fund-raising events we have held so far. The
total cost of all the work including hedging and fencing will be around
£14000. We can dip into our own general
funds to make up the shortfall. Work is
expected to commence in a few weeks (April/May). We will need to set up
a working party to take off the top level. If you have any comments or
suggestions I'll be pleased to hear them.
A grass killing chemical has already been applied to lawn three and
the grass should have gone by now. I’m
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COUNTDOWN Our Countdown competition was won by Richard in a
close final. Eileen and Chris finished
just three points behind, Eileen claiming the runner-up spot with the
tie-breaker Conundrum. Mick was the
other finalist. Thanks to all who took
part and to everyone who helped with the scoring. |
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NEW YEAR’S DAY CROQUET For the first time in its seven-year history, the New
Year’s Day Tournament was held in sub-zero conditions! Eight hardy souls played on a very frosty
and bumpy Lawn 3 which certainly added an extra dimension to the game. Many stop shots and clearance shots turned
out to be unintentional jump shots instead, completely missing the target
ball in the process, much to the frustration of those playing the shots! Well done to Ray and Martin who won all three of their
games, and were therefore declared the winners. |
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