Freda, John, Di & Sue set out early on August Bank Holiday Monday for the GC Handicap Doubles competition at Hurlingham. Di & Sue were lucky enough to beat the apparently ‘regular’ winners in their first game of the day. Over the course of the day they won 4, drew 1, lost 1 – and against all expectations – ended… Read more →
The Rother Valley Challenge is an invitational 14 point Association tournament played on half lawns over two days, for handicaps 10 and above. Teams are of four players who are seeded in handicap order, with ones and twos playing their opposite numbers from all other clubs (eight games in all), and threes and fours likewise. Rother Valley can muster 5… Read more →
The U league team survived the long journey to Ramsgate on 22 August sufficiently well to win 4 – 3, mainly thanks to John Knight and Doug Dykes who won both their matches (John’s first one being in partnership with Martin). Doug’s morning result was his first whitewash +26, and that against a 3 1/2! Captain Simon failed to score. We… Read more →
Reigate Priory won the Ladies GC Day team event at Southwick on 15 August. They lost the first match, versus Guildford and Godalming 1-2 and presumed all hope of emulating the second place they achieved in 2017 was lost. However, over the rest of the day they steadily clawed their way back, winning the next five matches, and emerging victorious as… Read more →
Reigate Priory Croquet Club snatched victory with the tightest of margins in this 3 day, Handicap Association Doubles event, hosted in Southwick. Giving us a brilliant start, the Friday team of John Bristow, John Hyde, Martin Peacock and Lorna Jenkins managed to hand over top position, winning 5 out of their 6 games (it was supposed to be 8 games… Read more →
Having been unable to find a suitable time at Woking, and being unable to accommodate ourselves, this game ended up being played on neutral turf in Surbiton. In short, we lost 4-3. The lawns were super-fast, thanks to the Surbiton watering system not working, leaving the lawns bone dry and actually crisp underfoot. Reigate found it difficult to adjust to the… Read more →
On a baking hot day at Dulwich, Reigate A won both of the doubles games and two of the four singles games in the morning, thus enjoying a 4-2 lead at lunch. However the scorching afternoon sun took its toll, meaning that two games were lost, before the team came though and managed the one singles win required to ensure… Read more →
The Southern Challenge is an annual Level Play Golf team event, hosted this year by Surbiton. In recent years, Reigate had accidentally won the second division, leading to a promotion to Division 1, leading to a couple of years of being pitted against some of the best players in the land – a great and informative experience, but with somewhat… Read more →
With temperatures in the high twenties and a lawn as hard and fast as glass, RPCC entertained AELTC to eight games of GC level play doubles. For those of you wondering, “All England Lawn Tennis Club” a.k.a. Wimbledon, or to give it it’s fullest title The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. For several weeks either side of The… Read more →
One of our closest neighbours, Guildford & Godalming, host an annual 1 Day Golf Handicap tournament, named PJ’s Pot, and this year Reigate sent 3 players, comprising the Knights and Michael Bye. Michael got himself into a very close and exciting final, succumbing at the death on the golden hoop to G&G’s John Gosden. You can see a more detailed… Read more →