Under a leaden sky members of the club, thirteen in all, attended St Joseph’s Catholic Church Redhill on Thursday 6th December. They joined a gathering of some 300 people to celebrate a requiem thanksgiving mass for John Staddon who died on 12th November after a period of cancer treatment. Following the service the family attended a private burial at Redstone cemetery, and then joined… Read more →
Christmas Cracker
Following mention at the AGM of declining numbers appearing at club days this season, a reassuringly large crowd ignored the rain and wind to participate in the last Reigate Croquet event of 2018, the Christmas Cracker. Played as an alternate, short form of golf on half lawns, high handicappers were partnered with varying low handicappers for each game, with no… Read more →
RPCC Internal Competition Results 2018
RPCC Internal Competition Results 2018 – all the winners and runners-up Read more →
Chris P and Freda star at 2018 Awards night!
Congratulations to you both! Read more →
Chris Parker Wins the One Ball
Chris Parker completed his brilliant season by winning the Winter One Ball Competition for the second year running. All 4 blocks supplied clear winners, none of whom lost a game. Parker played Claire Brugger in their semi final, in front of an impressive and somewhat interactive crowd! With this being Claire’s impressive first foray into the 1 Ball world, her… Read more →
Winter 1 Ball
We’ve now added the tables and results so far for the Annual 1 Ball Tournament, so you can stay up to date with everybody’s progress. As a reminder, all block games need to be played by November 4th, so time is running out! And, as is becoming standard, now is another good time to plug our 1 Ball Handicap Calculator,… Read more →
Weak End for the Week-Enders?
Our U-league team B can only play at weekends, as several of the cadre have weekday jobs. Weekend fixtures are not the easiest to arrange around the league, and as a consequence team B had 2 matches to play in September, squeezed in before the end of the season. At Medway we had a low handicap team (Tedstone 2, Gunton… Read more →
Hurlingham GC Doubles Win!
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 →
Sue and Freda qualify for C Level tournament final
Club members are now eligible to enter CA tournaments. This year the CA introduced a third layer of tournaments, the C Level (level play) for golf croquet players with a handicap of 7+ Several of our members entered at least one of twenty tournaments held throughout the country. Freda and Sue both earned sufficient points to qualify for the Final… Read more →
RPCC Retain the Acorn Cup
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 →