Lucy Beach and John Knight won the Alan Grant Candlesticks – our Handicap Association Doubles competition – through some excellent play by Lucy and judicious use of bisques. With Lucy’s first shot of the game, she hit a 20 yarder to take control, but it wasn’t long before Neil Coote got in, and started to make some real progress. A… Read more →
Chris Parker wins the Rosamond Trophy
The Rosamond Trophy is designed for higher handicaps, with entrants needing to be 16 or above to enter, however by the time the final had come about then Chris Parker had got his handicap down to a 12 through winning (a lot!) and an arbitrary cut. After Lorna took the lead, getting to hoop 3, Chris managed an 8 hoop… Read more →
RPCC Finals Weekend
The blocks have been completed, and semi-finals played, so all that is left is for the finals themselves to be played, which is what we’re going to do this weekend! We have a full schedule from Friday to Sunday, so there will be plenty of matches for you to see – please come along and support the finalists! Association games will… Read more →
Reigate ladies do it again!
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 →
RPCC win 14 Point Doubles!
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 →
Good day for Reigate
On 5th August, Reigate Priory swept the board at the second biggest golf croquet day in the English calendar at Southwick, which this year attracted over 80 players. Reigate II won both the Doubles and Singles Events, a feat that has not been achieved by any club since 2009. Reigate fielded two teams, Reigate II (Capt Doug plus Michael B,… Read more →
Longman Cup v Woking
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 →
Dulwich v Reigate A
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 →
Croquet Toolbox
Over the past few months we’ve released a bunch of useful features for the croquet community, so we’re pulling them all together into what we’re going to call our Croquet Toolbox, to help everyone keep track of them. If you have any ideas for new features, or comments/suggestions on the existing tools, we’re very keen to hear them! Read more →
Croquet v Football
Due to England selfishly progressing to the quarter-finals, even though they knew we had our fun tournament booked in for Saturday, we’re going to postpone the fixture for now. The Barbecue will still be going ahead as planned at 6:30, and assistance both before and after, with setting things up and taking them down, would be very much appreciated! Read more →