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 →
Handicap Calculator Update
Following an impressive win for Neil the other day, it transpired that there was an issue with the Association Bisque Calculator on this site, where it didn’t take account of the additional notional handicap steps for updating a player’s index when playing against a minus player. It can be a little confusing at first (you may be interested in David… Read more →
Southern Challenge – Division 2
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 →