Once a year, across the country, croquet clubs make a concerted effort to bring attention to the sport and encourage recruitment, and this year’s efforts were definitely a success! With the weather forecasts increasingly threatening doom and gloom in the preceding days, there was much relief as the sun came out to allow visitors to enjoy croquet as it should… Read more →
On the hot sunny Saturday of Spring, RPCC won 5 games to 2 in an AC Handicap match against Merton, in the first round of the Longman Cup. As both clubs only have single lawns, Surbiton hosted the games, and they made us all very welcome. By lunchtime Merton were 2-1 up, all games having to finish at the 3½ hr time limit,… Read more →
Normal golf, handicap play Open to all club members. This is a National Competition, starting at club level, with the winner(s) progressing to the Regional Finals. Congratulations to Michael Bye & Bob Nicholls for winning their blocks, and they’ll compete in the local final in July. Block A (Saturday) Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wins Points Place 1… Read more →
When arranging block games, particularly Golf or short-format Association, eg 1 ball, it can often be tricky to manage the availability of multiple people, so here’s a solution (suggested by Caroline) that could make your life much easier… Read more →
The next club day is booked in for Saturday, May 5th, and will be a one-ball competition on half lawns, best of 7 hoops for each game. There will be no bisques, but players will be divided into two groups according to handicap. There will be a prize for the winner of each group. Freda will also be arranging catering,… Read more →
Two blocks in this competition were run over the weekend of 21st-22nd April 2018, with the winner from each day progressing to the final which will be played in July, so congratulations to Joyce Carlisle and Sue Rice! You can see more details and the full results on the competition page. Read more →
Just a nice picture of the lawn, now summer’s here, with Caroline playing (leaving Mike to tend to the weeds!) while balloons float off in the distance. Lovely stuff! Click the image for the full size version Read more →
Sunday, May 13th will be this year’s National Croquet Day, and we will be holding our event on our lawn in Reigate. The idea is to raise the profile of croquet somewhat, so to that end we’d like to encourage as many people as possible to come and give it a go – for members, this means encouraging as many friends,… Read more →
On Sunday morning, there was an impressive turnout of volunteers to help bring the lawn up to scratch for the start of the season. Coordinated by Mike Barnard, a whole host of tasks were dealt with, from cleaning the gutters, to weeding (which Di proved to be magnificent at!), to trimming the edges of the lawn. Through teamwork and good… Read more →
Without Bunny Vulliamy, Reigate would not have a croquet club. Joining in 1969, he quickly became Secretary, and then Chairman, in the process rescuing the moribund club and setting it on its current highly-successful path. Bunny bequeathed a substantial donation to the club upon his passing, and this money has been put to good use creating a viewing platform at… Read more →