The block stages of the RPCC Internal Competitions have been completed, so now we know who is progressing to the semi finals, which must be completed by August 14th. Read more →
This year’s Millennium Salver took place on the most beautiful summer’s day. The entrants ranged from some of our newest members to some of the longest standing and in age from 9 to 81! Competition was fierce with particularly strong performances from Freda Knight and Alan Slade in the block stages…and they duly progressed through the semi-finals to the final.… Read more →
A successful day out for Reigate Priory in Aylesford, visiting Medway Croquet Club for our second “R” League golf game this season. A team of John Knight (c), Lester, Sally and Chris enjoyed some tough games, but with slightly less oppressive heat than we’ve had in the past few days (a mere 25 degrees!), a very friendly environment, and the luxury… Read more →
Sometimes it can get a little confusing, working out bisques on a smaller lawn in a game of Association, or working out the extra turns in a game of Golf Doubles. Well fret no more, as RPCC is here to make your life easy! We now have calculators for both Association and Golf, which should give you pretty much all… Read more →
As part of the fun for National Croquet Day, we were treated to an exhibition match featuring our very own Jamie Burch, and Martin Holland caught it all on camera, as you can see below… Read more →
Reigate Priory has taken part in this competition regularly since it began in 2001 and has won it on 3 occasions. Each year Southwick invite 5 local clubs to join them in entering a team for a 3 day Association 14 point handicap doubles tournament. 14 pairs in 7 teams play every other pair over the 3 days in one… Read more →
John and I have been managing the BBQ for around 30 years, but this year’s event was one of the best. This was mainly because our neighbours, Alex and Claire at Geranium cottage, very kindly offered their pretty garden for us to use, which enabled us to spread out. The wind dropped, the sun shone and 32 members, family and… Read more →
This competition, which is an inter-club level play golf tournament with teams of four played over two days, attracted an entry of eight clubs. The first seven rounds take the form of a round robin (all play all) with each round comprising one double and two singles matches. All players must play as nearly as possible equal numbers of doubles… Read more →
This year was the first running of an SECF One-Ball competition. Some of us were persuaded to play as early as the Annual Dinner. As the day approached we wondered what we had let ourselves in for. For extra special preparation our team captain went to the South Downs Beer and Cider Festival the day before, having arranged to go… Read more →
Our annual Gymkhana is a fun event consisting of a series of ten exercises covering some of the skills needed in croquet (Association & Golf). Generally, within each exercise you will repeat a particular task several times, and with each success you will get points with the aim being to score as many points as possible over the ten exercises.… Read more →