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2011 |
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| Sat 25 September |
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| Mon 9 May |
Ian Mantle of Letchworth won the open Watford Golf Croquet 'B'-Level Tournament. |
2010 |
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| Sat 16 October |
 Janet
Lewis received a special CA Diploma at Hurlingham from CA President (and also Watford club member) Quiller Barrett.
The Diploma was awarded in recognition of her substantial contribution to the growth,
development and support of the club over many years. |
| Sun 19 September |
 Geoff Johnson won the National Finals of the AC All
England Handicap Competition, held at Budleigh Salterton on 18-19 September.Photo: Geoff Johnson (right) with the All England Handicap trophy. |
| Sun 5 September | Geoff Johnson was runner-up in the Area Finals of the AC All England Handicap Competition, held at Newport (Essex), and proceeded to the National Finals held two weeks later at Budleigh Salterton. |
| Sat 11 September | Robert Archer was runner-up in the National Finals of the Grass Roots Golf Croquet Competition. |
| Tue 25 May | Following relegation last year, the Herts came 3rd in Division 2 of the Inter-Counties Championship, and were promoted back to Division 1 for 2011. The team members were Simon Hathrell and Ian Parkinson of Watford, plus Richard Smith (captain), Duncan Hector, David Tutt and Nick Mounfield. |
| Sun 23 May | The Herts team, with Mark Homan of Watford as team captain, won the Anderson Shield for the EACF county 'B'-level championship for the fourth consecutive year. |
| Mon 10 May | Jane Collier of Colchester won the open Watford Golf Croquet 'B'-Level Tournament. |
2009 |
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| Thur 8 October | Watford is honoured to have one of its club members, Quiller Barrett, elected as President of the national Croquet Association to succeed Bernard Neal. The result was formally declared at the CA AGM on 17th October, when Quiller took up his office. Quiller is also a former Chairman of the CA. |
| Sat 12 September | Frances Skinner won the National Finals of the Grass Roots Golf championship, the third time a Watford player has won it in the last 5 years. |
| Sat 5 - Sun 6 September | Geoff Johnson won the AC All England Handicap Championship Area Finals held at Wrest Park, and proceeded to the National Finals held at Roehampton on 19-20 September. |
| Tue 26 May | Notwithstanding some notable individual game wins, the Herts team failed to stay up in Division 1 of the Inter-Counties Championship following promotion at the end of the 2008 championship, and were relegated back to Division 2 for 2010. The team members were Simon Hathrell and Ian Parkinson of Watford, plus Richard Smith (captain), Duncan Hector, David Tutt and George Woolhouse. |
| Sun 24 May | The Herts team, with Mark Homan as team captain, won the Anderson Shield for the EACF county 'B'-level championship for the third consecutive year. |
| Mon 11 May | Watford successfully staged its first Open Golf Croquet 'B'-Class Tournament. |
2008 |
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| Fri 5 September | The second edition of the club Newsletter was issued to all club members. A copy is available for download here (PDF format, 124kb.) |
| Tue 27 May | The Herts team, which included Ian Parkinson of Watford, came second in Division 2 of the Inter-Counties Championship, and Herts are promoted to Division 1 for 2009. The other team members were John Gibbons, Duncan Hector, Paul Stephenson, Richard Smith, David Tutt and George Woolhouse. |
| Sun 25 May | The Herts team, which included Mark Homan as team captain and Simon Hathrell of Watford, won the Anderson Shield for the EACF county 'B'-level championship for the second year in succession. |
| Fri 28 March | The first edition of a new club Newsletter was issued to all club members. A copy is available for download here (PDF format, 115kb; the photos of club members have been omitted for privacy reasons.) |
2007 |
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| Sun 23 September | Simon Hathrell won the 2007 East Anglian Croquet Federation tournament 'A'-block Advanced for the previous year's club champions. |
| Sun 23 September | Watford won the EACF Golf Croquet League Championship play-off final against Enfield, completing the East Anglian Golf and Association Croquet league double for 2007. |
| Sat 22 September | Watford won the EACF Association Croquet League Championship play-off finals at Wrest Park against Norwich and Colchester South to become the East Anglian champions for the third consecutive year. |
| Sat 8 September | Nick Archer won the National Finals of the Grass Roots Golf championship, the second time a Watford player has won it in the last 3 years. |
| Sat 1 September | Watford won the last league match of the season against Wrest Park 4-2 to become the Beds & Herts League champions for the third consecutive year. |
| Thur 30 August | Watford won the Golf Croquet match against Wrest Park 11-7 to become the 2007 East Anglian Croquet Federation West Area champions with a 100% record of wins in the season. |
| Sat 26 - Sun 27 May | Mark Homan (as team captain) and Simon Hathrell of the Watford Croquet Club provided half of the Hertfordshire team that won the 2007 East Anglian county 'B'-level championship - the 2007 Anderson Shield. |
2006 |
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| Sat 23 September | Watford won the the East Anglian Croquet Federation club championship for the second year in succession, beating Bury St. Edmunds and Norwich in the regional play-off finals at Hunstanton. |
| Sun 10 September | The 2006 East Anglian Croquet Federation 'B'-level Advanced tournament for the previous year's club champions was won by Simon Hathrell. |
| Sat 9 September | Watford drew the last league match of the season against Enfield 3-3 to become the Beds & Herts League champions for the second consecutive year. |
| Sat 22 - Sun 23 July | The 2006 Watford Open Handicap Tournament was won by Arthur Reed. |
| Wed 5 April |
The Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill, visited the
club to open the third lawn. This event also commemorated the
occasion seventy years earlier when the Mayor opened the second lawn
in 1936. |
2005 |
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| Sat 1 October | Watford won the 2005 Beds & Herts League for Association Croquet, and went on to win the East Anglian Croquet Federation championship. |
| September | John Walker won the National Finals of the Grass Roots Golf championship. |
| Fri 22 - Sun 24 July | The 2005 Watford Open Handicap Tournament was won by Simon Hathrell. |
