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In addition to Club days and casual games between club members, there are various activities including coaching, internal club competitions, and matches against other clubs. |
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2009 CALENDAR |
Calendars by year: |
Date
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Type | Event / Opponents | Venue |
JANUARY -
MARCH |
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| Thur 19 February | Annual club dinner | The Metroplitan Police Sports Club, Aldenham Road, Bushey WD23 2TR | |
| Thur 19 March (7:30 pm) | AGM | Sportsmans PH, Scots Hill, Rickmansworth | |
APRIL |
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| Wed 1 April | Watford lawns opened for the 2009 season | ||
| Thur 16 April (11:00 am) | ![]() |
One-Ball Tournament | Home Winner: Janet Lewis |
| Sat 18 April | Early season AC Improvers Course | Home | |
MAY |
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| Sun 3 May (2-4 pm) | Introduction to Golf Croquet Course (I) | Home | |
| Thur 7 May (10:15 am) |
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St. Albans | Home WON 5-1 |
| Sun 10 May (2-4 pm) | Introduction to Golf Croquet Course (II) | Home | |
| Mon 11 May |
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One-Day Open Golf Croquet 'B'-Class Tournament | Home Winner: Roger Barnacle |
| Thur 14 May |
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Stony Stratford | Home LOST 8-10 |
| Sun 17 May (2-4 pm) | Introduction to Golf Croquet Course (III) | Home | |
| Fri 22 May (4:30 pm) | Private event | Home | |
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Golf Croquet Fun Day | Home |
| Fri 29 May |
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Leighton Linslade | Away WON 10-6 |
JUNE |
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| Wed 3 June (4:30 pm) | Private event | Home | |
| Mon 8 June |
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Centre Stage Golf Croquet Tournament | Home Winner: John Walker |
| Tue 9 June |
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Grass Roots Golf Croquet Tournament | Home Winner: Alan Wilkie |
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Northampton | Home DREW 3-3 |
| Fri 12 June |
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Grass Roots Golf Croquet Tournament | Home Winner: George Skinner |
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Longman Cup vs. Wrest Park | Away LOST 3-4 |
| Mon 22 June |
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Leighton Linslade | Away WON 10-8 |
| Friday 19 June |
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Stony Stratford | Away LOST 6-10 |
| Sat 27 June |
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Hampstead Heath | Home DREW 3-3 |
JULY |
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| Sat 4 July |
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Letchworth | Away WON 10-8 |
| Mon 6 July |
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Northampton | Home WON 12-6 |
| Tue 14 July |
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High Wycombe | Away WON 5½-3½ |
| Thur 16 July | ![]() |
Wrest Park | Home WON 5-1 |
| Wed 22 July | ![]() |
Enfield | Away LOST 1-5 |
| Thur 23 - Mon 27 July |
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Tour of South West clubs | Away Matches: W:2, L:2, D:1 Games: won 23-22 |
AUGUST |
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| Sat 1 August | Joint Association & Golf Croquet Fun Day | Home | |
| Mon 3 August |
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Letchworth | Home WON 14-4 |
| Sat 8 August |
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Grass Roots Golf Croquet Regional Final | Home Away WON 4-2 |
| Mon 10 August |
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Leighton Linslade | Home WON 10-6 |
| Sat 15 August |
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Phyllis Court | Away WON 4-2 |
| Mon 17 August |
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High Wycombe | Home LOST 4-5 |
| Wed 19 August (evening) | Private event | Home | |
| Thur 20 August |
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Wrest Park | Away LOST 7-11 |
| Mon 24 August | ![]() |
Colworth | Away LOST 1-3 |
SEPTEMBER |
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| Mon 14 September |
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Phyllis Court | Away WON 12-4 |
| Sat 26 September |
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Hampstead Heath | Home LOST 2-3 |
| Sun 27 September | ![]() |
Golf Croquet Fun Day | Home |
OCTOBER -
DECEMBER |
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| Wed 21 October | Watford lawns closed for the winter | ||
| Friday 30 October |
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Stony Stratford | Away WON 10-6 |
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National club competition |
10:00am start for matches unless otherwise indicated. Further fixtures may be added during the course of the season.
See also the Croquet Association Fixtures Calendar and the East Anglian Croquet Federation Diary.
Apart from when it clashes with the match calendar above, Club members meet each week during the playing season as follows. Club members who turn up at the lawns on one of these occasions can usually expect to get a game. At other times it is generally advisable to plan a specific game with another club member in advance. A list of members' contact details is posted inside the club hut.
| Mondays | free | |
| Tuesdays* | Golf Croquet from 11:15 | |
| Wednesdays | Association Croquet from 14:00 | |
| Thursdays | Association Croquet from 14:00 | |
| Fridays | Golf Croquet from 10:00 | |
| Saturdays | Association Croquet from 14:00 | |
| Sundays | Golf Croquet from 14:00 |
There will be an
early-season Association Croquet Improvers Course on Saturday 18 April starting at 11 am, which will
continue after lunch and merge into the normal club afternoon session.
The course will cover tactics for building breaks using roquet, croquet and continuation shots and also
how to play the drive, stop, roll and rush shots to position balls for future use. It will benefit both high handicap
Association Croquet players who wish to raise the level of their game, and Golf Croquet players who would like to find
out what the AC game is about. If you are interested in participating, either in part or for the whole session, please
contact
John Smallbone
(
: 01923 774161) or John Bee
(
: 01923 245631). There will be no charge for club members.
There will be an
Introduction to Golf Croquet Course held on Sundays 3, 10 and 17 May from 2-4 pm (NB: revised dates).
There will be a charge of £15 for entry to this course, redeemable against this year's annual
club membership subscription. Details from Roger Nicholls.
In addition to these more formal courses, free informal coaching for both Association and Golf Croquet is generally offered by the more experienced players on club days on a ad hoc basis to both existing club members and prospective new members who seek it.