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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.

2009 CALENDAR

 Calendars by year:
Date show hide Show/hide all Type Event / Opponents Venue
hide JANUARY - MARCH
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
hide APRIL
Wed 1 April   Watford lawns opened for the 2009 season  
Thur 16 April (11:00 am) ACTournament One-Ball Tournament Home   Winner: Janet Lewis
Sat 18 April AC Early season AC Improvers Course Home
hide MAY
Sun 3 May (2-4 pm) GC Introduction to Golf Croquet Course (I) Home
Thur 7 May (10:15 am) ACLeague St. Albans Home   WON 5-1
Sun 10 May (2-4 pm) GC Introduction to Golf Croquet Course (II) Home
Mon 11 May GCTournament One-Day Open Golf Croquet 'B'-Class Tournament Home   Winner: Roger Barnacle
Thur 14 May GCLeague Stony Stratford Home   LOST 8-10
Sun 17 May (2-4 pm) GC Introduction to Golf Croquet Course (III) Home
Fri 22 May (4:30 pm) GC Private event Home
Mon 25 May GCTournament Golf Croquet Fun Day Home
Fri 29 May GCFriendly Leighton Linslade Away   WON 10-6
hide JUNE
Wed 3 June (4:30 pm) GC Private event Home
Mon 8 June GCTournament Centre Stage Golf Croquet Tournament Home   Winner: John Walker
Tue 9 June GCTournament Grass Roots Golf Croquet Tournament Home   Winner: Alan Wilkie
Wed 10 June ACLeague Northampton Home   DREW 3-3
Fri 12 June GCTournament Grass Roots Golf Croquet Tournament Home   Winner: George Skinner
Sat 13 June ACNational Longman Cup vs. Wrest Park Away   LOST 3-4
Mon 22 June GCLeague Leighton Linslade Away   WON 10-8
Friday 19 June GCFriendly Stony Stratford Away   LOST 6-10
Sat 27 June ACFriendly Hampstead Heath Home   DREW 3-3
hide JULY
Sat 4 July GCFriendly Letchworth Away   WON 10-8
Mon 6 July GCLeague Northampton Home   WON 12-6
Tue 14 July GCFriendly High Wycombe Away   WON 5½-3½
Thur 16 July ACLeague Wrest Park Home   WON 5-1
Wed 22 July ACLeague Enfield Away   LOST 1-5
Thur 23 - Mon 27 July ACFriendly Tour of South West clubs Away   Matches: W:2, L:2, D:1
             Games: won 23-22
hide AUGUST
Sat 1 August ACGC Joint Association & Golf Croquet Fun Day Home
Mon 3 August GCLeague Letchworth Home   WON 14-4
Sat 8 August GCTournament

ACLeague

 Grass Roots Golf Croquet Regional Final

Letchworth

 Home

Away   WON 4-2
Mon 10 August GCFriendly Leighton Linslade Home   WON 10-6
Sat 15 August ACFriendly Phyllis Court Away   WON 4-2
Mon 17 August GCFriendly High Wycombe Home   LOST 4-5
Wed 19 August (evening) GC Private event Home
Thur 20 August GCLeague Wrest Park Away   LOST 7-11
Mon 24 August ACLeague Colworth Away   LOST 1-3
hide SEPTEMBER
Mon 14 September GCFriendly Phyllis Court Away   WON 12-4
Sat 26 September ACFriendly Hampstead Heath Home   LOST 2-3
Sun 27 September GCTournament Golf Croquet Fun Day Home
hide OCTOBER - DECEMBER
Wed 21 October   Watford lawns closed for the winter  
Friday 30 October GCFriendly Stony Stratford Away   WON 10-6

Key to symbols:

AC Association Croquet League League match Tournament Tournament
GC Golf Croquet Friendly Friendly match National 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.

 

CLUB DAYS

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* GC Golf Croquet from 11:15
Wednesdays AC Association Croquet from 14:00
Thursdays AC Association Croquet from 14:00
Fridays GC Golf Croquet from 10:00
Saturdays AC Association Croquet from 14:00
Sundays GC Golf Croquet from 14:00

 

COACHING

ACThere 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 (Phone: 01923 774161) or John Bee (Phone: 01923 245631). There will be no charge for club members.

GCThere 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.