| 2009 |
| 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 proceeds 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
