AC Association Croquet

The club stages an internal one-day Association Croquet One-Ball Tournament early in the season. This year it is on Saturday 25th April 2026 (provisional).

The One-Ball game is a variation of Association Croquet in which each side only has one ball instead of two. In other respects the normal rules of Association Croquet apply, i.e. you can roquet and take croquet from your opponent's ball, and use this to help to make hoops. However, with only two balls in play, the games are typically quick and breaks are much harder to execute than in the full AC game, so the character of the One-Ball game is much more like Golf Croquet.

The tournament is once again run as a charity event as part of the national Charity One-Ball Competition.

In last year's tournament Watford raised just under £1000.

It has an optional entry fee that will this year be donated to Save The Children. A donation of at least £5 is suggested. This also means that the event will become a qualifying tournament in the national Charity One-Ball Handicap Competition and, depending on the total amount raised, the winner(s) of our tournament will become eligible to play in the national finals, this year again at two venues, Surbiton on Saturday 16th May and Bowdon on Sunday 17th May. Follow the links for further details for each national final.

Results of these games should not be entered on the handicap card.

Format: Flexible Swiss
Entry fee: None, but a donation is requested, to be donated in aid of Save The Children.
(Cash or cheque on the day, or transfer to the club's bank account. Gift Aid forms will be available.)

The charity's colour is red so please wear something red on the day!
Date: Saturday 25 April (provisional)
Capacity:† 26Entries so far: 0
Manager: Simon Hathrell

† Max 24 playing plus 2 between games
Charity One-Ball
Tournament by year:

Tournament entry/draw/results not available.

* Special AC handicap assigned for 1-ball only, as per the 2018 CA guidelines.

Tie-breaking rules:

  1. Percentage of wins from a minimum of 6 games
  2. Number of wins against those tied if they have all played each other, otherwise 'matchpoints'
  3. Win quality
  4. Net points