[First published in the Croquet Gazette April2022] By Andy Dibben Chairman – Surbiton Croquet Club When learning AC, and the use of bisques, your coach will often say “with 2 bisques you can set up a 4 ball break from any starting position”. They will then demonstrate this, usually by showing how to set-up for […]
Thirty, not out!
[First published in the Croquet Gazette August 2022] By Rena Souten Secretary, Huddersfield Croquet Club 2022 dawned as the year our croquet club, Huddersfield, would be 30 years old. We decided to celebrate and hold 30 events in our playing season. The height of our celebrations would be a croquetathon when we would play croquet […]
An Interview with Keith Aiton
[First published in the Croquet Gazette Issue 409, June 2024] Article by Giles Pepperell Name Keith Aiton Home Club Nottingham Croquet Club Potted playing history – from first picking up a mallet to current play – including what influenced you to start. I first picked up a mallet aged about 10. An old school fried […]
The Spanish Boom
[First published in the Croquet Gazette Issue 395, Fabruary 2022] Article by Begoña Elzaburu and José Luis Álvarez-Sala In the past years GC in Spain has seen an incredible increase in the number of lawns, clubs and people playing. By the end of 2015 there were around 300 players and when 2021 finished there were […]
Ben Rhydding reached out to the U3A
[First published in the Croquet Gazette Issue 394, December 2021] Article by Stephanie Ferguson Yorkshire’s Ben Rhydding CC has been reaching out into the community and teaching members of their local U3A how to play golf croquet. Having survived flooded lawns and a damaged pavilion, plus Covid-19 lockdown, the club, which is situated beside the […]
Following the GC World Championship 2024 with Chris Clarke
We are so grateful to Chris Clarke who has already begun sharing his commentary from lawnside at the Golf Croquet World Championship 2024. This article will be updated with the most recent comments, so check back regularly to keep up to date with all the action.
Short Croquet Handicaps and Equipment
Short Croquet handicapping in doubles Have you noticed that bisque allocations in SC doubles games have changed? Instead of simply taking the average of the two handicaps – difficult when one player has peels to do – the CA Handicapping Committee has put in place a new method of calculation. This takes account for the […]
GC Worlds Fantasy Competition
By Chris Clarke (chrisd4clarke@hotmail.com) The leaderboard for the Fantasy Players, by Eugene Change Many thanks to the 65 people who played this year’s GCWC Fantasy croquet and the 30 Spaniards who used it for their own internal competition. Eugene Chang has kindly automated the scoring system which should now be complete and shows not only […]
Hibiscus – the learning curve
The following article was published in the Croquet Gazette in Fabraury 2022. It’s now time to share the fabulous Hibiscus Colum with the world, starting from the beginning. Written by Minty Clinch as she talks about her journey of Croquet. The Uffington Three arrived at Blewbury Croquet Club (BCC) on a July afternoon in 2019. […]
Tunnel of time (Launched online)
The following article was published in the Croquet Gazette in April 2022. It’s now time to share our tunnel of time with the world, starting from the beginning. Thank you to Chris ‘Statto’ Williams for his research and dedication to our history. In this new section we take a look back through the ‘Tunnel of […]