The system currently in place for paying for the summer club competitions is the same as last season:

Once the deadline for entry is reached you will receive an email setting out your entries, how much you have to pay and the bank details for the club account to which you should transfer the funds.

There is currently no need to pay in advance or yet. The deadline is Sunday 27th March.

If you don't use email the Competitions Secretary will know this and make contact with you by other means.

You can enter with this form

and you can check all the entries on this page.

This is your new look club website. Comments welcome but be constructive or I may down tools!

The side links which caused  problems on some devices have gone and the links integrated into the main menu but mostly you will find the same items where there were before.

The AGM is coming soon on Saturday 5th March in the clubhouse and then the new season is upon us. I wish you all an enjoyable 2022 croquet season.

John Low

First one-day competition of the year is oversubscribed

Our one-day competitions remain highly popular as today's event was played with a full complement of 40 players and 3 reserves left sadly unable to secure a place. This is set to continue as the next doubles day is also already fully subscribed.

Today's competition was in three divisions with a cross-over final round for the two lower divisions. Richard Brooks and David King won division one outright. In Division 2A  both Tony Jolly & Fiona Phillips and Phil Harrison & Steve Chapman had 4/5 wins but a better net score gave Tony & Fiona the top place. Division 2B was won outright by Fran Box & Graham Tucker who won all their games. Congratulations to all three winning teams and thanks to Linda for managing it so ably and for organising the lunch.

Full Results

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 Talk for newer members about competitions at SCCC

Graham Tucker, our Club Competitions Secretary, is planning a series of talks about the club competitions.

The first of these talks is on Thursday 10th February, in the Clubhouse at 12 midday. The purpose is to inform our newer members about competitions within the club.

He will provide information and ideas to help members answer for themselves these common questions:
"Which competitions should I enter?"
"What commitment am I making when I enter competitions?"
"How are the competitions organised?"

He will also look at various other opportunities for competitive play at SCCC, at the Club's Website and give guidance on accessing information and entering and following the club's competitions online.

The session is orientated towards newer members or anyone who is not familiar with the operation of our competitions. 

It may only be January but you can start thinking about the coming croquet season and make you entries to our program of club competitions in GC, AC and, for the first time this season, Short Croquet (SC).

GC Competitions

All the favourite competitions are there with a couple of changes. Some of the competition formats have been changed between blocks and knockouts to take account of changing popularity of the different events.  There are also two NEW competitions: the Southwick Cup, a knockout event for GC players of C level (handicap 7 or over); and a GC Super Vets Cup, for which you must be 80 years young.

AC Competitions

Roger Sutton, Graham Tucker (our new Club Competitions Secretary) and the Committee have made a number of changes to the AC competition list to address the sadly reduced entry levels for some of our cups. The Fryer and Franc Cup competitions, which were gendered competitions for similar skill ranges, have been combined into a new Franc Cup for all players with AC handicaps of 16 or below  (handicap play). The Hazel Parker Cup has been dropped.

Short Croquet

For the first time the Club is offering a Short Croquet competition using the now redundant Hazel Parker Trophy. For those who don't know, SC is a form of AC played on a half lawn to slightly different rules. There is a fuller explanation of SC on this website here. Frances Low and her team of coaches have been running coaching sessions in SC over the winter season and there are more to follow. These are primarily aimed at GC players who would like to try a different form of the game. 

Read the Rules!

Before entering the competitions, Graham would appreciate it if you headed over to the two rules pages on this site: rules for GC competitions are here; and you can find the AC and SC ones on this page. The can be found in the menu under Croquet - Club & Team Competitions - GC (or AC) Summer Season Competitions. It is important to read these before entering as the handicap ranges for a number of competitions have been altered from last season.

There is also an important change for those occasions when you can't play a match.  If you cannot play an opponent YOU MUST  NOT OFFER THEM A WALKOVER, instead please contact Graham Tucker who will arrange a replacement player or other solution.

Graham Tucker will be running explanatory sessions in February and March to help members choose which competitions to enter, to outline the other competitive opportunities  (team play in friendly matches, leagues, open competitions) and how to make entries on the online entry system.

Entry Form

The entry form can be found in the menu system under Croquet - Club & Team Competitions - Enter summer club competitions

Enjoy the summer season of competitive club croquet at Southwick!

Winter Drawn Pairs Competition Finals

Congratulations to Bob and Susan for winning the final stage of the competition in which the four finalists played in a single block.

Congratulations also to the other finalists who went forward to the final stage of the competition: Graham Tucker & Jerry Key; Liz Farrow & Angela Avis; Robyn Clark & Richard Pointon. 

Full results

Finals Block

Soup warms the players in November's GC Singles One-day Competition - and only a little rain!

Four blocks of players competed today in this GC competition. Each block represented a handicap range.

The winners were (in reverse order handicap group): Francis Ainley, who won all his games; Richard Ellis with 4/5 wins; Tony Jolly with 4/5 wins; and Richard Brooks who won all his games.  Congratulations to all and very many thanks to Jonathan for managing the day so well.

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Short Croquet Course completed at Club

The Croquet Academy has just finished a 4 module introduction to AC Short Croquet. It was the first time we have tried this type of course and it seems to have been well received. The shorter days – 10.15-3.15 – made it easier to absorb and still gave time to practise and exchange ideas and opinions. 4 modules gave us time to present the Short Croquet with the learning of the strokes and some strategies, and to put the ideas into practice. Of course, a short court made everything less overwhelming!

There were 12 participants which was ideal. 3 coaches could be used on a 1 to 4 ratio and so a lot of information could be given and hopefully absorbed!

This course was part of a special winter one and there was a generous discount for SCCC members. There will be follow up sessions for the players on this course in 2022.

If any other SCCC members would like to learn Short Croquet please get in touch with me and we will see what Beginner’s courses we can offer next year. The Academy will offer some courses for Short croquet so please look them up.

Thanks to the coaches – Daphne, Clive, Jonathan, John, Chrissie - for their support, and valuable input.

Frances Low (Lead Coach)

GC Doubles one-day competition 5th November

No fireworks but an enjoyable day of Golf Croquet today for 22 doubles teams in three blocks graded by ability.

The top block played 7 games and was won by Brian Aikens & Paul Hilton who won 6/7 games. The middle block played six games (an incomplete block) and was won by Di Langridge & Sue Rice with 5/6 wins. The third block played 5 games and was won by Frances Low & Richard Ellis with 4/5 wins.

Thanks to Frances for managing the event.

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GC Singles One-day Competition 29th October 2021

We are very lucky that the weather was rather better than it could have been. Whilst torrential rain fell not far away, Southwick got away with only a couple of short periods when we had to dash for cover.

30 players were divided into 5 discrete blocks of 6 and played 5 games in the event and an extra cross-block friendly for those who were interested as we finished in good time and the sun was out (well, almost).

The five block winners were: Chrissie Merrington, John Low, Beryl Hughes, Graham Tucker and Ken Hughes; congratulations to them.

Linda provided soup and roll for lunch with help from Rachel; there was also tea and cakes (the most delicious fruit cake, as the writer can testify!). Thanks to them for their time and expertise.

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