Diana Brothers Drawn Pairs GC Competition

This club competition is now open for entries here. The deadline for entries is 31st May 2021

There is no need to pay the entry fee now as you will be sent an email after the closing date.

The competition will take place on 8th - 9th June 2021

Shoreham Fire Station Crew Rescue Croquet Club Marquee

When Sussex County Croquet Club Chairman, Clive Hayton, awoke on Thursday morning to the news that the club’s marquee was on the roof of the club, he and a neighbour rushed to secure it before it could travel further. Clive said: “We hoped to tie it down until we could arrange to retrieve it but with the high winds continuing into the afternoon, we were concerned that the marquee could get blown into the neighbouring gardens or worse, into Victoria Road I decided to call the Fire & Rescue Service to see if they could assist and within minutes the crew from Shoreham Fire Station arrived.”

Chris Witten, the station’s Crew Manager said: “When members of the Croquet Club saw that the marquee had blown up onto the roof of the pavilion, they quite rightly rang for emergency assistance. With the high winds we have been experiencing over the last couple of days, it would have been extremely dangerous for them to try and climb onto the roof to try and retrieve the marquee themselves. We were able to safely scale the building using a short extension ladder, and working as a team the crew were able to dismantle the marquee safely and pass it down to ground level where it was stowed away.”

Clive said: “Under normal circumstances the marquee would have been dismantled and stored in the Autumn but with the club house out of bounds due to Covid-precautions, it had been left up as temporary shelter for members who usually play all year round and we were unable to take it down before the latest lockdown. We’re extremely grateful to the Shoreham Fire Station crew for their speedy assistance. Chris and his team would be most welcome to come back when the weather improves and try their hands at Croquet!

With more bad weather forecast over the weekend, Chris Witten urged anyone with similar structures in their gardens to double check that they are assembled securely, and to consider taking them down until the bad weather has passed.

Sussex County Croquet Club is located in Kingston Lane, Southwick and expects to re-open on 29th March www.sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk t. 07771 752719

Everything you need to enter the Club Competitions

The new season approaches and you can now enter for this season's club competitions.

The main and very much preferred method is to enter on-line; please do so if at all possible.

Here are the pages you can use on the website:

This page gives you the brief competiton details to help you decide which to enter.

You can enter the competitons here. Please read the instructions on the form!

You can see who has entered each competiton on this page.

If you have any difficulties, please contact competitions@sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk

Paying for entries

Once the deadline for entries has passed you will receive an email (if you have given an email address) setting out how much to pay and the bank details required. There is no need to pay before then.

Additional local competitions in April

Regretably the Covid restrictions which will apply in April prevent us from effectively running any open competitions. However, to compesate there are three new competitions open to club members and local players in the SECF,

You can check this page for more details. Entry is on-line on this website, as with the other local competitions.

Next event: Friday 9^th April GC Doubles level play in two divisions All handicaps

NEXT NEW EVENT:
Saturday 17^th April AC 14pt singles, separate handicap and advanced groups. All handicaps. 5 games of 1hr15m each

Richard and Jean Brooks kindly prepared and hosted a Zoom Quiz last night. Very enjoyable - and pretty tricky too!

16 teams took part in the quiz, 12 with partners and 4 singles.

The first four places were as follows:-

1st place went to Martyn Cooperman (who was playing alone) with 51 points.

Equal 2nd place went to  Richard & Rachel Pointon and Rosemary & Peter Wyld with 49 points.

Clive & Karen Hayton were in 4th place with 47 points

Maximum points available was 78.

Congratulations to the top scorers and many thanks to Richard and Jean for their hard work preparing the quiz.

The CA has postponed opening the online tournament entry system until at least the end of February.

This means no CA advertised competitions can yet be entered.

Click here for entry for our own one-day competitions.

The Croquet Academy at Southwick has launched its programme of 19 courses aimed at

AC and GC players, from complete beginners to advanced.

New programme for 2021

New for 2021, we offer:

• Cliff’s zoom webinars on the new AC Laws update, with a return visit later in the season for his very popular two day course for AC Improvers, which is accompanied by his excellent course manuals.
• A GC Workshop’ including a Swing Trainer and Video Analysis to learn where to improve.
• ‘It’s not about the mallet’ with former World Champion Stephen Mulliner, whether GC or AC, learn how to get that winning mentality.
• Tim King will run a ‘GC Master Class’ for aspiring A and B-Level tournament players.
• Short Croquet – AC for beginners – it’s one of the easiest way to learn the game.
• An opportunity to attend a course by Stephen Custance-Baker, author of ‘Every Shot Is Tactical’.

Everything from complete beginners to advanced in both GC and AC.

For further information on all courses, please contact The Croquet Academy Secretary.

Chrissie Merrington - courses@thecroquetacademy.com

Oure Winter GC Competitions are open for entry: Level Doubles -   and Handicap Doubles . (Both in menu: Croquet - Internal & Team Competitions - Winter Competitions)

Another enjoyable quiz from Roger, ably supported by Jonathan the Zoom Master Extraordinaire, started with a map of Africa. Name that country - and later, name that tune!

QuizMaster Roger Sutton

ZoomMaster Jonathan Isaacs

The quiz was won by Richard Brooks. Thanks very much to Roger was organising it.