Longman Cup 

An early start for our team travelling to Roehampton for 9am to play the next round if the Longman Cup. Not sure which of us were yawning the most!

Their lawns were tremendous, even though it drizzled all day but our team still managed to win 5/2 So now into the Semi Finals - fingers crossed.

Report by Chrissie

Littlehampton Centenary Tournament

Eight teams took part in the annual, whole day,Littlehampton Centenary Tournament at Littlehampton. The format was timed games of Golf Croquet, handicap play, using ExtraTurns. The Sussex County team had a challenging start but dug deep to make a strong finish. By the end of the day we had 5 wins, 1 Draw and 3 Losses which, sadly, was not enough to keep us in contention - The winners, Fishbourne, with 8 wins, being decided on net hoops won.. Many thanks to my team players, Rosemary Faulkner, Susan Gale and Jo Crosby, for their competitive play enduring throughout the day-Graham Tucker (Captain).

Photo: Jo Crosby

Short Croquet Jamboree 17th July 2024

The 2nd Short Croquet Jamboree was held at Southwick on 17th July. Blue skies, sunshine, warmth!! Hurrah!

We had 8 clubs enter which was very pleasing. We welcomed Bromley and Chichester for the first time. Other teams  entering were Littlehampton, Rother Valley, Hove Beach, Rottingdean and Sussex who fielded 2 teams.It was encouraging to see some newer players emerging and realising how challenging and interesting  AC/SC can be.

The tournament was a mixture of 14 point singles and doubles, all played on short courts.

The contest ended up very close with Bromley emerging winners after pipping Chichester in the last round. Well done to them and indeed to all who took part. Do encourage players of GC to try Short Croquet. They will obtain new skills in shots and tactics.

I am grateful to the team captains, the players, and of course Clive and Ben for sorting out the lawns. The lawns played beautifully!

My thanks to all of you who played and supported this event. I look forward to another one maybe in the autumn!!

Frances Low (Manager)

Thanks to Frances for organising and managing this event.

Briefing

In play

The winning team of Martin Daniels, Frances (Manager), Karen and Adam Newbould

Compton win Croquet SouthEast Challenge Teams South Tournament

The Sussex County team of Graham Tucker, Vincent L'Estrange, Phil Harrison, David Dickins and Paul Green (not pictured) were beaten into 5th place by very strong competition. Compton won the event. Full details on the Croquet SouthEast website and CroquetScores website in due course. Commiserations to the Sussex players.