Club Open Afternoon

The weather was wonderful and we had 35 guests to look after!! Because it was Fathers day we had whole families having a go!! We had lots of comments about the wonderful lawns and the quintessential, calm and peaceful atmosphere

Thank you to all the helpers on the lawns and in the kitchen and bar and also to all the people who donated delicious cakes. There were too many helpers to thank individually, but I would like to say the kitchen helpers headed by Jo Mander, and Deborah in the bar, worked tirelessly and were greatly appreciated, especially as the weather was so hot.

Jo handed out 10 subscription forms to potential new members!!

Thanks to Fran for organising the afternoon. Photos by Bill Arliss.

Summer club competitions

Changes have been made to the menu for club competitions to improve accessibility on some devices.

Sussex County Open Evening Singles – 16 June

The weather improved to give us a pleasant (if slightly chilly) few hours of croquet for our first evening event of the summer. 12 players were grouped into 3 divisions of 4, and some excellent croquet was enjoyed by all.

Division C was the first to finish. Tim Weller dominated proceedings, winning all 3 games with a net +13 hoops.

The other two divisions, A and B, were much closer, with net hoops required to establish the winners. In Division B, both Phil Harrison and Mark Barnham secured 2 victories, but Phil’s superior net hoops score of +4, gave him the win.

Finally. Division A went right down to the wire. Tim Bick was leading after 2 rounds, but had to play Morgan Case in the final round to claim victory. Morgan won 7-3 putting both on 2 wins and +2 net hoops. However, as Morgan had won the head to head, he took home the much prized chocolate bar (aptly named “Sweet and Salty”).

Thank you to everybody who made it such a good natured and enjoyable evening.

David

Thanks to David for managing the event

Sussex County v Guildford & Godalming

Another U League win for Sussex County today at Guildford.

Our team comprising Deborah Marcus, David Dickens, Rob Harper and Nigel Billingham won the match 5-2 on difficult playing surfaces - it certainly brought home just how good our lawns are!

We won the morning session ( 3-0) and convincing wins by David and Nigel in the afternoon secured the win.

That's now 3 out 3 so far , with just Ealing to come in a few weeks.

Nigel Billingham