Sussex county v Reigate Priory

Sussex started their defence of the Croquet South East U League today with a match against Reigate Priory.

In very hot weather the team comprising Steve Chapman, Martyn Cooperman , Deborah Marcus and Nigel Billingham won the match 5-2.

In the morning session Nigel and Deborah won the doubles but Steve and Martyn both narrowly lost their singles.

It was a clean sweep for Sussex in the afternoon, winning all singles pretty convincingly .

Next up is a match against Canterbury/ Ramsgate (away) on June 10th. 

Nigel Bellingham 

One Day GC Tournament 15th May 2026

Thankfully the rain which had threatened all day held off.

24 players where divided into 4 divisionsof six so each player had five games. Division 1 gave an indication as to the improvement of the standard of play within the club, all players were club members with two players with minus handicaps. Gabrielle and Konstantine however finished in third and forth places. Rob Harper who recently has been cut to 1 winning with 4 wins and Simon Ancell was runner-up.

Division B also had a close finish with Tony Jolly 4 wins plus 10 hoops just beating Andrew Stewart also with 4 wins but only 8 hoops Sam Holder was third.

Tim Bick was a run away winner in Division C with 5 wins followers by Sue Nicholas ands Peter Hill.

Division D was won by Jane Powell 4 wins followed by Mark Barnham and David Larkin.

Thanks to Roger for managing the event

Full results to follow 

We had a very successful meal with 60 attendees. The flag was raised, food eaten, drink drunk; the raffle made over £300; speeches were made and a few even played croquet!

Thanks to the Catering Team for the lunch.

A team of volunteers painted the new walls forming the corridor between the two buildings on Tuesday. It looks muh brighter. Thanks to them, including new member Davide, who happened to be around and volunteered to help.