GC doubles 30th May

A fine day greeted the 36 players who had entered this tournament, it was thankfully cooler than it had been earlier in the week.

Division A was a straight forward win for Richard Brooks and David Dickens who won all of their games They were followed by Brian and Konstantine who had three wins beating Simon Ancell and Vincent only by the fact that they had won their match with Simon and Vincent both teams having three wins and + 4 hoops.

Division two was closer with Mark Barnham and Tony Marjoram and Sue and Tony Nicholas both having 4 wins Mark and Tony however had a better hoop count +14 against +8.  Beryl Hughes and Gavin Taylor were third.

Division C was won by members of Bromley CC John Butler and Gloria Perez-Vertiz with 4 wins beating David Funnell and Diana Rolfe, both having four wins but John and Gloria had a +12 hoop count against  David and Diana.

Division D was won by Jane Sims and Peter Hill.

Full results to come but all the scores are on Croquet Scores

Thanks to Roger for managing the event

One Day GC Tournament 15th May 2026

Thankfully the rain which had threatened all day held off. 24 players where divided into 4 divisions of 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 followered by Sue Nicholas and Peter Hill.

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

Thanks to Roger for managing the event

Full results to follow, but already on CroquetScores

The Short Croquet Jamboree

was played at Southwick on 29th May, mercifully with cooler weather!! 6 teams had entered but sadly Littlehampton were missing Bob and Robyn Clark due to injuries in a car crash. Andrew Baxter (Hon. Littlehampton member) and Mike Akester kindly represented Littlehampton ! So we had Sussex, Rottingdean, Rother Valley, Guildford, Littlehampton and Chichester.

The play was of course on short courts and all games are 14 points. We had a mixture of Alternate Stroke Doubles and Singles but the final round was speed doubles with time limit and no bisques!! Points were: 2 for a win, 1 + for a pegged out win and 1 for a draw.

It was great that a lot of matches pegged out! The setting up of a 4 ball break from the bisques is of course the whole art of AC and SC.

There were some notable wins ; Andrew Baxter pegged out twice in his singles against Sussex and Rother Valley. The last win was highlighted by a dramatic hit in with the opponent having both balls on the peg. Andrew kept his nerve to win 14-12. Richard Ellis won both singles for Rottingdean and Hilary Bird had good wins as did newcomer Dominic Webb. Katharine Minchin was in good form and pegged out in her singles game.

Guildford won with with 14 points, Rottingdean was second with 11 points and Littlehampton third with 9 points.

Many thanks to all clubs and players for their cheerful support and for playing some excellent croquet. I am as ever grateful to Ben for setting up the short courts and for providing us with wonderful lawns. Also to Clive for dismantling lawns 10 and 11 !

Pass the word around - short croquet is good fun, it is a learning curve and it brings new challenges! Join us!!

Frances (Manager and Referee)

Thanks to Frances for organising and managing the event 
Photos: Richard Ellis

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