• Knockout
• Level play (no bisques) and advanced rules
• Best-of-three 26 point games for each round
• For handicaps of 6 or below
• No time limit

• Knockout
• Handicap
• Open to all members with an Association handicap
• One 26 point game per round
• Time limit 3.5 hours

• Block or Knockout, depending on entry
• Alternate-stroke doubles
• Handicap
• 26 point games
• Maximum handicap per player 20 (players over 20 may play off 20)
• Maximum total handicap per pair 34
• Time limit 3.5 hours

• Knockout
• Handicap singles
• Handicaps 8 to 16 inclusive
• 26 point games
• Time limit 3.5 hours

• Knockout
• Singles
• Level-play Advanced rules
• Handicaps 4 to 12 inclusive
• 26 point games
• Time limit 3.5 hours

Re-introduced for 2026

• Block or knockout, depending on numbers
• Singles
• This is a handicap game, played to Advanced Level (AC Law 39), so bisques and lifts involved!
• It will not be counted on AC handicap cards
• For players 0 to 20

• Block
• Handicap
• Players with handicaps of 14 or above at date of entry
• The games are played to a base of 8 to give each player bisques
• 14 point games
• Time limit 2 hours
• The number of bisques for each player is calculated as follows: Deduct base 8 from player’s handicap and then halve to allow for the 14 point format.
• Winner of block wins the Bush Cup. If entries allow for more than one block, block winners will progress to a final.

• Block
• Handicap for players with handicaps of 0 - 20
• 26 point games played in single block
• Time limit 3.5 hours
• If entries allow for more than one block, block winners will progress to a final.

NB This is no longer a women's only competition but open to players of all genders.

• Knockout
• One-ball handicap competition
• Each round to be best-of-three games - each game consisting of 12 hoops and the peg
• Results to be recorded in the form 2-0 or 2-1
• No time limits
• The method of bisque allocation is as follows : Adjust the handicaps of either player who has an Association handicap of 1.5 or below in accordance with the following table:

  Normal Handicap	1.5	1	0.5	0	-0.5	-1	-1.5	-2
  Bisques	1	0	-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6

• A player's One-Ball handicap will be the lowest of:
  1. their AC handicap (but see above for AC handicaps that are less than 2) 
  2. 2.5 x their GC handicap (but see below for GC handicaps that are less than 0) 
  3. 20
• Bisques are 1/3 of the difference between the two players’ One-Ball handicaps, rounded to the nearest half bisque.
• Players should not multiply minus GC handicaps by 2.5 (so -2 should not become -5)

• Knockout
• Singles
• Handicaps of 12 and below
• Each round to be best-of-three 14 point games played to advanced rules (i.e. level play, no bisques and advanced rules with lifts)
• Time limits for the games to be 1.5 hours, 1.5 hours, 1.0 hour respectively
• Remember, 14 point games count on your handicap card (plus or minus 10 points with adjustments according to the handicaps of the two players - because it is level play).

• Block
• 14 point game played on half lawns
• Players with a short croquet handicap of 7 and above at the time of entry.
• Final is best of three 13 point games
• Time limit 80 minutes
• Normal laws of AC apply but with different wiring rules
• Relationship between Association and Short Croquet handicaps

  Relationship between Association and Short Croquet handicaps
  Association	Short		Association	Short
  -3 to -1	3 peels		8 to 9	3
  -0.5 to 0.5	2 peels		10 to 11	3.5
  1 to 1.5	1 Peel		12 to 13	4
  2 to 2.5	0		14 to 15	5
  3 to 3.5	0.5		16 to 17	6
  4 to 4.5	1		18 to 19	7
  5	1.5		20 to 21	8
  6	2		22 to 23	9
  7	2.5		24	10

• The National 26pt AC Handicap competition
• The initial round/s for our members will be played at Sussex County.
• All-England final to be played at Ealing on 19-20 September 2026