ARCHIVE 2006 NEWS
PUBLICITY OFFICER GOES SOUTH
During our recent holiday to visit family in Australia we took the opportunity to find croquet clubs in New South Wales. We found several clubs in the area and decided to visit Bundanoon C.C. The club is based at the sports complex in Bundanoon adjacent to the bowling club. Club day is Wednesday mornings and so we contacted Ian McClelland ,club secretary to arrange a visit and to play at the club. On arrival we found the members all attired in their club colours which are royal blue shirts and white trousers. The club has two full sized lawns adjacent to their pavilion. On club days the players meet at 10 a.m. and draw lots to see who plays whom. The players have handicaps but in New South Wales the highest handicap that can be used is 20. There is no league but clubs arrange matches against other clubs in the Southern Highlands. Country Croquet - NSW, Australia Clubs also have Croquet Carnivals which is the equivalent of our Tournaments. Golf Croquet is not normally played at Bundanoon so Cath played a short lawn game with Jackie Crossley against me. Cath enjoyed the game and is encouraged to play more Association croquet .We picked a very good day to visit as it was the 103rd birthday of John Hope who had played croquet until he was 99 years young. We were introduced to John and then his birthday was toasted with champagne and we all had birthday cake. On our second visit Cath and I were drawn against Keith and Jackie and played our matches. The games were scheduled for 2 hours and at the end of the matches we all sat down and had a ‘sausage sizzle’. The club captain Dick Topham presented us with club badges and Alan got his Association Handicap card for his first win in Australia. The web sites for the Croquet New South Wales and Country Croquet New South Wales is managed by David Archer.Croquet NSW, Australia I gave him our club website details and when we visited him at his home he took great pleasure in logging on. We also had the opportunity to Play Golf Croquet at the Southern Highlands club based in the village of Exeter. The had two good lawns next the cricket ground and were fenced off as we were at Hope Street. We were made very welcome at both clubs and as we have e mail links with the Bundanoon club we shall keep them informed of our activities at Fylde and look forward to playing at Bundanoon in the future.
Posted by Alan and Cath 10th November 2006
Lawn Update
A great turn out from the membership for scarifying day.
Although the conditions were wet, we achieved everything we set out to do. The machine was well behaved except for a strange period of about ninty minutes where it kept stopping and throwing the chain off.
Terry and Peter eventually prevailed.
An added bonus was the water supply to the leaking tap next to lawn one was cut off.
29th October 2006
Leonard wins all england NW area final
Held at Pendle & Craven the area final selected three players to go forward to Nailsea in two weeks time. Leonard won the tournament with a perfect score of five games and will represent the club for the second year running.
Peter who managed the tournament presents Leonard with the winners trophy
3rd September 2006
photographic awards
There are some interesting photographs relating to Croquet here.
You may see someone you recognise!
30th August 2006
ILLUMINATIONS AT FYLDE
A donation to the club has supplied electricity to the clubhouse. The supply comes from inside the indoor tennis courts and is fully certified by the installing electrician. Put kettle on mother!
23rd August 2006
ALAN WINS 2 NIGHTS AT RIPON SPA HOTEL
Alan won the progressive doubles Golf competition beating Stephen Hugill from Bishop Auckland 8-2 in the final picking up the prize of 2 nights B&B at the Hotel.
24th - 26th July 2006
CA SILVER AWARD
Andrew gained a CA Silver Award at Pendle today
21st July 2006
Canterbury pilgrims
In Julye man hie to Canterbury y Crokey to plaie.
Posted by Sir Leo Le Fylde, 16th July 2006
TREE - MENDOUS
What an improvement! We also now have some rustic seating on the South boundary.
The new fence feature marks our North boundary very well too.
28th June 2006
TREES FOR THE CHOP
The Leylandii trees by short lawn 4 are to be felled to remove the danger of any falling [again] on the lawns. It is expected that this will improve the drainage and condition of short lawn 4.
The smaller trees behind the Leylandii [hardly visible in the photograph] do not belong to SSLTC and will remain.
22nd June 2006
INTERNAL TOURNAMENTS START TODAY
The draw for the Handicap KO is:
PW v LH : BB v AM : TV v AW : LW v LA.
Other tournaments are all play all. See the notice boards for more information.
16th June 2006
BOWDON FIRST TO VISIT NEW FYLDE LAWNS
Our Short Lawn team hosted the club's first home match this weekend.
11th June 2006
LEE WINS SOUTHPORT
The Southport and Birkdale Croquet Club Jubilee Handicap tankard was played for over the bank holiday weekend. A Herculean effort from the ground staff on Friday night and Saturday morning to remove the surface water meant that the 20 competitors began more or less on time. After two days Lee was leading with 6/6 but halfway through the morning the lawns flooded and the overnight positions became the final result.
30th May 2006
MATCH CAPTAIN ON BBC RADIO
An interview with Liz promoting our open day and six week course was broadcast this morning. This was be the second time the club has featured on Radio Lancashire. The previous broadcast was a big success and generated a lot of interest in the club.
Listen To Hope Street Broadcast From 2003
Listen To Radio Lancashire Live
27th May 2006
OPEN DAY SUNDAY 28th MAY 11am to 4pm
Free!
Try your hand at Croquet in an informal setting where the emphasis is on having fun.
26th May 2006
IT 'S CANTERBURY AWAY
Our first opponents in the prestigious Secretary's Shield will be Canterbury. Fylde lost the toss.
The match must be played before 16th July.
20th May 2006
NEW LAWNS OPEN
Croquet was played for the first time at South Shore Tennis club today.
Everyone present insisted Liz should strike the first ball on our new lawns.
30th April2006
TEST YOURSELF
The CA has produced a series of questions on the laws of the game.
The questions are asked in a random order and remembered until you log out.In the world of Croquet Law questions the players (or sides) are often referred to as Ray (Red & Yellow) and Bab (Black & Blue). Doing this quiz will strengthen your knowledge of the Laws. There are no trick questions but to get the most out of the challenge please read the questions carefully!
27th April 2006
OPENING DAY POSTPONED ONE WEEK
The equipment container has been put in place and keys cut. Carpet has been obtained for the pavillion. The rubbish has been removed. Wood for ball-stops has been saved.
However one more week is required for the membership to be at full strength so the decision has been made to postpone the opening until the 30th April.
23rd April 2006
CROQUET ASSOCIATION SECRETARY'S SHIELD
The draw for the Secretary's shield has given Fylde a bye into the quarter finals where we will meet either Canterbury or Tyneside away.
The teams in this tournament all won their respective Federation's handicap league last season.
7th April 2006
SATELLITE IMAGES
The new lawns can be seen from space if your browser permits.
Then on the new page experiment with the zoom bar
23rd March 2006
AFTER !
Still some clearing up to do
23rd March 2006
BEFORE !
Our 12x10 summer house will be installed on the site of the old concrete shed to the Noth East of the lawns at 14:00 on Thursday 23rd March. This will be supervised by Martin. All members are welcome to attend.
SSLTC Have assured us the site will be cleared and ready by that date.
18th March 2006
LAWN REPORT
Although they are actually still too wet to play on, the lawns are becoming defined by cutting and are beginning to look almost playable ! Turfing has been done in some of the areas around the edges which were devoid of grass but some areas remain to be done. It is not yet clear if these areas will actually be in play.
18th March 2006
LAWNS OPENING DATE
The official opening date has been set for 23rd April.
12th March 2006
REPORT FROM AGM
The password is the club's padlock combination.
9th March 2006
ACCESSORISE
2nd March 2006
GOOGLE 'FYLDE CROQUET'
Here is a selection of links found from Google:
Some Mis-information From The Council (3rd para.)
19th February 2006
LAWN REPORT
All the concrete net supports which interfered with the hoop setting have been removed.
The drainage problems have been identified but are difficult to resolve immediately. However we are assured the area will dry during spring and be playable during the season.
Detailed work is being done on planning the new pavilion. The results will be discussed by the committee and presented to the AGM
19th February 2006
AVAILABILITY SHEETS
An availability sheet in Word format is available for downloading:
There are four sections: Handicap, Short, Golf & Jamboree.
Please return the sheets to the Match Captain.
24th January 2006
AWARDS FOR ALL
The club is grateful to have received a substantial grant towards the cost of the new pavillion.
23rd January 2006
LAWN REPORT
Work continues. The concrete has been partially removed from the playing area. Drainage problems are being addressed.
22nd January 2006
ARCHIVED
The 2005 news was archived.
21st January 2006
