Lawns Opened

Following the boundary marking and white lining and Lawn repairs by Barry and Ian, Barbara and Rob, Andrew, Liz and Peter set out the two full and five short lawns today.

Then they opened the lawns with a couple of short games on the new (possibly only temporary) short lawn.

5th April.

AGM

The AGM took place on 26th March, the minutes are available in the members section now.

2nd April.

Twinned Croquet Club

We are pleased to report that Waiheke CC, New Zealand and Fylde CC have become twinned clubs in friendship.

Fylde presented Waiheke with a Commodore 64 to assist their club diary being online. In reply Waiheke gave us a Red Kite to help us with our annual rabbit problem.

This beautiful bird of prey, with a Fylde Blue collar, is currently housed in the pavillion. Please take care when entering and remember to keep the door closed at all times.

Fortunately, our new member, Jason Delaydes has some experience with all sorts of birds and will be taking ours out occasionally at twilight.

Ideas for names are sought. Email the Webmeister with your suggestion!

1st April.

keep calm and fix it

The team continue to prepare the club in the new configuration. Overhanging branches removed, progress on the Gimmee repair, diagonal scarifying, more cutting, the hoops painted. Not to mention decluttering the garage. Interested parties will find the web calendars for lawn booking and matches are all fired up.

21st March.

Work group

Thanks to Barbara, Barbara, Ursula, Rob, Andrew, Lee, Philip, Liz and Peter who turned up to start on preparation for the new season.  Despite uncertainty over exactly what will happen and when with regard to the proposed Indoor Padel Tennis many jobs were identified and progressed.  Ally Pally was painted, The new lawn was mowed and the dips where the tennis net posts had been removed were repaired.  Storm damage to the Gimmie Shelter was assessed and repairs started.  The weather is looking to be set fair this week so more work will be planned.

16th March.

preparing the New Lawn

Preliminary work completed. Now allow to rest and settle. Later with top soil.

1st December.

annual Dinner

We were all delighted to be back again at the St Annes Palace where they looked after us with style. Warm and welcoming staff and great food made it a special evening. We all had time to applaude our members who have achieved a win here, a win there. Many thanks to Jan with helpers Alison, Betty. Liz and Barry who also ran the internal tournaments. They all took time out to make sure all was in order prior to the event and decorating the room. Yet more thanks to Jan for the raffle that boosted the coffers. The following is a remarkable list of achievements by our members. Additionally see the Honous Boards for our internal tournament winners.

CA Events CA Diploma – Catherine Bass

External Competitions:
International Events
Greek Open A/C Singles Runner-up – Peter Wilson

CA Events -
Pendle Mid-week - Irish Cup – Betty Bates
Fastest Game – Liz Wilson
Doubles – Lee Hartley
Hunstanton C Class – Betty Bates - Handicap – Lee Hartley

North West Federation Events
Pennine Cup Team of 6 vs Croquet North won 7-2 Lee & Betty Millennium Advanced A/C – Lee Hartley
Millennium Handicap A/C – Phil Snowden
Festival of Croquet: – And first Club overall (at last!) Fylde

Fylde Blue – playing for Fylde for the first time - Helen Frogatt

22nd November.

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1st January 2025