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Bath Croquet Club
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Croquet is a fascinating game played by men and women of all ages. It is a summer sport played outdoors on a grass court the size of two tennis courts. It is a sport which successfully combines ball skills, tactics, sociability and excitement.
Bath Croquet Club has 4 full sized lawns and is based in the centre of Bath on the Recreation Ground, opposite Bath Rugby. For further information please contact Daniel Mills at croquetdan*hotmail.com (replace * with @)
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2010 Croquet Coaching a Success
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On the evening of Saturday 3rd July the club held its' biggest ever social occasion with nearly 50 members and friends attending the Summer Fun Evening and Buffet Supper at the club. A superb selection of food was supplied by Mo Bell. Social games of 'Pirates' were arranged with a final taking place after the food. The overall winner was new member John Burgoyne who was awarded a box of chocolates.
Bath Croquet Club's 2010 Introduction to Croquet Course ran successfully for 5 weeks on Saturday mornings. Out of the 19 keen new players taking part 12 have now joined the club permanently.
The 2009 course was also a big success with 18 out of the 30 course members deciding to join the club permanently. A number of these players have now started representing the club in South West Federation matches.
If you have played the game before please email your details to croquetdan*hotmail.com (replace * with @)
and we will see what can be arranged.
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The 2010 Millennium Cup handicap tournament was won by Sanaa Hallam of Nottingham Croquet Club. In only his second season playing croquet Sanaa demonstrated an excellent technique and tactical awareness to win 6 games out of 6 and beat 2007 winner Andrew Willis by 26 points in the final. As well as being presented with the prestigious Millennium Cup by last year's winner Francois Garcia of Bowdon he was also rewarded by Manager Daniel Mills with a handicap reduction from 11 to 8.
Bath's President's Cup was retained by Richard Smith of Bristol over the weekend of 5/6 June and a full report for this CA Tournament can be found on the 'Tournament Reports 2010' page.
3 newer members of the club recently took part in a weekend tournament at Budleigh Salterton and you can read about their adventure in the 'Tournament Reports 2010' section.
Michael and Ann Poole won the Walter May Doubles CA Tournament for the 2nd time and a full report of a successful weekend will appear soon.
Bath again took part in the South West Federation Short Croquet Team Event at Nailsea on Sunday April 11th 2010. This year the team were playing in Division 1 and a full report by Andrew Willis can be found in the 'Tournament Reports 2010' section.
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On Friday 22nd January 2010 Club Chairman Roger Hayes hosted a very successful and enjoyable quiz evening which was attended by 25 members. Excellent chicken and vegetarian curry was provided by Mo Bell and served by Connie Stopforth, Leonie Wilkinson and Jean Tanser.
Bath Croquet Club held its' 33rd AGM (since its' 1976 reformation) on Friday 13th November 2009 at St. Mary's Church Hall at the bottom of Bathwick Hill. Ian Lewis retired from the club's committee after a number of years service as Facilities Manager. Lyndon Hughes and Richard Jelly were appointed to the committee.
Croquet is an amateur sport with a national governing body called The Croquet Association. For more details visit www.croquet.org.uk
12th July 2010
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