ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

National Club Competitions
by year:

The Croquet Association runs five national championships in which some EACF members clubs participate. The subsections of the national draws in which EACF member clubs participate are shown below, with the EACF member clubs and their results shown in bold red. For the full national draws and archives of previous years see the Croquet Association website.

AC Association Croquet

All competitions comprise 1-day matches of 2 rounds, with teams of 4 playing 1 doubles and 6 singles games.

The Inter-Club Championship

The top club championship. No handicap restrictions.

1st round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Bristol Bristol
w/o
Bristol
6-1 report
  Colchester Jersey
w/o
 
Jersey Jersey
4-3 report
Wrest Park
  Bowdon

The Mary Rose

B-level Advanced games for handicaps 1 and above.

1st round 2nd round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
Section A

byes
Pendle & Craven Pendle & Craven
5-1 report
Pendle & Craven
4-3 report
Pendle & Craven
4-2 report
Pendle & Craven
4-2 report
Wrest Park
Norwich Nottingham
5-2 report
Nottingham
Bury Bowdon
5-2
Bowdon
4-3 report
Bowdon
Newport, Essex Colchester
5-2
report
Colchester
Section B Surbiton

The Longman Cup

Handicap games, handicaps between 3½ and 20. The team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 24.

1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
South & South-East Woking Fylde Fylde
5-2 report
North & Midlands Fylde
  Merton Wrest Park
6-1
report
Norwich
4-3
report
Norwich
4-3
report
Dyffryn
4-3
 
  Wrest Park
 
  Norwich Norwich
4-3
report
 
Newport, Essex Letchworth
6-1
Letchworth
Roehampton Roehampton
5-2
Colchester
4-2
report
Watford
4-3
report
Ealing
  Colchester
 
Parsons Green Hurlingham
4-3
Watford
5-2
Hurlingham
  Watford
 
South-West & Wales Dyffryn

The Secretary's Shield

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional leagues. Handicap games, maximum handicap 20.

1st round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Kington Langley Kington Langley
4-3 report
  Hamptworth Hamptworth
5-2
byes Watford Nottingham
4-3 report
Nottingham
 

GC Golf Croquet

There is one national competition organised by the Croquet Association, the Golf Croquet Inter-Club Championship. In 2007 no EACF member club is participating in it.