2008 National club competitions

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.

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

Association Croquet

The Inter-Club Championship

The top club championship. No handicap restrictions.

1st round (by 8 June)	Quarter-finals (by 27 July)	Semi-finals (by 28 Sept)	Final (5 Oct at Wrest Park)	Winner
byes	Wrest Park	Sussex County 5-2 report	Colchester w/o report	Nottingham 5-2 report
	Sussex County
	Cheltenham	Colchester 6-1 report
Colchester	Colchester 6-1 report
Woking
			Nottingham

The Mary Rose

B-level Advanced games for handicaps
1 and above.

1st round (by 8 June)	Quarter-finals (by 27 July)	Semi-finals (by 28 Sept)	Final (4 Oct at Wrest Park)	Winner
	Surbiton	Surbiton 4-3 report	Surbiton 5-1 report	Surbiton 4-3 report
Colchester	Colchester 4-2 report
Woking
		Medway
		Pendle & Craven	Pendle & Craven 4-3 report
	Bath	Bowdon 4-3 report
Bowdon	Bowdon 5-1 report
Wrest Park

The Longman Cup

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

1st round (by 1 June)	2nd round (by 29 June)	3rd round (by 27 July)	Quarter-finals (by 28 Sept)	Semi-finals (4 Oct)	Final (5 Oct)	Winner
				At Wrest Park
byes	Norwich	Newport, Essex 5-2 report	Roehampton 4-2	Parsons Green 4-3 report	Parsons Green 4-3 report	Fylde 4-3 report
	Newport, Essex
	Hurlingham	Roehampton 4-3 report
Roehampton	Roehampton 4-3 report
Wrest Park
Ealing	Parsons Green 5-2 report	Parsons Green 5-2 report	Parsons Green 4-3 report
Parsons Green
byes	Letchworth
	Colchester	Colchester 7-0 report
	Watford
South-West & Wales				Shrewsbury
North & Midlands				Fylde	Fylde 4-3 report
South & South-East				Purley Bury

The Secretary's Shield

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

1st round (by 1 June)	Quarter-finals (by 6 July)	Semi-finals (by 31 Aug)	Final (5 Oct)	Winner
			Canterbury	Canterbury 6-1 report
Huddersfield	Watford 7-0 report	High Wycombe 4-3 report	High Wycombe 5-2 report
Watford
	High Wycombe
		Kington Langley