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.

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

AC 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
 

GC Golf Croquet

The GC Inter-Club

Level play games. No handicap restrictions.

Preliminary round
(by 25 May)
1st round
(by 29 June)
Quarter-finals
(by 3 August)
Semi-finals
(by 7 Sept)
Final
(27 Sept)
Winner
  Surbiton Surbiton
5-2 report
Surbiton
6-1 report
Surbiton
5-2 report
Kenilworth Kenilworth
4-3 report
Auckland
5-2 report
Letchworth B
  Auckland
  Hurlingham Dulwich
4½-2½
  Chelmsford Dulwich
5-2
Dulwich
  Ashby Ashby
5-2 report
  Tyneside Letchworth A
6-1
report
Blewbury
4-2 report
Letchworth A
Leighton Linslade Broadwas
5-2 report
Blewbury
7-0 report
Broadwas
  Blewbury
See also: 2007 National Club competitions.