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National Club Competitions
by year:

The Croquet Association runs six 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 4 July)		 Quarter-finals
(by 8 August)		 Semi-finals
(by 19 September)		 Final
(3 October
at Surbiton)		 Winner
  Nottingham Nottingham
6-1 (report)		 Nottingham
5-4 (report)
Wrest Park Sussex
5-2 (report)		 Hurlingham
4-3 (report)
Sussex
  Hurlingham
  Surbiton Surbiton
4-3 (report)
  Colchester Bowdon
w/o
Bowdon

The Mary Rose

B-level Advanced games for handicaps
1 and above.
1st round
(by 13 June)		 2nd round
(by 11 July)		 Quarter-finals
(by 8 August)		 Semi-finals
(by 19 September)		 Final
(2 October
at Surbiton)		 Winner
  Dulwich Surbiton East Dorset
5-2 (report)		 Bowdon
4-3 (report)
  Colchester Surbiton
4-3 (report)
  Surbiton
  East Dorset
  Nottingham Wrest Park
5-2 (report)		 Bowdon
4-2
  Wrest Park Wrest Park
w/o
Bury
  Edgbaston Bristol
4-3 (report)		 Bowdon
6-1 (report)
Letchworth Bristol
4-3 (report)
Bristol
  Newport Bowdon
5-2 (report)
  Bowdon

The Longman Cup

Handicap games, handicaps between 3½ and 20. The team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 24.
Prelminary
round
(by 13 June)		 1st round
(by 11 July)		 2nd round
(by 15 August)		 Quarter-finals
(by 19
September)		 Semi-finals
(2 October)		 Final
(3 October)		 Winner

at Surbiton
  Bury Wrest Park
5-2 (report)		 Wrest Park
5-2 (report)
  Dyffryn Wrest Park
4-3 (report)		 Wrest Park
4-3 (report)
  Edgbaston Wrest Park
5-2 (report)
  Wrest Park
  St Albans-
Meldreth		 St Albans-
Meldreth
4-3		 Ashby
5-2 (report)
  Kenilworth
  Ashby Ashby
5-2 (report)
Letchworth Northampton
6-1 (report)
Northampton
  Hurlingham Parsons Green
6-1 (report)		 Parsons Green
4-3 (report)		 Guildford &
Godlaming

5-2 (report)
  Parsons Green Parsons Green
4-3 (report)
  Colchester
Watford Watford
5-2 (report)		 Watford
w/o		 Watford
5-2 (report)
Surbiton
  Norwich
  Roehampton
  Guildford &
Godlaming

The Secretary's Shield

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional leagues. Handicap games, maximum handicap 20.
1st round
 Quarter-finals
(by 20 June)		 Semi-finals
(by 1 August)		 Final
(3 October)		 Winner
  Middlesbrough Ashby
5-2 (report)		 Ashby
4-3 (report)
  Canterbury Ashby
6-1 (report)
Hunstanton Ashby
5-1 (report)
Ashby
  Hamptworth
 

GC Golf Croquet

The GC Inter-Club

Level play games. No handicap restrictions.
1st round
 Quarter-finals
 Semi-finals
 Final
 Winner
  Phyllis Court Surbiton
4-2 (report)		 Ashby
4-3 (report)
  Surbiton Surbiton
4-2 (report)
Cheltenham Cheltenham
6-1 (report)
Letchworth 'B'
Auckland Letchworth 'A'
4-2 (report)		 Letchworth 'A'
4-3 (report)		 Ashby
4-3 (report)
Letchworth 'A'
  Nailsea
  Ashby

The GC Inter-Club
Shield (The Murphy Shield)

New in 2010. Teams of 4, level play games. One player may have a minimum handicap of 2, the others must be higher, and the team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 12.

1st Round
(by 27 June)		 Quarter-finals
(by 1 August)		 Semi-finals
(by 5 September)		 Final
(10 October)		 Winner
Dulwich Dulwich
4-2 (report)		 Dulwich
4-3 (report)		 Dulwich
4-3 (report)		 Broadwas
4-3 (report)
Bury St. Edmunds
Phyllis Court Phyllis Court
7-0 (report)
Colchester
Watford Watford
4-3 (report)		 Sussex
4-3 (report)
Kingston Maurward
  Sussex
  Broadwas Broadwas
7-0 (report)
Nottingham Leighton Linslade
w/o		 Belsay Hall
4-3 (report)
Leighton Linslade
  Belsay Hall