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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 with teams of 4.

AC Association Croquet

The Inter-Club Championship

The top club championship. No handicap restrictions.
1st round
(by 19 June)		 Quarter-finals
(by 24 July)		 Semi-finals
(by 28 August)		 Final
(2 October
at Surbiton)		 Winner
Cheltenham Cheltenham
6-1 (report)		 Woking
5-2 (report)		 Colchester
4-3 (report)		 Colchester
7-0 (report)
Wrest Park
  Woking
  Colchester Colchester
w/o
  Surbiton
  Bristol

The Mary Rose

B-level Advanced games for handicaps
1 and above.
1st round
(by 5 June)		 2nd round
(by 17 July)		 Quarter-finals
(by 14 August)		 Semi-finals
(by 11 September)		 Final
(1 October
at Surbiton)		 Winner
  Chester Wrest Park
4-3 (report)		 Woking
4-3 (report)
  Letchworth Letchworth
5-2 (report)		 Wrest Park
5-2 (report)
  Newport
  Wrest Park Wrest Park
6-1 (report)
Aldermaston Aldermaston
5-2 (report)
Colchester
  Woking

The Longman Cup

Handicap games, handicaps between 3½ and 20. The team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 24.
Preliminary
round
(by 12 June)		 1st round
(by 17 July)		 2nd round
(by 14 August)		 Quarter-finals
(by 11 September)		 Semi-finals
(1 October)		 Final
(2 October)		 Winner

at Surbiton
  Letchworth Nottingham
4-3 (report)		 Nottingham
6-1 (report)		 Nottingham
4-3 (report)		 Nottingham
4-3 (report)		 Guildford &
Godalming
4-3 (report)
  Nottingham
  Colchester Norwich
4-2 (report)
  Norwich
  Tyneside
  Fylde East Dorset
4-3
  East Dorset East Dorset
w/o
  Wrest Park Wrest Park
4-3 (report)
  Ashby
  Ealing Guildford &
Godalming
4-3 (report)
  Sussex Guildford &
Godalming
6-1 (report)
  Medway Watford
5-2 (report)		 Guildford &
Godalming
4-3 (report)
Reigate Watford
4-3 (report)
Watford
  Guildford &
Godalming

The Secretary's Shield

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional leagues. Handicap games, maximum handicap 20.
Preliminary round
(by 31 May)		 1st round
(by 19 June)		 Semi-finals
(by 14 August)		 Final
(on or before
2 October)		 Winner
Ryde Letchworth
5-2 (report)		 Letchworth
4-3 (report)		 Fylde
5-2 (report)		 Nottingham
5-2 (report)
Letchworth
  Ashby
  Fylde
  Nottingham
 

GC Golf Croquet

The GC Inter-Club

Level play games. No handicap restrictions.
1st round
(by 5 June)		 Quarter-finals
(by 24 July)		 Semi-finals
(by 4 September)		 Final
(1 October)		 Winner
  Surbiton Surbiton
6-0 (report)		 Surbiton
5-2		 Surbiton
4-3 (report)
  Hunstanton
  Phyllis Court
  Letchworth Nailsea
w/o		 Ashby
7-0 (report)
  Nailsea
  Ashby

The GC Inter-Club
Shield (The Murphy Shield)

New since 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 19 June)		 Quarter-finals
(by 24 July)		 Semi-finals
(by 28 August)		 Final
(on or before
9 October)		 Winner
  Belsay Hall Belsay Hall
5-1 (report)		 Broadwas
4-2 (report)		 Broadwas
4-3 (report)
Colchester Ashby
(w/o)
Ashby
  Broadwas
Leighton Linslade Leighton Linslade
5-2 (report)		 Letchworth
7-0 (report)		 Letchworth
4-3 (report)
Kenilworth
Nottingham Letchworth
6-1 (report)
Letchworth
Watford Watford
5-2		 Phyllis Court
4-3 (report)
Dulwich
  Phyllis Court