National club competitions

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.

Association Croquet

The Inter-Club Championship

The top club championship. No handicap restrictions.

1st round by 3 June	Quarter-finals by 22 July	Semi-finals by 16 September	Final 6 October	Winner
[6 clubs]			Surbiton	Surbiton 5-2 (report)
[2 clubs]		Nottingham	Bristol 4-3 (report)
		Bristol 4-3 (report)
	Colchester
[2 clubs]	Bristol

The Mary Rose

B-level Advanced games for handicaps
0 and above. The team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 4.

1st round by 3 June	2nd Round by 15 July	Quarter-finals by 2 September	Semi-finals by 23 September	Final 5 October	Winner
[4 clubs]			Nottingham	Bowdon 4-2 (report)	Bowdon 4-3 (report)
[2 clubs]		Bowdon	Bowdon 5-1 (report)
	Newport	Newport w/o
	Colchester
[2 clubs]		East Dorset	High Wycombe 6-0 (report)	High Wycombe 5-2 (report)
	Watford	High Wycombe 5-2 (report)
	High Wycombe
	Bristol	Wrest Park 4-3 (report)	Woking 5-2 (report)
	Wrest Park
[3 clubs]		Woking

The Longman Cup

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

1st round by 3 June	2nd round by 15 July	Quarter-finals by 2 September	Semi-finals 5 October	Final 6 October	Winner
[6 clubs]			Chester	Letchworth 4-3 (report)	Letchworth 5-2 (report)
Norwich	High Wycombe 6-1 (report)	Letchworth 5-2 (report)	Letchworth 5-2 (report)
High Wycombe
Newport	Letchworth 6-1 (report)
Letchworth
Wrest Park	Wrest Park 4-3 (report)	Nottingham 4-3 (report)
Watford
Nottingham	Nottingham 4-3 (report)
Colchester
[8 clubs]			Sussex	Sussex 5-2 (report)
[2 clubs]	Bath	St. Albans 7-0 (report)	St. Albans 7-0 (report)
St. Albans	St. Albans 6-1 (report)
East Dorset
[4 clubs]		Guildford

The Secretary's Shield

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional leagues. Handicap games, no restrictions.

1st round by 10 June	Quarter-finals by 22 July	Semi-finals by 2 September	Final by 6 October	Winner
St. Albans	St. Albans 5-2	St. Albans 5-2	St. Albans 4-3 (report)	St. Albans 5-2 (report)
York
	Sheffield
[2 clubs]		Kington Langley
[5 clubs]			Chester

The Short Croquet Inter-Club

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional leagues. One player with a short croquet handicap of 3+, others 5+.

1st round by 19 May	Quarter-finals by 7 July	Semi-finals by 18 August	Final on 15 September	Winner
[11 clubs, no participation from the EACF]				Bowdon

Golf Croquet

The GC Inter-Club

Level play games. No handicap restrictions.

Preliminary Round by 12 May	1st Round by 9 June	Quarter-finals by 14 July	Semi-finals by 25 August	Final 28 September	Winner
[2 clubs]		Belsay Hall	Nottingham 7-0 (report)	Nottingham 5-2 (report)	Nottingham 6-1 (report)
	Nottingham	Nottingham 7-0 (report)
	Hunstanton
	Ashby	Ashby 6-1 (report)	Northampton 5-1 (report)
	Letchworth
	Northampton	Northampton 6-1 (report)
[2 clubs]	Cheltenham
[6 clubs]			Phyllis Court	Phyllis Court 4-3
[2 clubs]		Roehampton	Roehampton 4-2
	Watford	Watford 4-3 (report)
[2 clubs]	Chelmsford

The GC Inter-Club
Shield (The Murphy Shield)

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.

Prelim round by 12 May	1st round by 9 June	Quarter-finals by 14 July	Semi-finals by 25 August	Final by 29 September	Winner
[3 clubs]		Ashby	Ashby 5-2 (report)	Camerton & Peasedown 4-3 (report)	East Dorset 4-2 (report)
Wrest Park	Hunstanton 4-2 (report)	Hunstanton w/o
Hunstanton
	Enfield
	Camerton & Peasedown	Camerton & Peasedown 4-3 (report)	Camerton & Peasedown 4-2
	Leighton Linslade
[4 clubs]		Croquet Durham
	Cheam	Guildford 4-3	Guildford 5-2	East Dorset 4-2 (report)
Guildford	Guildford 5-2 (report)
Watford
[2 clubs]		Hamptworth
[4 clubs]			East Dorset

The GC Federations Shield

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional GC leagues. Handicap games, no restrictions.

1st round by 10 June	Quarter-finals by 22 July	Semi-finals by 2 September	Final by 6 October	Winner
			High Wycombe
[2 clubs]		Ripon Spa
	Hunstanton	Broadwas 4-3
	Broadwas