Pre 2019
Pre 2019
2018
Finals Weekend
6 and 7 October
Competition was intense when all the finals of the club Association and Golf croquet competitions took place. Saturday morning started in light rain when the finals of the Gordon’s Goblet competition for doubles was held. There were husband and wife being on opposing teams, Jill Turner playing with Pamela Mugliston versus John Richardson and Roger Turner, the gentlemen winning the competition in the deciding third game and 13th final deciding hoop by which time the rain had become a downpour.
Meanwhile on lawn two Peter Balchin and Craig Winfield competed in the finals for the Advanced Association players. Craig Winfield winning out with a triple peel. His second win of this trophy as he was last year's winner.
In the afternoon, still in a downpour, Peter Balchin and Tim Walder carried on regardless, competing until the final hoop in the last 13th hoop of the third game for the Potter's Pot golf singles, Peter being the winner
On Sunday the more fortunate players enjoyed a bright sunny day and Adrian Seabrook beat Henry Addison-Atkinson 14 - 10 for the Roger Ivill trophy.
On lawns two and three the golf players took part in a singles competition for the President’s Plate. This is a new competition for those that had been eliminated the first round of Potter's Pot. It was played as a group Maureen Goodchild, Jim Potter and Brenda Cassidy. Maureen Goodchild had a outright win as she was the victor of all her games.
The final event of the weekend saw two association players competing closely for the Dennis Saville trophy, Adrian Seabrook and Bernard Yallop, Adrian being the winner - his second trophy of the weekend.
EACF Golf Handicap League
Saturday 29 September
Hunstanton win
Played on a lovely sunny day. It was a close match with Hunstanton the winner by 10 - 8 against Northampton Mallets.
EACF Level Play League Letchworth Kites v Newport Harriers
Friday 24th August
A loss of 5 to 2 (118 hoops to 93)
The weather remained dry for the matches but soon changed just as play ended. The players all enjoyed the day with some close matches but would have preferred a better score overall. The key to Letchworth success was their ability to clear our balls close to the hoops from a long distance away. They all play AC and are more practiced in this aspect of the game than ourselves.
EACF Handicap League Central Area Newport Elms at home to Enfield West
Friday 21 August
A win of 13 games to 5 (120 hoops to 99)
In this remarkable match Newport began by winning the two doubles games. Out of the 16 singles games nine had to go to a deciding 13th hoop of which Newport won five and Enfield four. Then of the remaining nine games Newport won eight. The Final score was a win to Newport of 13 games to 5 but the most unusual aspect to the match was the high number of hoops played – 138 in all. Newport won most of the singles in the morning but eased back in the afternoon. The match was played in a friendly spirit despite Enfield experiencing a lot of frustration. Enfield were last year's runners-up in the league.
Newport
Peter Cowper, Roger Turner, John Richardson, Adrian Seabrook,
Enfield
Andrew Fall, Alan Bateman, David Hill and Desmond Taylor.
John Sibson officiated.
Strawberry Tea
Sunday 22 July
24 players enjoyed an afternoon of social play and a lovely spread of tea of cakes and strawberries. Once again the afternoon was hot and the lawns parched but nevertheless it was a very happy occasion.
Golf Croquet C Class Tournament
29 July
The match was played on a wet and windy day so the lawns were still brown. However it had rained two days before so the grass was just starting to show through again in places making the run uneven. The players were all from Newport except one visitor from Norwich. One player failed to turn up so Ernie Turkington called on Tim Walder and Clive Cassidy to fill the gap at the last moment. Two sets of players competed in a 5 match group with several games going to a 13th hoop decider. The winners were two of the players newest to competition. Their final deciding match was one of the closest with this also going to a deciding hoop and their game also being played in wind and rain. Henry Addison-Atkinson and runner-up Steve McCann were congratulated by the other players. Ernie Turkington officiated.
B Class Tournament
22 July
10 players took part, four from outside clubs - Enfield and Norwich. As can be seen from the photographs the weather continued very hot and the lawns were still in desperate need for rain. However, the play was competitive with some matches going to a final golden hoop. Play was divided into two groups of five with with the winners of each - Tim Walder and Roy - Darling competing for the prize, Tim coming out the winner, a win for the second year running.
EACF Handicap League Central Area Elms v Letchworth Blue
Tuesday 17 July
The two doubles games away at Letchworth resulted in a win for each team. This was followed by a win of 10 singles games to 6 for the Elms. (112 hoops to 82)
Newport Oaks v Enfield West (H)
Tuesday 10 July
Newport Oaks v Enfield West (A)
Friday 22 June
Oaks v Letchworth Red
Monday 18 June
Newport Elms v Meldreth
Thursday 14th June
On a very windy day the Elms played an away game against Meldreth. In difficult conditions with the wind affecting both balls and mallets Newport got off to a slow start losing the doubles and the first singles matches, but as conditions improved they caught up to draw the match 5 games all, however Meldreth were the winners by 58 hoops to 60.
22 July
EACF Handicap League Central Area Elms v Letchworth Blue
Tuesday 17 July
Newport Oaks v Enfield West (H)
Tuesday 10 July
A loss of games 6½. to 11½ (88 hoops to 103)
Newport Oaks v Enfield West (A)
Friday 22 June
A loss of games 2 games to 16. (64 hoops to 123)
Oaks v Letchworth Red
Monday 18 June
At Letchworth Sports Club Newport Oaks croquet team enjoyed and warm and friendly day of competition in perfect weather. The downside to this was their disappointment at losing 12 games to 6. (92 hoops to 99)
Newport Elms v Meldreth
Thursday 14th June
Team
Ernie Turkington (Captain), Colin Carr and Peter Cowper
Elms v Enfield East (A)
Monday 4 June
Meldreth v Newport Oaks (H)
Friday 25th May
Oaks v Elms
4 May
EACF level play league Harriers v Enfield North
Friday 3 August
Hawks v Letchworth Falcons
Tuesday 2 March
Newport Harriers v Letchworth Falcons
Friday 22 June
Harriers v Hawks
4 May
Oaks v Elms
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Association Croquet
AC Level Advanced Weekend Tournament
Saturday 16 June and Sunday 17 June
Newport Open Weekend for advanced players - Cornelius Trophy
19 and 20 May
Essex and Suffolk League
Colchester beat Newport 3-4
Open Day
Sunday 13 May
Start of season soup lunch
28 March
Elms v Enfield East (A)
Monday 4 June
Enfield East beat Newport Elms 10 games to 8 (101 hoops to 89)
The away match at Enfield East was played under cloudy conditions but luckily no rain - using just two of their three lawns. The Newport team was made up of the following members: Tim Walder (Capt), Peter Cowper, John Richardson, Glenys Walder. John Richardson stepped in to make up the Elms team numbers and played his first handicap league match. Newport Elms started well by winning both doubles matches 4-7 and 6-7. The following 16 singles matches, where each team member plays 4 separate matches with each of the opposite team members was a mixed bag of results. Newport lost the singles matches 10-6 but three of the singles matches were timed out with two being drawn and one win for Enfield.
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Meldreth v Newport Oaks (H)
Friday 25th May
Meldreth won 11 games to 7 (117 to 88)
Oaks v Elms
4 May
Oaks beat Elms 13 - 5
EACF level play league Harriers v Enfield North
Friday 3 August
The Harriers enjoyed a successful day against Enfield North in the EACF Level Play B class on Friday 3 August. Successful not because they won – which they didn’t – but because all four members of the Enfield team had lower handicaps (3 – 5) than Harriers (7 – 9) and yet we had some very close matches. In the doubles David Manley and Colin Taylor won 2 – 1 (two of the matches going to the ‘golden hoop’) while Helen Manley (7) beat her opponent (5) in two straight games. At the lunch break Harriers were leading 2 – 1 in matches (50 – 43 hoops). In the afternoon singles Anne Taylor did well with her handicap of 9 to go down only 4 – 7 and 5 – 7 to her opponent with a handicap of 5. David and Helen Manley each lost their matches 2 – 0, but in the final match with the score 1 – 1 the Enfield player gave in to the heat and conceded the deciding game to Colin Taylor. As a result Harriers lost 3 – 4 overall (87 -98 hoops).
Hawks v Letchworth Falcons
Tuesday 2 March
This level play match was conducted in scorching heat. It was an extremely close fought match with many games going to 6-7 as a result of a final deciding "Golden " hoop. Newport lost eventually by 3-4 matches
Newport Harriers v Letchworth Falcons
Friday 22 June
A loss of 5 to 2
Harriers v Hawks
4 May
Harriers won 4 games to 3 (106 hoops to 99)
Oaks v Elms
The golf croquet competitive season started with two teams from Newport playing each other in two matches - the handicap and B level competitions. Oaks beat the Elms by 13 to 5 but the B level match was a much closer affair decided when the Hawks accidentally peeled an opposition Harriers' ball through the 'golden hoop'. Harriers were thus the winners by 4 games to 3
Association Croquet
AC Level Advanced Weekend Tournament
Saturday 16 June and Sunday 17 June
Won by James Brind and it included two defeats of Gary Bennett (zero handicap). After four rounds there were four players on three wins out of four games, with no clear leader. To produce a winner after the next round it was agreed to play the four players on a two round knock-out basis. That was accepted as a great idea and so James came through with a victory over Anthony (who he had lost to earlier) and a second victory over Gary. A really deserving victor, and a handicap now down to 2½.
Newport Open Weekend for advanced players - Cornelius Trophy
19 and 20 May
Mark Avery won the Newport Open Weekend, defeating Nick Mounfield in a best-of-2 final. He thus retains the Donald Cornelius trophy. A full complement of fifteen players gathered, including three Cambridge University Croquet Club members who play at Newport . Handicaps were spread from -2 to 3.5, and there were quite a few close games. The lawns were nicely quick, with interesting patches. 16 out of 47 games were decided by Triple Peels - Avery had 6, the Lineseses 3 each. It was an agreeable weekend with excellent weather, a good pub meal, and friendly company. Full results can be seen at www.croquetscores.com
Essex and Suffolk League
Colchester beat Newport 3-4
Open Day
Sunday 13 May
Despite the forecast rain, the day turned out fair and member and visitors enjoyed themselves. Three new players have joined the club.
Start of season soup lunch
28 March
Rain prevented play on the official first day of the croquet season for the club. Despite the weather the traditional start of season soup lunch was enjoyed by 32 members who had a choice of homemade soups. Although the event was marred by the weather the event made a profit for the club and the members look forward to another busy season of internal club matches and league matches as well as social games.
2017
Finals Weekend
7 and 8 October
Our Chairman, Fran Lambert wrote:
"We are definitely going to do this again next year."
John Sibson and Sally Carr beat John Tapscott and Adrian Seabrook in the Exhibition third match having been awarded the Goblet proper by default. Many thanks to Adrian for stepping in to partner John.
Results on the day:
Fran Lambert beat John Tapscott in the Potter’s Pot on the golden hoop in match three.
Tim Walder beat Helen Manley in the Roger Ivill Trophy,
Association:
Craig Winfield beat James Brind in the AC Advanced Level Play,James Brind beat Andrew Gregory in the AC Handicap.
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Association Croquet
Longman Cup Competition
Saturday and Sunday, 26 and 27 July
Newport Association Croquet team travelled to Colchester to contest round two of the national Longman Cup handicap competition, having beaten Nottingham in round one. Newport lost the match 5-2 but two games were lost by just one hoop so the result was much closer than the final score suggests. If one shot had been played five seconds earlier in Jim Potter and Fran Lambert’s doubles game, their first ball would have been pegged out, time would have been called whilst Colchester were trying to hit the peg from distance and Newport would have pegged out their other ball, which was close to peg, with their last shot thus winning the match. Similarly, Arthur Flutter just ran out of time when one hoop behind Ann Brookes.
B level Advanced Tournament
Saturday and Sunday 17 and 18 June
12 contestants took part in the tournament held at Newport. The winner was Paul Watson, runner up Kevin Carter
Newport v Chelmsford
Saturday 10 June
In round 2 of Essex Suffolk League Newport lost by 3 games to 4 away at Chelmsford. It has to be said that at ninety Ron Atkinson can still play an excellent game of croquet. Any one of the five Essex Suffolk League teams could still win this year.
Advance Level Open Tournament
20 and 21 May
Mark Avery was the winner of the tournament.
Newport v Colchester
Saturday 13 May
In round 1 of the Essex and Suffolk League Newport won by 4 games to 3 at home
Golf Croquet
Newport Oaks finished 5th in the league and Newport Elms finished 7th.
Final of the EACF handicap League played at Newport
Sunday 1 October
Newport Oaks finished 5th in the league and Newport Elms finished 7th. The lush lawns of Newport were the venue for this year’s final of this East Anglian Croquet Association handicap league of golf croquet competition on Saturday. Despite the cool weather two of the hardier players actually worn shorts and quite a few took jackets off to play – so not bad for the beginning of October!
Newport Oaks finished 5th in the league and Newport Elms finished 7th. Stony Stratford beat Enfield East on hoop difference after the match was a 9-9 draw at full time.
Newport Oaks finished 5th in the league and Newport Elms finished 7th. It had been decided before start of play that, in the event of a draw, hoops would be a deciding factor and there was much tension as Handicap League Manager, Tracy Martin, and Newport’s Ernie Turkington counted, checked and re-checked the hoops tally. The final count 100-93 was and Stony had come out the winner it for the second year running.
Potters Pot Weekend
Saturday and Sunday 2 and 3 September
On Saturday Helen Manley won all five of her matches to become the finalist and on Sunday several players were in contention. The winner was decided by the number of hoops won and Tim Walder became the second finalist to compete with Helen in the match on the finals weekend.
'C' Class Tournament
Sunday 6 August
This was for players with a handicap of 8 - 12. There were six players from Newport and six visitors each playing in a mixed group stage of five games, the winner of each playing in a final game. Two Newport players were winners of their group, Roger Turner and Tim Walder -Tim being the winner.
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'B' Class Tournament
Saturday 22 July
7 visitors and 5 Newport members took part playing in two groups. So 6 players competed in five games each.
Tony Elliott a visitor formerly of Enfield club, and Roy Darling a member of Newport each being the winner of a group competed in a final game. By this time the occasional rain shower had developed into torrential rain and as each had won 6 hoops they were compelled to play the maximum number of hoops, i.e. a final deciding 13th hoop.
Roy Darling was the winner and he was later awarded the prize by the tournament organiser, Ernie Turkington.
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Newport v Enfield South
Friday 21 July.
In a busy week for croquet players the Elms played against Meldreth at home, this time coming out the winner by 11 games to 7 thus finishing the season on a high.
Newport v Meldreth
Wednesday 19 July
The Elms team played an away game against Enfield South at their home ground resulting in a draw 9 games each, 101 hoops to 109.
Newport v Hunstanton - Level Play
Thursday 13 July
Hunstanton fielded players of a lower handicap than those of Newport despite this Newport put up a good show. They were beaten 9 games to 2 at Hunstanton
Newport v Letchworth Friendly golf competition
Friday 14 July
Newport hosted this game organised by Ernie Turkington. Eight members of each club played in four doubles games. This gave an opportunity for players who are inexperienced in match play to compete with more experienced players. The competition ended with Letchworth the winner by 9½ to 6½ but all agreed it was a enjoyable day.
Newport players: Michael Hughes, Sue Roberts, Kern Roberts, Roger Turner, Jill Turner. Maureen Goodchild, Clive Cassidy, Brenda Cassidy
Newport Elms v Letchworth Blue
7 July
Newport lost at home by 8 games to 10. 99 hoops to 102
Newport Elms v Letchworth Red
26 June
Letchworth won by 8 games to 10
Newport Oaks v Meldreth
Tuesday 21 June
This was a team of three as Meldreth has two lawns. The match resulted in an even score of 5 games each but Newport won as they had 54 hoops to Meldreth's 50.
Newport Elms v Enfield West
Monday 19 June
Enfield won by 11 games to 7
Newport v Colchester
Sunday 11 June
The first level play match of the season suffered from torrential rain and wind making play almost impossible. The game was conceded when Colchester had won enough games that they could not be overtaken.
Newport Elms v Ipswich
Tuesday 23 May
In the match against Ipswich, played this time in ideal conditions the Newport team gained much experience but were beaten by a superior side. Fran Lambert was the best player for Newport by winning two out of his four singles games.
Newport Oaks v Enfield South
Tuesday 23 May
On a pleasant summer day the teams were evenly matched but Enfield won by 10 games to 8: Enfield winning 105 hoops and the Oaks 104.
Newport Oaks v Enfield West
Wednesday 12 May
Newport Oaks played at home and won their match by 11 games to 7: Newport winning 77 hoops to Enfield's 49.
The Oaks and the Elms
Friday 28 April
An unusual result
Two home teams competed at Newport Croquet Club at the start of the East Anglian Croquet Federation league. Play was evenly matched throughout the day ending with wins of nine games for each team. On consulting the score sheet and counting the hoops it was discovered that the match was a draw. The Elms and the Oaks had each won 104 hoops.
Start of the Season Soup Lunch
The season opened on Wednesday 5th April with social play of golf and association croquet. Play took place before and after lunch when 35 members enjoyed a choice of 6 homemade soups to try! The outside of the clubhouse has been recently repainted thanks to members from Newport who joined last year. The weather was fine and everyone agreed it was good to be back playing again and so the club looks forward to another busy summer.
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competed at Newport Croquet Club at the start of the East Anglian Croquet Federation league in the first golf croquet match of the season on Friday 29 April. The teams were very evenly matched throughout the day ending with wins of nine games each. On consulting the score sheet and counting the hoops it was discovered that the match was a draw. The Elms and the Oaks each won 104 hoops. This is a most unusual result and both teams go on with confidence to compete in the league.
Strawberry Tea
Sunday 23 July
Apart from a short spell of rain when people came in for tea all three lawns were in play be members, family and friends for the annual Strawberry Tea and social play afternoon. Following a delicious tea people went out to play again ending a lovely afternoon.
2016
Newport Croquet Club Tournament Advanced Play AC
25 August
Cesar Mirander-Reyes won the Advance Play tournament event by beating Dan Neale by +2 and +24 in a best of three final. A Glass Goblet was presented to Cesar by the Chairman on Thursday 25 August in the club house.
Friendly match against Meldreth GC
23rd August
Newport played host Meldreth on a very warm Tuesday for a friendly match specially arranged for new players and those not accustomed to playing competitively. Newport got off to a cracking start winning seven of the first eight matches. However, sunstroke must have set in thereafter as the post lunch break games went seven to one to Meldreth. So the match ended up all square at eight games each but with Newport being declared the winner as they had run ninety-seven hoops to Meldreth’s eighty-eight. The day was deemed to be a great success as an introduction to competitive play with a return match being arranged for 30 August
A trio of Events for the Club
22-24 July
The sun shone at the weekend for three events for Newport Croquet Club.
On Friday the Elms golf croquet team went to Enfield to play in the East Anglian Croquet Association league match. Despite very closely contested games, Enfield East came out the winner by 7 games to 11.
On Saturday a 'B' class golf croquet competition was held at the Newport club. This is a level play tournament for players with a handicap of 3 - 8. Ten individual players competed with people coming from Colchester and Bury St Edmund's clubs. When the total number of wins was counted Roy Darling and Pam Hopper came out top with a win of 7 each so a deciding game was played with Roy being the winner.
On Sunday friends and family joined members for social play followed by a delicious strawberry tea.
Picture below: Pam Hopper from Colchester concedes the match to Roy Darling
Golf Croquet Friendly match at Letchworth
18th July
A warm and friendly welcome awaited the Newport croquet Club players who arrived at Letchworth on Monday for a friendly golf croquet match of double play. As double partners were changed for each game this was an opportunity for players new to competition to play in doubles matches with and against other novices and experience low handicapped players. On a lovely sunny day at Letchworth Tennis and Croquet Club the resulting score came out as a very friendly seven wins for each team.
Newport v Bury St Edmonds
Friday 17 June
Newport Association Croquet team continued their bright start to the season following their earlier win against Chelmsford by beating Bury St Edmunds by six games to one. After a slow start which saw Bernard Yallop and Francis Lambert lose the doubles, the two of them changed gear in the afternoon to join their team mates in a clean sweep of the six singles matches. The next fixture is away at Ipswich next month.Ian Lines from Stamford in Lincolnshire, who represented Great Britain in the 2013 World Croquet Championships won the Newport Croquet Club Association Croquet Open Championship last weekend.
National Croquet Day
Sunday 5 June
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Oaks v Enfield East
Friday 3 June
Despite the threatened rain the competitive match was an enjoyable friendly one. The singles matches resulted in an even score but the two doubles matches were lost to Enfield.
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Newport Croquet Tournament
28th and 29th May
Ian Lines from Stamford in Lincolnshire, who represented Great Britain in the 2013 World Croquet Championships won the Newport Croquet Club Association Croquet Open Championship.
On the way to his ‘five matches from six” victory he beat fellow East Anglian Internationals Jack Wicks (Colchester) and Jonathan Kirby (Norwich), losing only to Mark Avery (Ipswich) in a field which included 5 of the UK's top 20 players.
UK top 10 player David Maugham narrowly missed achieving the 100th sextuple peel of his career (the ‘147’ of croquet) in his first match on Saturday morning. This involves making all twelve hoops and the peg with your playing ball while at the same time peeling your partner ball through its last six hoops and then pegging that out as well – all in the same break. David succeeded in making all 18 hoops but failed to get a good rush on his partner ball for the peg out after hoop 12.
Golf Croquet
Friday 27 May
The start of the golf croquet league competition began for the Newport Club with their two teams, the Oaks and the Elms, competing against each other at Newport. The fine weather and the intense but friendly competition between the two teams resulted in the Oaks winning the singles games and the two doubles games being drawn giving the Oaks the overall win. The Elms intend to reverse the score when they play a return match later in the season.
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Soup Lunch
Wednesday 6 April.
In the morning new members took the opportunity to join David Manley for a coaching session.
2015
EACF GC League
The club enters two teams in the East Anglian Golf Croquet League and holds singles and double competitions throughout the season...
Oaks v Elms (H)
Friday 29th May
Draw 9-9
Teams
Oaks: Jim Potter, Fran Lambert, Dennis Savile, Roy Darling
Elms: Adrian Seabrook, Tim Ham, John Sibson, Maureen Goodchild
This match swung back and forth and ended in a draw. Elms started well by winning both the doubles matches but Oaks came back strongly winning the first four singles. Elms knuckled down and levelled the scores winning six of the next eight singles. Neither side was able to widen the gap and the last four singles were halved leaving the final score 9 games all.
Oaks v Letchworth Blues (A)
Monday 8th June
Lost 16 2
Team: Clive Cassidy, Dennis Saville, Roy Darling, David Manley
A day to be forgotten. Nothing seemed to go right on the day. David Manley and Dennis Saville winning the only games for the Oaks
Elms v Letchworth Reds (A)
Monday 15th June
Lost 6 12
Team: Adrian Seabrook, Tim Ham, Bob Leeds, John Sibson
A clear win for Letchworth Reds but many of the games were hard fought and the scores very close. This is represented by the hoops won difference of 17 over 18 games.
Elms v Enfield East (H)
Friday 26th June
Lost 5 13
Team: Adrian Seabrook, Tim Ham, John Sibson, Maureen Goodchild
The result could have been very different as seven of the games were won 7 - 6. The magic hoop being the decider. If they had gone Elms way the score could have 12 - to Elms.
Newport v Ipswich
Friday 3rd July
Lost 2 16
Team: Roy Darling, Bob Leeds, Adrian Seabrook, Clive Cassidy
With two of our opponents playing off a handicap of -2 this was always going to be a difficult fixture. However despite the few number of games
A similar pattern as the other fixtures this year. So many of the games were very close the result could well have been a lot closer. The team continues to develop.
Elms v Enfield West (A)
Friday 24th July
Lost
Team: Bob Leeds, Tim Ham, Maureen Goodchild
As the teams were rained on all morning and there appeared to be no let up they decided to play on through lunch. The unrelenting rain did not dampen the spirits of the players but Newport were unsuccessful in their efforts
Oaks v Enfield East (A)
Wednesday 29th July
Team: Clive Cassidy, Roy Darling, Jim Potter, Dennis Saville
Elms v Letchworth Blues (H)
Friday 7th August
Oaks v Letchworth Reds (H)
Thursday 13th August
Oaks v Enfield West (H)
Friday 21st August
Level Play League
Newport v Colchester Level Play
Friday 19th June
Lost 5 13
Team: Tim Ham, Roy Darling, Dennis Saville, John Sibson
This is only our second year playing in the Level Play League. A stirring performance from Newport against a very much stronger team. Everyone agreed the experience of playing against players with a much lower handicap did raise their game.
GC singles tournament
Saturday 25 July
Newport hosted a golf croquet singles tournament in dry weather. This was a level play tournament so there was no handicapping. Players came from not only Newport but Bury St Edmunds, Colchester, Enfield and Malden. This time everyone was fortunate that the rain held off and a day of intense competition took part. The winners of the two divisions were Jan Oldfield and Alan Foott. The winner of the finals being Jan Oldfield from Bury St Edmunds who scored a magnificent 6-1. She was awarded her prize by John Gordon, president of Newport Croquet Club.
Oaks v Enfield East (A)
Wednesday 29th July
Team: Clive Cassidy, Roy Darling, Jim Potter, Dennis Saville
Elms V Letchworth Blues (H)
Friday 7th August
Lost 7-11
The games were all very close. Letchworth won the two doubles and then the singles 9-7. The total number of hoops won by Newport was 92 and Letchworth 104.
Oaks v Letchworth Reds (H)
Thursday 13th August
Oaks v Enfield West (H)
Friday 21st August
Roger Ivill Trophy
Sunday 4 October
On a beautiful autumn day, eight members took part in the competition which was an internal club singles handicapped tournament. The number was a disappointing especially as this was the last match of the season, however the competition was still intense. Each competitor played every other competitor The final was between Maureen Goodchild and Helen Manley and was a closely fought match. At the 12th hoop the score was 6 all so the match was decided at the 13th hoop – Maureen coming out the winner.
Such a fine weekend of weather and croquet brought the club's season to a close.
Social Events
Start of the Season Soup Lunch
Newport Croquet Club opened the season on Wednesday 8th April with a Soup Lunch before play commenced at 2pm. 30 members enjoyed a choice of 6 homemade soups to try! The sun was glorious and everyone agreed it was good to be back playing again and club looks forward to another busy summer.
Strawberry Tea
26 July
On Sunday the club held its annual social day of croquet play followed by a Strawberry Tea. Over 30 members and friends turned up but on this occasion the rain won out again despite a few hardy souls braving the weather to take to the lawns. The gorgeous tea provided by Jane Cowper and her helpers was a winner however with the competitive spirit being upheld by an informal quiz afterwards.
2014
President's Cup
5 October
The fine weather ensured a great end to the golf croquet season for Newport Croquet club when a Singles Tournament took place . The format involved each participant playing eight half-hour games to enable as many club members as possible to play each other. Bernard Yallop and Clive Cassidy had the same number of points and so came equal second and the winner was the club president John Gordon.
Elms crush Enfield East
29 July
Newport Elms had an overwhelming victory over Enfield East in the EACF handicap league.
Bury St Edmunds beat Newport (GC)
8 July
Newport lost a close match with Bury St Edmunds in the EACF Level-Play League.
Club Barbecue announced
30th June
The annual barbecue will take place on Sunday 10th August, with informal play from 2pm and food from about 4. Families welcome!
Newport beat Bury St Edmunds (AC)
19th June
The latest Essex-Suffolk league fixture resulted in another victory for Newport, by the score of 5-2.
Elms felled by Letchworth (GC)
17th June
The Elms team lost to a strong Letchworth Reds team in the EACF handicap league.
Hunstanton beat Newport (GC)
3rd June
Newport lost a close-fought level-play match against Hunstanton by a score of 12-6.
Newport Open Weekend (AC)
11th May
David Maugham won the Newport Open title for the first time, defeating Jack Wicks in the final.
Newport lost to Newport (GC)
9th May
A disappointing start to the season for Newport Oaks was matched by a correspondingly happy one for Newport Elms as the Elms beat the Oaks 10-8.
Newport beat Colchester North (AC)
3rd May
Newport began their Essex-Suffolk league season with a narrow victory over one of the Colchester teams.
Opening Date Announced
18th March
Newport's 2014 season will start on 5th April.
Association Croquet Tournaments 2014
2nd January
The big news this year is that we are reinstating our handicap tournament to the calendar. Our three tournaments will be the Open Weekend (17-18 May), the B-level Weekend (21-22 June), and the Handicap Weekend (19-20 July).
1st January: Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a happy and successful 2014!
2013
B-class tournament
27th July
John Thorp, of the Leighton-Linslade club, won the B-class golf croquet tournament, with Newport's Jim Potter taking second place.
Friendly v Southchurch
18th July
A Golf Croquet friendly was held against Southchurch.
Oaks toppled at Letchworth
13th June
The Oaks GC team lost their latest league match at Letchworth.
Newport v Chelmsford
8th June
Newport suffered a 6-1 defeat in their Essex-Suffolk League match at Chelmsford.
Elms beat Oaks
30th May
Newport's two teams played each other to kick off the golf croquet league season.
Open Tournament
19th May
The CA Open Tournament was won by GB International Keith Aiton.
A winning start
4th May
Newport's season in the Essex-Suffolk league got off to a winning start as they defeated Colchester by 5 games to 2.
Start of Season Soup Lunch
8th April
A large number of members who play either Golf or Association Croquet were glad to be able to enjoy their first games of the season in the hazy sunshine of this unusually late spring. The season was sent off to a good start by a soup lunch much enjoyed by club members and friends.
30 March
Golf Croquet tournament entries open
This year's B-class golf croquet tournament will take place on 27th July 2013. Get your entry form here.
20 March
Tuesday afternoons are Croquet afternoons
This season, Tuesday afternoons will be club afternoons, where members can get together to play whatever form of the game they wish. See the poster here.
2012
Newport v Colchester North
15th September
Newport's league season came to a winning end with a 6-1 victory over Colchester North. Astonishingly, the six-team league ended up with a five-way tie for first place, with five teams including Newport registering 3 wins. Sadly, Newport lost out on the tie-breaker, and Colchester North qualified for the league final next weekend.
Newport v Colchester South
8th August
Newport returned to winning ways with a 4-1 victory over Colchester South.
Newport v Bury
4th August
The association croquet league team lost its latest match to Bury St Edmunds by a score of 1-4.
Elms win opener
27th June
Following two postponements, the Elms finally started their league season with a 12-6 win over Ipswich.
B Level
24th June
The B-level association croquet tournament was won by Ian Parkinson of the Watford club, who won all five of his games.
Elms
15th June
The opening match of the season for Newport Elms was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Oaks v Sudbury
1st June
Newport Oaks lost their first Golf Croquet league match of the season 10-8 to Sudbury.
Advanced Weekend
27th May
Newport's first advanced tournament of the year attracted a strong field. The tournament was won by Mark Avery, with an 8/8 record.
A winning start in the league
5th May
Newport's Essex-Suffolk league campaign began with a resounding 7-0 victory against Chelmsford.
Mary Rose
28th April
Newport's team made an early exit from the Mary Rose competition, suffering a 7-0 whitewash at a damp Wrest Park.
Season Start
6th April
The 2012 croquet season will begin tomorrow, Saturday 7th April.
2011
End of Season date
28th September
The last day for play this year will be Sunday 9th October; we will carry out autumn lawn maintenance the following week. Please help if you can!
Newport player success at Bowdon
25th September
Newport member Jim Potter came away with the Sheila Black salver in a competition at Bowdon Croquet club in Cheshire.
Newport v Colchester
20th September
Newport managed a 4-1 win against Colchester South in their final Essex-Suffolk league match.
Newport lose narrowly to Colchester
31st August
The Essex-Suffolk league match between Newport and Colchester North ended with a 3-2 victory for Colchester.
David has a Ball at B-class
16th July
Newport's B level Golf Croquet tournament was won by David Ball, of Leighton-Linslade, with Newport's Denis Saville taking the runner-up spot.
Bury prevail in deluge
16th July
The Essex-Suffolk league match between Bury St Edmunds and Newport was abandoned due to torrential rain with the score 2-0 to Bury.
B-Level tankard goes to Letchworth
19th June
The B level association croquet tournament was won by Letchworth's Nick Mounfield, who won four out of five games. Runner up was Phil Windred, also of Letchworth, also on four out of five; Nick won the tournament by virtue of his win against Phil.
Ipswich Whitewash
11th June
The Essex-Suffolk league team recovered their form with a convincing 5-0 win over Ipswich.
Ian Parkinson wins SuperB Tournament
22nd May
The super-B tournament at Newport was won by Ian Parkinson of Watford, who won 5/5.
A losing start
7th May
Newport's Essex-Suffolk league team lost their first match of the season, going down 6-1 at Chelmsford.
Start of Season
11th April
Our grass has started growing and the season will open on Saturday 16th April!
The new season will start in late March/early April - watch this space to find out the precise date.
2010
Adrian Seabrook wins club handicap
30th September
Adrian Seabrook won the club handicap for the first time thanks to a walkover victory against Arthur Flutter.
Andrew Gregory wins club tournament
25th September
Andrew Gregory regained the club championship with a close-fought +3 victory over Mike Porter. See the full draw on the tournaments page.
15th September
This year's handicap tournament for the higher-bisquers was won by Bob Brashaw, who beat Bernard Yallop in the final.
Newport v Chelmsford
11th September
Newport returned to winning ways with a close 4 - 3 victory over Chelmsford. They finish the season with 4 wins out of 5, but were just beaten to the league title by Colchester North.
Newport v Colchester North
14th August
Newport lost to Colchester North 2-3 (Essex-Suffolk League) Newport's unbeaten league record came to an end with a narrow defeat to Colchester North. Individual scores can be found here.
Newport v Bury St Edmunds
7th August
Newport beat Bury St Edmunds 4-1 (Essex-Suffolk League) Newport continued their unbeaten record in the league this year with a comfortable win over Bury St Edmunds. Individual scores can be found here.
Newport v Hunstanton (Roger Ivill Trophy)
25th July
Newport beat Hunstanton (Roger Ivill Trophy) Newport regained the Roger Ivill trophy in their annual match against Hunstanton. Having to cope with the unfamiliar situation of playing on green lawns, the golf croquet players were beaten, but the tie was swung Newport's way by the association players who did not lose a game all day. The final result was the narrowest of victories for Newport, by a score of 14.5 to 13.5.
Newport Oaks v Sudbury (GC League)
2nd July
Newport's "Oaks" team had a resounding victory over Sudbury in their latest league match.
Newport v Bowdon (Mary Rose)
23rd June
Newport travelled to the neutral venue of Nottingham to play their second round game against Bowdon, but came away defeated.
Newport B-Level
20th June
An international field of nine - including one Aussie and one Kiwi - competed over the weekend for the Gordon Tankard. After two days of competition, David Mumford (Woking) and Andrew Gregory (Newport) had each won five games out of six; the trophy was awarded to David, who had beaten Andrew. Particular thanks go to Dianne and Roy for their superb catering on the Saturday!
Newport v Colchester South (Essex-Suffolk League)
12th June
Newport's Association Croquet team continued its winning start to the season with a strong performance against Colchester South winning 4 - 1. A report, and detailed scores, can be found on the "NCC Matches" page.
B-Level Golf Croquet
5th June
A very successful golf croquet tournament was held on a beautifully sunny day.
Super-B Tournament
23rd May
The super-B tournament for players with handicaps of -1 and above, was won by Roger Tribe of the Kenilworth club.
Newport Elms v to Sudbury (GC League)
19th May
One of Newport's teams played its first league match, at Sudbury. A narrow 11-9 defeat was the result.
Newport v Ipswich
8th May
Newport beat Ipswich 3-2 (Essex-Suffolk League).The opening league fixture of the season resulted in a narrow victory for Newport.
Club Tournament draws made
5th May
The draws for this year's Association Croquet tournaments have been made.
EACF Club Champions' Tournament
18th April
Congratulations to Mike Porter, who won the A-class event at the EACF Club Champions' Tournament, held at Wrest Park. Chris van Essen and Robert Skeen also represented Newport at this event.
Newport to play Bowdon or Cheltenham in Mary Rose 2nd round
1st April
Newport received a bye through the first round of the Mary Rose (the second-tier national inter-club championship). In the second round they will play the winner of the match between Bowdon and Cheltenham.
Club Tournament
1st April
The final of the 2009 club tournament, delayed until the start of this season, was won by Mike Porter. He defeated Andrew Gregory +23.
Season start date decided
7th March
The 2010 croquet season will begin at Newport on Saturday 27th March. All club members are invited to come along and help to set up the lawns.
International Match at Newport
25th February
Newport has been selected as the venue for this year's McWeeney Trophy - the match between teams representing the Croquet Association and the Croquet Association of Ireland. The match will take place on 10th and 11th July.
1st January Happy New Year
2009
Higher-Bisquers' Tournament
25th September
Robert Skeen won this year's higher-bisquers club tourney, beating Bob Brashaw +2 on time in the final.
Newport regains Roger Ivill Trophy
6th September
The annual Roger Ivill match between Newport and Hunstanton commemorates a much-loved player who was a member of both clubs. After a two year gap, Newport regained the trophy with a narrow win.
Newport v Bury St Edmunds (Essex-Suffolk League)
29th August
Newport continued its season of incredibly close defeats with a 5-2 loss to Bury. Five of the seven games ended with a score of +1 on time!
CA Tournament cancelled
24th August
Regrettably, a lack of entries has resulted in cancellation of the tournament scheduled for 19th and 20th September.
Newport beat Bury St Edmunds (GC Friendly)
11th August
A friendly match between golf croquet teams from Newport and Bury ended in a resounding victory for the Newport the home team.
Rotary Club Friendly
5th August
Saffron Walden Rotary Club defeated Braintree Rivers Rotary Club in a friendly match hosted at Newport.
Chelmsford and Bentley v Newport (Essex-Suffolk League)
1st August
Newport were soundly beaten 6 - 1 in their latest ESL game.
Newport v Bury St Edmunds (EACF league)
22nd July
Newport turned the tables from their previous match by winning on the "golden hoop". Score 8 - 8
Newport v Colchester (EACF league)
7th July
Colchester beat Newport 8 -8 on the "golden hoop" in the latest EACF golf croquet league game.
Newport v Colchester South (Essex-Suffolk League)
4th July
In possibly the closest match in ESL history, Newport lost out 3 - 4 to the Colchester South team.
Newport Golf B-Level
27th June
Martin Ambrose, of Downham Market CC, won Newport's B-level golf croquet tournament.
Newport B-Level
21st June
Mike Porter successfully combined managing the B-level tournament with catering for one day and winning.
Newport v Colchester North (Essex-Suffolk League)
6th June
Newport's Association Croquet team defeated Colchester 4 - 3 in a tightly contested match.
Newport players in Essex team
23rd - 26th May
Two Newport players, Mike Porter and Chris van Essen, represented Essex in the Inter-Counties championship over the Bank Holiday weekend. Essex proved to be the Hull City of the Inter-Counties; after a promising start, they led the tournament after the first day but a series of poor results, culminating in four successive defeats, meant that they escaped relegation to division two only through other results going in their favour.
Newport v Sudbury (EACF GC League)
14th May
Newport's campaign in the EACF golf croquet league got off to a losing start, with a loss at Sudbury.
New Club Evenings
8th May
Starting on 12th May, Tuesday evenings from 7 onwards will be "Club Evenings". A chance to play Golf, Association, or just to meet other club members!
Draws for Club Competitions
5th May
The draws have been made for the club's Association Croquet tournaments.
Success for Newport at Club Champions' Tournament
27th April
Three Newport players represented the club at the East Anglian Croquet Federation's "Club Champions' Tournament"; while Mike Porter and Chris van Essen had a modicum of success in the A- and B-class events, Bernard Yallop was the one who walked off with the silverware, winning the handicap tournament.
New season about to start
16th March
Following extensive work over the winter - the hedges are now about 8 feet shorter - the club is set to open on 28th March. Here's wishing everyone a successful croquet season!
2008
Newport triumphant at Soham (GC)
16th November
Newport teams (with a bit of help from Bury St. Edmunds) clinched the top two spots at the Soham indoor golf croquet event.
This year's winners
20th October
As the season draws to a close, we congratulate the winners of this year's club tournaments:
Open Tournament:
Andrew Gregory
Handicap Tournament:
Arthur Flutter
High-Bisquers' Tournament:
Bernard Yallop
Golf Croquet singles:
David Manley
Golf Croquet Doubles:
Lew and Vera Rossiter
The inaugural "A-minus tournament"
21st September
As a new venture this year, Newport ran a tournament for handicaps of minus one and higher. A healthy field of ten competitors was assembled, and for the second time this season, James Hopgood went away with the trophy
Newport lost the Roger Ivill Trophy to Hunstanton
Sunday 14th September
Sunday 14th September was the day for Newport's annual match with Hunstanton, with this year's fixture taking place in Norfolk. Sadly, the tradition of victory for the away team came to an end.
Newport v Chelmsford and Bentley (Essex-Suffolk League)
27th August
Newport made it two wins on consecutive days by overcoming Chelmsford 3-2.
Newport Bury St. Edmunds (Essex-Suffolk League)
26th August
Newport completed a whitewash 7 -0 over Bury St. Edmunds.
"Honours Board" added to website
8th August
You can now see the winners of Newport's competitions through the years by selecting Honours from the main menu.
Newport v Roehampton (Longman Cup)
25th July
Newport went out of this year's Longman Cup competition 2 - 4 after a closely contested match at Roehampton.
Newport lost 7-1 to Watford (Friendly)
11th July
Newport's friendly match against Watford ended in a heavy defeat 7 - 1. A whitewash was only narrowly averted through a come-back win in one of the final games.
Handicap Tournament Cancelled
10th July
A lack of entries means that the handicap tournament planned for 26th/27th July has been cancelled.
Newport B-Level
22nd June
James Hopgood, of the Meadows Club in Edinburgh, won this year's B-level tournament, winning all five of his games.
Social Event - Advance Warning!
20th June
There will be a social event, with croquet and barbecue, on Monday 14th July.
Draws made for Association Croquet competitions
10th June
The draws have now been made for this season's club competitions.
Newport v Norwich(Longman Cup)
7th June
Newport progressed to the third round of the Longman Cup with a convincing home 5 - 2 win over Norwich. Congratulations to the team, who will next face Roehampton.
Newport v Colchester North (Essex-Suffolk League)
31st May
Newport won their latest league match 5-2 at home to one of Colchester's two teams.
Anderson Shield
24th - 25th May
The 5th annual Anderson Shield - competed between teams of 4 from the six counties in the East Anglian federation - took place at Newport over the weekend. After a close-fought competition, Hertfordshire came out on top for the second year running.
Newport v Sudbury (Golf Croquet)
22nd May
A close-fought league match ended with Newport victorious by a score of 10-8.
Golf Croquet B-Class
10th May
The B class GC tournament was won by Judith Hand of Colchester.
Golf Croquet B-Level - Enter Now!
12th February
We will be running a B-Class Golf Croquet tournament (handicaps 0 to 6) on Saturday 10th May. An entry form can be obtained by clicking here.
Only 16 places are available, and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis - so get your entries in as soon as possible!
Tournaments start to fill up
16th January
The CA fixtures book is out and we have already received the first entrants to our tournaments
1st January
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from Newport Croquet Club!
2007
Watford win the EACF League Finals at Newport (GC)
23rd September
Newport hosted the EACF League semi-finals and finals at the weekend; in the final, Watford defeated Enfield by the narrow margin of 10-8
Newport v Colchester (GC)
21st August
Newport's golf croquet team beat Colchester convincingly 12 - 6 to improve their record to two wins and one loss in the EACF league.
Newport v Colchester South (AC)
11th August
It's now two wins, two losses for the Essex-Suffolk league team after a closely-fought loss 1 - 4 to Colchester South.
Busy on the Golf Croquet front
31st July
The Golf Croqueters have played a series of friendly fixtures.
Newport v Bury St. Edmunds (AC)
24th July
Newport's record in the Essex-Suffolk league improved to 2 wins out of 3, after a narrow victory 4 - 3 over Bury St. Edmunds
Handicap Tournament Cancelled
18th July
Due to the small number of entries, the CA Handicap Tournament scheduled for 4th and 5th August has been cancelled.
B-Level Tournament
24th June
David Parkins, from the Medway club, won a damp Newport B-Level tournament, winning all five of his games
Gold Award for Newport member
23rd June
Mike Porter qualified for his gold merit award from the Croquet Association today by completing his first competitive triple peel, during the Newport B-Level tournament.
Newport v Bury St. Edmunds (GC)
19th June
Newport bounced back from their opening defeat in the EACF Central Area league with an 11-7 win at Bury St. Edmunds.
Newport v Colchester North (AC)
5th June
Newport lost narrowly 2 - 3 at Colchester in their most recent Essex-Suffolk League match.
Newport v Letchworth (AC)
3rd June
Newport's team in this year's Longman Cup went the same way as its Mary Rose entry, losing 1 - 6 in the first round to Letchworth.
Newport v Colchester (AC)
22nd May
Newport exited this year's Mary Rose competition at the first hurdle, with a 5-2 loss at Colchester.
Newport member wins competition
13th May
The "croquet palindrome" competition organised by Colin Hemming (Colchester CC) was won by Mike Porter, for the following conversation between Trevor and his opponent, who has not been paying attention during Trevor's break:
'On rover, Trevor?'
'No.' 'For this somewhat dubious effort, Mike was rewarded with a bottle of "Croquet" aperitif.
Newport v Ipswich (AC)
12th May
In the first league match of the season, Newport's Association Croqueters had a narrow3 - 2 victory over Ipswich.
Newport v Sudbury (GC)
10th May
Newport's Golf Croquet side lost their opening league match 7 - 11 to Sudbury. This is what happens when you let players with a handicap of -3 into the league!
GC Refereeing Course
3rd May
A course for budding Golf Croquet referees will be held at Newport on 22nd August.
Tournament Vacancies
9th April
There are still places available in all three of our CA Tournaments: the B-Level advanced weekend on 23-24 June; the Handicap weekend on 4-5 August; and the B-Level Golf Croquet tournament on 18 August.
Draws for National Club Competitions
6th April
Newport have been drawn to face Colchester in the second round of the Mary Rose; the winners will play Bury or Bowdon. In the Longman Cup, Newport will play Letchworth, with the winners to play Norwich.
Season Starts
1st April
On a glorious sunny day, the Newport lawns were opened for the 2007 season.
Remember, Mondays will be golf croquet afternoons and Thursdays will be association croquet afternoons throughout the season!
Indoor Golf Croquet at Soham
13th and 14th January
The results of the latest weekend tournament at Soham, are on the golf croquet page.
1st January
Happy New Year from Newport Croquet Club!
2006
Golf Croquet Players Christmas Dinner
15th December
Newport's Golf Croquet players had a festive meal at the Crown, Little Walden, on 15th December.
Indoor Golf Croquet at Soham
25th and 26th November
Although the outdoor croquet season has come to an end, monthly weekend tournaments still take place indoors at Soham..
Season Over
1st October
Newport's croquet season came to a close today as the lawns were "put to bed" for the winter.
Congratulations to the winners of the club tournaments:
Advanced Play Tournament
- Christopher van Essen
Handicap Tournament
- Mike Porter
High-bisquers Handicap
- Adrian Seabrook
Golf Croquet
- Adrian Seabrook
Newport regain the Roger Ivill Trophy
17th September
Newport won the annual friendly match against Hunstanton. The format involves both golf and association croquet, and after a busy day in pleasant sunshine, Newport just came out on top. This continues the "tradition" of the away team always winning!
Newport v Bury St. Edmunds
9th September
Victory at last. Newport defeated Bury St. Edmunds 5-2 in the Essex-Suffolk League.
Newport Handicap Tournament
5th and 6th August
A small but highly select band of warriors sweated it out in an all play all block over two days. The winner was the only non-club member Jonathan Toye (Downham Market) who retained the title with 5 straight wins, beating John Rolfe into second position on Sunday afternoon. The local knowledge of the Newport members proved no match for Jonathan's accuracy in hoop running, rushing and hitting.
In third place was Ron Atkinson who, following cataract operations, shows every sign of once again lowering his handicap.
Havering beat Newport (Essex-Suffolk League)
8th July
Newport fell to their third consecutive defeat 1 - 4 in the competition.
Newport B-Level Tournament
24th and 25th June
Newport's annual tournament for players with handicaps of 0-6 was won by club member David Tutt
Longman Cup
21st June
Newport have progressed to the last sixteen of the Longman Cup as Hurlingham have been unable to raise a team.
Newport v Pendle and Craven (Mary Rose)
17th June
Newport were eliminated from this year's Mary Rose tournament after the tightest of matches against Pendle and Craven score 3 - 4.
Colchester North v Newport(Essex-Suffolk League)
10th June
Newport lost 3 - 4.
NCC Diary available in Electronic Format
9th May
Those NCC members who use Microsoft Outlook can download this season's fixtures and events for importing directly into your diary.
Ipswich v Newport (Essex-Suffolk League)
6th May
Newport lost their opening fixture of the season, going down 4-1 at Ipswich.
Test your knowledge of Association Croquet Laws
27th April
The Croquet Association website now has a quiz to test your knowledge of the basic laws of croquet.
Opening Day announced
9th April
This season's "opening afternoon" will take place from 2pm on Saturday 22nd April.
NCC Knockout opponents
9th April
The draw for the national club knockout tournaments has taken place. In the Mary Rose, Newport will play Pendle and Craven; in the Longman Cup, Hurlingham are the opponents.
START OF SEASON DELAYED
20th March
Due to the poor growth of the grass over winter, the start of the season has been put back from our previously scheduled date of 1st April. The current plan is to have our formal opening day on April 22nd, although a spate of good growing weather could bring that forward.
Soham weekend (GC)
14th and 15th January
Newport players took part in an indoor Golf Croquet weekend at Soham.
Happy New Year from Newport Croquet Club!
1st January
2005
Newport's Longman bid
1st - 2nd October
Newport's Longman Cup team crashed to consecutive 6-1 defeats, to Surbiton and Bury, to finish in fourth place. Read about the weekend's events here.
Newport victorious in Regional Final
24th September
Newport won the regional final of the Longman Cup, beating Watford 4-3 in a nail biting encounter.
Longman Cup Quarter-Final
14th August
Newport defeated Merton 4-3 to progress for the first time to the quarter-finals of the Longman Cup.
Newport v Colchester
30th July
A close game in the Essex and Suffolk League ended in a 3-2 victory for Colchester.
Newport v Ipswich
2nd July
Newport enjoyed a 3-2 victory against Ipswich in the Essex and Suffolk League.
Newport v Parsons Green
26th June
Newport progressed to the last 16 of the Longman Cup (the national handicap knockout tournament) with a 6-1 win over Parsons Green in London. Full story here.
Newport B Level Tournament
19th June
Ian Storey wins
Scorching temperatures and correspondingly fast lawns were the features of Newport's annual B-level tournament, which took place on 18th and 19th June. 14 players from across the country took part, with a 15th entrant only being tracked down in St. Peter's Square, Rome, half an hour after his scheduled start time! The tournament winner was Ian Storey, from the Hunstanton Club, who won all five of his games. Photos from the weekend are available here.
Newport v Wells (GC)
6th June
Newport's Golf Croquet players won the first league match of the season, squeezing past Wells-next-the-Sea by a score of 11-9.
EACF "Minor Counties" Event
28-29 May
The second annual B-level counties event, held to coincide with the "proper" inter-counties tournament, took place at Newport over the bank holiday weekend. Six counties competed, with each playing two games of doubles against each of the others. At the end of two days' play, Norfolk came out on top by a hair's breadth over the home team Essex.
14-15 May: Open Days a success
Despite hailstorms, the open days were popular events and as a result we have welcomed five new members to the club. A write-up of the event appeared in the Saffron Walden Reporter... but now appears to have been removed from their website.
11th May: Golf Croquet Refereeing Course
13 people attended a course for golf croquet referees at Newport; Bill Arliss, chairman of the CA Golf Croquet Committee, was the examiner.
2003
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