Category: Events

We had a good turnout for our first club internal croquet tournament of 2023 and some excellent sunny weather. Our congratulations go to Chris Shepley, the winner of the Founders Cup.

On September 14th 2022 members of Bakewell Croquet Club visited Ashford in the Water to instruct the WI in basic Croquet moves. The session ended with a game of croquet. Many WI members showed a natural aptitude for croquet and said how much they had enjoyed the afternoon. Following play we ate an excellent afternoon tea in the sunshine. The photo shows Jean, our chair person, instructing the ladies.

A friendly match with Bakewell CC, Darley Dale CC and St. Elphins CC on Friday 29th July. A happy day enjoyed by all!

The annual two visits to Ripon were well supported by 24 people in April/ May and 18 in October. The format for each visit is as much croquet as anyone wants to play over the visit, on flat lawns with short grass (a little muddy in October), lots of laughter and camaraderie, and a very pleasant evening meal at a local Italian restaurant.

We had a great afternoon, the weather was excellent, even the playing surfaces were reasonable, particularly lawn one, the food was delicious and the winner of the Founder’s cup was Alan Reeves (Founder of the Club!). Congratulations to Alan.

Jean

A friendly game at Hathersage Bowls Club

Players that participated in the return Friendly ‘Match’ with residents from the Audley St Elphin’s Park – hosted by Bakewell Croquet Club.

Steve Marsh and Alan Reeves both played in the ‘0+ Cross-over Tournament’ at Chester over the weekend (the 4/5 August). There were 16 entrants for the three different golf croquet titles on offer: The Maggie Cowan prize, the Chester Bowl and the Chester Croquet Plate (which Steve won last year).

Steve said: “Playing conditions were very difficult (but the food was excellent!). Not only was the weather extremely hot, the four full-sized lawns, laid out side by side, all sloped downwards (the difference between the outer edge of lawn 4 and the outer edge of lawn 1 being one meter!). This, alongside the dryness of the ground and lack of grass, made the balls incredibly difficult to control and judge!”

Regardless of those hazards, Steve came away with the Chester Croquet Plate.

We had a fun afternoon playing at Snitterton on a Wednesday afternoon. Here is a photo of all but two camera shy Bakewell players.