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8th Dec 2005: Office Closure over Christmas
8th Dec 2005: Recruitment and retention of young people - Help please
22nd Nov 2005: Ballot for Inter-Counties 2006 places
21st Oct 2005: Retirement of Nigel Graves
21st Oct 2005: CA Diplomas 2005
21st Oct 2005: Nominations invited for "Coach of the Year" 2005
20th Oct 2005: 2006 MacRobertson Shield team announced
16th Oct 2005: CA Merit Awards 2005
8th Oct 2005: AGM: Announcement and Chairman's Report
27th Sep 2005: Spectators welcome for the Inter-Club Finals this Weekend
16th Sep 2005: Eights Placings
13th Sep 2005: Ladies' week cancelled
6th Sep 2005: CA Fixtures Calendar - call for events to be included
5th Sep 2005: Eights 2005, the final word?
4th Sep 2005: Eights Officials
1st Sep 2005: Eights selections (revised III)
31st Aug 2005: Eights selections (revised II)
23rd Aug 2005: Eights Selections (revised)
23rd Aug 2005: Inter-Club Competitions progress
19th Aug 2005: Nigel Graves' Retirement Lunch at the 2005 AGM
1st Aug 2005: Eights Week Selections
1st Aug 2005: Register your Availability for the European Championship
27th Jul 2005: Register your Availability for the Ladies' Week
22nd Jul 2005: Final Eights Availability
18th Jul 2005: Inter-Club competitions progress
15th Jul 2005: Eights Availability - please check
13th Jul 2005: New editor's Croquet Gazette in sight
29th Jun 2005: CA Appoints Liz Budworth as Office Assistant
14th Jun 2005: Contacting the CA office - Interruption to service on Tuesday June 14
9th Jun 2005: Garden Croquet Classic - help please
22nd May 2005: Seniors Championship: Entrants, please note Cliff Jones' new address
13th May 2005: Contacting the CA Office
9th Apr 2005: Inter-Club first and second round completion dates brought forward
6th Apr 2005: Draws for the 2005 CA Club Competitions
23rd Mar 2005: New Croquet books
17th Mar 2005: Gold (triple peel) course "in the North East" now fixed for Sunday 21 August at Tyneside
9th Mar 2005: CA Golf Croquet laws now official
5th Mar 2005: CA Announces Solomon Trophy Team
2nd Mar 2005: Tournament regulations updated
17th Feb 2005: Fixtures book errata now available
14th Feb 2005: A CA Select team will play in the Inter-Counties
12th Feb 2005: Solomon Trophy - USCA Selections announced
5th Feb 2005: The CA welcomes Klim Seabright as its new secretary
4th Feb 2005: Situation Vacant: Croquet Gazette Editor
5th Jan 2005: Inter-County Championship draw now available
2nd Jan 2005: CA Merit award winners in 2004
2nd Jan 2005: Citations for CA Diplomas 2004

Other News

30th Dec 2005: Inter-County Championship draw now available
21st Dec 2005: Charles-Eric Vilain XIIII requests your stories for a book about croquet
18th Dec 2005: 2006 Fixtures Calendar now available
16th Oct 2005: Gina Lewis won the Surbiton Advanced Handicap (the ARK) (8-9 Oct)
29th Sep 2005: Pete bites the dust in the Gauntlet
21st Sep 2005: The Gauntlet is on!
5th Sep 2005: The Croquet Association beat The Scottish Croquet Association 8-1 (3-4 Sep)
1st Sep 2005: GB is playing Ireland at Carrickmines this weekend
31st Aug 2005: World Championship TV Coverage
30th Aug 2005: Robert Fulford won the Northern Championship (26-29 Aug)
25th Aug 2005: Record Number of Visitors to CA Website for the World Championship
3rd Aug 2005: World Championship Open Qualifier: and the winners are
29th Jul 2005: Tim Wilkins and Sam Symonds married on July 23rd
18th Jul 2005: Any surplus hoops for sale?
30th Jun 2005: Marcus Evans won the Student Championship (18-19 Jun)
29th Jun 2005: John Taylor's Croquet Contact List has moved to the WCF site
20th Jun 2005: Jack Davies won The National Veterans' Championship (13-18 Jun)
2nd Jun 2005: The three David Nicholsons
2nd Jun 2005: Inter-County Championship Statistical analysis of team performances
1st Jun 2005: Calling all Schools
27th May 2005: 2005 Inter-Counties - This weekend
26th May 2005: Mary Knapp and Julie Hudson won the Speed Doubles
22nd May 2005: Martin Stephenson won the men's Peels (12-15 May)
13th May 2005: Vacancy - Hampshire Inter-Counties Team
13th May 2005: David Garner won the Parsons Green One-Ball
10th May 2005: Croquet & backgammon
4th May 2005: Hurlingham May Weekend (30 Apr-2 May)
25th Apr 2005: Rutger Beijderwellen won the Winchester One-ball Charity Championship
6th Apr 2005: Chris Clarke won the NWFCC Neil Williams Memorial (2-3 Apr)
4th Apr 2005: Wanted: Old Gazettes
4th Apr 2005: DMC Prichard croquet memorabilia collection up for auction
30th Mar 2005: Alan Linton will organise the CA Select team Inter-County Team
15th Mar 2005: Call for return of CA Trophies
9th Mar 2005: Midsomer Murders
2nd Mar 2005: Connecticut Extreme Croquet Society's video
26th Feb 2005: Optimising the ranking system
13th Feb 2005: Gazette Index now available
29th Jan 2005: Licensing Act 2003 and clubs
24th Jan 2005: Testing Ranking System Performance
20th Jan 2005: New lawns for Letchworth Croquet Club
12th Jan 2005: Tunbridge Wells 2005 tournaments are cancelled
12th Jan 2005: Trevor Bassett set to make TP history in the NZ Open Championship
2nd Jan 2005: How many croquet players are there?
2nd Jan 2005: Handicap Advanced - the laws revealed

AC - Championships

29th Sep 2005: South of England Championship Report (16-18 Sep)
22nd Sep 2005: Keith Aiton won the President's Cup (8-11 Sep)
22nd Sep 2005: Jeff Dawson. won the Chairman's Salver (8-11 Sep)
22nd Sep 2005: Sam Tudor won the Spencer Ell Cup (7-11 Sep)
22nd Sep 2005: Chris Williams won the Treasurer's Tankard (7-11 Sep)
22nd Sep 2005: Nelson Morrow won the Selectors' Weekend (9-11 Sep)
19th Sep 2005: Ed Duckworth won the South of England Championship
17th Aug 2005: Draw for the Northern Championship
17th Aug 2005: Opens Report
4th Aug 2005: Mixed Doubles Championship reduced to 2 days (weekend)
2nd Aug 2005: Robert Fulford won the Eastern Championship (full results)
26th Jul 2005: Reg Bamford won the Jersey Open Championship
16th Jul 2005: Draw for Eastern Championship
11th Jul 2005: Reg Bamford and John Gibbons won the Open Doubles Championship
11th Jul 2005: Dave Maugham won the Open Championship
27th Jun 2005: David Maugham won the East Midlands Championship
27th Jun 2005: British Open Singles Draw
23rd Jun 2005: British Open Doubles Draw
20th Jun 2005: Rutger Beijderwellen won The Championship of Surrey
14th Jun 2005: Chris Clarke won the Men's Championship (11 Jun)
12th Jun 2005: Jenny Williams won the Women's Championship
6th Jun 2005: Men's & Women's Draws (revised)
2nd Jun 2005: Inter-Counties Report 2005
1st Jun 2005: Nottinghamshire won the Inter-County Championship 2005
10th May 2005: Reg Bamford won the Coles
4th May 2005: Dave Kibble won the Western Championship (30 Apr-2 May)
20th Apr 2005: Draw for the Western Championship

GC - Championships

21st Aug 2005: Chris Daniels won the Musk's Cup
14th Aug 2005: Sussex won the Golf Croquet Inter-County Championship
27th Jun 2005: Reg Bamford won the Golf Croquet Open Championship
24th Jun 2005: Roy Ware & Tim King won the Open Doubles Championship

AC

10th Dec 2005: Hamptworth November weekend (26-27 Nov)
8th Oct 2005: Brian Rees won the Surbiton B-Level (17-18 Sep)
29th Sep 2005: Colin Irwin won the North West Federation "Heaton Park Challenge" (24 Sep)
29th Sep 2005: Ben Ashwell won the Southwick Advanced Weekend (24-25 Sep)
20th Sep 2005: Ian Lines won the Southport September Advanced Tournament
7th Sep 2005: The Challenge and Gilbey (1-4 Sep)
1st Sep 2005: Charles Askew won the East Dorset August Bank Holiday Weekend Tournament
31st Aug 2005: Chris Williams won the Cheltenham August Bank Holiday tournament (27-29 Aug)
23rd Aug 2005: Rosemary Gugan won the Bristol B-Level (20-21 Aug)
15th Aug 2005: Bob Burnett won Crake Valley's Cavendish Clock (13-14 Aug)
8th Aug 2005: Phil Errington won the Tyneside Advanced Weekend (6-7 Aug)
2nd Aug 2005: Rutger Beijderwellen wins the COWhorn, David Hopkins wins the COWbell (03-31 Jul)
1st Aug 2005: Dave Maugham won the Ranelagh Gold Cup (30-31 Jul)
1st Aug 2005: Rutger Beijderwellen won the COW horn (30-31 Jul)
27th Jul 2005: Nick Butler won the Oxford Advanced Weekend (22-24 Jul)
11th Jul 2005: John Toye won the Budleigh Salterton weekend (2-3 Jul)
11th Jul 2005: Roehampton Invitational
28th Jun 2005: Marcus fails to win the Nailsea Open! (24-25 Jun)
15th Jun 2005: Nottingham B-Level (4-5 Jun)
15th Jun 2005: Woking Open (3-5 Jun)
14th Jun 2005: Keith Aiton won the Du Pre Cup
14th Jun 2005: Ailsa Lines won the Pendle and Craven Advance Tournament (11-12 Jun)
7th Jun 2005: Chris Clarke won the Bowdon Weekend (4-5 Jun)
2nd Jun 2005: Mark Avery won the Northampton weekend (7-8 May)
27th May 2005: Jenny Williams won the Cheltenham open weekend
23rd May 2005: Terry Mahoney won the Colchester B-Level Tournament (14-15 May)
22nd May 2005: Chris Farthing won the Guildford and Godalming May Open
14th May 2005: Daniel Mills won the Budleigh Salterton B-Level (30 Apr-2 May)
13th May 2005: Dave Maugham won the Bristol Weekend (7-8 May)
13th May 2005: Coles - full results (30 Apr-2 May)
13th May 2005: Mark Avery Won the Robert Pritchard Advanced Weekend (30 Apr-2 May)
25th Apr 2005: Dave Maugham won the Southport Open weekend
25th Apr 2005: Chris Clarke won Colchester open weekend
19th Apr 2005: Mark Avery won the Southwick Salver (16-17 Apr)
29th Mar 2005: Jeff Dawson won the Surbiton Easter Advanced Tournament (27-28 Mar)
2nd Jan 2005: Ian Lines won the Hamptworth Christmas Tournament (27-28 Dec)

AC - Mixed

1st Oct 2005: Peter Nash won the South of England Week
6th Sep 2005: Jack Davies won the Southwick Summer Tournament
22nd Aug 2005: Nottingham Week (15-20 Aug)
17th Aug 2005: Budleigh Salterton August Week (31 Jul-6 Aug)
10th Aug 2005: Nelson Morrow regained the Hurlingham Cup (30 Jul-7 Aug)

AC - Handicap

23rd Sep 2005: Malcolm Daines won the All England Handicap Championship (17-18 Sep)
21st Sep 2005: Nigel Hames Keward won the Nottingham Autumn Handicap Weekend (16-18 Sep)
13th Jul 2005: Martin Beacon won the Nottingham Summer Weekend (9-10 Jul)
1st Jun 2005: John Daniels won the Budleigh Salterton May handicap weekend (28-29 May)

GC

8th Dec 2005: Golf Croquet World Championship - wildcards update
14th Nov 2005: Wild Cards for Golf Croquet World Championship 2006
3rd Nov 2005: Golf Croquet World Championship 2006 Selections
2nd Oct 2005: Simon Williams won the 9th Irish Golf Croquet Championship (17 Sep)
22nd Sep 2005: Golf Croquet World Championship 2006 - Reminder
6th Sep 2005: Khaled Younis won the 10th Yorkshire International Open Golf Croquet Championship (2 Sep)
1st Sep 2005: Tim King and Roy Ware won the English National Golf Croquet Doubles Championship (27-28 Aug)
25th Aug 2005: WCF 7th World Golf Croquet Championship - register your interest
23rd Aug 2005: Chris Daniels won the Golf Croquet Selectors' Weekend for the Musk Cup
22nd Jun 2005: 2005 British Golf Croquet Open Championships starts tomorrow - block details in the tournament section
17th Jun 2005: European Golf Croquet Championship announced
8th Jun 2005: Golf Croquet Open Championships details
7th Jun 2005: Happy Croquet Returns to Ramsgate for Ware
1st Jun 2005: Abir Moustafa won the Women's Open Golf Croquet Championship (27-29 May)
26th May 2005: Robert Fulford won the East Anglian Golf Championship
19th Apr 2005: Ian Lines won the 6th Lancashire International Open Golf Croquet Tournament (16-17 Apr)
13th Apr 2005: Surbiton Golf Croquet Tournament (9-10 Apr)
6th Apr 2005: Ramsgate Croquet Club announces its International Golf Croquet Weekend
3rd Apr 2005: Italian Golf Croquet Open Championships 2005
21st Mar 2005: Council ratifies Golf Croquet Laws
25th Feb 2005: Golf Croquet Refereeing course
21st Feb 2005: Revised Golf Croquet Laws published
21st Jan 2005: Lancashire International Golf Croquet tournament

Tournament Vacancies

28th Aug 2005: Handicap Tournament - Guildford and Godalming Sept 3rd and 4th - UPDATED
11th Jul 2005: places for the COWhorn advanced weekend
11th Jul 2005: Places for the Eastern Championships
28th Jun 2005: Vacancies at Bath this weekend
20th Jun 2005: Places available at the 106 annual tournament at Hunstanton 27-30 August
21st Mar 2005: Vacancies at Surbiton Easter Advanced tournament
9th Mar 2005: Pendle Easter Tournament

AC - Inter-Club

27th Oct 2005: Teams playing in the CA Club Finals weekend
2nd Oct 2005: Nottingham beat Surbiton to win the Inter-Club 5-2
2nd Oct 2005: Surbiton beat Sussex County 6-1 (1 Oct)
27th Sep 2005: Nottingham beat Colchester 4-3 (24 Sep)
18th Jul 2005: Surbiton beat East Dorset at Guildford & Godalming 4-0
18th Jul 2005: Sussex County beat Wrest Park 4-2 (17 Jul)
18th Jul 2005: Nottingham beat Cheltenham 5-2
18th Jul 2005: Bristol lost to Colchester 3-4
2nd Jun 2005: Sussex County beat Hurlingham w/o
23rd May 2005: Bristol beat Bowdon 4-3 (21 May)
1st Apr 2005: Draw

AC - Mary Rose

2nd Oct 2005: Blewbury beat Nottingham to win the Mary Rose 5-2 (1 Oct)
29th Sep 2005: Blewbury beat East Dorset 6-1 (27 Sep)
27th Sep 2005: Nottingham beat Wrest Park 5-2 (25 Sep)
23rd Aug 2005: Blewbury beat Woking 5-2 (21 Aug)
18th Aug 2005: East Dorset beat Medway 4-2 (16 Aug)
16th Aug 2005: Nottingham beat Norwich 4-1
1st Aug 2005: Woking beat Roehampton 5-2 (1 Jul)
1st Aug 2005: Bowdon beat Hurlingham w/o (1 Jul)
1st Aug 2005: Wrest Park beat Bowdon 4-2 (31 Jul)
2nd Jul 2005: Blewbury beat Sussex County 5-2
27th Jun 2005: Wrest Park beat Southport 6-1
23rd Jun 2005: East Dorset beat Surbiton 5-2 (19 Jun)
19th Jun 2005: Nottingham beat Pendle & Craven 5-2 (18 Jun)
15th Jun 2005: Medway beat Bristol 4-2 (12 Jun)
13th Jun 2005: Norwich beat Parsons Green 4-3 (11 Jun)
12th Jun 2005: Bowdon beat Colchester 5-1
23rd May 2005: Medway beat Cheltenham 4-3 (21 May)
10th May 2005: Woking beat Dyffryn 6-1
10th May 2005: Pendle & Craven beat Newport w/o
1st Apr 2005: Draw

AC - Longman Cup

2nd Oct 2005: Surbiton beat Newport 6-1
2nd Oct 2005: East Dorset beat Bury 5-2
2nd Oct 2005: East Dorset beat Surbiton to win the Longman Cup 5-2
27th Sep 2005: Newport beat Watford 4-3 (24 Sep)
20th Sep 2005: Surbiton beat Reigate Priory 4-3
19th Sep 2005: Bury beat Ashby 4-3
19th Sep 2005: East Dorset beat Swindon 5-2
16th Aug 2005: Surbiton beat Medway 4-3
15th Aug 2005: Reigate Priory beat Guildford & Godalming 4-3 (13 Aug)
14th Aug 2005: Newport beat Merton 4-3
9th Aug 2005: Watford beat Letchworth 4-3 (7 Aug)
8th Aug 2005: East Dorset beat Blewbury 5-2
8th Aug 2005: Swindon beat Dyffryn 5-2 (6 Aug)
1st Aug 2005: Ashby beat Tyneside 6-1
29th Jul 2005: Bury beat Pendle & Craven 5-2 (27 Jul)
11th Jul 2005: Merton beat Roehampton 5-2
11th Jul 2005: East Dorset beat High Wycombe 5-2 (1 Jun)
11th Jul 2005: Medway beat Ramsgate 4-3
6th Jul 2005: Dyffryn beat Cornwall 5-2
6th Jul 2005: Reigate Priory beat Woking 4-3
2nd Jul 2005: Swindon beat Bristol 6-1
1st Jul 2005: Pendle & Craven beat Beverley 6-1 (29 Jun)
28th Jun 2005: Newport beat Parsons Green 6-1 (26 Jun)
28th Jun 2005: Tyneside beat Fylde 5-2 (24 Jun)
27th Jun 2005: Letchworth beat Ealing 4-3
20th Jun 2005: Bury beat Southport & Birkdale 4-3 (19 Jun)
19th Jun 2005: Blewbury beat Harwell 7-0
14th Jun 2005: Surbiton beat Sussex 5-2 (11 Jun)
12th Jun 2005: Guildford & Godalming beat Compton 4-3
12th Jun 2005: Ashby beat Northampton 5-2
12th Jun 2005: Cornwall beat Kington Langley 7-0
10th Jun 2005: Reigate Priory beat Dulwich 5-2 (4 Jun)
7th Jun 2005: Watford beat Hurlingham 5-2 (5 Jun)
5th Jun 2005: Merton beat Colchester 5-2
1st Jun 2005: Tyneside beat Nottingham 7-0 (29 May)
1st Jun 2005: Beverley beat Bowdon 6-1
22nd May 2005: East Dorset beat Cheltenham 5-2 (18 May)
22nd May 2005: Roehampton beat Norwich 5-2
1st Apr 2005: Draw

AC - Secretary's Shield

27th Sep 2005: Woodhall Spa beat Swindon to win the Secretary's Shield 5-2 (23 Sep)
19th Aug 2005: Swindon beat Bury 4-3 (18 Aug)
13th Aug 2005: Woodhall Spa beat Tyneside 4-3
18th Jul 2005: BURY beat YORK at home 6-1
18th Jul 2005: Woodhall Spa beat Purley Bury 4-3
11th Jul 2005: Swindon beat Reading 4-3
3rd Jul 2005: Tyneside beat Wrest Park 6-1
22nd May 2005: Purley Bury beat Kenilworth by 5-2
22nd May 2005: Bury beat Middlesbrough 5-2
1st Apr 2005: Draw

GC - Inter-Club

31st Dec 2005: Surbiton beat East Dorset 6-1
31st Dec 2005: 2005 Golf Croquet Inter-Club Championship - Results summary
9th Oct 2005: Surbiton beat Sussex County 6-0
24th Aug 2005: East Dorset beat Tyneside at Ashby 6-1
5th Jul 2005: Sussex County beat Dulwich 5-2
3rd Jul 2005: Surbiton beat Blewbury 4-3
3rd Jul 2005: Tyneside beat Ashby 7-0
22nd Jun 2005: Hurlingham lost to East Dorset 2-4
22nd May 2005: Blewbury beat Colchester 4-3
1st Apr 2005: Draw

International

10th Dec 2005: Belgian Indoor Open 2006
14th Nov 2005: Missing link found, in Norway!
14th Nov 2005: US National Public Radio on croquet
29th Sep 2005: WCF announces major initiative to develop croquet and member associations around the world (22 Sep)
29th Sep 2005: South-West German Open 2005 (24-25 Sep)
21st Sep 2005: SCA Chairman's Rosebowl and Malmet Trophy (17-19 Sep)
20th Sep 2005: Stephen Mulliner retains European Championship
5th Sep 2005: Ireland beat GB 8-6
10th Aug 2005: Beware the Germans!
10th Aug 2005: Colin Irwin won The German Open (29-31 Jul)
10th Aug 2005: John Davis won the 9th Belgian Open
6th Aug 2005: Ronan McInerney won the Irish Championship
5th Aug 2005: The Australian visitors defeated the Welsh 8-6
1st Aug 2005: Ian Burridge won the Welsh Championship
26th Jul 2005: Scottish Open - full report
18th Jul 2005: Jonathan Kirby won the Scottish Open
20th Jun 2005: England won the Home internationals convincingly without losing a single match
15th Jun 2005: Home Internationals this weekend
14th Jun 2005: Robert Fulford won the Resort Invitational (8-12 Jun)
9th Jun 2005: WCF to review Association Croquet Ranking System
2nd Jun 2005: Invitation to quiz the WCF
2nd Jun 2005: The Welsh Home Internationals team announced
1st Jun 2005: Scotland's Home intermationals team
27th May 2005: England's Home International Team Announced
22nd May 2005: Vi-King raid on the first Nordic Championships (15 May)
10th May 2005: First Egyptian Open Championship announced
25th Apr 2005: Invitation to play in the 4th German Open Championship
1st Apr 2005: 2005 Solomon Trophy: GB cruise home on the final day from 7-7
24th Mar 2005: 2005 Solomon Trophy Test Match - starts today
21st Feb 2005: English Week Tournament, West Palm Beach (9-13 Feb)
1st Feb 2005: The first International Croquet Tournament in Norway
28th Jan 2005: New WCF Golf Croquet Rules (2005 Edition) published
15th Jan 2005: Robert Fulford won the New Zealand Open Championship
12th Jan 2005: First WCF Women's World Golf Croquet Championships: Cairo November 2005
1st Jan 2005: WCF launch new version of their website

World Championship

14th Aug 2005: Reg Bamford won the World Championship
14th Aug 2005: Dave Maugham's detailed sideline report of the Final
14th Aug 2005: World Championship Knockout Results
13th Aug 2005: As was widely predicted, Reg and Rob will fight it out in the final - 3-0 in each semi-final proved their dominance
13th Aug 2005: Dave Maugham's detailed sideline report of the Semi-Finals
12th Aug 2005: World Championship Plate Knockout
12th Aug 2005: Dave Maugham's detailed sideline report of the Quarter-Finals
12th Aug 2005: Chris Clarke's detailed sideline report throughout Round 2
11th Aug 2005: World Championship - Day 5
10th Aug 2005: World Championship - Day 3 & 4
9th Aug 2005: World Championship - Day 3
9th Aug 2005: World Championship Qualifiers - Final results and play-offs
8th Aug 2005: Full Block Results
8th Aug 2005: World Championship - Day 2
6th Aug 2005: World Championship - Day 1
5th Jun 2005: World Championship Qualifiers - and the winners are
2nd Apr 2005: The Mitsubishi Motors 2005 World Association Croquet Championship - General (open) Qualifier details announced
23rd Mar 2005: The Mitsubishi Motors 2005 World Association Croquet Championship - English Qualifier details announced

Technical

23rd Feb 2005: Slow motion video of peel pull by Bob Kroeger

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