News 2025

CqE Official News

• 19th Dec 2025: Mark 'Sooty' Suter 26/07/69 - 18/12/25
• 17th Dec 2025: Croquet England Office Festive Period Closure Dates
• 14th Dec 2025: Availability now open for England v Spain GC Test
• 8th Dec 2025:  England places for 2026 GC European Championship announced
• 29th Nov 2025: Vacancy: Croquet England Treasurer
• 26th Nov 2025: England MacRobertson Shield Team announced
• 21st Nov 2025: Selection announcement date for GC European Champs changed
• 19th Nov 2025: ERC Committee Election 2025
• 13th Nov 2025: Official Ruling on the laws of Alternate Stroke Doubles
• 6th Nov 2025:  The Most Improved Player Awards 2025
• 6th Nov 2025:  Changes to the Eligibility Criteria for Golf Croquet A-Level and B-Level Series Tournaments
• 6th Oct 2025:  Croquet England Treasurer
• 29th Sep 2025: Most Improved Player Awards 2025 - nominations please
• 26th Sep 2025: Croquet England is delighted to announce the appointment of Andy Dalby-Welsh as CEO from 1 October
• 24th Sep 2025: Jonathan Isaacs elected Croquet England President
• 24th Sep 2025: Croquet England AGM 11 October 2025
• 23rd Sep 2025: New Independent Trustees for the Board of Croquet England
• 18th Sep 2025: Availability for MacRobertson Shield is now open
• 17th Sep 2025: Availability is now open for the 2026 European GC Champs
• 8th Sep 2025:  Alliance Witan sponsors the Association Croquet England Team
• 4th Sep 2025:  Are You a Winner?
• 24th Aug 2025: Advance notice of Annual General Meeting
• 16th Aug 2025: Proposed changes to Croquet England's Constitution
• 15th Aug 2025: Trustee Elections
• 30th Jul 2025: Election for new President of Croquet England
• 28th Jul 2025: Patricia Duke-Cox retires as President of Croquet England
• 30th Jun 2025: Could you lead Croquet England?
• 30th Jun 2025: Step Forward and Shape the Future of Croquet England
• 9th Jun 2025:  Lawn Maintenance Seminar [Nottingham Croquet Club]
• 8th Jun 2025:  Implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment
• 4th Jun 2025:  Croquet England Trustee elections: call for nominations
• 29th May 2025: England Team to play GC Test v USA announced
• 27th May 2025: Croquet England is looking for new trustees
• 26th May 2025: Croquet England McWeeney Trophy Team Announced - Sponsored by Ambassador Cruise Line!
• 14th May 2025: Croquet Gazette Survey 2025: Results
• 30th Apr 2025: The Croquet England Diploma
• 27th Apr 2025: Election of Croquet England Trustees: the new arrangements, with website links
• 25th Apr 2025: Croquet England Bursary Scheme - Deadline Extended
• 4th Apr 2025:  GC Test Match against USA announced
• 31st Mar 2025: AC World Championship places announced
• 11th Mar 2025: CqE's International Committee is seeking some fresh faces
• 7th Feb 2025:  Applications invited for Interim CEO of Croquet England
• 4th Feb 2025:  Honorarium available for Independent Examiner of Croquet England
• 3rd Feb 2025:  Thank you Beatrice
• 1st Feb 2025:  Tournament Regulations 2025
• 29th Jan 2025: European GC Champs 15-18 May - updated 12th Dec,15th Dec, 29th Jan and 21st February
• 28th Jan 2025: The synergy of Croquet and Bowls
• 14th Jan 2025: Would you like to be part of a team delivering change?
• 9th Jan 2025:  2025 Results and Reports

Club News

• 2nd Dec 2025:  Kenilworth Croquet Club received the Silver ClubMark accreditation
• 19th May 2025: Surbiton One-Ball won by Ludolph Van Hasselt
• 19th May 2025: Ken Knock wins at Nottingham, Charity 1-ball regional final, 17/05

Other News

• 29th Nov 2025: Do Croquet champions compete longer than Snooker champions?
• 4th Jun 2025:  Reg Bamford's New Swing Trainer
• 28th May 2025: The national schools croquet championships
• 28th Feb 2025: Croquet Gazette Survey
• 3rd Jan 2025:  2024 Croquet Season Winners

AC - Championships

• 11th Sep 2025: Mike Hedge takes the Treasures Tankard
• 11th Sep 2025: Tobi Savage Wins the AC Selector's Weekend - GC Reigns in Ramsgate
• 3rd Sep 2025:  Challenge & Gilbey
• 28th Aug 2025: David Maugham won the Northern Championship
• 31st Jul 2025: 2025 Students Championship
• 19th Jul 2025: Croquet England AC Open Championships
• 30th Jun 2025: Debbie Lines won the East Midlands Championship
• 18th Jun 2025: Men's & Women's Championships
• 13th Jun 2025: Debbie Lines & Samir Patel take home the Croquet Mixed Doubles Challenge Cups
• 9th Jun 2025:  England wins the 2025 Association Croquet Home International Championship
• 28th May 2025: Nottinghamshire won the 2025 AC Inter-County Championship
• 7th May 2025:  David Maugham won the Coles Championship

GC - Championships

• 27th Aug 2025: CqE Select win GC Inter-Counties Division 2
• 17th Aug 2025: Lincolnshire's Super Team take home the Inter-County Division 1 Trophy
• 31st Jul 2025: The 2025 GC Veterans Championship was won by Simon Carter
• 31st Jul 2025: GC English National Doubles Champions Crowned at Budleigh
• 9th Jul 2025:  Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier
• 30th Jun 2025: Congratulations Reg Bamford!
• 28th Jun 2025: Golf Croquet Open Doubles Champions 2025
• 24th Jun 2025: Reg Bamford wins the Roehampton GC Championship Open
• 19th May 2025: Final places in the GC Opens announced
• 12th May 2025: Reg Bamford won the East Anglian GC Championship
• 28th Apr 2025: Tim Russell won the Sidmouth GC Championship
• 10th Mar 2025: European U21 GC Champs

AC

• 3rd Oct 2025:  Chris Martin won the ARK
• 9th Sep 2025:  Chris Williamson wins the Viking Challenge
• 4th Sep 2025:  Croquet England v Scottish Croquet Association, 30-31 August 2025
• 1st Sep 2025:  Jack Good won the Nottingham Advanced Weekend
• 22nd Aug 2025: Robbie Dodds won the Tompkinson Shield
• 14th Aug 2025: Bowdon Short Croquet
• 12th Aug 2025: Neil Adams won the Yorkshire White Rose
• 4th Aug 2025:  Mark Simmerson won the Tyneside Advanced
• 31st Jul 2025: Watford AC Midweek B-Level Advanced (23 Jul)
• 23rd Jul 2025: AC Eights Selections
• 22nd Jul 2025: Debbie Lines is Super-Advanced champion of England
• 24th Jun 2025: Michael Bithell won the Newport B-Class
• 24th Jun 2025: Anthony Miller won the Middlesbrough Advanced tournament
• 19th Jun 2025: Edgbaston B-Level AC
• 19th Jun 2025: Watford Open AC One-Day tournament
• 12th Jun 2025: Heart of Yorkshire AC Handicap Tournament
• 10th Jun 2025: Woking Mid-Summer AC Open (doubles and singles)
• 9th Jun 2025:  Cumbria Cup success for Neil Adams
• 3rd Jun 2025:  Neil Adams won the Bowdon Advanced Weekend
• 21st May 2025: Pendle and Craven Advanced B/C-Class weekend
• 20th May 2025: Mark Avery won the Newport Open Weekend
• 19th May 2025: Nailsea Advanced Class Tournament
• 9th May 2025:  Keith Aiton won the Hurlingham May Weekend
• 8th May 2025:  Neil Adams won the Hunstanton Open Weekend
• 30th Apr 2025: Compete for Croquet England - Sponsored by Ambassador Cruise Line!
• 28th Apr 2025: Stephen Allen won the Woking Spring Super-B
• 22nd Apr 2025: James Death won the Cheltenham Easter Advanced
• 22nd Apr 2025: Samir Patel won the Surbiton Easter AC Open
• 15th Apr 2025: Andrew Hobbs won the Southwick Salver
• 11th Apr 2025: Mark van Loon won the Ealing Advanced Weekend
• 10th Apr 2025: Swindon and Kington Langley's One Ball Croquet Competition raises more than £250 for charity
• 9th Apr 2025:  Action for AC webinar link
• 7th Apr 2025:  Middlesbrough 1 Ball Tournament 5th April
• 14th Feb 2025: 'Action For AC' Webinar - 7:30 pm on Monday 31st March

AC - Mixed

• 26th Jun 2025: East Dorset June Tournament

AC - Handicap

• 13th Oct 2025: Brian Jamieson won the Hurlingham Handicap One Ball
• 19th Sep 2025: David Boxell won the Wrest Park AC Handicap Tournament
• 9th Sep 2025:  John Hutchinson wins the Hussars Cup
• 14th Aug 2025: Cheltenham High Bisque
• 16th Jun 2025: Colin Dykes won the Ashby AC Handicap Weekend
• 14th May 2025: The Peel Memorials
• 1st May 2025:  Mark Oldale won the Latham Cup
• 28th Apr 2025: Andrew Killick won the Middlesbrough Handicap
• 22nd Apr 2025: Nicky Newberry won the McClements Cup

GC

• 30th Dec 2025: 2026 European GC Club League
• 14th Oct 2025: Roehampton won the European Club League Grand Final
• 30th Sep 2025: GC Rules Theory Exam now available
• 23rd Sep 2025: Congratulations to Adrian Coward, the country's National GC B-Level (+4hcp) Series Winner, 2025
• 19th Sep 2025: Fiona Walker won the GC All England
• 27th Aug 2025: Paul J Williams and Alison Murray win Ashby's National Forest GC Doubles
• 31st Jul 2025: England Victorious at GC Home Internationals 2025
• 9th Jul 2025:  GC Eights selection announcement
• 12th Jun 2025: Open GC Handicap Doubles Tournament
• 25th Apr 2025: Stephen Wingrove & Jennian Geddes are winners at the April Don's Day Light
• 14th Apr 2025: Roehampton win first GC European Club league heat
• 8th Apr 2025:  Advantage GC - Trial of Target Scores Method approved by WCF
• 7th Apr 2025:  Exciting Updates to the GC Merit Award Scheme for 2025
• 27th Feb 2025: Golf Croquet Skills Assessment
• 14th Feb 2025: Advantage Play 2024/25 Version

GC - Tournaments

• 7th Oct 2025:  Dee McKibbin won the GC C-Level (+7hcp) series final
• 3rd Oct 2025:  Steve Leonard won the GC A Series Final
• 22nd Aug 2025: Adrian Coward won the Sidmouth GC B-Level
• 22nd Aug 2025: Graham Brooksbank won the Sidmouth GC C-Level
• 12th Aug 2025: Andrew Grant won the Ashby GC B-Level
• 12th Aug 2025: Liz Johnson won the Ashby GC D-Level
• 6th Aug 2025:  Tim Russell won the Budleigh GC Open Series
• 31st Jul 2025: David Artingstall wins GC 'C' Level series Tournament at Bury (16 Jul)
• 23rd Jul 2025: Liza Furnival won the Cheltenham C-Level GC event
• 3rd Jul 2025:  Mark Buckley wins the National Forest GC Championship (Open Series)
• 30th Jun 2025: Alastair Broom won the Cheltenham GC B-Level
• 16th Jun 2025: Colin Groves won the Woking A-Level series
• 16th Jun 2025: Dee McKibbin won the Woking C-Level
• 16th Jun 2025: Richard Platt won the Woking GC B-Level Series
• 16th Jun 2025: Woking GC Open Level Series
• 4th Jun 2025:  Colin Britt won the Cheltenham Challenge
• 4th Jun 2025:  Gill Brent won the Chester GC B-Level
• 3rd Jun 2025:  Lionel Tibble wins Wrest Park GC Open
• 30th May 2025: Ray Hodgson wins Wrest Park GC C-Level
• 30th May 2025: Peter Adams wins Wrest Park GC B-Level
• 20th May 2025: Albie Willett won the Hunstanton GC Open Series
• 20th May 2025: Rob Strover won the Bury GC B-Level
• 20th May 2025: Jo-Ann Hughes won the Pendle B-Level GC
• 19th May 2025: Peter Adams won the GC B-Level Series tournament at East Dorset
• 16th May 2025: Philip Rowley won the Guildford & Godalming D-Level
• 15th May 2025: Mike O'Brian wins the Ashby One Day Open GC tournament
• 14th May 2025: Samir Patel won the Montevideo Cup
• 13th May 2025: Sidmouth GC Team Challenge
• 9th May 2025:  Kim Dalland won the Crake Valley GC C-Level
• 7th May 2025:  Stephen Webb won the Watford GC B-Level
• 28th Apr 2025: Ross Bagni won the Lancashire GC Open
• 28th Apr 2025: Mike Grossmith won the Watford GC C-Level
• 23rd Apr 2025: Les Heard wins Easter GC A-level at Wrest Park
• 14th Apr 2025: James Death makes it a 'Hat trick' of Barter Cups
• 10th Apr 2025: Cheshire Open 5th-6th April

AC - Inter-Club

• 4th Oct 2025:  Surbiton beat Bowdon to win the 2025 AC Inter-Club Championship 5-2
• 1st Sep 2025:  Sussex County lost to Surbiton 1-6
• 2nd Aug 2025:  Nottingham lost to Bowdon 2-5
• 17th Jul 2025: Sussex County beat Bristol 4-3
• 1st Jul 2025:  Surbiton beat Woking 5-0
• 21st Jun 2025: Wrest Park lost to Nottingham 1-6
• 27th Apr 2025: Bowdon beat Roehampton 4-3
• 27th Apr 2025: Hurlingham lost to Nottingham 3-6
• 24th Apr 2025: East Dorset lost to Sussex County 3-4
• 3rd Mar 2025:  Draw

AC - Mary Rose

• 20th Oct 2025: Hurlingham beat High Wycombe to win the Mary Rose 6-1 (19 Oct)
• 15th Aug 2025: High Wycombe beat Bury 4-3
• 12th Aug 2025: High Wycombe beat Newport 4-3 (25 Jul)
• 1st Aug 2025:  Hurlingham beat East Dorset 6-1
• 26th Jul 2025: Bowdon lost to Bury 3-4 (25 Jul)
• 12th Jul 2025: East Dorset beat Watford 6-1
• 2nd Jul 2025:  Hurlingham beat Surbiton 5-2
• 22nd Jun 2025: Tunbridge Wells lost to Watford 3-4 (21 Jun)
• 19th Jun 2025: Newport beat Letchworth 4-3
• 15th Jun 2025: Bury beat Nottingham 5-2 (14 Jun)
• 13th Jun 2025: High Wycombe beat Wrest Park 5-2 (12 Jun)
• 12th Jun 2025: East Dorset beat Bristol 4-3 (10 Jun)
• 4th Jun 2025:  Surbiton beat Roehampton 5-2
• 28th May 2025: Hurlingham beat Sussex County w/o
• 20th May 2025: Bowdon beat Chester 4-3 (19 May)
• 18th May 2025: Nottingham beat Pinchbeck 4-0 (13 May)
• 8th May 2025:  Woking lost to Hurlingham 3-4
• 28th Apr 2025: Ealing lost to Watford w/o
• 12th Mar 2025: Draw

AC - Longman Cup

• 28th Sep 2025: East Dorset beat Southport to win the Longman Cup 4-3 (27 Sep)
• 1st Sep 2025:  Southport beat Newport 5-2 (31 Aug)
• 11th Aug 2025: East Dorset beat High Wycombe 5-2
• 27th Jul 2025: Newport beat Ashby 7-0
• 27th Jul 2025: High Wycombe beat Sussex County 4-3 (19 Jul)
• 26th Jul 2025: Phyllis Court lost to East Dorset 3-4
• 20th Jul 2025: Southport beat Bury 6-1
• 1st Jul 2025:  Ashby beat Shrewsbury 5-2 (1 Jul)
• 1st Jul 2025:  Guildford lost to East Dorset 2-5
• 30th Jun 2025: Sussex County beat Compton 4-3
• 25th Jun 2025: Phyllis Court beat Kington Langley 5-2
• 25th Jun 2025: High Wycombe beat Hurlingham 7-0
• 21st Jun 2025: Pendle lost to Southport 3-4
• 9th Jun 2025:  Ashby beat Wrest Park 4-3
• 9th Jun 2025:  Penrith lost to Bury 3-4
• 6th Jun 2025:  Newport beat Pinchbeck 4-3
• 31st May 2025: Guildford beat Woking 4-3 (29 May)
• 30th May 2025: Pinchbeck beat Nottingham 4-1
• 30th May 2025: Newport beat Letchworth 5-2
• 29th May 2025: Bowdon lost to Pendle 0-7
• 29th May 2025: East Dorset beat Bristol 6-1
• 28th May 2025: Watford lost to Sussex County 0-7
• 22nd May 2025: Penrith beat Chester 4-3
• 20th May 2025: York lost to Southport 2-5 (13 May)
• 19th May 2025: Ealing lost to High Wycombe 2-5
• 16th May 2025: Kington Langley beat Blewbury 5-2
• 6th May 2025:  Surbiton lost to Compton 1-6 (2 May)
• 30th Apr 2025: Hurlingham beat Roehampton 4-3 (29 Apr)
• 3rd Mar 2025:  Draw

AC - Secretary's Shield

• 24th Sep 2025: Peterborough beat Middlesbrough 5-2 (4 Aug)
• 24th Sep 2025: Sussex County beat Peterborough 5-2 (23 Sep)
• 18th Jul 2025: Sussex County beat Caversham 4-3
• 30th Jun 2025: Middlesbrough beat Southport 5-2
• 26th Jun 2025: Peterborough beat Nottingham 6-1
• 22nd Jun 2025: Sussex County beat Enfield w/o
• 22nd Jun 2025: Bath lost to Caversham 2-3 (21 Jun)
• 29th May 2025: Broadwas lost to Bath 2-5 (28 May)
• 18th May 2025: Southport beat Huddersfield 5-2
• 5th Mar 2025:  Draw

GC - Inter-Club

• 28th Sep 2025: Roehampton beat Bowdon to win the GC Inter-Club 4-3 (27 Sep)
• 16th Aug 2025: Phyllis Court lost to Bowdon 1-5 (15 Jun)
• 5th Jul 2025:  Bowdon beat Hurlingham 4-2 (4 Jul)
• 16th Jun 2025: Roehampton beat East Dorset 4-3
• 13th Jun 2025: Phyllis Court beat Nottingham 4-3 (5 Jun)
• 6th Jun 2025:  Roehampton beat Dulwich 5-1
• 3rd Jun 2025:  Woking lost to East Dorset 0-5
• 14th May 2025: Woking beat Surbiton 4-2
• 13th May 2025: Sussex County lost to Dulwich 1-4
• 10th Apr 2025: Watford lost to Hurlingham 3-4
• 5th Mar 2025:  Draw

GC - Murphy Shield

• 29th Sep 2025: Watford beat Guildford to win the Murphy Shield 4-3
• 8th Sep 2025:  Watford beat Southport 5-2 (7 Sep)
• 2nd Sep 2025:  Guildford beat Sussex County 5-1
• 26th Jul 2025: Guildford beat Hamptworth 5-0 (25 Jul)
• 20th Jul 2025: Dulwich lost to Sussex County 3-4 (18 Jul)
• 19th Jul 2025: Pendle lost to Southport 2-5
• 11th Jul 2025: Enfield lost to Watford 3-4
• 8th Jul 2025:  Hamptworth beat Surbiton 4-3
• 17th Jun 2025: Phyllis Court lost to Guildford 3-4
• 14th Jun 2025: Enfield beat Leighton Linslade 4-3 (13 Jun)
• 14th Jun 2025: Dulwich beat Hurlingham 4-3 (12 Jun)
• 9th Jun 2025:  Pendle beat Branston 5-2
• 29th May 2025: Watford beat Leicester 4-3
• 28th May 2025: Cheam lost to Sussex County 3-4
• 28th May 2025: Southport beat Chester 4-3
• 16th May 2025: Phyllis Court beat Camerton & Peasedown 5-1 (14 Apr)
• 16th May 2025: Ashby lost to Pendle 1-5 (1 May)
• 12th May 2025: Leighton Linslade beat High Wycombe 5-2
• 12th May 2025: Cheam beat Compton 5-2
• 8th May 2025:  Sussex County beat Roehampton 5-2
• 30th Apr 2025: Hurlingham beat Ealing 5-2 (28 Apr)
• 30th Apr 2025: Nottingham lost to Branston 3-4 (28 Apr)
• 30th Apr 2025: Hamptworth beat East Dorset 4-3 (22 Apr)
• 30th Apr 2025: Wrest Park lost to Leicester 2-5 (29 Apr)
• 25th Apr 2025: Newport lost to Enfield 3-4
• 28th Mar 2025: Southport beat Croquet Durham w/o
• 4th Mar 2025:  Draw

GC - Tier 3 Bowl

• 29th Sep 2025: Roehampton beat Nottingham to win the Inter-Club Tier 3 Bowl 4-3
• 31st Aug 2025: Roehampton beat Ealing 4-2
• 25th Aug 2025: Phyllis Court lost to Nottingham 3-4 (23 Aug)
• 17th Jul 2025: Roehampton beat Compton 4-2
• 15th Jul 2025: Phyllis Court beat Caversham 4-3
• 1st Jul 2025:  Nottingham beat Ashby 4-3 (30 Jun)
• 28th Jun 2025: Ealing beat Hurlingham 6-0 (26 Jun)
• 13th Jun 2025: Phyllis Court beat Swindon B 4-1 (21 Apr)
• 10th Jun 2025: Compton beat Guildford 5-2
• 9th Jun 2025:  Hurlingham beat Maldon 4-2
• 9th Jun 2025:  Roehampton beat Purley Bury 7-0
• 9th Jun 2025:  Ashby beat Leicester 5-1
• 2nd Jun 2025:  Ealing beat Surbiton 6-0
• 1st Jun 2025:  Camerton & Peasedown lost to Caversham 3-4 (31 May)
• 31st May 2025: Nottingham beat Ripon Spa w/o
• 12th May 2025: Ealing beat Leighton Linslade 5-2
• 9th May 2025:  Ashby beat Derby 4-3
• 6th May 2025:  Branston lost to Nottingham 1-6 (6 May)
• 27th Apr 2025: Camerton & Peasedown beat Swindon A 4-3 (23 Apr)
• 25th Apr 2025: Sussex County lost to Compton 1-6
• 4th Mar 2025:  Draw

AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club

• 29th Sep 2025: Nottingham B beat Blewbury to retain the Short Croquet Inter-Club 6-5
• 1st Sep 2025:  Bath lost to Blewbury 3-8
• 29th Aug 2025: Bowdon lost to Nottingham B 4-7
• 9th Jun 2025:  Huddersfield lost to Nottingham B 5-6
• 15th May 2025: Bowdon beat Nottingham A 10-1
• 4th Mar 2025:  Draw

GC - Federations Shield

• 11th Sep 2025: Crake Valley beat Phyllis Court 2 4-3
• 12th Aug 2025: Crake Valley beat Colchester 6-1
• 28th Jul 2025: Phyllis Court 2 beat Bromley 6-1 (19 Jul)
• 15th Jul 2025: Phyllis Court 1 lost to Bromley 3-4
• 14th Jun 2025: Colchester beat Woodhall Spa 5-2 (13 Jun)
• 21st May 2025: Crake Valley beat Ripon Spa 5-2
• 28th Apr 2025: Phyllis Court 2 beat Cheltenham 5-1
• 3rd Mar 2025:  Draw

International

• 24th Dec 2025: Debbie Lines inducted to WCF Hall of Fame
• 27th Nov 2025: 2026 European GC Women's Championship
• 28th Oct 2025: Announcement of the 2026 edition of the GC European Clubs League
• 11th Aug 2025: Great Britain wins the Solomon Trophy 2025 [GB vs. USA Test]
• 21st May 2025: Selection for Solomon Trophy GB v USA at Budleigh Salterton (7-10 August 2025)
• 19th May 2025: England dominates the European Championships 2025
• 2nd May 2025:  Spain v England GC Test Match is being livestreamed
• 21st Apr 2025: England Team for the GC Home Internationals named
• 18th Mar 2025: England Team for AC Home Internationals announced

World Championship

• 10th Oct 2025: Following the Association Croquet World Championship
• 11th Apr 2025: Following the U21 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship
• 9th Apr 2025:  England has high hopes for retaining the U21 World title
• 16th Feb 2025: WCF PFC Mallets GC World Team Championship
• 31st Jan 2025: Good Luck England