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13th Jun: Debbie Lines & Samir Patel take home the Croquet Mixed Doubles Challenge Cups
12th Jun: Heart of Yorkshire AC Handicap Tournament
12th Jun: Open GC Handicap Doubles Tournament
10th Jun: Woking Mid-Summer AC Open (doubles and singles)
9th Jun: England wins the 2025 Association Croquet Home International Championship
9th Jun: Lawn Maintenance Seminar [Nottingham Croquet Club]
9th Jun: Cumbria Cup success for Neil Adams
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Latest Major Competition News and Results
- 13th Jun: Debbie Lines & Samir Patel take home the Croquet Mixed Doubles Challenge Cups (AC - Championships)
- 12th Jun: Open GC Handicap Doubles Tournament (GC)
- 9th Jun: England wins the 2025 Association Croquet Home International Championship (AC - Championships)
- 28th May: Nottinghamshire won the 2025 AC Inter-County Championship (AC - Championships)
- 26th May: Croquet England McWeeney Trophy Team Announced - Sponsored by Ambassador Cruise Line!
- 19th May: Surbiton One-Ball won by Ludolph Van Hasselt (Club News)
- 19th May: Ken Knock wins at Nottingham, Charity 1-ball regional final, 17/05 (Club News)
- 19th May: England dominates the European Championships 2025 (International)
Recent News
- Croquet England Trustee elections: call for nominations
- Croquet England is looking for new trustees
- 13th Jun: Debbie Lines & Samir Patel take home the Croquet Mixed Doubles Challenge Cups (AC - Championships)
- 13th Jun: High Wycombe beat Wrest Park 5-2 (12 Jun) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 13th Jun: Phyllis Court beat Nottingham 4-3 (5 Jun) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 13th Jun: Phyllis Court beat Swindon B 4-1 (21 Apr) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 12th Jun: Heart of Yorkshire AC Handicap Tournament (AC)
- 12th Jun: Open GC Handicap Doubles Tournament (GC)
- 12th Jun: East Dorset beat Bristol 4-3 (10 Jun) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 10th Jun: Woking Mid-Summer AC Open (doubles and singles) (AC)
- 10th Jun: Compton beat Guildford 5-2 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 9th Jun: Lawn Maintenance Seminar [Nottingham Croquet Club]
- 9th Jun: England wins the 2025 Association Croquet Home International Championship (AC - Championships)
- 9th Jun: Cumbria Cup success for Neil Adams (AC)
- 9th Jun: Ashby beat Wrest Park 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 9th Jun: Penrith lost to Bury 3-4 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 9th Jun: Pendle beat Branston 5-2 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 9th Jun: Hurlingham beat Maldon 4-2 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 9th Jun: Roehampton beat Purley Bury 7-0 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 9th Jun: Ashby beat Leicester 5-1 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 9th Jun: Huddersfield lost to Nottingham B 5-6 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 8th Jun: Implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment
- 6th Jun: Newport beat Pinchbeck 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 6th Jun: Roehampton beat Dulwich 5-1 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 4th Jun: Reg Bamford's New Swing Trainer
- 4th Jun: Colin Britt won the Cheltenham Challenge
- 4th Jun: Gill Brent won the Chester GC B-Level
- 4th Jun: Surbiton beat Roehampton 5-2 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 3rd Jun: Neil Adams won the Bowdon Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 3rd Jun: Lionel Tibble wins Wrest Park GC Open
- 3rd Jun: Woking lost to East Dorset 0-5 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 2nd Jun: Ealing beat Surbiton 6-0 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 1st Jun: Camerton & Peasedown lost to Caversham 3-4 (31 May) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 31st May: Guildford beat Woking 4-3 (29 May) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 31st May: Nottingham beat Ripon Spa w/o (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 30th May: Ray Hodgson wins Wrest Park GC C-Level
- 30th May: Peter Adams wins Wrest Park GC B-Level
- 30th May: Pinchbeck beat Nottingham 4-1 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 30th May: Newport beat Letchworth 5-2 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 29th May: England Team to play GC Test v USA announced
- 29th May: Bowdon lost to Pendle 0-7 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 29th May: East Dorset beat Bristol 6-1 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 29th May: Broadwas lost to Bath 2-5 (28 May) (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 29th May: Watford beat Leicester 4-3 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 28th May: The national schools croquet championships
- 28th May: Nottinghamshire won the 2025 AC Inter-County Championship (AC - Championships)
- 28th May: Hurlingham beat Sussex County w/o (AC - Mary Rose)
- 28th May: Watford lost to Sussex County 0-7 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 28th May: Cheam lost to Sussex County 3-4 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 28th May: Southport beat Chester 4-3 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 26th May: Croquet England McWeeney Trophy Team Announced - Sponsored by Ambassador Cruise Line!
- 22nd May: Penrith beat Chester 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 21st May: Pendle and Craven Advanced B/C-Class weekend (AC)
- 21st May: Crake Valley beat Ripon Spa 5-2 (GC - Federations Shield)
- 21st May: Selection for Solomon Trophy GB v USA at Budleigh Salterton (7-10 August 2025) (International)
- 20th May: Mark Avery won the Newport Open Weekend (AC)
- 20th May: Albie Willett won the Hunstanton GC Open Series
- 20th May: Rob Strover won the Bury GC B-Level
- 20th May: Jo-Ann Hughes won the Pendle B-Level GC
- 20th May: Bowdon beat Chester 4-3 (19 May) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 20th May: York lost to Southport 2-5 (13 May) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 19th May: Surbiton One-Ball won by Ludolph Van Hasselt (Club News)
- 19th May: Ken Knock wins at Nottingham, Charity 1-ball regional final, 17/05 (Club News)
- 19th May: Final places in the GC Opens announced (GC - Championships)
- 19th May: Nailsea Advanced Class Tournament (AC)
- 19th May: Peter Adams won the GC B-Level Series tournament at East Dorset
- 19th May: Ealing lost to High Wycombe 2-5 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 19th May: England dominates the European Championships 2025 (International)
- 18th May: Nottingham beat Pinchbeck 4-0 (13 May) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 18th May: Southport beat Huddersfield 5-2 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 16th May: Philip Rowley won the Guildford & Godalming D-Level
- 16th May: Kington Langley beat Blewbury 5-2 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 16th May: Phyllis Court beat Camerton & Peasedown 5-1 (14 Apr) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 16th May: Ashby lost to Pendle 1-5 (1 May) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 15th May: Mike O'Brian wins the Ashby One Day Open GC tournament
- 15th May: Bowdon beat Nottingham A 10-1 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 14th May: Croquet Gazette Survey 2025: Results
- 14th May: The Peel Memorials (AC - Handicap)
- 14th May: Samir Patel won the Montevideo Cup
- 14th May: Woking beat Surbiton 4-2 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 13th May: Sidmouth GC Team Challenge
- 13th May: Sussex County lost to Dulwich 1-4 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 12th May: Reg Bamford won the East Anglian GC Championship (GC - Championships)
- 12th May: Leighton Linslade beat High Wycombe 5-2 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 12th May: Cheam beat Compton 5-2 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 12th May: Ealing beat Leighton Linslade 5-2 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
Coming Up
Availability closes soon for AC Team Event - Scottish Croquet Association vs Croquet England >>
Where are the top players?
June
- 11-15: Nottingham The AC Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles' Championships
(AC) - 24-29: Budleigh The Golf Croquet Open Championships (GC)
- 16-21: Cheltenham The AC National Veterans' (65+) Championship (AC)
- 28-29: Ashby The National Forest Golf Croquet Championship (Open Series) (GC)
- 21-22: Roehampton The Roehampton Golf Croquet Championship (Championship Series) (GC)
- 27-29: Nottingham The Championship of the East Midlands (AC) (AC)
- 21-22: Nottingham The National Schools', Clubs' and Juniors' Championships (GC)
- 21-22: Meadows The Scottish Open (AC)
What's on?
- 14: Ealing Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 14: York Young Players' Charity Day (GC)
- 14-15: Woking Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 15: Colchester Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 14: Watford One-Day AC Tournament (AC)
- 14-15: Guildford Advanced (AC) Open Weekend (AC)
- 14-15: Nailsea June Advanced Singles (AC) Class Tournament (AC)
- 14-15: Newport (Essex) B-Level (AC) Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 14-15: Pendle & Craven Advanced Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 14-15: Peterborough Advanced Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 14-15: Ashby Handicap (AC) Singles Weekend (AC)
- 21: Colchester Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 21: Hamptworth Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 21: Northampton Golf Croquet C-Level Tournament (GC)
- 21-22: Sidmouth Golf Croquet Open Series Tournament (GC)
- 22: Hamptworth Golf Croquet Hamptworth 3+ Tournament (GC)
- 22: Northampton Golf Croquet B-Level Tournament (GC)
- 22: Surbiton Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 17-18: Bowdon B-Level Advanced (AC) Midweek (AC)
- 17-18: Budleigh BSCC AC Class Midweek Tournament (AC)
- 19-22: East Dorset June Tournament - Handicap and Level Play Events (AC) (AC)
- 21-22: Compton (Eastbourne) Advanced Weekend (COWhorn) (AC)
- 21-22: Middlesbrough Advanced (AC) Weekend (AC)
- 25: Cheltenham Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 26: Surbiton Don's Day (GC 0+) : Level Singles (GC)
- 27: Hunstanton Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 27: Swindon Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 28: Blewbury One-Day GC C-Level Tournament (GC)
- 28: East Dorset Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 28: Hunstanton Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 28: Swindon Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 28: Newport (Essex) Ladies' 4+ GC Handicap Singles (GC)
- 28-29: Ramsgate Ladies' GC Weekend (GC)
- 28-29: Watford Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 29: Hunstanton Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 24-25: Wrest Park June Advanced (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 25-26: Colchester Midweek Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 28-29: Bristol The Barbara Evans Trophy B-Level Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 26: Online Executive Meeting
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