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28th Jun: 18 year old Aston Wade is the new Open GC Champion
19th Jun: England won the International Challenge and the AC Home Internationals
18th May: Bernard Neal Trophy (May Advanced)
11th May: Coles Championship Cheltenham CC 1-3 May 2021
30th Apr: Visit the CA online shop today and take a look around
26th Feb: 7th Edition Laws of Association Croquet is published
31st Dec 2020: Surbiton beat Bristol to win the 2020 Inter-Club final 7-1
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Latest Major Competition News and Results
- Reg Bamford won the Association Croquet Open Singles Championship (AC - Championships)
- James Death and Samir Patel won the Association Croquet Open Doubles Championship (3 Jul 2021) (AC - Championships)
- 11th Jul: Jamie Burch won the Association Plate (AC - Championships)
- 16th Jun: CA COVID-19 Guidance Updated from 15th June
Recent News
- CA COVID-19 Guidance Updated from 19th July
- CA AC Eights and Selectors' Weekend (AC)
- Reg Bamford won the Association Croquet Open Singles Championship (AC - Championships)
- James Death and Samir Patel won the Association Croquet Open Doubles Championship (3 Jul 2021) (AC - Championships)
- Call for Nominations for CA Council Elections
- 26th Jul: Nailsea July Advanced Class Tournament (AC)
- 26th Jul: Ged Smolskas wins Fylde Jubilee Trophy (AC)
- 26th Jul: O'Donnell wins Wiltshire Cup at Hamptworth 17/18 July (GC)
- 26th Jul: Peter Uglow won the Bury C-Level GC (GC)
- 26th Jul: John Richardson of Newport won the GC B-Level (3+) Series Tournament at Leighton-Linslade CC (13 Jun 2021) (GC)
- 26th Jul: St Albans beat Tyneside 6-1 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 25th Jul: Bristol beat High Wycombe 5-1 (24 Jul 2021) (AC - Inter-Club)
- 23rd Jul: Tony Butcher won the GC Veterans Championship (GC - Championships)
- 23rd Jul: Jack Good won the Lancashire Open Championship (GC - Championships)
- 23rd Jul: Dominic Nunns won the COWhorn (AC)
- 23rd Jul: John Hague of Dulwich won the Hunstanton round of the CA GC A-Level (0+) Series (GC)
- 23rd Jul: Letchworth lost to Nottingham 2-5 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 22nd Jul: Guildford beat Cheam 5-2 (21 Jul 2021) (GC - Inter-Club Shield)
- 21st Jul: Tournament Regulations Update
- 21st Jul: The National Seniors Championships 12 - 17 July 2021 (AC - Mixed)
- 20th Jul: Ian Lines won the Blewbury Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 20th Jul: Nick Archer won Ryde GC Open (GC)
- 19th Jul: CA Bursary Scheme awards 2021
- 19th Jul: Bowdon beat Chester 7-0 (18 Jul 2021) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 19th Jul: Swindon lost to Harwell/Eynsham 2-5 (18 Jul 2021) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 18th Jul: High Wycombe beat St Albans 3-2 (14 Jul 2021) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 16th Jul: Crake Valley beat High Wycombe 4-2 (GC - Federations Shield)
- 15th Jul: Andrew Beaumont won the Nottingham B-Level GC Tournament (GC)
- 15th Jul: Jim Beach won the Cheltenham C-Level GC (GC)
- 15th Jul: GC Eights selections (GC)
- 15th Jul: Guildford lost to Sussex County 2-5 (14 Jul 2021) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 14th Jul: Sheffield beat Hampstead Heath 3-2 (10 Jul 2021) (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 13th Jul: Sidmouth GC Team Challenge 10/11th July (GC)
- 13th Jul: Woking beat Dulwich 5-1 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 12th Jul: Eleanor Ross wins the National Forest GC Championship July 3rd/4th (GC - Championships)
- 12th Jul: Wrest Park July Advanced (AC)
- 12th Jul: James Brind won the Newport B-Class (AC)
- 12th Jul: Richard Williamson won the Sidmouth Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 12th Jul: East Dorset June Week (AC - Mixed)
- 12th Jul: Al Brown won the Colchester Over 50's Handicap Tournament (AC - Handicap)
- 12th Jul: Jane Powell wins Bath B-Level (3+) Series tournament (8 July) (GC)
- 12th Jul: Tony McCann wins the GC Bury B-Level (3+) Series tournament (GC)
- 12th Jul: Debra Hayns (Ryde) wins Hamptworth National Series B-Level Tournament-26th/27th June (GC)
- 12th Jul: Tyneside lost to Pendle 2-5 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 11th Jul: Jamie Burch won the Association Plate (AC - Championships)
- 9th Jul: Woking beat Bristol w/o (AC - Mary Rose)
- 9th Jul: European GC Championships Budleigh 12th to 15th August 2021 (International)
- 8th Jul: Hamptworth lost to Church Stretton 2-3 (2 Jul 2021) (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 8th Jul: Long Eaton Park lost to Broadwas 2-4 (5 Jul 2021) (GC - Federations Shield)
- 6th Jul: Letchworth beat Watford 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 6th Jul: Ashby beat Watford w/o (GC - Inter-Club)
- 5th Jul: Roehampton lost to Surbiton 2-4 (2 Jul 2021) (AC - Inter-Club)
- 4th Jul: James Death won East Midlands Championship (27 Jun 2021) (AC - Championships)
- 4th Jul: Camerton & Peasedown lost to High Wycombe 3-4 (3 Jul 2021) (GC - Inter-Club Shield)
- 1st Jul: Chester beat Nailsea 4-1 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 1st Jul: Selection for CA v SCA (International)
- 30th Jun: Reg Bamford and Richard Bilton won the GC Open Doubles Championship (GC - Championships)
- 30th Jun: Dennis Scarr won the Middlesborough B-Level AC Tournament (AC)
- 29th Jun: Sue Nicholas won the Guildford & Godalming GC C-Level Tournament (26 Jun 2021) (GC)
- 29th Jun: Nottingham lost to Bowdon 1-6 (20 Jun 2021) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 29th Jun: Roehampton lost to Cheam 2-5 (28 Jun 2021) (GC - Inter-Club Shield)
- 28th Jun: U25s croquet summer improvers Wrest Park 24th and 25th August
- 28th Jun: Mens & Womens Championship (20 Jun 2021) (AC - Championships)
- 28th Jun: 18 year old Aston Wade is the new Open GC Champion (GC - Championships)
- 28th Jun: Rachel Gee won the GC Women's Open Championship (GC - Championships)
- 28th Jun: National Veterans Tournament - Budleigh Salterton 2021 (AC)
- 28th Jun: Frank Sharps won the GC C-Level Series at Hunstanton (GC)
- 28th Jun: Mark Buckley won the GC B-Level Series at Hunstanton (GC)
- 28th Jun: Simon Carter won the Woking Open GC (GC)
- 28th Jun: Bowdon beat Nottingham 5-2 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 28th Jun: Hamptworth beat Roehampton 4-3 (20 Jun 2021) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 28th Jun: Dulwich lost to Hurlingham 2-5 (GC - Inter-Club Shield)
- 27th Jun: Colchester beat Woking 4-3 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 27th Jun: Watford beat Wrest Park 4-3 (25 Jun 2021) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 24th Jun: Nick England won the Ryde GC C-Level (GC)
- 23rd Jun: Klim Seabright won Nailsea June Advanced Tournament (AC)
- 23rd Jun: Naomi Whitehead won the Woking GC C-Level (GC)
Coming Up
Where are the top players?
July
- 31-1: Budleigh The English National GC Doubles Championship
(GC) - 31-7: Carrickmines The Championships of Ireland 2021 (AC)
What's on?
- 31-1: Watford The Golf Croquet U25 Open Championship (GC)
- 28: Broadwas Golf Croquet B-Level (3+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 29: Broadwas Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 29: Sussex County GC (A-Level) Annual Tournament (GC)
- 30: Sussex County GC (B/C-Level) Annual Tournament (GC)
- 31-1: Phyllis Court Blewbury Golf Croquet B-Level (3+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 30-1: Surbiton The 53rd Championship of Surrey (AC)
- 27-28: Sussex County AC Annual Tournament (A, B & C-Class) (AC)
- 31-1: Nottingham C-Level Singles Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 31-1: Pendle August Weekend Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 29: Online Executive Committee Meeting
August
- 7: Northern Academy Classic Golf Croquet Skills and Tactics (Course)
- 8: Northern Academy Golf Croquet Skills and Tactics in Practice (Course)
- 7-8: Hunstanton The Hunstanton Golf Croquet Championship (Championship Series) (GC)
- 5: Bath Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 7: Guildford Golf Croquet B-Level (3+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 7-8: Chester Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 7-8: Surbiton The 'London Masters' Golf Croquet Event (GC)
- 3-4: Hamptworth C-Level 7+ Class Advanced (AC) Midweek Tournament (AC)
- 4-5: Watford Midweek B-Level Advanced (AC) (AC)
- 4-7: Budleigh The August (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 7-8: Cheltenham The First Women's Six (The Barlow Bowl) (AC)
- 7-8: Cheltenham The Second Women's Six (The Longman Bowl) (AC)
- 7-8: Norwich The Chalkhill Mallet Handicap (AC) (AC)
- 7: Blewbury August One-Day Short Croquet Tournament (AC)
- 7-8: Crake Valley Advanced Tournament (AC) (AC)
- 7-8: Tyneside Advanced Weekend (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 7-8: Wrest Park August Advanced (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 7-12: Hurlingham Annual Tournament (AC) (AC)
- 8-14: Balgreen Edinburgh Seven-Day Tournament (AC)
- 11: The Academy AC - It's All About the Break (Course)
- 10-12: Colchester Summer Midweek Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 10-12: East Dorset Midweek Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 18: Online Development Committee
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