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20th May: Jack Good won the European GC Singles Championship
13th May: Oxfordshire vs. Croquet England Women
26th Apr: National Croquet Day Celebrations
24th Apr: Welcome to our new National Safeguarding Officer
23rd Apr: Gordon Hopewell 28/2/47 - 4/4/26
20th Apr: GC Open Championship Prizes Confirmed
14th Apr: Three Days at Budleigh Salterton Croquet Club - GC B, C, D Level SERIES and SiSTER Tournaments
9th Apr: Croquet England Bursary Scheme ReminderThis area of the website provides easy access to news and information suitable for media news items and features. We hope the information you are looking for is here, and you are free to copy and use any information or pictures in this section of the website unless stated otherwise, except that there are restrictions on the use of photographs in the photo library - please see the copyright statements in that section.
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Latest Major Competition News and Results
- 13th May: Oxfordshire vs. Croquet England Women (AC)
- 7th May: Fine margins in the 'Barter Cup' where the weather triumphs!!!
- 26th Apr: National Croquet Day Celebrations
- 20th Apr: GC Open Championship Prizes Confirmed (GC - Championships)
- 3rd Apr: Croquet England welcomes two new Trustees to the Board
- 30th Mar: European Clubs League 2026 (GC)
Recent News
- 20th May: Guildford beat Hurlingham 5-1 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 20th May: Leicester beat Woodhall Spa 6-1 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 20th May: Jack Good won the European GC Singles Championship (International)
- 19th May: European AC Champs England place announced
- 19th May: Watford lost to Leicester 2-5 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 19th May: Phyllis Court beat Hove CC 5-1 (2 May) (GC - Federations' Shield)
- 19th May: Crake Valley lost to Backworth 3-4 (GC - Federations' Shield)
- 18th May: Gareth Hobby won the Charity One Ball Southern final (AC)
- 18th May: Richard Lamborn won the Charity One Ball Northern final (AC)
- 18th May: Fiona McCoig won the Colchester Spring Weekend (AC - Handicap)
- 18th May: Martin Sloots won the GGCC D-Level Series
- 17th May: High Wycombe beat Guildford 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 16th May: Roehampton lost to Ealing 3-4 (14 May) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 15th May: East Dorset beat Woking 4-3 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 15th May: Woking lost to Phyllis Court 2-5 (30 Apr) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 13th May: Oxfordshire vs. Croquet England Women (AC)
- 13th May: Nottingham beat Bowdon 5-1 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 12th May: Wrest Park beat Pinchbeck 5-2 (11 May) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 12th May: Newport beat High Wycombe 6-1 (23 Apr) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 12th May: Nottingham A beat YCF 7-4 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 11th May: Matthew Parsons completes a GC triple at Ryde
- 11th May: Mark Buckley won the Northern Stars - Ashby heat
- 11th May: Surbiton beat Woking 5-2 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 11th May: Newport beat St Albans 5-2 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 11th May: Fylde beat Middlesbrough 5-2 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 11th May: Southport beat Branston w/o (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 11th May: Sussex County lost to Guildford 2-5 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 8th May: Displaying World Ranking Data: DGrades
- 8th May: East Dorset lost to Phyllis Court 3-4 (7 May) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 7th May: Fine margins in the 'Barter Cup' where the weather triumphs!!!
- 6th May: Bowdon A beat Penrith 9-2 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 6th May: 2026 European AC Championship - Telc (International)
- 5th May: Garway beat Broadwas 3-2 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 5th May: Surbiton beat Enfield 6-1 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 5th May: Huddersfield lost to Bowdon B 3-8 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 4th May: Bury beat Penrith 5-2 (3 May) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 4th May: Nottingham beat Leicester 5-0 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 4th May: Roehampton beat Compton 5-2 (3 May) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 4th May: Chester lost to York 3-8 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 3rd May: Bristol lost to East Dorset w/o (AC - Mary Rose)
- 3rd May: Chester beat Nottingham 5-1 (1 May) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 30th Apr: Michelle Leonard selected for England's Member place at Women's GC Euros (International)
- 28th Apr: Bowdon lost to Branston 3-4 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 27th Apr: Gabrielle Higgins won the Woking Spring Advanced Handicap (AC)
- 27th Apr: Andy Dibben won the Woking Super-B-Level (AC)
- 27th Apr: Dennis Scarr won the Middlesbrough Handicap tournament (AC - Handicap)
- 27th Apr: Leighton Linslade beat Wrest Park 4-3 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 27th Apr: Hurlingham beat Cheam 6-1 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 26th Apr: National Croquet Day Celebrations
- 24th Apr: Welcome to our new National Safeguarding Officer
- 24th Apr: Roehampton 125 celebrations -18-19 April (Club News)
- 24th Apr: Blewbury beat Bristol 4-3 (22 Apr) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 23rd Apr: Gordon Hopewell 28/2/47 - 4/4/26
- 23rd Apr: Watford beat Newport 6-1 (22 Apr) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 23rd Apr: Camerton & Peasedown lost to East Dorset 3-4 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 22nd Apr: Southport beat Broadwas w/o (GC - Federations' Shield)
- 21st Apr: Sussex County lost to East Dorset 0-7 (20 Apr) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 21st Apr: Ashby lost to Leicester 1-4 (16 Apr) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 21st Apr: Bury beat Derby 6-1 (20 Apr) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 20th Apr: GC Open Championship Prizes Confirmed (GC - Championships)
- 19th Apr: Bury beat Chester 5-2 (18 Apr) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 19th Apr: Sussex County lost to Old Brentwoods 0-7 (18 Apr) (AC - Secretary's Shield)
Coming Up
Availability closes soon for The WCF 2026 Golf Croquet World Championship in Cairo, Egypt >>
Where are the top players?
May
- 23-26: Sussex County Compton (Eastbourne)
The AC Inter-County Championship (AC) - 30-31: Balgreen The Scottish Golf Croquet Championship (GC)
- 29-1: Carrickmines The Championships of County Dublin 2026 (AC)
What's on?
- 20-21: Roehampton Golf Croquet A-Level (DG<2000) Series Tournament (GC)
- 21: Surbiton Surbiton Level Play Day (GC 0+) : Singles (GC)
- 23: Guildford Golf Croquet Handicap Doubles (Advantage) (GC)
- 23-24: Hamptworth Golf Croquet A-Level (DG<2000) Series Tournament (GC)
- 19-21: Tyneside Midweek Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 23-24: Blewbury High-Bisquers' 14-Point Handicap Weekend (AC)
- 23-24: Meadows The Scottish Masters (AC)
- 23-24: Roehampton AC Handicap (AC)
- 26: Hamptworth Golf Croquet C2B Level (5+) Tournament (GC)
- 30: Chester Golf Croquet B-Level (DG<1700) Series Tournament (GC)
- 30-31: Cheltenham Cheltenham Golf Croquet Challenge (GC)
- 30-31: Wrest Park The Wrest Park Golf Croquet Open Series Tournament (GC)
- 31: Middlesbrough Northern Stars One-Day GC Open Qualifying Heat (GC)
- 26-27: Phyllis Court Blewbury AC C-Level (7+) Advanced Tournament (AC)
- 30: Surbiton Speed Doubles (AC) (AC)
- 30-31: Bowdon Advanced Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 30-31: East Dorset AC Super-B and B-Level (0-9) Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 30-31: Nottingham B-Level Singles Weekend (AC) (AC)
June
- 3: Northern Academy Become a Croquet England GC Referee (Course)
- 5: Eynsham GC - Improve Your Game - A Workshop for B-Level Players (Course)
- 4: Roehampton Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 4: Surbiton Surbiton Level Play Day (GC 0+) : Doubles (GC)
- 3: Crake Valley Advanced (AC) Tournament - Cumbria Cup (AC)
- 3-4: Blewbury Midweek Advanced (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 4: Crake Valley The Bob Vaughan Short Croquet Memorial Trophy (AC)
- 5: Guildford AC C-Level (7+) Advanced Tournament (AC)
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