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9th Jul: Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier
30th Jun: Congratulations Reg Bamford!
28th Jun: Golf Croquet Open Doubles Champions 2025
24th Jun: Reg Bamford wins the Roehampton GC Championship Open
19th Jun: Edgbaston B-Level AC
18th Jun: Men's & Women's Championships
13th Jun: Debbie Lines & Samir Patel take home the Croquet Mixed Doubles Challenge Cups
12th Jun: Open GC Handicap Doubles Tournament
12th Jun: Heart of Yorkshire AC Handicap TournamentThis 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
- 9th Jul: Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier (GC - Championships)
- 28th Jun: Golf Croquet Open Doubles Champions 2025 (GC - Championships)
- 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
- Could you lead Croquet England?
- Croquet England Trustee elections: call for nominations
- Croquet England is looking for new trustees
- 11th Jul: Croquet England AC Open Championships (AC)
- 11th Jul: Enfield lost to Watford 3-4 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 9th Jul: Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier (GC - Championships)
- 9th Jul: GC Eights selection announcement (GC)
- 8th Jul: Hamptworth beat Surbiton 4-3 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 5th Jul: Bowdon beat Hurlingham 4-2 (4 Jul) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 3rd Jul: Mark Buckley wins the National Forest GC Championship (Open Series)
- 2nd Jul: Hurlingham beat Surbiton 5-2 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 1st Jul: Surbiton beat Woking 5-0 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 1st Jul: Ashby beat Shrewsbury 5-2 (1 Jul) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 1st Jul: Guildford lost to East Dorset 2-5 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 1st Jul: Nottingham beat Ashby 4-3 (30 Jun) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 30th Jun: Step Forward and Shape the Future of Croquet England
- 30th Jun: Debbie Lines won the East Midlands Championship (AC - Championships)
- 30th Jun: Congratulations Reg Bamford! (GC - Championships)
- 30th Jun: Alastair Broom won the Cheltenham GC B-Level
- 30th Jun: Sussex County beat Compton 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 30th Jun: Middlesbrough beat Southport 5-2 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 28th Jun: Golf Croquet Open Doubles Champions 2025 (GC - Championships)
- 28th Jun: Ealing beat Hurlingham 6-0 (26 Jun) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 26th Jun: East Dorset June Tournament (AC - Mixed)
- 26th Jun: Peterborough beat Nottingham 6-1 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 25th Jun: Phyllis Court beat Kington Langley 5-2 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 25th Jun: High Wycombe beat Hurlingham 7-0 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 24th Jun: Reg Bamford wins the Roehampton GC Championship Open (GC - Championships)
- 24th Jun: Michael Bithell won the Newport B-Class (AC)
- 24th Jun: Anthony Miller won the Middlesbrough Advanced tournament (AC)
- 22nd Jun: Tunbridge Wells lost to Watford 3-4 (21 Jun) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 22nd Jun: Sussex County beat Enfield w/o (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 22nd Jun: Bath lost to Caversham 2-3 (21 Jun) (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 21st Jun: Wrest Park lost to Nottingham 1-6 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 21st Jun: Pendle lost to Southport 3-4 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 19th Jun: Edgbaston B-Level AC (AC)
- 19th Jun: Watford Open AC One-Day tournament (AC)
- 19th Jun: Newport beat Letchworth 4-3 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 18th Jun: Men's & Women's Championships (AC - Championships)
- 17th Jun: Phyllis Court lost to Guildford 3-4 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 16th Jun: Colin Dykes won the Ashby AC Handicap Weekend (AC - Handicap)
- 16th Jun: Colin Groves won the Woking A-Level series
- 16th Jun: Dee McKibbin won the Woking C-Level
- 16th Jun: Richard Platt won the Woking GC B-Level Series
- 16th Jun: Woking GC Open Level Series
- 16th Jun: Roehampton beat East Dorset 4-3 (GC - Inter-Club)
- 15th Jun: Bury beat Nottingham 5-2 (14 Jun) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 14th Jun: Enfield beat Leighton Linslade 4-3 (13 Jun) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 14th Jun: Dulwich beat Hurlingham 4-3 (12 Jun) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 14th Jun: Colchester beat Woodhall Spa 5-2 (13 Jun) (GC - Federations Shield)
- 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
Coming Up
Availability closes soon for AC Fourth Eight (The Treasurer's Tankard), The AC Selectors' Weekend, AC Second Eight (The Chairman's Salver), AC Third Eight (The Spencer Ell Cup), and AC First Eight (The President's Cup) >>
Where are the top players?
July
- 26-27: Colchester The Eastern Championship
(AC) - 5-13: Surbiton The Association Croquet Open Championships (AC)
- 19-20: Balgreen The GC Home Internationals (GC)
- 14-19: Budleigh The AC National Seniors' (50+) Championship (AC)
- 22-24: Sussex County The GC Veterans' (60+) Championship (GC)
- 26-27: Oxford Uni. The AC Students' Championships (AC)
- 12-13: Nottingham The Nottingham Golf Croquet Championship (Championship Series) (GC)
- 19-20: East Dorset The Dorset Open Golf Croquet Championship (Championship Series) (GC)
- 26-27: Budleigh The GC English National Doubles Championship (GC)
What's on?
- 12-13: Hamptworth The Wiltshire Open Golf Croquet Open Series Tournament (GC)
- 12-13: Hunstanton Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 13: Middlesbrough Golf Croquet B-Level & C-Level Tournament (GC)
- 12: Wrest Park One Day 14pt Tournament (AC)
- 12-13: Cheltenham B-Level (0-6) Advanced (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 12-13: Tunbridge Wells Pegasus Plate - Handicap Tournament (AC) (AC)
- 16: Bury Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 16: Cheltenham Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 17: Surbiton Don's Day Light (GC 0+) : Level Doubles (GC)
- 19: Northampton Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 19: Newport (Essex) Golf Croquet Handicap Doubles (GC)
- 19-20: Ashby Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 14-15: Peterborough Handicap Singles (AC) (AC)
- 19-20: Southport Super-B and B-Level Advanced (AC) Weekend (AC)
- 19-20: Roehampton Ranelagh Gold Cup (AC)
- 25: The Academy GC A Master Class with Stephen Custance-Baker (Ref:GC6) (Course)
- 23: Guildford G&G GC Level Doubles (GC)
- 24: Bath Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 24: Surbiton Don's Day Light (GC 0+) : Level Singles (GC)
- 25: Compton (Eastbourne) GC- 10+ Event (GC)
- 26: Compton (Eastbourne) GC - 7+ Event (GC)
- 27: Compton (Eastbourne) GC - 3+ Event (GC)
- 23-24: Watford Midweek B-Level Advanced (AC) (AC)
- 25-27: Sidmouth B-Level Advanced (AC) Weekend (AC)
- 26-27: Blewbury AC - Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 26-27: Hamptworth Handicap Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 24: Online Board of Trustees Meeting
- 31: Online Executive Meeting
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