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10th Sep: Denise Foster won the Viking Challenge
9th Sep: England regained the Glasgow Quaich
3rd Sep: Golf Croquet Eights Winners
3rd Sep: James Death Completes the First Ever Recorded Straight Sextuple Peel
27th Aug: Top Eight Golf Croquet players to compete in Devon
12th Aug: Sidmouth's GC B-Level and Sister Weekend
10th Aug: MacRobertson Shield Day 17 - The Final Day
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Latest Major Competition News and Results
- 11th Sep: Croquet England Newsletter
- 8th Sep: New Executive Team Announced as Committee Recruitment Begins
- 3rd Sep: Clive Goode Won the Tompkinson Shield (AC)
- 1st Sep: Andy Sherwood & John Picken Won the National Forest GC Doubles (GC)
- 27th Aug: Top Eight Golf Croquet players to compete in Devon (GC - Championships)
- 20th Aug: GC European Clubs League (GC)
- 3rd Aug: Chris Roberts wins the Budleigh Salterton GC Open SERIES 1/2 August (GC - Tournaments)
- 2nd Aug: Wales, Sweden and Germany take the honours in Tiers 2 and 3 of the AC World Teams Championship (World Championship)
- 28th Jul: MacRobertson Shield Centenary Celebration - Livestreamed from 9:00 pm
Recent News
- UPDATED - Qualifying Event for the 2026 WCF GC World Championship in Egypt (World Championship)
- AC Eights Selections (AC)
- 11th Sep: Croquet England Newsletter
- 10th Sep: Trustee election results
- 10th Sep: Denise Foster won the Viking Challenge (AC)
- 9th Sep: England regained the Glasgow Quaich (International)
- 8th Sep: New Executive Team Announced as Committee Recruitment Begins
- 7th Sep: Richard Huxley wins the Nottingham Advanced Weekend (AC)
- 7th Sep: Nottingham beat Surbiton 5-1 (5 Sep) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 7th Sep: Sussex County beat High Wycombe 6-5 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 3rd Sep: James Death Completes the First Ever Recorded Straight Sextuple Peel
- 3rd Sep: GC Eights at Budleigh and Sidmouth (GC - Championships)
- 3rd Sep: Golf Croquet Eights Winners (GC - Championships)
- 3rd Sep: Clive Goode Won the Tompkinson Shield (AC)
- 2nd Sep: Bowdon beat East Dorset 4-3 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 2nd Sep: Bowdon B lost to Peterborough 5-6 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 1st Sep: James Death won the Northern Championship (AC - Championships)
- 1st Sep: Andy Sherwood & John Picken Won the National Forest GC Doubles (GC)
- 1st Sep: Woking C and D Level (GC - Tournaments)
- 29th Aug: Bury lost to Crake Valley 2-5 (3 Aug) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 27th Aug: Top Eight Golf Croquet players to compete in Devon (GC - Championships)
- 26th Aug: Tim Russell won the GC Veterans Championship (GC - Championships)
- 26th Aug: Thrills at Nottingham's Annual Tournament (AC)
- 26th Aug: Bury beat Ashby 5-1 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 24th Aug: Roehampton beat Hurlingham 5-2 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 23rd Aug: Advance notice of AGM: 10 October 2026
- 20th Aug: GC European Clubs League (GC)
- 20th Aug: Phyllis Court beat Backworth 4-3 (9 Aug) (GC - Federations' Shield)
- 18th Aug: East Dorset beat Sussex County 4-1 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 18th Aug: Swanage beat Brodsworth 6-0 (GC - Federations' Shield)
- 17th Aug: Garway lost to Old Brentwoods 3-4 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 17th Aug: MacRobertson Shield Memorabilia (The MacRobertson Shield)
- 16th Aug: Roehampton beat Guildford 5-1 (15 Aug) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 12th Aug: Sidmouth's GC B-Level and Sister Weekend (GC - Tournaments)
- 12th Aug: Sussex County beat Hurlingham 7-0 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 12th Aug: Roehampton lost to Hurlingham 3-4 (11 Aug) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 10th Aug: Nottingham beat Wrest Park 6-1 (6 Aug) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 10th Aug: Ashby beat Fylde 4-3 (9 Aug) (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 10th Aug: Southport beat Watford 4-3 (9 Aug) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 10th Aug: Wrest Park lost to Peterborough 4-7 (AC - Short Croquet Inter-Club)
- 10th Aug: MacRobertson Shield Day 17 - The Final Day (The MacRobertson Shield)
Coming Up
Where are the top players?
September
- 19-20: Nottingham
The GC English National Singles Championship (GC) - 25-27: Compton (Eastbourne) The AC South of England Championship (AC)
- 11-13: Carrickmines The Golf Croquet Championship of Ireland 2026 (GC)
- 26: TBA The GC Inter-Club Championship Tier 1 (GC)
What's on?
- 10-13: Cheltenham AC Second Eight (The Chairman's Salver) (AC)
- 10-13: East Dorset AC First Eight (The President's Cup) (AC)
- 10-14: Colchester AC Fourth Eight (The Treasurer's Tankard) (AC)
- 10-14: Ramsgate AC Third Eight (The Spencer Ell Cup) (AC)
- 11-13: Guildford The AC Selectors' Weekend (AC)
- 12-13: Nottingham AC Handicap Weekend (AC)
- 12-13: Wrest Park September Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 15: Camerton & Peasedown Open Doubles Tournament (GC Level Play) (GC)
- 19-20: Compton (Eastbourne) Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series National Final (GC)
- 19-20: Pendle & Craven Golf Croquet B-Level (DG<1700) Series National Final (GC)
- 19-20: Budleigh BSCC AC Class Weekend Tournament (AC)
- 19-20: Cheltenham Daniels Cup Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 19-20: Wrest Park The AC All-England Handicap Final (AC)
- 24: Cheltenham The GC Inter-Club Championship Tier 2 (Murphy Shield) (GC)
- 26: TBA The GC Inter-Club Championship Tier 3 (Bowl) (GC)
- 26-27: Ramsgate Golf Croquet A-Level (DG<2000) Series National Final (GC)
- 26-27: Wrest Park Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series National Final (GC)
- 26: TBA The AC Inter-Club Championship Tier 2 (Mary Rose) (AC)
- 26: TBA The AC Inter-Club Handicap Championship (Longman Trophies) (AC)
- 26: TBA The Short Croquet Inter-Club Competition (AC)
- 27: TBA The AC Inter-Club for Federation Teams (Secretary's Shield) (AC)
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