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1st Oct: European Club League Hosts Wanted
20th Aug: Players wanted for the Selectors Weekend
17th Apr: Croquet England President's wish for nominations for awards to be given in 2024
23rd Feb: Brian Shorney Funeral Details
2nd Jan: Webinars for Clubs

2023

12th Dec 2023: Croquet England begins working with the National Trust
14th Nov 2023: Announcement - The winners of the Most Improved Player Awards 2023
18th Sep 2023: Schools & Junior Championships
6th Jul 2023: Gary Neville's Overlap on Tour visits Bury Croquet Club
16th May 2023: National Croquet Week 2023 - Beginning 20th May
25th Mar 2023: Gazette Issue 399 (October 2022) Quiz Answers
22nd Mar 2023: Croquet Counties on Facebook
28th Feb 2023: National Croquet Week Webinar
1st Feb 2023: CroquetEngland.org.uk Goes Live
30th Jan 2023: Training for AC & GC Club & Federation Handicappers
30th Jan 2023: Delay to Tournament Entries System
3rd Jan 2023: Webinars for Clubs

2022

20th Dec 2022: Examples of Making Croquet More Welcoming
21st Nov 2022: The Most Improved Player Awards 2022
29th Sep 2022: Gazette Issue 398 (August 2022) Quiz Answers
26th Sep 2022: Juniors & Schools Championships
2nd Sep 2022: Call for Nominations for the Most Improved Player Awards of 2022
26th Aug 2022: Clarification on registering work involving pesticides
25th Jul 2022: Gazette Issue 397 (June 2022) Quiz Answers
22nd Jul 2022: Do you need to register work involving pesticides?
15th Jul 2022: CA selection policy revision 16
27th Jun 2022: Croquet Association selection policy (CASP) review and update
13th Jun 2022: Moreton in Marsh Sponsored Walk
23rd May 2022: 'Opening Doors on Croquet' Competition Closes Soon
13th May 2022: Charity One-Ball Championship Regional Finals: 7th & 8th May 2022
27th Apr 2022: Thank You Chris
4th Apr 2022: Charity One Ball 2022
28th Mar 2022: Nottingham Croquet Club wins National Inclusion and Diversity award
3rd Mar 2022: Sport England Funding available to support Clubs affected by Storm Damage
14th Jan 2022: Quarterly Country Rankings
13th Jan 2022: Opening Doors on Croquet - asking the tricky questions
12th Jan 2022: Queen's Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund

2021

31st Dec 2021: Northampton Croquet Club Crowdfunder Appeal
23rd Dec 2021: New Handicap Calculator Tool Available
14th Dec 2021: Croquet Innovation Books Available Now
17th Nov 2021: 2021 Most Improved Player Awards announced
15th Nov 2021: Amir Ramsis Naguib is inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame
8th Nov 2021: Crake Valley are celebrating 125 years in 2022
28th Oct 2021: Oxford University Cuppers 2021 won by Magdalen College (27 Jul)
1st Sep 2021: Stephen Mulliner retires as WCF Secretary-General
27th Jul 2021: MP opens refurbished pavilions at Nottingham CC
28th Jun 2021: U25s croquet summer improvers Wrest Park 24th and 25th August
7th May 2021: CA Website review: Have your say
30th Apr 2021: Visit the CA online shop today and take a look around
25th Feb 2021: Chiltern Croquet Academy Exiting Covid Lockdown

2020

3rd Dec 2020: Christmas Greetings
1st Sep 2020: Mallet-Sport Summer School
21st Jul 2020: Sport England & Crowdfunder - Active Together Project
13th Jul 2020: Janet Hoptroff attains position of Examining Coach
18th Jun 2020: Cheltenham prepares to celebrate 150 years
4th Jun 2020: Small Group Coaching (Both AC and GC) Is Now Available At High Wycombe
13th May 2020: Sports Emergency Fund Application Deadline
13th May 2020: Deadline for Community Emergency Fund
7th May 2020: Clubs Receive Grant and Lottery Funding - Don't Miss Out!
16th Mar 2020: Coronavirus - Guidelines to CA members, Clubs & Federations

2019

30th Oct 2019: The Gazette to feature on this week's Have I Got News For You
21st Oct 2019: Coach of the Year 2019
17th May 2019: AC Laws & GC Rules Now in stock
15th May 2019: Cliff Hunter Won the Charity One-Ball Competition (12 May)
4th Mar 2019: 1940 CA Medal - Mystery Solved
20th Feb 2019: 1940 CA Medal. Can you identify it?

2018

1st Oct 2018: Third Inter Federation Challenge. Croquet North vs. Yorkshire Croquet (29 Sep)
5th Sep 2018: The CA beat the SCA (2 Sep)
23rd Aug 2018: CA School of Croquet 2018
20th Aug 2018: 'Let the youth meet the experience!' NextGen event introduces youngsters to competitive tournament croquet (15 Jul)
6th Aug 2018: More Than 900 try croquet at Countryfile Live
26th Jul 2018: Croquet returns to Countryfile Live
3rd Jul 2018: Before tennis ruled Wimbledon, croquet was king
17th May 2018: Charity One-Ball Report (13 May)
16th May 2018: Chester Croquet Club gets a fly by on NCD
27th Feb 2018: Buxton U3A Croquet Club Joins the CA
27th Feb 2018: Croquet is an all-weather sport (at Surbiton!)
13th Feb 2018: Criccieth joins the Croquet Association
2nd Feb 2018: Radio Interview with World Champion Stephen Mulliner

2017

10th Nov 2017: Improved Playing Surface for Auckland CC
23rd Oct 2017: Cardigan Croquet Club's Inaugural AGM
13th Oct 2017: Watford's busy off season
12th Oct 2017: Watford qualify for the 2018 Secretary's Shield
11th Oct 2017: New club Melton Mowbray enjoying the CA start up kit
11th Oct 2017: Croquet to Feature in BBC TV Programme
9th Oct 2017: GB GC v AC, GC Challenge Match
5th Oct 2017: Chester MP visits Chester Croquet Club
2nd Oct 2017: Report on the 2017 National Juniors and Schools Championships (24 Sep)
22nd Sep 2017: Shepley Croquet Club-New CA member club for 2017
17th Sep 2017: News from Canterbury Croquet Club
29th Aug 2017: News from the Portugal Croquet Federation
24th Aug 2017: Melton Mowbray Croquet Club-New CA member club for 2017
24th Aug 2017: Upton Hall Victory Croquet Club-New CA member club for 2017
24th Aug 2017: Bude Croquet Club-New CA member club for 2017
16th Aug 2017: Croquet on to the Chris Evans Radio 2 show
15th Aug 2017: Croquet Makes its Debut at Countryfile Live
7th Jul 2017: Uruguay 2 - 1 Watford
17th Jun 2017: New College won the Oxford 'Cuppers'
4th Jun 2017: National Croquet Day at Keswick
16th May 2017: Yorkshire 6.5 beat CA Women 2.5 (14 May)
9th May 2017: Croquet Event Raises More than £4,000 for Charity (7 May)
7th May 2017: Charity One-Ball Championship
18th Apr 2017: Bill Lamb has Died
22nd Feb 2017: Rodney Parkins Died (16 Feb)
9th Jan 2017: John Wheeler has died

2016

1st Nov 2016: AC Development Squad 2017/2018 - Vacancies
26th Oct 2016: Dowlish Wake CC Pavilion lost to Fire
26th Sep 2016: Inter-Federation Challenge - Croquet North v. Yorkshire (24 Sep)
11th Aug 2016: Ian Parkinson's Funeral
4th Aug 2016: Ian Parkinson RIP
20th Jul 2016: Nailsea Croquet Club is a Pokemon Stop!
10th Jul 2016: Peterborough Inaugural Croquet Tournament 9-10 July 2016
7th Jul 2016: LiveStream video of the British Open
1st Jul 2016: Jonathan Powe dominated the East Dorset June Week
29th Jun 2016: Barlow Bowl and Longman Bowl Selections
13th May 2016: CA Women beat Lancashire 6-3
1st May 2016: Croquet Live streaming
27th Apr 2016: A time when croquet was on the TV
26th Apr 2016: Over 2000 students take part in Oxford University Croquet Cuppers
2nd Apr 2016: Funeral Arrangements for Bernard Neal
28th Mar 2016: RIP Bernard Neal

2015

4th Nov 2015: Miranda Chapman won Nottingham Amateur Sportsperson Award
26th Jun 2015: Pink Flamingos fly into Nottingham and raise £800 for charity
21st Jun 2015: New Coaching Pods Created in Devon and Hampshire
12th May 2015: £3,400 raised for Cancer in Croquet Tournament (10 May)
30th Apr 2015: Oxford University Croquet Club Coaching Starts with 50+ Students
8th Feb 2015: Junior AC Coaching Opportunity
6th Jan 2015: Virtual Croquet Lawn Now Available

2014

12th Dec 2014: Elite Squad Members Announced
1st Dec 2014: AC Development Squad 2015/2016
8th Oct 2014: Elite Squad Leaders Appointed
2nd Jul 2014: Regional Coaching Pods Launched
24th Jun 2014: Women's Coaching Group - Dates Announced
16th May 2014: Inspirational Sportsmanship at the World Team Championships
22nd Apr 2014: New learning resources website

2013

26th Nov 2013: Matthew Burrow
3rd Oct 2013: Queen's College beat West Buckland School in End of Season Game (25 Sep)
21st Sep 2013: Pinchbeck versus Ely 16 September 2013 (16 Sep)
2nd Sep 2013: Debbie Cornelius and Ian Lines Got Married (1 Sep)
3rd Jun 2013: Over £5,000 raised for Leukaemia Research (2 Jun)
15th May 2013: Beach Wedding for Nailsea Member Kriss Chambers

2012

9th Jul 2012: Two Goats!
17th Apr 2012: Bringing Croquet to the Parks
4th Apr 2012: Charity One-Ball for the Breast Cancer Campaign (2 Apr)
28th Feb 2012: Lifetime Coaching Award - Ian Lines
28th Feb 2012: Coach of the Year 2011 - Frances Low
11th Jan 2012: Coach of the Year (10 Jan)

2011

21st Dec 2011: Pat Kennett's Funeral
6th Dec 2011: Croquet on the radio again!
28th Nov 2011: Nigel Graves' Funeral
22nd Nov 2011: Nigel Graves died today
31st Oct 2011: Marcus Evans married Emma Packam (29 Oct)
18th Sep 2011: Stephen Mulliner won the European AC Championship
17th Sep 2011: European AC Championship - Day 2
16th Sep 2011: European AC Championship
12th Sep 2011: Dave Mundy won the Medway Midweek Tournament (25 Aug)
5th Sep 2011: Northampton's October 1/2 Handicap cancelled
1st Sep 2011: Sussex CC August Tournament Results (21 Aug)
1st Sep 2011: Croquet Marathon Completed (17 Aug)
10th Jul 2011: Open Singles Final - Clarke commentary
9th Jul 2011: Opens - Saturday. Fulford v Aiton singles semi-final (9 Jul)
29th Jun 2011: Wimbledon champion of champions: Bernard Neal
24th Jun 2011: European Team Championship - the programme
21st Jun 2011: Duncan Hector won the National Veterans' Championship
9th Jun 2011: European Team Championship Selection (9 Jun)
8th Jun 2011: Vacancies - Millennium Cup AC Handicap Singles Weekend - 9/10 July at Bath
23rd May 2011: Joanna Healing won the Budleigh Salterton Handicap Weekend
18th Apr 2011: CA Vice President, Mrs Betty Prichard, Died
10th Mar 2011: Norwich Tournaments Cancelled
24th Feb 2011: Aled Jones plays croquet!
18th Feb 2011: Changes to Wrest Park Tournament Dates
16th Feb 2011: Change of Laws Course Venue
13th Feb 2011: AC Inter-Counties 2011, CA Select Team
9th Feb 2011: £202 raised in Breast Cancer Campaign One-Ball Heat (6 Feb)
24th Jan 2011: Fixtures Book Published
5th Jan 2011: New Swing Trainer (01 Jan)

2010

29th Dec 2010: GC rankings updated to include all 2010 Australian data
14th Dec 2010: Nominate the Coach of the Year!
21st Oct 2010: Vacancy for WCF Secretary General
8th Aug 2010: Stephen Mulliner won the Swiss Championship (3 Aug)
25th Jun 2010: Margaret Anderton won the Hunstanton Over 50's Tournament
19th Jun 2010: Old Photographs - can you identify anyone?
23rd May 2010: Bath Croquet Club, President's Cup, 5/6 June 2010
19th May 2010: Budleigh Salterton May Week Results (15 May)
13th May 2010: Klim Seabright won the Parsons Green One Ball Competition (25 Apr)
13th May 2010: Winchester Charity One Ball Results (9 May)
11th May 2010: Sussex CCC May Bank Holiday Tournament Results (3 May)
11th May 2010: Jack Davies and Jamie Angus won the Roy Wallis Three-Legged Race Tournament (25 Apr)
19th Apr 2010: Hamptworth Now a Four Lawn Croquet Club (17 Apr)
29th Mar 2010: Development Grants of £150,000 Awarded
29th Mar 2010: Information from CA Committees reported at the March Management Meeting (25 Mar)
24th Mar 2010: Email contributions to the Gazette
15th Mar 2010: CA V Swiss Croquet Association
8th Mar 2010: Golf Croquet Referees Course Sat 27 March at Southwick (8 Mar)
8th Mar 2010: Irrigation at Surbiton CC Completed (8 Mar)
19th Feb 2010: Places available on AC Referees/Laws Course (13-14 Mar)
3rd Feb 2010: Fixtures Book Published (3 Feb)
12th Jan 2010: Jonathan Kirby married Pirita Paajanen (9 Jan)
12th Jan 2010: Has your club got its own website?

2009

30th Dec 2009: GC rankings updated to 30 December 2009
27th Dec 2009: The Last 10 Years
22nd Nov 2009: Anyone for the Uruguay Open in 2010?
19th Nov 2009: Nominate Coach of the Year
30th Sep 2009: GC rankings updated to 29 September 2009
14th Sep 2009: GC rankings updated to include Inter-Counties
8th Sep 2009: GC rankings updated to include Australian Championship and Interstate Cup (8 Sep)
12th Aug 2009: GC rankings updated to include German events
10th Aug 2009: GC rankings updated to 1 August
25th Jul 2009: Croquet Association team play on-board cruise ship
23rd Jul 2009: Stephen Mulliner won the German Open Championship
20th Jul 2009: Robert marries Susan (18 Jul)
11th Jul 2009: GC rankings updated to include NSW Mens and Opens
2nd Jul 2009: GC rankings updated to 30 June 2009 - Includes Euro GC, British Open GC, EuroWorld Teams GC
25th Jun 2009: Croquet as you've never seen it before!
18th Jun 2009: Oxford won Varsity Match
5th Jun 2009: Parsons Green One-Ball
1st Jun 2009: Brian Rees won the Parsons Green One Ball Tournament (29 May)
27th May 2009: England Team Announced for European Championships (28 May)
22nd May 2009: Bacon butties at Southwick
7th May 2009: Most Northerly and Most Dramatic?
7th May 2009: Mike Akester won Middlesbrough's One-Ball Tournament (19 Apr)
7th May 2009: Oldest Member For Newest Club in Durham
6th May 2009: GC rankings now show grades using dynamic alpha as in CGS
28th Apr 2009: GC rankings updated to include all UK April events
28th Apr 2009: East Anglian Federation Champions Day at the English Heritage St George's Day Festival (26 Apr)
18th Apr 2009: Lady Wanted!
15th Apr 2009: GC rankings updated to include Lancs Open and NSW Womens Open
6th Apr 2009: Sweden's CA joins the World Croquet Federation
22nd Mar 2009: CA v CA of Switzerland - do you want to play for the CA?
22nd Feb 2009: Roof Completed on CA Extension
6th Feb 2009: CA Office Extension Progress (6 Feb)
31st Jan 2009: Fixtures calendar and Inter-County Championship details now online
29th Jan 2009: Dick Knapp wins 'What is Croquet?' Competition
21st Jan 2009: Gateball in the UK (18 Jan)
4th Jan 2009: Which ranking system?

2008

29th Dec 2008: Highest, fastest, slowest
17th Nov 2008: Coach of the Year Nominations Required
6th Nov 2008: Win £250 for Your Club! (6 Nov)
31st Oct 2008: Chris Bennett (18 Oct)
22nd Oct 2008: GC rankings updated to include Italian Closed Championship
21st Oct 2008: CA Shop Move on 3 November
8th Oct 2008: Club Final Weekend at Wrest Park (8 Oct)
7th Oct 2008: Ian Morrison won the Centre Stage Final
25th Sep 2008: GC rankings updated
22nd Sep 2008: Stephen Mulliner won the European Championship for the 10th time
22nd Sep 2008: GC rankings updated to include Ascot Cup
15th Sep 2008: GC rankings updated
10th Sep 2008: GC rankings updated
3rd Sep 2008: The Challenge and Gilbey (3 Sep)
2nd Sep 2008: Stephen Mulliner won the 5th Austrian Open (2 Sep)
28th Aug 2008: East Dorset August Class Weekend Results (25 Aug)
26th Aug 2008: Sussex CCC August Tournament (18 Aug)
25th Aug 2008: GC rankings updated
18th Aug 2008: William Gee won the Nottingham Week Tournament (17 Aug)
11th Aug 2008: GC rankings updated to include Egypt v RoW and Australia Day
11th Aug 2008: Rest of World beat Egypt 11-10 to win Ramsis Cup
7th Aug 2008: GC rankings updated with confirmed S Australia data (7 Aug)
6th Aug 2008: GC rankings updated to include German and Scottish results (6 Aug)
5th Aug 2008: Budleigh Salterton July/August Week Results (2 Aug)
5th Aug 2008: GC rankings to include 2008 South Australian events (5 Aug)
30th Jul 2008: GC rankings updated to include Ashby v Sussex County
29th Jul 2008: GC rankings updated to include East Dorset Open
29th Jul 2008: GC rankings updated (correct order of play in NSW events and Wales v Scotland)
28th Jul 2008: GC rankings updated to include New South Wales events
28th Jul 2008: CA retains McWeeney Trophy (27 Jul)
28th Jul 2008: Northern Week Results (19-24 Jul)
8th Jul 2008: Golf Coach Training - Ripon Spa - October 2008 (8 Jul)
2nd Jul 2008: Latest GC rankings available as at 1 July 2008 (2 Jul)
1st Jul 2008: CA beat Swiss CA in Cheltenham (29 Jun)
25th Jun 2008: Latest Golf Croquet rankings available as at 25 June 2008
23rd Jun 2008: Compton Summer Tournament Results
23rd Jun 2008: Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club to appear on ITV
18th Jun 2008: Roehampton Summer Tournament Final Results (1 Jun)
18th Jun 2008: Latest Golf Croquet rankings available
1st May 2008: A Yard of Croquet History for Sale (1 May)
29th Apr 2008: Successful Grant for Letchworth CC
28th Apr 2008: Derek Old won the Middlesbrough One-Ball (20 Apr)
27th Apr 2008: CA Juniors retain Salver for CA Ireland Match (26-27 Apr)
26th Apr 2008: New Laws Limit of Claims Summary
24th Apr 2008: CA v CAI juniors team announcement (26-27 Apr)
24th Apr 2008: Taking the Bisque returns
24th Apr 2008: Newest "CA member": Baby Patel!
19th Apr 2008: CA vs. Swiss CA team
26th Mar 2008: Coaches Training Courses
7th Mar 2008: Croquet on film
20th Feb 2008: YouTube video of Reg Bamford's Sextuple in the Mens' Championship 2004
9th Feb 2008: Croquet Academy to run a one day course for Managers
7th Feb 2008: Jenny Williams and Chris Clarke married in New Zealand
4th Feb 2008: Golf croquet rankings updated to include the 2007 US Open
1st Feb 2008: Calling all players: CA vs. CAI, Carrickmines 26-27th July 2008
21st Jan 2008: WCF Development Programme can fund croquet coaching
18th Jan 2008: The Croquet Academy is launched
15th Jan 2008: Fixtures calendar now available online
13th Jan 2008: Association Croquet Laws course at Southwick on February 9-10th
3rd Jan 2008: World Championship Warm-Up (02 Jan)
2nd Jan 2008: New Year at Surbiton (01 Jan)

2007

19th Dec 2007: Start off the season with a holiday and some coaching
6th Dec 2007: Who dunnit?
26th Oct 2007: CA AGM Report
14th Oct 2007: 2008 Anti-Doping Prohibited List published
26th Sep 2007: John Solomon is doing well
26th Sep 2007: Cross-Pennine challenge retained by West (23 Sep)
22nd Sep 2007: Howard Cheyne won the National Garden Croquet Challenge
20th Sep 2007: Some more random eights stats
13th Sep 2007: Eight Predictions competition - the winner is
13th Sep 2007: Dream Team Update
12th Sep 2007: Croquet at Cheltenham race day caught on camera
4th Sep 2007: AC vs. GC - The Gauntlet!
2nd Sep 2007: New parking arrangements for Wrest Park
30th Aug 2007: Superb Russian Croquet Site
30th Aug 2007: Eights Predictions Competition (update)
25th Aug 2007: Dave Kibble will set a record
25th Aug 2007: Eights Predictions Competition
20th Aug 2007: John Davis won the Nottingham August tournament
14th Aug 2007: Stephen Mulliner won the Championship of Ireland
31st Jul 2007: Ireland v GB at Carrickmines 22-23 September - availability please
31st Jul 2007: Croquet in the Observer
24th Jul 2007: WCF European Team Championship - your views please
24th Jul 2007: Complete set of CA Merit Awards won at same tournament
17th Jul 2007: National Garden Croquet Classic 2007 reaches the Regional Final stage
17th Jul 2007: Tyneside Midweek Handicap AC Tournament & Advanced Weekend, 4-5 August
17th Jul 2007: Jacob Carr and William Gee won the Junior Championships
15th Jul 2007: Lawpack British Open Championships - Semi Final Results (14 Jul)
10th Jul 2007: See the News & Press section for the latest on the Opens
5th Jul 2007: Croquet champion on University Challenge
2nd Jul 2007: Tyneside Midweek Tournament cancelled
29th Jun 2007: New home for the Croquet Records website
23rd Jun 2007: Official Rules for Garden Croquet Published
23rd Jun 2007: Photo Library
22nd Jun 2007: Important dates from the WCF
22nd Jun 2007: WCF European Team Championship details
21st Jun 2007: Croquet Records website back online
18th Jun 2007: Croquet Records Butedock site down
7th Jun 2007: East Anglian Croquet Federation B-Level Inter-Counties Tournament
7th Jun 2007: WCF Golf Croquet Rules released
7th Jun 2007: Budleigh Salterton May Tournament
25th May 2007: High Wycombe Croquet Club silver anniversary
25th May 2007: Palindrome Competition Results
10th May 2007: The Goat in ACTION
1st May 2007: CA Schools and Junior Championships - calling all schools
30th Apr 2007: Palindrome competition
22nd Apr 2007: Golf Croquet Champions added to the Roll of Honour
22nd Apr 2007: CA Merit Awards winners now honoured
21st Apr 2007: Croquet goes to the races
6th Apr 2007: Middlesbrough CC moves to Albert Park
22nd Mar 2007: Budding referees from Scandinavia learn at Bowdon
16th Mar 2007: Lawn care machinery for sale
11th Mar 2007: John Beech Memorial Handicap Tournament
10th Mar 2007: Letters Home!
26th Feb 2007: All hail: Chris Clarke
26th Feb 2007: Farewell to Faith Fewtrell
20th Feb 2007: Pat Hampson
4th Feb 2007: Chris Clarke tops the champions
3rd Feb 2007: Northampton one ball tournaments - in verse! (14-15 Oct)
18th Jan 2007: Laws book now available as a PDF Download

2006

26th Dec 2006: MacRobertson Shield '06 retrospective on CroquetWorldOnline
9th Dec 2006: Croquet and BBC Television Personality of The Year Award
17th Oct 2006: CA Inter-Club Finals Report (30 Sep-1 Oct)
4th Oct 2006: Croquet Dynamics Project
27th Sep 2006: South of England Week 'Nutters'
21st Sep 2006: A Tribute to John Beech (Died 10 September 2006)
13th Sep 2006: Bodham Croquet Club Juniors visit Norwich
11th Sep 2006: Report of John Beech's Death
6th Sep 2006: Chris Clarke and Jenny Williams to marry
2nd Sep 2006: Sharing Common Ground
30th Aug 2006: Sport 2006 - croquet showcased at Groombridge Place
30th Aug 2006: Tunbridge Wells "Croquet in the Park" a success
28th Aug 2006: A personal appreciation of Alan Oldham
28th Aug 2006: Croquet on air (again)!
21st Aug 2006: New Coaching manual is now available
21st Aug 2006: The WCF announces the first inductions to the Hall of Fame
14th Aug 2006: Pennine Cup Regained By North West By 7-2
3rd Aug 2006: Details of the 2006 All England Handicap Championship Area Finals now in the Tournament section
20th Jul 2006: The Bowdon 6-day Northern Week finished today
19th Jul 2006: Croquet videos on the web
19th Jul 2006: Croquet in the news again!
14th Jul 2006: Graphical display added to the interactive rankings
13th Jul 2006: Live video feed of the Open final - how was it for you?
3rd Jul 2006: GB beat South West (just)
30th Jun 2006: Terrey Sparkes won the Hunstanton Over-50 Tournament (16-18 Jun)
28th Jun 2006: CA vs. CAI match - your country needs YOU
28th Jun 2006: GB Gets Its First Outing this weekend, at Nailsea
23rd Jun 2006: Croquet Ban in The Commons
20th Jun 2006: Nigel Urban (Brighton University) won the Student Championship
17th Jun 2006: Letchworth Croquet Club moves
14th Jun 2006: WCF to translate the Laws of Croquet
13th Jun 2006: Croquet owes thanks to John Prescott
4th Jun 2006: Bob Fewtrell (obituary )
2nd Jun 2006: The Croquet Gazette will be the Guest Publication on tonight's Have I Got News For You (BBC1, 9:00 pm)
31st May 2006: Croquet in the media
29th May 2006: Richard Hilditch talking about the sport in a Radio 5 Live Interview [MP3 6MB]
25th May 2006: Daily Inter-County results - in the Tournament Section
24th May 2006: Samir Patel married Anna Noble
22nd May 2006: Surbiton Speed Doubles (20-21 May)
4th May 2006: Alan Oldham Memorial Service Arrangements
3rd May 2006: Reg Bamford achieves highest ranking index
1st May 2006: New lawns for Fylde Croquet Club
30th Apr 2006: Alan Oldham died suddenly
27th Apr 2006: The Nottingham list goes walkabout
26th Apr 2006: Compton gets new balls
24th Apr 2006: Rutger Beijderwellen Won Both Winchester Charity One-Ball Championships, Again! (22-23 Apr)
13th Apr 2006: Results of NWFCC Advanced weekend (8-9 Apr)
3rd Apr 2006: Croquet photo contest
24th Mar 2006: Croquet Summer School
24th Mar 2006: James Hawkins Assumes Co-Editorship of Croquet World Online Magazine
4th Feb 2006: Advice to clubs on Recruitment and Retention of members for clubs
4th Feb 2006: Exciting Developments at The Chelmsford and Bentley Croquet Club
21st Jan 2006: Compton Croquet Club's trophies' presentation tablecloth
14th Jan 2006: Croquet clubs visible on Google Earth

2005

30th Dec 2005: Inter-County Championship draw now available
21st Dec 2005: Charles-Eric Vilain XIIII requests your stories for a book about croquet
18th Dec 2005: 2006 Fixtures Calendar now available
16th Oct 2005: Gina Lewis won the Surbiton Advanced Handicap (the ARK) (8-9 Oct)
29th Sep 2005: Pete bites the dust in the Gauntlet
21st Sep 2005: The Gauntlet is on!
5th Sep 2005: The Croquet Association beat The Scottish Croquet Association 8-1 (3-4 Sep)
1st Sep 2005: GB is playing Ireland at Carrickmines this weekend
31st Aug 2005: World Championship TV Coverage
30th Aug 2005: Robert Fulford won the Northern Championship (26-29 Aug)
25th Aug 2005: Record Number of Visitors to CA Website for the World Championship
3rd Aug 2005: World Championship Open Qualifier: and the winners are
29th Jul 2005: Tim Wilkins and Sam Symonds married on July 23rd
18th Jul 2005: Any surplus hoops for sale?
30th Jun 2005: Marcus Evans won the Student Championship (18-19 Jun)
29th Jun 2005: John Taylor's Croquet Contact List has moved to the WCF site
20th Jun 2005: Jack Davies won The National Veterans' Championship (13-18 Jun)
2nd Jun 2005: The three David Nicholsons
2nd Jun 2005: Inter-County Championship Statistical analysis of team performances
1st Jun 2005: Calling all Schools
27th May 2005: 2005 Inter-Counties - This weekend
26th May 2005: Mary Knapp and Julie Hudson won the Speed Doubles
22nd May 2005: Martin Stephenson won the men's Peels (12-15 May)
13th May 2005: Vacancy - Hampshire Inter-Counties Team
13th May 2005: David Garner won the Parsons Green One-Ball
10th May 2005: Croquet & backgammon
4th May 2005: Hurlingham May Weekend (30 Apr-2 May)
25th Apr 2005: Rutger Beijderwellen won the Winchester One-ball Charity Championship
6th Apr 2005: Chris Clarke won the NWFCC Neil Williams Memorial (2-3 Apr)
4th Apr 2005: Wanted: Old Gazettes
4th Apr 2005: DMC Prichard croquet memorabilia collection up for auction
30th Mar 2005: Alan Linton will organise the CA Select team Inter-County Team
15th Mar 2005: Call for return of CA Trophies
9th Mar 2005: Midsomer Murders
2nd Mar 2005: Connecticut Extreme Croquet Society's video
26th Feb 2005: Optimising the ranking system
13th Feb 2005: Gazette Index now available
29th Jan 2005: Licensing Act 2003 and clubs
24th Jan 2005: Testing Ranking System Performance
20th Jan 2005: New lawns for Letchworth Croquet Club
12th Jan 2005: Tunbridge Wells 2005 tournaments are cancelled
12th Jan 2005: Trevor Bassett set to make TP history in the NZ Open Championship
2nd Jan 2005: How many croquet players are there?
2nd Jan 2005: Handicap Advanced - the laws revealed

2004

26th Dec 2004: 2005 Fixtures calendar now available
22nd Dec 2004: Pendle suffers a set-back
2nd Dec 2004: Jonathan Kirby awarded an Oxford Full Blue for Croquet (29 Nov)
24th Oct 2004: Budleigh launch their website
19th Oct 2004: John Solomon: CA says "Farewell and thanks for all the feats!"
17th Oct 2004: Chris Daniels won the London One Ball
9th Oct 2004: Today is Betty Prichard's 90th Birthday
7th Oct 2004: What's the average handicap of players?
27th Sep 2004: This Weekend: Spectators welcome at the Inter-Club Finals 2-3 October at Surbiton
14th Sep 2004: Analysis of lift shots hit in the President's Cup
2nd Sep 2004: Ageing Eights!
17th Aug 2004: North West retain Pennine Cup
9th Aug 2004: David Maugham won the Tyneside Advanced Weekend Tournament 7/8 August 2004
9th Aug 2004: New WCF Newsletter is published
2nd Aug 2004: All England Championship - finals details in the Tournament Section
21st Jul 2004: Laws experiment at Roehampton tournament
3rd Jun 2004: Home Internationals teams
2nd Jun 2004: British Open Championships entries
28th May 2004: Inter-County Championship takes place this weekend
23rd May 2004: Another successful Coach Qualification Course held in the North
17th May 2004: Tony Fathers won the Parsons Green One-Ball
14th May 2004: Reg Bamford back from the cold and Rob back at the top
14th May 2004: Towards Universally Comparable Handicaps
26th Apr 2004: Another new star emerges - Winchester One-Ball Championship (24-25 Apr)
9th Apr 2004: Guidance notes for tournament managers and RoTs published
9th Apr 2004: Advertising posters available for clubs - in the download section
9th Apr 2004: New features to the online rankings system
7th Apr 2004: More slow-motion videos of croquet strokes
25th Mar 2004: Slow-motion videos of croquet shots
18th Jan 2004: Basic laws published
18th Jan 2004: Inter-Counties draw now available
4th Jan 2004: 2004 Fixtures Calendar now available - and it's dynamic!
3rd Jan 2004: All change at the top in the rankings
3rd Jan 2004: John Riches' booklet "Croquet Coaching - Recognition of Errors" now available

2003

30th Oct 2003: John Riches' fourth booklet "Croquet: Next Break Strategy" now available
24th Oct 2003: Multi-Sport co-existence, a real example from New Zealand
6th Oct 2003: Pendle off the hook
1st Oct 2003: Inter-Club competitions at Cheltenham this weekend - Spectators welcome
25th Sep 2003: For Sale: CROQUET by Lord Tollemache, 1st edition, Paul, 1914
25th Sep 2003: Title: London One Ball set to become a fixture in the calendar
15th Sep 2003: Bob Vaughan Memorial Trophy (7 Sep)
28th Aug 2003: John Riches third booklet, "Croquet: The Mental Approach", is now available
18th Aug 2003: The 'Eights' Predictions Competition
14th Aug 2003: Robert Fulford regains the number one slot
6th Aug 2003: Croquet Paradise? An invitation to play at Manchester's Heaton Park
5th Aug 2003: Nigel Gray is remembered

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