We will be running two early season Learn to Play Courses in 2026 for new members who have little or no prior croquet experience. This course may also be relevant if you have played croquet in a back garden or a hotel but haven’t played croquet with club or tournament quality equipment and playing surfaces.
The dates are:
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Sunday mornings, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm, starting Sunday 26th April – seven sessions (7 weeks).
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Tuesday evenings, 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm, starting 5th May – seven sessions (7 weeks)
To ensure sufficient personal attention, there is a limit of 12 participants on each course.
Subsequent courses or alternative croquet induction activities may be added; watch this space.
The ‘Learn to Play’ course is designed to help you learn how to play two forms of croquet, equip you with the skills to play the relevant strokes, and to put it all together in a game which you will be able to play with friends and other club members by the end of the course. It is only the start of a journey of learning and skills development. People who take this course will also be offered comprehensive support for the rest of the season. A start in early season will help you attain good skills in your first year.
All our courses are intended to be enjoyable and sociable as well as instructive. No croquet equipment is needed; just come with flat-soled footwear and suitably comfortable clothing for an outdoor activity.
For more information or to register an interest, please contact us using the Contact form.
Croquet tournaments offer the opportunity to play competitively as an individual, whereas in matches you are part of a team representing your club, county or country.
As a club we enter teams into several regional and national Association Croquet, Golf Croquet and Short Croquet competitions against other clubs, mainly knockouts but some local leagues, which are played over the course of a season in home and away venues at dates agreed between the two team captains. Team captains will identify a squad at the start of the season, and invite members of the squad to form a team for each match, depending on availability.
The various team competitions have different criteria for team selection (e.g. based on handicap range). In general you don’t need to announce your availability and willingness to play; so long as your contact details and handicap are correct in the club handbook, the captain will contact you if they’d like you to be in a team.
For 2026 our club team captains are:
Association Croquet
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- Inter-club Championship: John Davis
- Mary Rose: Alex McIntyre
- Longman Cup : Mick Owens
- East Midlands Federation 26pt league: (Volunteer Required)
- East Midlands Federation 14pt league: (Volunteer Required)
Short Croquet
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- Short Croquet: Andrew Beaumont
Golf Croquet
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- Inter-club Championship: Ian Burridge
- Murphy Shield: Andy Dixon
- East Midlands Federation league (2 teams): Andy Dixon and Veronica Savill
- East Midlands Federation Advantage GC League: Cathy Turski
If you are eligible to play AC or GC at county level for Nottinghamshire, the relevant organisers may be in touch. Nottinghamshire has strong county teams.
The Croquet England Selection Committees will be in touch if your playing records suggests they may want to invite you to play in Internationals.
