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 2023 our club team captains are as follows:    

Association Croquet

• • Inter-club Championship: John Davis
  • Mary Rose: Alex Mcintyre
  • Longman Cup : Mick Owens
  • East Midlands Federation 26pt league: Mark Innes
  • East Midlands Federation 14pt league: Mark Innes

Short Croquet

• • Short Croquet: Andrew Beaumont

Golf Croquet

• • 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. 

Each year we have a wide choice of competitions within the club, in various formats, for Association Croquet, Golf Croquet and Short Croquet, now organised by John Filsak. You may enter as many or as few club competitions as you like (so long as you have a reasonable expectation of completing them during the season). Some are knockouts, others are a block of up to 8 in which all play all. They are a good way to play against members who you may not yet know. Games can be arranged at mutual convenience during the season. There are prizes for the winners of the various competitions.

2024 details will be provided here when available

The 2023 entry form is here. Entries are due by 6th April.

Last year’s draw is here as a Google Spreadsheet with multiple tabs, and this year’s will be provided when the draw is done. The draws for the various events will also be printed and posted on noticeboards in the east pavilion.

During the course of the season, you should contact the members you are due to play and arrange your games. Results should be recorded on the paper sheets on the east pavilion notice boards (not on the lawn booking system as last year).

We are pleased to reinstate the club ladder for 2023. This enables  members to play games that count against others without on an impromptu basis. Details will be posted in the east pavilion.