Nottingham Croquet Club is delighted that its President, Ian Vincent, was last week presented with the British Empire Medal which had been awarded to him for Services to Croquet in the New Year Honours List.

Dr Ian Vincent BEM is pictured here with Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, Professor Veronica Pickering MBS HAC, who presented the award on behalf of HM King Charles.

Ian joined the club in 1977, after moving to the City to take up a post at the Cripps Computing Centre in the University.  He was elected as the club’s Hon. Secretary the following year and served for 38 years, until becoming its President in 2016.  He has also been active in the national governing body, Croquet England (formerly the Croquet Association), and internationally, particularly in the development of the Laws and Rules of the sport. Ian is a Vice-President of Croquet England.

Many congratulations to Ian.

Croquet England’s fuller recognition of Ian’s contribution to the sport can be found here.

For further information, please contact Rob Edlin-White (Chairman) <rob.edlin-white@ntlworld.com> or David Brydon (Membership Secretary) <davidbrydon@btinternet.com>

or the club’s website https://nottinghamcroquet.org.uk.

The club has been able to engage local firm J Pugh-Lewis Ltd to level, add drainage and re-seed our five 95-year-old worn out, compacted and sloping East lawns. Work started on 30th July, on a dry, warm and calm day, which was perfect for spraying-off the turf, which will be worked in to retain as much organic matter as possible and minimise the amount of material that needs to be taken off or brought onto the site.

The £55815.62 project was finally given the go-ahead with the backing of a £20,741.47 grant from FCC Communities Foundation (a not-for-profit business that awards grants for community, conservation and heritage projects from funds donated by FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund).