Welcome to the 2008 season at Tyneside Croquet Club, our Silver Jubilee Year.
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Croquet North win the Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Trophy by beating the Scottish Croquet Association (B) 10-4 at Exhibition Park last weekend Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th May.
The club tournaments have started and Jacqui Old & Peter Lowe have won the Ivy Court GC Doubles.
Derek Old wins Middlesbrough's 1 Ball Tournament with David Turner runner up.
Bruce Rannie retained the Glasgow Open with a fine 5 wins out of 5 games
Jacob Carr (age 16) won the Pendle Easter Handicap Tournament. He won all 11 games and also the fastest in 42 minutes when he beat the Manager Dave Maugham!
Both Jacob and his twin brother James have been selected to play for the CA Juniors against the Irish CA Juniors at Nottingham on 26 April.
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Bruce Rannie has been elected Chairman of the Scottish CA and David Appleton has taken over as Treasurer - congratulations to both.
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RECRUITING for NEW MEMBERS at TYNESIDE CROQUET CLUB
We are holding a coaching week from Monday 2nd to Friday 6th June, each evening from 5.00 to 7.30pm.
There will be FREE coaching for beginners for both Golf and Association Croquet.
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We now have an additional court at Nuns Moor Park. Our landlord has given us the opportunity to run a third lawn at the defunct Brighton Bowling Club in Nuns Moor Park. We have a lease for a further 12 months in which we will assess the practicality of running a third lawn. The lawn surface is much improved since work has been carried out over the winter.
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Tyneside Croquet Club was established in 1983 and is at home in Exhibition Park, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newcastle is easily reached by good road, rail and air links from any part of the country and the club is situated within Exhibition Park on the northwest edge of the city centre.
With a membership of over 30, two courts (ex bowling greens) in Exhibition Park and 1 court (ex bowling green) at Nuns Moor Park, substantial pavilions, situated in major city parks, we are in an enviable stuation for a croquet club.
The Croquet Association (CA) is croquet's governing body of which we are a member club and we are also affiliated to its regional federation Croquet North (CN).
We play Association and Golf Croquet and have fixed allocated club days and evening sessions, hold coaching sessions and club championships.
For all enquiries please contact our club Secretary:
Bill Hill. Tel: 0191 2662928
or email: billhill1#blueyonder.co.uk
Webmaster: Derek Watts Tel: 0191 2688871 email: derek.watts1#btopenworld.com
Visitor number. Site last updated 10th May 2008.
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