Welcome to the 2009 season at Tyneside Croquet Club.
The AGM will be on Sunday 28th February 2010 at 2.30pm in the Exhibition Park Pavilion, which immediately follows a Special General Meeting at 2pm
Members are invited to the Chairmans Party 12 noon on Sunday 7th February at his home in Morpeth
A good time was had by all at our Annual Dinner & Presentations at the Ponteland Golf Club on Saturday 14th November. The Chairman of Belsay Hall Croquet Club, Phil Errington and his wife Jacquie were our guests of honour and one of our founder members, Brian Thompson presented the trophies.
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Our season at Exhibition Park has now closed and the winter programme moves over to Nuns Moor Park. One full size lawn or two half lawns are available. Club days for Golf are Tuesday and Saturday. Thursday is for Association. The club days times are from Noon until dusk.
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In the CN East Pennine League, Tyneside finished 4th with 2 wins and 2 losses.
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Tyneside Hunters were runners up to Auckland Royals (despite beating them!) in the CN GC League. Tyneside Swans finished bottom of the league.
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Tyneside Parsons won the CN League whilst Tyneside Vickers were bottom of the league!
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David Turner won the West of Scotland Championship over the weekend 3-4 October. Alice Fleck was third.
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An AC Progressive Doubles, Alternative Shot for High Bisquers was played on Sunday 27th September. This is a new venture and was well attended - Colin Green emerged as the High Bisquer winner with Sue Caygill as runner up. Derek Watts was the Low Bisquer winner with Peter Wallace runner up.
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The Club Advanced Rosebowl was won by Bruce Rannie when he beat Derek Robinson +18 on Saturday 26th September
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David Turner won the club Handicap Singles when he beat Nora Burbridge in the final on Tuesday 22nd September.
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Tyneside Swans were beaten 16.5 - 1.5 at Auckland Royals on Saturday 19th September
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Jacob Carr finished third in the Ascot Cup in the CA National Singles GC tournament at Hurlingham - Jacob was beaten by Robert Fulford in the semi finals (who was in turn beaten by Reg Bamford in the final)
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Tyneside beat Pendle & Craven 4-3 in the EPL on Sunday 13th September
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David Turner & Peter Wallace retained the CN Handicap Doubles Salvers when they beat Sheila & Derek Watts in the final.
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Tyneside Hunters beat Auckland Royals 9.5 - 8.5 in a very close encounter, on Monday 7th September
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Jacob Carr won the club's Roger Russell GC tournament with Derek Watts runner up.
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Belsay Hall beat Tyneside Vickers 2 - 1 in the CN League on Sunday 30th August
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In the CN GC Doubles held at Middlesbrough on Saturday 29th August, Alison Heywood-Hill & Colin Green were runners up to the winners Eugene & Carol Brady of Auckland.
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Derek Watts beat Phil Errington (Belsay Hall) to win the CN Advanced Cup on Friday 28th August at Nuns Moor.
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Tyneside beat Beverley 5 - 2 in the EPL on Wednesday 26th August.
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Tyneside beat Auckland Blues 12 - 6 in the CN GC League on Sunday 23rd August.
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We entertained the U3A from Jarrow on Monday 10th August - 14 visitors enjoyed croquet and refreshments supplied with the kind help of members.
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Tyneside were beaten 5-2 by Middlesbrough in their first East Pennine League match of the season! The next match at Tyneside will be against Pendle & Craven on Wednesday 26th August.
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Durham, the new team in our federation, managed a good win against Tyneside in the CN GC League on Sunday 16th August by winning 13.5 - 4.5
Tyneside Parsons beat Tyneside Vickers 4-0 in the CN League which was played at Nuns Moor.
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David Maugham wins the Tyneside Advanced Weekend by winning all his games (7/7) which included 3sxp & 2tp. Runner up was Nick Parish (Parsons Green) who lost only to David. Charles Waterfield of Middlesbrough was third.
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Tyneside were beaten 4-3 by Pendle & Craven in the first round of the Longman Cup.
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David Turner won the David Jenkinson Tankard at the Pendle Midweek Tournament. He won the final game which was a 1 ball finish - David ran rover and then ran his ball back hard through the hoop to peg out!
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Jacob Carr finished 3rd behind Reg Bamford & Stephen Mulliner at the CA GC Open Championships at Southwick.
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Sheila Watts acquired her Silver Merit Award Medal during one of her games in the CA Veterans Championships Handicap tournament week down at Budleigh Salterton.
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The CA Midweek Handicap Tournament was won by Tony Whateley (Glasgow). He beat David Millener (Belsay Hall) +4 in a close finish after a long pegout attempt - the front ball missed, he pegged out his strikers ball, David kept running single hoops but Tony eventually pegged out from near hoop 1!
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On the weekend 6th & 7th June, Tynesides club Handicap Doubles took place at Exhibition Park. Sheila Watts & Alice Fleck won the trophies with 3/5 wins. Runners Up were Peter Wallace & Alan Thwaite also with 3/5 wins but less net points.
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In the CA GC Inter Club tournament, the first round (regional) Tyneside were beaten at Belsay Hall 5-2
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Northumberland won only 1 match out of 10 and were relegated to Division 2 in the recent Inter-County Championships at Southwick. The team, who had Bruce Rannie, Derek Watts and David Turner in, lacked the necessary depth in low handicap players to do themselves justice against the might of Division 1 counties.
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Sheila Watts won the Middlesbrough Handicap Weekend tournament on 9/10 May when she won 5/6 and also earned a handicap reduction from 9 to 8. Derek Watts was runner up and Alice Fleck & David Turner joint 5th. David Appleton was somewhat overcome by the bisques!
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Alice Fleck won the Meadows, Edinburgh Spring Weekend Handicap tournament (25/26 April) winning all her games (5/5). Alice also won this trophy in 2007 . Sheila Watts won 4/5 and Derek Watts 3/5 to do the TCC contingent proud.
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Bruce Rannie retained the Glasgow Open Cup by winning 6/7 games, played at the Glasgow CC's new home in Alexandra Park, on 18/19 April 2009. Bruce also achieved the only triple peel of the tournament when he beat runner-up Derek Watts who won 5/7 games.
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Jacob Carr retained the Ripon Rowels Singles (GC) Trophy when he won all his games. Played at the Ripon Spa Hotel in Yorkshire on the 18/19 April. As well as taking home the trophy he also pocketed a cash prize.
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Beginners AC coaching has commenced on Tuesday evenings at 5.30pm. Any new members or high handicap member who would like to have tuition, please contact Derek Watts.
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At the AGM on Sunday 1st March 2009, there were no changes to the Committee. There will be some painting of the interior walls of the pavilion to set off the new notice boards and the lawns will be set out at the end of March so the official opening day of the new season will be Saturday 4th April at 1.30pm.
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On the 25th Anniversay of the setting up of the club, 9th November 1983, we held our Annual Dinner & Presentations at the Lord Mayor of Newcastle's official Residence - The Mansion House in Jesmond on Saturday 8th November 2008 which was 1 day earlier than exactly 25 years ago. We were honoured to have Patricia Duke-Cox, the CA Chairman of Council, as our Guest of Honour in this her first official function since taking office. Also present was John Meads, the main instigator in gathering together the original Committee as mentioned in the Archives page, with Alice Fleck (Nee Jones), Derek Trotman and Brian Thompson. We all enjoyed a lovely meal followed by the presentations and a musical interlude, ably performed by club members Don Wright, Jean Thompson (on Harp), Alice Fleck, Sheila Watts, Margaret Trotman and David & Mavis Turner. Derek Fleck provided some accompiament on his guitar and he also gave us a clarinet solo. Here's to the next 25 years!
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Our Chairman Derek Trotman has been awarded the CA Council Medal at the AGM, its most prestigious award, when he retired after 16 years on the Council. He was the "Father of the House" and made a major contribution by chairing at least three of the Principal Committees: Development, Publishing and Tournament.
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Tyneside Croquet Club was established in 1983 and is at home in Exhibition Park and also Nuns Moor 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.
We would consider any corporate visit to the club, when we could provide supervised games and refreshments -
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
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