Welcome to the 2008 season at Tyneside Croquet Club, our Silver Jubilee Year.

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Middlesbrough won the inaugural "Alternate Shot Doubles with Bisques" tournament held at Tyneside on Tuesday 1st July. This is a new venture, brought about by the Thursday morning winter indoor sessions at Dalton Village Hall - an idea dreamt up by David Appleton and Bruce Rannie. 3 CN clubs Belsay Hall, Middlesbrough and Tyneside were invited to provide 2 teams each. Bruce presented Charles Waterfield with the new trophy. Tyneside were second and Belsay Hall third

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Tyneside Vickers drew 2-2 with Middlesbrough Endeavour in the CN League and Tyneside Parsons were beaten 3-1 away at Middlesbrough Resolution

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Tyneside beat Belsay Hall 6-1 in the East Pennine League

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Alison Heywood-Hill wins the 'Junior' Croquet North Progressive Doubles at Belsay Hall by winning all her games. This is Alison's first tournament outside Tyneside - (see photo)

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The Tyneside Midweek Handicap Tournament was won by Roger Staples of Middlesbrough. He beat Alice Fleck of Belsay in the final. Alan Thwaite of Tyneside was 3rd. (see photo.)

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Nora Burbridge & Jacob Carr win the club handicap doubles when they beat Derek Trotman & Alan Thwaite in the final

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In the first East Pennine League match, Tyneside lost away to Beverley/East Riding 5-2

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Bruce Rannie, Derek Watts and David Turner were members of the   Northumberland team in the CA Inter-County Championships at Southwick and Compton, East Sussex on 24th - 27th May and were successful in being promoted to Division 1 by finishing 3rd behind Hertfordshire and the league champions Suffolk. Phil Errington of Belsay Hall, Martin Stephenson of Meadows, Edinburgh and Robin Brown ex Tyneside member completed the squad.

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Tyneside were beaten away to Nottingham 3-4 on Sunday 26th May, despite having a lunchtime lead of 3-1, in the Longman Cup first round.

Tyneside Parsons were beaten 3-1 away to Belsay Hall and Tyneside Vickers drew 2-2 at home to York - the first games of the Croquet North League, on Sunday 18th May.

 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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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 4th July 2008.

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