THE ROAD TO EASTBOURNE PIER CONTINUED
Airbnb host, hearing it was my Birthday brought me cake for breakfast. What more can you ask for? So I managed to book the following Friday off work and found Budleigh for the C‐series. I had a performance plan, guided by a sports Studies Degree, some Sports Psychology Audio Books, wri7en notes which I had shared with friends, coach and family, and set off to complete my first 1000 miles of Croquet travel, in only my second weekend of compe66on. More importantly I had some extra hoops under my belt and despite a 9‐1 nega6ve record I was quite confident. This confidence was not en6rely misguided, and a&er winning 4 out of 6 games I finished 3rd and gained my first series points. S6ll a long way from comple6ng my season goal of the C‐ series final, but the Journey on the Road to Eastbourne Pier has commenced and so far it’s been fun!
By Liz Wilson‐ Fylde COLOUR VISION DEFICIENCY (CVD) pictures to our club website; simple visual aids taken with an
iPad to serve as a resource for both players and managers. Take a look at the pictures below and tell me if you could cope. Today, the conversa6on con6nues. A global ini6a6ve is underway to establish standard icons for colours, an effort that will benefit all visual systems and offer clarity and consistency for
A fellow club member and avid gardener moved house and on the first visit I was awestruck by the sight of a beau6ful evergreen bush covered in red berries. A real sight to behold. “Wow” I said “What an amazing bush – I have never seen so many berries” “What berries?” was the reply! He had red/green CVD and had no idea that there were any berries on the bush. This is a real issue for croquet players with CVD, par6cularly when double‐banking. Peter Wilson and Mar6n French worked on the problem some years ago following le7ers from Ray Clipson and Lawrence Whi7aker regarding the colours of Bab's clips. It was Mar6n French who brought the issue of Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) into the spotlight within the CA. His efforts together with the others in the Equipment Group, led to: 1. The introduc6on of the CVD flag in member data, visible to managers. 2. The development of guidelines in the Regs for suppor6ng CVD players. 3. Icons for green and brown clips, which were adopted and marked a vital step toward inclusion. Before these formal measures, I was managing several players with CVD on the North West circuit. I learned from them how the simple task of establishing the state of their game could become a burden and especially so when double banking. One player would come to me and say ”I can manage with 2nd colours if you just tell me which clip matches the green ball and which clip matches the brown ball”. To raise awareness I felt compelled to contribute two
those with CVD. For further reading and informa6on I can recommend visi6ng the ColorAdd website to discover more about this.
And just a final thought, if your opponent wins the
toss and chooses colours just ask if they have CVD. Our member has been instructed to make the correct choice of playing 1st or 2nd but to add “ and please may I have blue and black as I can see these be7er”. Let them choose order of play and colours…..it shouldn't ma7er to you which colours you play with. 1. CA Gaze7e October 2012 #340 2. CA Gaze7e February 2013 #342 3. Croquet England Tournament Regula6ons 2025 ‐ L5 & M1 4. www.croquet.org.uk/?p=tournament/equipment/ ClipColours 5. www.coloradd.net/en/
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