WELCOME This 6me around, I would like to take a moment to be proud of our sport, our players and our clubs. You will read later in the Gaze7e that I managed to win myself a GC trophy this season, which I am delighted about. I played in a tournament with 15 other women who are the best in our country and the experience was both enjoyable and compe66ve in equal measures. This was the first 6me I had played in the Golf Croquet Women’s Championship and I have one thing to say: "Watch out croquet world, 6mes ahead are set to change." I have been asked in the past, “Why are the women in our sport not as good as the men?” I now have the answer, “They are, you just haven’t seen them playing yet!” I would like to encourage all players, not just our women, but everyone who hasn’t yet been brave enough, to enter a higher level tournament. Play against be7er players, lose against them, but learn from them. If you can’t find a tournament to enter, tell someone, let’s find a tournament for you to enter. Alison Alison Maugham Editor editor@croquetengland.org.uk
Croquet Gaze7e Online Issue 003 | September 2025
Front cover: Encouraging “newbies” to croquet at Southwell Croquet Club [Page 9]
INTER‐CLUB BOWDON V PHYLLIS COURT
CONTENTS 4 5 6 8 Hibiscus Chairman's Column Tunnel of Time
Le7ers to the Editor Lawn Maintenance Woking Junior Tournament Associa6on Croquet Repor6ng Golf Croquet Repor6ng Wheelchair Croquet The Road to Eastbourne Pier Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD)
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Photo by Kevin Ward
The players from Phyllis Court and Bowdon halted play in their GC Inter‐Club Championship (Tier 1) semi‐final, to observe the na6onal two‐minute silence honouring the 80th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory in Japan) that marked the end of the Second World War. Paying their respects at noon on Friday 15 August were, from the le&: Rick Lilley, Charlie von Schmieder, Ian Norris & Chris Roberts (Phyllis Court); Frances Colman (Referee); Alison Maugham, Jack Good, Angharrad Walters & Nigel Ma7hews (Bowdon).
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