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CqE Official News

19th Dec 2016: Most Improved Player Awards Announced
5th Dec 2016: CA Club Awards
11th Nov 2016: AGM Minutes Published
24th Oct 2016: Report of AGM and Council Meeting (22 Oct)
24th Oct 2016: Annual Report of Council (22 Oct)
23rd Oct 2016: Robert Fulford was awarded a CA Council Medal
19th Sep 2016: AGM Notice and Voting
5th Aug 2016: Website outage due to planned maintenance (6 Aug)
13th Jun 2016: National Croquet Day was an Outstanding Success
31st May 2016: Official Rulings on the Laws of (Association) Croquet updated
23rd Mar 2016: Coaching Awards
22nd Mar 2016: Report of March Council Meeting (19 Mar)
29th Feb 2016: CA Tournament Regulations 2016
21st Feb 2016: AC Doubles - Handicapping System Changes
20th Feb 2016: Most Improved Player Awards for 2015
9th Feb 2016: National Croquet Day
31st Jan 2016: Updated Official Rulings for Golf Croquet - January 2016
29th Jan 2016: Report of January Council Meeting (23 Jan)
16th Jan 2016: New CA Website

Other News

1st Nov 2016: AC Development Squad 2017/2018 - Vacancies
26th Oct 2016: Dowlish Wake CC Pavilion lost to Fire
26th Sep 2016: Inter-Federation Challenge - Croquet North v. Yorkshire (24 Sep)
11th Aug 2016: Ian Parkinson's Funeral
4th Aug 2016: Ian Parkinson RIP
20th Jul 2016: Nailsea Croquet Club is a Pokemon Stop!
10th Jul 2016: Peterborough Inaugural Croquet Tournament 9-10 July 2016
7th Jul 2016: LiveStream video of the British Open
1st Jul 2016: Jonathan Powe dominated the East Dorset June Week
29th Jun 2016: Barlow Bowl and Longman Bowl Selections
13th May 2016: CA Women beat Lancashire 6-3
1st May 2016: Croquet Live streaming
27th Apr 2016: A time when croquet was on the TV
26th Apr 2016: Over 2000 students take part in Oxford University Croquet Cuppers
2nd Apr 2016: Funeral Arrangements for Bernard Neal
28th Mar 2016: RIP Bernard Neal

AC - Championships

4th Oct 2016: Provisional Forward Tournament Schedule for CA Events
26th Sep 2016: James Hopgood Won the South of England Championship (23-25 Sep)
23rd Sep 2016: James Hopgood Won the North of England Championship (25 Sep)
16th Sep 2016: Jonathan Powe Won the Treasurer's Tankard (12 Sep)
15th Sep 2016: Omied Hallam Won the Selectors' Weekend (9-11 Sep)
14th Sep 2016: Andy Myers Won the Spencer Ell Cup (8-12 Sep)
11th Sep 2016: David Maugham won the President's Cup
27th Aug 2016: North Of England Championship
24th Aug 2016: CAI beat CA in the McWeeney Trophy August 20-21st 2016 in Carrickmines (21 Aug)
7th Aug 2016: Stephen Mulliner won the Championship of Surrey for the Fifth Time
2nd Aug 2016: Eights Selections (16 Aug)
14th Jul 2016: British Open Championship Winners (10 Jul)
11th Jul 2016: Open Championships - Player Games
2nd Jul 2016: The Association Plate Process (2-10 Jul)
2nd Jul 2016: The Association Plate Draw (2-10 Jul)
2nd Jul 2016: The Croquet Championship Draw (2-10 Jul)
2nd Jul 2016: The Doubles Championship Draw (2-10 Jul)
2nd Jul 2016: The Croquet Championship Qualifying Swiss (2-10 Jul)
26th Jun 2016: Paddy Chapman won the East Midlands Championship
22nd Jun 2016: Open Championships - Singles Pre-Drawn Rounds (2-10 Jul)
20th Jun 2016: Student Championship Results (12 Jun)
13th Jun 2016: David Maugham Won the Men's Championship
13th Jun 2016: Louise Bradforth Won the Women's Championship
13th Jun 2016: Gabrielle Higgins & David Maugham Won the Mixed Doubles Championship
13th Jun 2016: Robert Wilkinson Won the DuPre Cup
12th Jun 2016: Mens & Womens Full Results
9th Jun 2016: The Women's Championship Block (8-12 Jun)
9th Jun 2016: The Mens Championship Draw (8-12 Jun)
9th Jun 2016: The Mixed Doubles Championship Block (8-12 Jun)
29th May 2016: Nottinghamshire won the AC Inter-County Championship
2nd May 2016: Reg Bamford won the Coles Championship
2nd May 2016: Jamie Burch Won the Western Championship
1st May 2016: The Sue Mackay Report on the AC Inter-County Championship
29th Apr 2016: AC Inter-County Championship Latest Teams
13th Mar 2016: Bedfordshire beat Shropshire 3-0 in Counties Play-Off
31st Jan 2016: AC Inter-County Championship draw for 2016 is now available

GC - Championships

26th Sep 2016: GC Eights Reports (29 Aug)
23rd Sep 2016: Preview - GC Inter-Club Final at Cheltenham on Saturday 24 September
18th Sep 2016: Ian Burridge Won the English National Singles GC Championship (Ascot Cup)
6th Sep 2016: John-Paul Moberly and Tobi Savage won the English National GC Doubles Championship (4 Sep)
29th Aug 2016: David Widdison (Bishop Monkton and Pendle) won the Kate Jones Trophy (GC Second Eight)
29th Aug 2016: Musk's Cup: Moberly's come back caps his terrific season
23rd Aug 2016: Midddlesex unstoppable in GC Inter-County Championship
18th Aug 2016: Stephen Mulliner won the Yorkshire International GC Open (11 Aug)
24th Jul 2016: David Widdison won the 17th Lancashire International Open Golf Croquet Championship (23 & 24 July)
22nd Jul 2016: Chris Sheen takes the GC Veterans title
3rd Jul 2016: Martin French won the National Forest GC Championship (full report)
20th Jun 2016: Stephen Mulliner won the GC Open Championship
15th Jun 2016: Bamford and Mulliner won the British Open GC Doubles Championship
9th Jun 2016: 2017 Golf Croquet World Championship - Australia
13th May 2016: Robert Fulford won the East Anglian GC Championship (8 May)
10th May 2016: Chris Roberts won the Sidmouth GC Championship (24 Apr)

AC

5th Oct 2016: Sussex County Croquet Club Advanced Weekend for The Solomon Trophy and The Sussex Tumbler (24-25 Sep)
3rd Oct 2016: Omied Hallam won the Selector's Weekend (9 Sep)
26th Sep 2016: Southport Sandiford Salver Eight (12 Sep)
26th Sep 2016: Dave Marsh won the Southport Advanced Weekend (12 Sep)
26th Sep 2016: Adam Swinton Won the Bowdon B-Level Weekend (18 Sep)
22nd Sep 2016: Neil Coote Won the Surbiton B-Level (17 Sep)
14th Sep 2016: Sidmouth C-Level Advanced Tournament Report (11 Sep)
13th Sep 2016: Chairman's Salver Results (11 Sep)
13th Sep 2016: Challenge and Gilbey Results (4 Sep)
13th Sep 2016: Phillip Scarr won the Nottingham Open Weekend (4 Sep)
30th Aug 2016: Dave Foulser won the Edgbaston Advanced Weekend (21 Aug)
30th Aug 2016: Luc Berthouze won the Royal Tunbridge Wells Advanced Weekend (28 Aug)
30th Aug 2016: Dave Gunn won the Advanced Weekend at Edgbaston CC (29 Aug)
22nd Aug 2016: Hurlingham Annual Tournament Results (14 Aug)
22nd Aug 2016: Nottingham Week Results (20 Aug)
17th Aug 2016: Derek Andrew won the Sidmouth B-Level Advanced Tournament (13 Aug)
16th Aug 2016: Barlow and Longman Bowl Results
13th Aug 2016: Jack Wicks won the Letchworth August tournament
3rd Aug 2016: Luc Berthouze won the COWhorn (31 Jul)
3rd Aug 2016: David Maugham won the Tyneside Advanced Weekend (31 Jul)
1st Aug 2016: Southport Advanced Weekend Results (24 Jul)
1st Aug 2016: Tyneside Open Weekend Results
25th Jul 2016: National Seniors' Championship Results (16 Jul)
25th Jul 2016: Sidmouth June Tournament Results (12 Jun)
25th Jul 2016: David Goacher won the John McCullough Challenge Trophy
21st Jul 2016: Geoff Hughes won the Nailsea Advanced Weekend (10 Jul)
21st Jul 2016: Richard Waterman won the Wrest Park Advanced Tournament (3 Jul)
18th Jul 2016: Compton Summer Tournament Results (10 Jul)
18th Jul 2016: Ryde Annual Tournament Results (26 Jun)
12th Jul 2016: Peterborough Inaugural Tournament Results (10 Jul)
10th Jul 2016: Arthur Reed won The Letchworth 'B' Level Tournament (7 Jul)
29th Jun 2016: Andrew Killick won the Middlesbrough B-Level Tournament (26 Jun)
29th Jun 2016: Omied Hallam won the Nottingham B-Level (21 Jun)
20th Jun 2016: David Marsh won the B-Level Weekend at Ashby (19 Jun)
15th Jun 2016: Watford One-Day Tournament Results (4 Jun)
7th Jun 2016: Brian McCausland won the Nailsea C-Class Tournament (5 Jun)
7th Jun 2016: Roehampton Summer Tournament Results (29 May)
6th Jun 2016: Paddy Chapman won the Bowdon Advanced Weekend (5 Jun)
25th May 2016: Nick Parish won the Guildford and Godalming Advanced Weekend (8 May)
24th May 2016: Rich Waterman won the Colchester B-Level Tournament (15 May)
15th May 2016: Liz Wilson won the Pendle & Craven B-Level Advanced
13th May 2016: Marcus Evans won the Nailsea Advanced Weekend (8 May)
11th May 2016: Tom Coles won the Hurlingham May Weekend (3 May)
10th May 2016: Jonathan Powe won the Budleigh Salterton B-Level Advanced Tournament (24 Apr)
6th Apr 2016: Selection for Lancashire v CA Women Fixture
31st Mar 2016: Mark Avery and James Death won the Surbiton Advanced Tournament

AC - Mixed

1st Oct 2016: Inter-Club Finals Weekend - Latest News
9th Jul 2016: Pendle & Craven Midweek Tournament Results (5-7 Jul)

AC - Handicap

8th Nov 2016: Geoffrey Johnson Won the Surbiton Advanced Handicap (the ARK)
29th Sep 2016: Jonathan Lambton Won the Wrest Park September Handicap Tournament (24-25 Sep)
26th Sep 2016: Hurlingham Midweek Veterans' AC Tournament Report (6-8 Sep)
26th Sep 2016: Rother Valley Challenge Report (3 Sep)
26th Sep 2016: Betty Bates Won the Northampton Autumn Handicap (25 Sep)
18th Sep 2016: Tony Elliot representing Enfield won the 2016 All England AC Handicap Final
13th Sep 2016: East Dorset Results (29 Aug)
13th Sep 2016: Roehampton Handicap Tournament (12 Sep)
27th Aug 2016: South of England Week (15 Aug)
17th Aug 2016: Susan Fulford won the Colchester Midweek Handicap (12 Aug)
1st Aug 2016: Tony Elliot won the Colchester Over 50s' Handicap Tournament (7 Jul)
31st Jul 2016: John Henderson Won The Fylde Croquet Jubilee Handicap Trophy
6th Jun 2016: Bill Humphreys won the Tyneside Midweek Handicap Weekend (2 Jun)
6th Jun 2016: Colchester Weekend Handicap Results (29 May)
6th Jun 2016: Eileen Rossiter won the Southport Handicap Weekend (30 May)
23rd May 2016: Peel Memorials
13th May 2016: Budleigh Salterton May Week Tournament Results (8 May)
11th May 2016: David Millener won the Middlesbrough AC Handicap (2 May)
17th Apr 2016: Entry Limits for Peel Memorials
31st Mar 2016: Mark Avery won the Surbiton Easter Handicap

GC

20th Dec 2016: Rachel Rowe appointed IPDG GC Assistant Director
18th Oct 2016: Paul Gunn won the B-Level Series National Final (9 Oct)
28th Sep 2016: John Noble Won the All-England GC Handicap Final (17-18 Sep)
28th Sep 2016: John Noble Won the All-England GC Handicap Final (17-18 Sep)
22nd Sep 2016: Cheltenham Level-Play GC Tournaments (18 Sep)
18th Sep 2016: Christine Searle won the Grass Roots final at Nottingham
14th Sep 2016: Lionel Tibble appointed Golf Croquet International Performance Director
13th Sep 2016: Andrea Huxley won the Cara Cup (4 Sep)
6th Sep 2016: Richard Bilton won the GC B-Level Tournament at Hurlingham (28 Aug)
5th Sep 2016: Delia and Ian Norris won the GC Handicap Doubles Tournament (28 Aug)
18th Aug 2016: John-Paul Moberly won the London Masters GC Tournament
11th Aug 2016: Marian Manning won the Guildford & Godalming G GC B-Level (10 Aug)
22nd Jul 2016: Selections for Musks Cup and Kate Jones Memorial Trophy
13th Jul 2016: Ross Bagni won the Nottingham GC B-Class
13th Jul 2016: Space in GC Vets at Southwick
10th Jul 2016: Lionel Tibble won the Hamptworth GC Wiltshire Open Tournament (26 Jun)
5th Jul 2016: John Noble won the GC Open at Hunstanton (3 Jul)
5th Jul 2016: Ross Bagni won the Hunstanton GC 'B' Series Qualifier (2 Jul)
29th Jun 2016: Ian Norris won the Guildford & Godalming GC Handicap Tournament (22 Jun)
21st Jun 2016: Roger Stroud won the Leighton-Linslade GC B-Level Tournament (18 Jun)
21st Jun 2016: Jeff Dawson won the Woking Midsummer GC Tournament (6 Jun)
21st Jun 2016: David Widdison won the Pendle & Craven GC Tournament (20 Jun)
21st Jun 2016: Peter Dowd won the Letchworth GC Level Tournament (11 Jun)
21st Jun 2016: Desmond Taylor won the Letchworth June GC Handicap Tournament (10 Jun)
15th Jun 2016: Lionel Tibble won the GC Open Singles Championship at Cheltenham (5 Jun)
11th May 2016: Peter Dowd won the 'Zero Plus' Tournament (1 May)
11th May 2016: James Goodbun won the Surbiton GC Open (4 May)
10th May 2016: David Widdison (Bishop Monkton and Pendle) won the Northampton Level-Play GC Tournament (8 May)
1st Mar 2016: Golf Croquet Coaching Manual Updated

Tournament Vacancies

24th Aug 2016: One Place Left in the Challenge & Gilbey

AC - Inter-Club

3rd Oct 2016: Surbiton beat Woking 5-2 (2 Oct)
20th Aug 2016: Surbiton beat Cheltenham 8-0
30th Jul 2016: Woking beat Bowdon 6-0
17th Jul 2016: Surbiton beat Colchester 6-3
9th Jul 2016: Bowdon beat Bristol w/o
20th Jun 2016: Nottingham lost to Bowdon 3-4 (19 Jun)
4th Jun 2016: Cheltenham beat Sussex 5-2
1st Jun 2016: Hurlingham lost to Woking 1-6 (26 May)
30th Mar 2016: Draw

AC - Mary Rose

3rd Oct 2016: Wrest Park beat East Dorset 5-2 (1 Oct)
18th Sep 2016: Wrest Park beat Nottingham 5-2 (17 Sep)
1st Sep 2016: East Dorset beat Roehampton w/o
1st Sep 2016: Roehampton beat Sussex (neither club going through) w/o
24th Aug 2016: Wrest Park beat Pinchbeck 4-3 (23 Aug)
23rd Aug 2016: Nottingham beat Bowdon 7-0 (21 Aug)
16th Aug 2016: East Dorset beat Woking 5-2 (14 Aug)
25th Jul 2016: Wrest Park beat Northampton 4-2 (23 Jul)
12th Jul 2016: Dyffryn lost to East Dorset 1-6 (11 Jul)
12th Jul 2016: Bowdon beat Pendle & Craven 4-3 (9 Jul)
11th Jul 2016: Nottingham beat Chester 4-0 (9 Jul)
5th Jul 2016: Pinchbeck beat Watford 4-2 (4 Jul)
4th Jul 2016: Roehampton beat Hurlingham 6-1 (1 Jul)
23rd Jun 2016: Sussex beat Surbiton 5-1 (22 Jun)
13th Jun 2016: Colchester lost to Watford 3-4 (10 Jun)
2nd Jun 2016: Woking beat Bristol 5-2
22nd May 2016: Northampton beat Letchworth 4-3 (20 May)
26th Apr 2016: Surbiton beat Reigate Priory 5-1
30th Mar 2016: Draw

AC - Longman Cup

3rd Oct 2016: Bowdon beat Roehampton in the Longman Cup 3/4th place playoff 6-1 (2 Oct)
3rd Oct 2016: Enfield Beat High Wycombe in the Longman Cup Final 4-3 (2 Oct)
3rd Oct 2016: High Wycombe beat Roehampton 6-1 (1 Oct)
3rd Oct 2016: Enfield beat Bowdon 5-2 (1 Oct)
28th Sep 2016: Wrest Park lost to Enfield 2-5 (27 Sep)
12th Sep 2016: Harwell lost to High Wycombe 3-4 (11 Sep)
6th Sep 2016: Bowdon beat Chester 6-0 (5 Sep)
30th Aug 2016: Surbiton lost to Roehampton 3-4 (29 Aug)
5th Aug 2016: Wrest Park beat Hunstanton 4-3
3rd Aug 2016: Roehampton beat Hurlingham 5-2 (30 Jul)
30th Jul 2016: East Dorset lost to High Wycombe 2-5
30th Jul 2016: Chester beat Bury 4-3 (29 Jul)
26th Jul 2016: Surbiton beat Medway w/o
25th Jul 2016: Shrewsbury lost to Bowdon 2-5 (24 Jul)
18th Jul 2016: Nottingham lost to Wrest Park 1-6 (16 Jul)
17th Jul 2016: Letchworth lost to Enfield 3-4 (16 Jul)
17th Jul 2016: Harwell beat Cheltenham 5-2 (16 Jul)
7th Jul 2016: Sussex lost to Surbiton 3-4 (5 Jul)
29th Jun 2016: Bury beat Pendle 5-2 (24 Jun)
23rd Jun 2016: Woking lost to Cheltenham 3-4 (22 Jun)
20th Jun 2016: Merton lost to Roehampton 3-4 (17 Jun)
16th Jun 2016: Colchester lost to Enfield 1-6 (15 Jun)
14th Jun 2016: High Wycombe beat Ealing 5-2 (11 Jun)
13th Jun 2016: Harwell beat Blewbury 4-3 (11 Jun)
9th Jun 2016: Hurlingham beat Reigate 4-3 (5 Jun)
9th Jun 2016: Crake Valley lost to Chester 3-4 (8 Jun)
1st Jun 2016: Letchworth beat Watford 4-3
23rd May 2016: East Dorset beat Guildford 6-1
22nd May 2016: Shrewsbury beat Southport 4-3 (15 May)
19th May 2016: Hunstanton beat Pinchbeck in the Longman Inter-Club 4-3
31st Mar 2016: Draw

AC - Secretary's Shield

3rd Oct 2016: Hunstanton beat Middlesbrough to win Secretary's Shield 4-2
1st Sep 2016: Hunstanton beat Bath 4-3
30th Aug 2016: Middlesbrough beat Kenilworth 6-1 (29 Aug)
1st Aug 2016: Hunstanton beat Caterham 4-3 (31 Jul)
17th Jul 2016: Oxford lost to Kenilworth 3-4 (16 Jul)
10th Jul 2016: Ryde lost to Bath 1-6 (8 Jul)
4th Jul 2016: Middlesbrough beat Leicester w/o (2 Jul)
31st May 2016: Hunstanton beat York 5-2 (30 May)
10th May 2016: Leicester beat Fylde w/o (30 Apr)
30th Mar 2016: Draw

GC - Inter-Club

1st Oct 2016: 2016 GC Inter-Club Championship - Results summary
24th Sep 2016: Surbiton beat Ashby at Cheltenham to win the 2016 GC Inter-Club Championship 4-3
19th Aug 2016: Surbiton beat Dulwich 4-3
31st Jul 2016: Phyllis Court lost to Ashby 3-4
22nd Jul 2016: Letchworth lost to Dulwich 3-4
16th Jul 2016: Surbiton beat Woking 6-1
8th Jul 2016: Phyllis Court beat Cheltenham 5-2
27th Jun 2016: Bowdon lost to Ashby 2-5
23rd May 2016: Sussex County lost to Woking 2-5
20th May 2016: Bowdon beat Belsay Hall 5-2
9th May 2016: Bury lost to Ashby 2-4
8th May 2016: Letchworth beat Hunstanton 4-2
1st May 2016: Dulwich beat Watford 5-1
15th Apr 2016: Phyllis Court beat Camerton & Peasedown 5-1
30th Mar 2016: Draw

GC - Inter-Club Shield

21st Sep 2016: Leighton Linslade beat Guildford 4-3 (20 Sep)
16th Aug 2016: Guildford beat Merton 4-3
5th Aug 2016: Durham lost to Ripon Spa 3-4 (15 Jul)
5th Aug 2016: Leighton Linslade beat Ripon Spa 4-3 (4 Aug)
29th Jun 2016: Leighton Linslade beat Hunstanton 6-0 (27 Jun)
21st Jun 2016: Guildford beat Phyllis Court 4-3 (20 Jun)
15th Jun 2016: Hamptworth lost to Merton 2-5 (14 Jun)
15th Jun 2016: Durham beat Belsay 4-3 (14 Jun)
14th Jun 2016: Hunstanton beat Northampton 4-3 (3 Jun)
2nd Jun 2016: Camerton & Peasedown lost to Hamptworth 1-6 (31 May)
1st Jun 2016: Sussex lost to Guildford 2-4 (27 May)
31st May 2016: Watford lost to Merton 1-6 (30 May)
26th May 2016: Ripon Spa beat Tyneside w/o (25 May)
20th May 2016: Nottingham lost to Leighton Linslade in the Murphy Shield 3-4
13th May 2016: Ripon Spa beat Pendle & Craven 4-3 (12 May)
29th Apr 2016: Hurlingham lost to Merton 1-6
29th Apr 2016: High Wycombe lost to Phyllis Court 2-5 (19 Apr)
27th Apr 2016: Ashby lost to Nottingham 1-5 (23 Apr)
31st Mar 2016: Draw

International

4th Dec 2016: November 2016 issue of WCF newsletter is available
7th Nov 2016: GC World Championship Qualifying Event
23rd Sep 2016: England Places in 2017 GCWC and Under21s
13th Sep 2016: The Scottish Croquet Association won the Glasgow Quaich (4 Sep)
1st Aug 2016: GB v Ireland (Maugham Salver) Selections
21st Jul 2016: MacRobertson Shield Selections
29th Jun 2016: WCF Under 21 Golf Croquet World Championship
19th Jun 2016: England won the Home Internationals
17th Jun 2016: Home Internationals
23rd May 2016: Selection for Solomon Trophy (GB v USA) 28 June - 1 July 2016
21st May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 7: New Zealand are World Champions
20th May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 6: England beat Ireland to take 3rd place
11th May 2016: World GC Team Championships Coming at a Croquet Club Near You
29th Apr 2016: England team selected for Home Internationals
4th Apr 2016: Website for GC World Team Championship
25th Mar 2016: Elite Squad Membership Updated
1st Feb 2016: GC European Championship Availability

World Championship

19th May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 5: Egypt bt England 11-2
18th May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 4: England trail Egypt 2-4
17th May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 3: New Zealand bt England 4-2
16th May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 2: England bt South Africa 5-1
15th May 2016: GCWTC: Tier 1: Day 1: England bt Wales 5-1
25th Apr 2016: Stephen Mulliner won the AC World Championship
20th Apr 2016: CA Members in majority at World Championship final stage
11th Mar 2016: England Selections for Openshaw Shield

Technical

1st Nov 2016: Reg Bamford Proposes Changes to Croquet Laws
24th Jun 2016: The CA slow motion videos - stroke guidance for players and referees

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