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European Croquet Championships 2012
Andrew Johnston from Newcastle Co. Wicklow rounded off an excellent season on the croquet lawns with a memorable win in the final of the European Championships.
Waterville Lake Croquet Society is up and running.
There is one brand new lawn and another lawn which is a converted putting green and they are having the Official Launch and first competitive Golf Croquet tournament on 6th/7th October.
Here are some photographs of play on these lawns during the summer ( in spite of very bad weather at times.)
Just look at those views!
Carrickmines , 1st-2nd September, 2012
This year’s match was held at Carrickmines (by kind permission of the Club) on 1st/2nd September, the first sunny weekend for a long time. The format consists of 15 contests (3 doubles and 12 singles – all best of 3 games). GB won the match 8:5
An account of the match played between Carrickmines and Herbert Park on 18th August 2012
Click here for The Dairy of the Croquet Match
Gerard has written a very interesting daily diary of the recent Irish Open Championships. It gives an insight into the various levels of competition and it sounds like it was a really enjoyable week which I, for one, am sorry that I missed.
Click here for The Dairy of the Irish Open
The Waterville Lake Croquet Society are having an open Golf Croquet Tournament as part of their Official Launch and Opening Celebrations on 6th and 7th October 2012. Entries are limited and visitors are very welcome to come down for the weekend and compete. Full details and application form on the link following. Waterville Open Golf Tournament
The Irish team for the Maugham Salver match against GB on 1st-2nd September 2012 at Carrickmines is as follows:
Simon Williams, Ed Cunningham, Patsy Fitzgerald, Danny Johnston, Kieran Murphy, Nathaniel Healy
Reserve: Jack Clingan
Championship Singles: Andy Johnston
Runner Up: Simon Williams
Championship Doubles: Danny Johnston & Kieran Murphy
Runners-up: Ed Cunningham & Andy Johnston
The CAI are pleased to announce that Strokestown Croquet Club, County Roscommon has recently affiliated to add to the growing number of clubs in Ireland. We wish them every success in establishing themselves as a club and look forward to supporting them in the future. Click this link to see the newspaper clipping from Simon Williams' recent visit to the fledgling club.
An afternoon of period croquet in period dress was enjoyed by guests at Adare Manor last weekend. We hope this will become a regular occurrence.
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