What's on in July

Sunday, July 8th, 10am	Captain Smith's Association Croquet Handicap one-day tournament
Tuesday, July 10th, 6pm	Celia's Association Croquet Improver's coaching - improving your breaks
Sunday, July 22nd, 10am	Golf Croquet One-day tournament
Tuesday, July 24th, 6pm	Celia's Association Croquet Improver's coaching
Wednesday, July 25th	Golf Croquet Friendly against Colchester - sign up in pavilion if interested
Thursday, July 26th, 6pm	Part One of Martin French's Association Croquet beginner's course - for complete beginners
Saturday, July 28th, 9.30am	Part Two of Martin French's Association Croquet beginner's course - for those who have been to part one or have played golf croquet and know how to hit a ball.

For those interested in playing in a tournament please sign up on the lists in the pavilion.
For those interested in attending Martin French's course please contact him.

Grand Open Day

Ipswich Croquet Club's Grand Open Day on Sunday was a great success. As the day went on numbers picked up as the weather improved!! Many games of one-ball and golf croquet were played and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. The highlight of the day was the delicious tea of sandwiches, including cucumber of course!!, scones and many varieties of home-made cake all washed down with Pimms! Martin Leech made a speech thanking all those who have helped the club this year particularly Martin French who has worked tirelessly for the club. He then presented prizes to the winner of the Golf Croquet competition - Bob Sutherland who won despite not having lifted a mallet since 1989! - and the winner of the One Ball competition - Andrew Paris - well done to them both.

Below are a few pictures from the day.

People in play on the lawns:

 Everyone gathered for tea, speech and presentations:

 

The winners

Grand Open Day

Ipswich Croquet Club are holding a Grand Open Day this Sunday, June 24th from 10.30am at Fynn Valley Golf Club, Witnesham. It will be a fun day with one-ball and golf croquet, lunch in the club house and tea on the lawns. Don't worry if you've never played before as full instructions will be given. Please feel free to come along to either the whole day or just part of it and please bring friends and family along too.

Ipswich win their first Golf Croquet league match

Ipswich beat Colchester 13-5 in their first ever Golf Croquet league match on Friday. The team had a very enjoyable day at Colchester as the weather was much better than forecast and the home team were extremely welcoming hosts. Three of the Ipswich team had handicap reductions with Martin French becoming a scratch.
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Ipswich 3 Colchester 4

Ipswich narrowly lost to Colchester in the second Essex Suffolk league match of the season this Saturday. Ipswich were 2-1 up at lunchtime but eventually lost 4-3 with three of the four afternoon games ending +1T!! Better luck next time.
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What's On in June

The two big events in June are the CA Handicap Golf Croquet tournament on the weekend of 16th and 17th June - there is still time to enter - and the GRAND OPEN DAY on Sunday, 24th June - more details to follow.

Here is a full list of the events in June:

Sat. 2nd	Essex Suffolk League match vs Colchester at home, 10am start
Wed. 13th	Golf Croquet "Tulips" competition at Bury St Edmunds
Sat/Sun 16th/17th	CA Handicap Golf Croquet Tournament
Sun. 24th	GRAND OPEN DAY and BBQ - more details to follow