Rosemary Bradshaw, who was formerly affiliated with Budleigh Salterton and Fowey, has recently relocated to Salisbury. She came across an article about us in the Salisbury Journal, and we were thrilled to welcome her as a new member! Jan Kot from Tisbury Croquet Club participated in the tournament, where Carl Brown (left) from Bradford on Avon emerged as the winner.

On Tuesday 29th September the final of the Internal GC Tournament for the Gold Cup took place. Sixteen members entered the competition over the last two months and just three had won all of their matches so a play-off was needed to decide the winner. Advantage scoring based on handicaps was used throughout the competition. The atmosphere for the final was very good natured but tense and competitive.The first match between Sye and Sarah was close with Sarah winning by a narrow

On Friday, 25th September 2026, the day commenced early to prepare both short courts for play. We were pleased to welcome our newest member, Rosemary Bradshaw, to the tournament. Rosemary, an honorary member of Budleigh Salterton now residing in Salisbury, is a passionate Short Croquet player. Play began at 10 am, and the sun shone for the remainder of the day. Participants included Clive Camp, Geoff Cluett, Jan Kot, David Morley, Lawrie Webster, and Rosemary Bradshaw. We pla

A roll shot during the match We all enjoyed the day’s play even though we endured a whole day of wind and rain. The lawns were in very good condition thanks to the hard work by members of the club the day before. Bob Hart, the Bath team captain, wrote that the Bath team thoroughly enjoyed the day’s play and our hospitality. The resulting score was even with each team winning eight games. Clive did particularly well winning all four of his games!

Despite an unrelentingly wet day we enjoyed a very warm welcome! We won only three of our nine games of doubles but who cares when you are provided with delicious homemade cakes and biscuits afterwards! A view of the results below show that the matches were close even if we didn't win. Thank you Hilary for organising it all.

Lining up to peg out! There were only four entries this time for our monthly Internal Short Croquet tournament in Tisbury on Friday 28th August. We managed to play two competitive rounds in bright sunshine before dark clouds threatened and the heavens opened. We were forced to run for cover and call it a day. David Morley won both his games in some style, especially the second game when he still had three hoops to run and then peg out with only one bisque remaining. David hel