Welcome to the Wellington Municipal Croquet Club

Central Veteran’s GC Tournament

Our very own club members - Mark Huttley - was very successful at the Central Veteran’s GC Tournament held in the Hawkes Bay on 16th & 17th November. Mark teamed with a relatively inexperience player in the doubles which they won and then went on to win the Open singles without dropping a game. Pretty impressive!

What’s On November 2024

Have-a-Go Fund Raisers, GC Competition Entries, Novice Singles, Gold & Silver Stars, GC Doubles, AC Challenges. It’s a very busy month!

novice singles

The mini tournament was successfully completed over the weekend of 9 - 11 November in reasonable weather conditions. Congratulations to Alan, John, Leigh and Jan - the winners of each of the four blocks who are now facing off in the knockout competition.

Thanks to Janet for organising and the referees: Janet, Ross and Susan.

HAVE-A-GO FUND RAISERS

The first of our corporate Have-a-Go functions is scheduled for 19th November. May it be glorious sunshine like last year’s start. So far there are 15 bookings in the lead up to Christmas and a handful in January & February. As always we need lots of helpers to organise these groups - especially the large ones. If you haven’t helped before, please do this year - it’s fun. You set up the lawns, help the players choose mallets, show them the basics of the game, help them navigate their way around the hoops and get to share their food and drink. Those who have helped before, I’m sure will be keen to do it again.

A schedule of the Have-a-Gos for November and December is on the whiteboard opposite the clubrooms door. Please add your name on the days you can help. You don’t need to be there the whole time. It spreads the load if we have different people opening up and locking up.

GC COMPETITIONS

Hopefully we’ll have more luck with the mini tournaments this year! Entries for events 16 Novice Singles and 17 Open Advantage Handicap Doubles are now closed and the draws will be out shortly.

The Novice Singles (handicaps 10-16) starts with a “mini-tournament” on Saturday/Sunday/Monday mornings 9th - 11th November. Players will be organised into Blocks and play a round robin i.e. play one 13 point game - first to make 7 hoops - against every other player in the block. Block winners will then go into a knockout competition. Janet will be in touch with all entrants to organise the play for the mini-tournament.

There will be a similar arrangement for the Open Advantage Handicap Doubles (everyone can play). This event starts with a mini-tournament on the weekend of 23rd-24th November. These Blocks also play a round robin of one 13 point game. If you have any trouble working out your advantage handicap, or are confused about the number of hoops you have to play to win, ask a more experienced player. They’ll be pleased to help.

The draws are also up for the Open, Senior and Intermediate Singles and the Don Reyland Stars.

Lots and lots of matches to be played.

AC COMPETITIONS

The majority of draws are also up for these events.

The first round of the Arthur Ross Memorial Singles is well under way - well done! With the club competition needing to be finished by 31 December in time for the WCA play-offs in early January, we can’t lose momentum on this one!

The onus is on players to arrange their own matches, so grab every chance to get out on the lawns and enjoy some croquet.

NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our latest new members Charlotte, Chris, Dave, Gary, Sandra, Gayle, Margaret, Mary, Ross, Stephen and Bruce - we look forward to seeing you on the lawns. 

Congratulations to Ross & Tony winners of the Association Ferns challenge against Paraparaumu Club and successfully defending against waikanae

What Happened - October 2024

WCA MEN’S AND WOMEN’S AC CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES

Wellington Club hosted this tournament on behalf of the WCA on Saturday and Sunday 12 -13 October. We had players from South Taranaki, Wairarapa and Manawatu as well as local Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti players competing. Some great skills on display. Saturday was a lovely day and quite a few spectators took the opportunity to sit out in the sun and watch the Block play. On Sunday, due to the bad weather forecast, we played 2 rounds of full knockout competition and managed to complete the event before the rain set in.

Thank you to Mark who relocated the hoops earlier in the week, and Graeme, Matthew and Janet who set them each morning. The hoops were described as “tight but fair”.

And a very big thank you to Lorraine and her large team of club members who supplied the delicious morning and afternoon teas and generally looked after the players so well.

INTERCLUB STARTS

The various interclub competitions for this season start in early October. In the GC Wednesday teams competition we have 2 teams entered. Each team consists of 3 players from different grades playing levels singles and doubles matches. This year, sadly there were not enough entries in the Wed AC competition, so that event is not being held. However, we have 2 pairs in the Monday afternoon doubles competition.

Association Croquet Monday Competition - commenced Monday 7th October
Golf Croquet Wednesday Competition - commenced Wednesday 9th October

The draws have been published and are on the Club noticeboard (on the easel in the corner of the room). Draws are also on the WCA website, together with the rules, start times etc. this year, all results will be published on Croquet Scores.
AC Mon
GC Wed

Good luck to all our teams!

CHALLENGE MATCHES

There are a number of Challenge matches played each year in association croquet, between the various clubs in the region. Wellington currently does not hold any of the Challenge Trophies but will be playing challenges in a number of the grades during the season.

CLUB COMPETITIONS

The draws for most events are up with a lot of matches to be played. Let’s get the competitions underway and avoid that last minute rush to complete events in March/April next year! A number of the events have completion dates for each round which will be strictly enforced.

We’ve already had lots of entries for the GC Novice Singles and Open Handicap Doubles, but entries for these events are open until 3 November.

Congratulations to:

Mark Huttley - Winner Central Veteran’s GC Open Singles

Mark Huttley & Partner - Winners Central Veteran’s GC Doubles

Ross Dalley & Tony Sutich - Winners Association Ferns Challenge v Waikanae

Ross Dalley & Tony Sutich - Winners Association Ferns Challenge v Paraparaumu

Toby Garrison & Harps Tahurangi - Winners Pollock Stars Challenge v Waimarie-Hutt Valley

Baubre Murray - Runner-up WCA Women's AC Open Singles

Graeme Fisher - Runner-up Gold Coast AC Men’s Open Singles

Mark Huttley - Runner-up Portuguese GC Open Singles

Contact

➤ LOCATION

160 Alexandra Road
Newtown

☎ Phone

Club Rooms 04 389 7071

✉ email

wellingtoncroquetclub@gmail.com

Club Hire

The club is available for hire for work or private social functions and celebrations.

For full details visit our Have a Go page

Tournament Entries

As well as our own club competitions, there are many tournaments held by other clubs plus regional and national events. We receive lots of flyers about these which are all displayed on our pin board.

Details are also in the year book - copies in the clubrooms - and on the WCA website link here

Covid-19 Policy

Please continue to follow the public health measures advised by government under the Covid Protection Framework when on Club premises, and take care of yourselves at all times.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click the Index button in the footer below for the answers to your questions and more.