Welcome to the Wellington Municipal Croquet Club
What’s Happening in October
And on the afternoon of 7 October …. no it didn’t snow - it hailed!
WCA Men’s & Women’s AC Championship Singles
On the weekend of 11-12 October we are hosting this tournament on behalf of the WCA. Players are coming from Taranaki, Manawatu and the Wairarapa as well as local players from Wellington and the Hutt Valley. There will be no club play, but come and watch. There will be some very good croquet on show.
Remember that the hoops are being moved on Thursday so there will be limited play that day.
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. We also have 2 pairs in the AC Monday afternoon doubles competition.
Association Croquet Monday Competition - commenced Monday 6th October
Golf Croquet Wednesday Competition - commenced Wednesday 8th 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. All results will be published on Croquet Scores.
AC Mon (coming soon)
GC Wed
Good luck to all our teams!
CHALLENGE MATCHES
There have traditionally been a number of Challenge matches played each year in association croquet, between the various clubs in the region. This year there will also be a similar Challenge series for golf croquet, starting with a random draw to decide the “defenders” and “challengers” for the first round in each grade.
In AC Wellington Club will be defending the Rudkin Brooches for the 0 to 3.5 grade and will be playing challenges in 3 other grades during October-November.
In GC we were drawn as the Defender in 2 grades, 5 to 7 and 11+ - both of which we have lost to Paraparaumu Club.
In the Open and 8 to 10 grades we won both matches by default and will be defending them in mid-October. We will also be playing our 1st challenge in the 1 to 4 grade in mid-October.
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 2 November.
What’s Happening in September
Club Competitions
Now’s the time to put in your entries for our club competitions and have some fun competitive play over the season.
For full details of the GC Competitions click here and for the on-line entry form scroll to the bottom of the competition page.
For full details of the AC Competitions click here and for the on-line entry form scroll to the bottom of the competition page.
There are some hard copies of the entry forms in the Clubrooms.
Please send in your entries by 28th September 2025.
free lessons
These have started and will continue each Sunday until 5th October inclusive. We welcomed 5 beginners at Lesson 1and they all said they’ll be back next week, so that’s a great start. If you know anyone who would like to play send them along next Sunday - we’d love to introduce them to the wonderful game of croquet.
Subscriptions
Don’t forget to get your discount you need to pay your subscription by 30th September 2025. Full details here.
Summer Opening
A fine morning - a good turnout for GC. Our President Dick Smith presented the trophies for the winter competitions and then we enjoyed our shared lunch before the afternoon AC session.
Congratulations to:
Dick Smith - Runner-up Marton AC 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
Flyers for WMCC hosted Tournaments
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
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