Welcome to the Wellington Municipal Croquet Club
Free Lessons start Sunday 13th September 2026.
More information and Registration here
Winter Update
Annual Players Meeting
12 noon on Saturday 8 August
An opportunity for members to be updated on our Club and other competitions as well as to raise any matters for consideration by the Committee. Diary this date even if you are not playing winter Croquet - the bigger the turnout the better the discussion.
Croquet Rules
Club Captain Susan will be running 3 short sessions on “what umpires need to know and players should know” after the draws on Tuesdays 11, 18 and 25 August. Hopefully some members will be inspired to qualify as Umpires or Referees and everyone else will be even more conscious of abiding by the rules during club sessions.
Summer Season Opening
Saturday 12 September
10:00 am GC Draw
11:00 am Our patrons Mayor Andrew Little and MP for Rongotai Julie Anne Genter and their teams will compete for the annual Charles Jones Challenge Cup between the Wellington City Council and Parliament.
12:00 pm Presentation of Winter trophies and the President will present the Charles Jones Cup to the winning team.
12:15 pm Shared lunch bring along something tasty.
1:00 pm AC Draw
Free Croquet Lessons
Start Sunday 13 September and run for 4 x weeks
This year the Committee have decided to try to focus on people who are nearing retirement in the hope that they will stay longer as members. If you know anyone who would be interested please invite them along.
This does not mean that younger members will not be welcome if they are keen to learn.
Leigh Graham and Tony Stevens have developed an advertising campaign comprising the use of Billboards, A4 posters and a digital ad for Facebook to try to attract a good number of prospective learners to the programme.
Winter Croquet Season
About half of our membership have played in the winter this year and competition on the lawns has been fierce.
The Winter Singles have progressed well and both the Championship and Plate knockouts are in their final stages. Dennis Bullard is perched on top of the Winter Ladder at the moment and is looking for any challengers to knock him off.
Despite a few wet days when the lawns were closed the lawns have held up well. The recently introduced “No Jumping” rule which is designed to protect soft winter lawns has encouraged members to be more aggressive in “going for the hoop”. The result - a noticeable improvement in their games.
annual general Meeting
Attendees at the AGM on Saturday 30 May 2026
The Club held its AGM for 2026 on Saturday 30 May. We had the biggest turnout for a number of years which was great because we were also fare-welling our President Dick Smith and our long serving Treasurer Daphne Knipe.
Dick is taking a short break in his native Australia before returning to shift himself and partner Robbie to Waikanae for the next stage of their lives. He says his new location is only minutes from the Waikanae Croquet and Golf Clubs and close to many cycling tracks so what’s not to like? However, he will be sorely missed by our Club having given many years of his commitment and knowledge for the benefit of all WMCC members. New President Chris Graham thanked Dick for his service and presented him with a gift from us all – a battery powered drill to drill the holes for the pictures in his new home.
Chris also fare-welled Daphne Knipe as our highly efficient Treasurer for the past eleven years and sent a large bunch of flowers to her home in appreciation from us all. She was unfortunately unable to attend the AGM because of ill health.
A couldn’t do it if you tried shot!
For those who didn’t see it on the day
The outcome of an attempted jump shot by Black.
The question - what next?
Winter Competitions
Entries are now open for our two Winter GC Competitions:
Event 21 - GC Open Winter Handicap Singles
Event 22 - GC Winter Challenge Ladder
Enter on the forms on the whiteboard in the clubrooms or on-line by clicking the button below.
Entries close on 10 May 2026 for both.
Winter Subscriptions
If you are playing croquet during the Winter Season you need to have paid a Winter Sub. This is a payment of $75.00 per person or if you would prefer to ‘pay as you go’ you can put $5.00 in the box in the Clubhouse each time you play.
Congratulations to:
Baubre Murray - Runner-up South Taranaki AC Open Singles
Susan Leuchars - Runner-up Rose Gardens Triton AC 4+ Singles
Dave Van Os - Winner WCA Silver Badge Hcps 9 to 16
Graeme Fisher - Winner CNZ AC Heenan Plate Singles
Graeme Fisher & Partner - Winners CNZ AC Doubles Championship
Harps Tahurangi & Partner - Runners-up CNZ AC Doubles Championship
Graeme Fisher - Winner North Island AC Singles 0+ hcps
Graeme Fisher -Runner-up North Island AC Singles Plate
Susan Leuchars & Tony Sutich - Successful Challenge for the Gold Buttons (AC Intermediate Grade) v Plimmerton
Harps Tahurangi & Mark Huttley - Successful Defense of the Paul Skinley Trophy (GC Open Grade) v Kelburn
Dick Smith - Runner-up Marton AC Open Singles
Alison Robinson - Winner WCA Women’s Singles
Baubre Murray - Runner-up WCA Women’s Singles
Harps Tahurangi & Mark Huttley - Successful Challenge for the Pollock Stars (AC Open Grade) v Kelburn
Mark Huttley & Dick Smith - Successful Defense of the Paul Skinley Trophy (GC Open Grade) v Plimmerton
Matches Proposed
When you make a time and date for your match please let Gary know by email or text 0274883592 and he will update that booking into the website. Proposed matches will still be subject to lawn availability with preference given to matches on Friday mornings and any afternoon on a week day.
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
WMCC GC Level Singles Hcps -6 to +2
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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