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NELSON BAY CROQUET CLUB
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Nelson Bay Croquet Club has been established for 30 years. It is located in the Blue Water Paradise of Port Stephens, just north of Newcastle, NSW. Membership is open to all who are interested in the game, and visitors are warmly welcomed.
Members play two the three internationally recognised forms of Croquet – Golf and Ricochet - at present, there are no regular Association games. The Club plays both social and competitive games five days each week on four professionally maintained full sized courts and has a small clubhouse on-site. We also have an active program of social events.
Playing schedule available here:
9:30am to 3:00pm SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2026
FREE!!
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Come-and-Try croquet
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All ages
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Free coaching
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Play a game
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Sausage sizzle
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
CLUB COMPETITIONS 2026
Sunday 13th September
Sunday 25th October
Blowes Shield Doubles
President’s Cup
HUNTER ZONE HUB ACTIVITIES 2026
Thursday 8th October
Thursday 5th November
Ricochet Friendship Day @ 9am
Gateball Come-and-Try
COACHING DATES 2026
Regular Coaching Sessions
Monday afternoons – all, content as required
State Pennants – as requested by teams
To be confirmed – beginner coaching
Hunter Zone Hub activities are for all players – if you are interested contact Nancy Ainsworth to register your interest.
Email: nancyainsworth146@bigpond.com
Mobile: 0418 472 087
All activities are scheduled at Lake Macquarie Croquet Centre, Glendale (Toronto Croquet Club).
LATEST NEWS
NSW GC BRONZE BROOCH
Lake Macquarie Croquet Centre
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026
The NSW Golf Croquet Bronze Brooch was hosted by Toronto Croquet Club at Lake Macquarie Croquet Centre, Glendale from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026. The Brooch tournaments provide competition across usual division boundaries – the Bronze Brooch is for players with handicaps 7 to 10, combining players from Division 2 (5-8) and Division 3 (9 and above).
17 players entered, including Faby Batho from Nelson Bay CC, and were seeded into 2 blocks of 9 and 8 players each. The top 4 from each block then played a knock-out final to determine the Bronze Brooch champion. Playing in Block A, Faby won 5 of 8 games to finish 4th in the block and qualify for the knock-out finals.
Faby beat Vicki Bennett (Belconnen CC) 7-5 before losing the semi-final 4-7 7-3 4-7 to Nerida Gill (Belconnen CC). Faby then lost the 3rd/4th play-off 5-7 to William Hope (Toronto CC) to finish 4th – an excellent result in a state championship. The championship winner was Garry Thorpe (Belconnen CC).
Faby Batho vs Nerida Gill
OVER 80s MORNING TEA
Monday 31st August 2026
The club celebrated members Over 80 with a morning tea on Monday 31st August 2026.
Faby, ably assisted by Gail, Kath, Prue and Rosemary, prepared a sumptuous spread that was really appreciated by the 15 Over 80 members that were able to attend.
A great day!!
The wonderful catering team - great job!!
Over 80s enjoying the spread
NSW GOLF CROQUET OPEN DOUBLES
Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August 2026
The NSW Golf Croquet Open Doubles Championship was hosted by Newcastle National Park Croquet Club from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August 2026. 16 doubles pairs entered and the qualifying round was played as 2 blocks of 8 pairs with the top 4 from each block progressing to the knock-out finals.
4 members from Nelson Bay Croquet Club entered: Rob Batho & Marty Quirke were seeded in Block A and Faby Batho & Sherry Gordon were seeded in Block B. With some of the best players in NSW and ACT entered, the competition would be intense. Neither pair qualified for the final play-off and played in the consolation knock-out. Faby & Sherry progressed to the semi-final, finishing 4th and winning 5 games across the championship – an excellent outcome in this company.
In the championship final, Aniko Osvald & Robert Ey (Mosman/Canberra) beat Pauline Markwell & Chris Williamson (Royal Sydney Golf Club/Toronto) 7-3 7-5 to be declared state champions.
NSW Open Doubles Winners & Runners-up