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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:
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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
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
The 2027 schedule will be announced early next year
All activities are scheduled at Lake Macquarie Croquet Centre, Glendale (Toronto Croquet Club).
LATEST NEWS
THE MOSMAN PRIZE
Mosman Croquet Club
Friday 6th to Sunday 8th November 2026
Three members from Nelson Bay travelled to Sydney for The Mosman Prize, an annual Golf Croquet competition played Friday 6th to Sunday 8th November 2026. The tournament is target/advantage play with a 50-minute time limit.
32 players entered and the qualifying round was played as 4 blocks, with 8 players seeded into each block. Liz Friend won 5 games to top Block A, Faby Batho was unbeaten winning 7 games to top Block C, while Sherry Gordon finished 6th in Block C with 2 wins,
1st and 2nd in each block progressed to a knock-out final series. Liz lost in the 1st round of the finals to Doug Lingard (Elanora CC). Faby beat Michele van der Sander (Marrickville) before also losing to Doug in the semi-final, who wnet on to win the final.
Liz, Sherry & Faby
GLOUCESTER GC DOUBLES COMPETITION
Gloucester Croquet Club
Saturday 7th November 2026
Gloucester Croquet Club organised a Golf Croquet Doubles competition held on Saturday 7th November 2026. The competition was level play 13 -point games with a 50-minute time limit.
30 players entered and partners were randomly allocated to form 15 pairs. The pairs were seeded into 3 blocks of 5 pairs with the competition comprising a round-robin of 4 games per pair. 8 members from Nelson Bay entered with Col Bailey & partner winning Block A, Barbara Burgess & partner winning Block C, and Rosemary Taylor & partner runners-up in Block C.
A successful competition for the members of Nelson Bay.
Time-out between games
Col Bailey, Winner Block A
Play from the competition
MELBOURNE CUP
Tuesday 3rd November 2026
Following the Tuesday morning playing session, members stayed on for a chicken and salad lunch to celebrate "the race that stops a nation".
Sweepstakes and best dressed prizes contributed to a fun day well-supported by members. Thank you to all who made this a success.
A great parade of fillies
Fashions of the field
PRESIDENT'S CUP
Sunday 25th October 2026
The President’s Cup, the final intraclub competition of each year, was held on Sunday 25th October 2026. This is a level-play competition open to all members, played as 13-point games with a time limit of 50 minutes.
14 members entered and the qualifying round was played as 3 blocks, 2 of 5 players and 1 of 4 players, with the winners of each block and the best 2nd place finisher playing knock-out semi-finals and a final.
In Block A, Marty Quirke finished top unbeaten with 4 wins, ahead of Faby Batho with 3 wins. In Block B, Greg Long was also unbeaten to win the block ahead of Col Bailey with 3 wins. In Block C, Bryce Patterson won all 3 games to finish ahead of Sherry Gordon with 2 wins.
The semi-finals and final were all close games which could have gone either way. In the semi-finals, Bryce beat Greg 6-5 and Col beat 2025 winner Marty 7-6. The final produced a great game with Bryce narrowly prevailing 7-6 to win the President’s Cup.
Marty Quiirke presents the Cup to Bryce Patterson
Action on the courts
Finalists Col Bailey and Bryce Patterson
NSW DIVISION 3 GC SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Newcastle National Park Croquet Club
Sunday 11th to Tuesday 13th September 2026
The NSW Division 3 GC (handicap 9 and above) Singles Championship was held at Newcastle National Park CC from Sunday 11th to Tuesday 13th October.
10 players from around the State entered and the qualifying round was played as a single block round-robin of 9 games each. Bryce Petterson topped the block with 7 wins.
In the best-of-three knock-out semi-final, Bryce beat Jurek Moczydlowski (Toronto CC) 5-6 7-5 7-5, before beating Virginia Hodge (Southern Highlands) 7-5 7-5 to be crowned the Division 3 State Champion.
Bryce Patterson with Champions Trophy
Bryce Patterson receives the trophy