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NELSON BAY CROQUET CLUB

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Nelson Bay Croquet Club has been established for 28 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.

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Members play all the three internationally recognised forms of Croquet – Golf, Ricochet and Association. 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:

Sunday 22nd September 2024

9:30am to 3:00pm (come along any time)

  • come-and-try croquet

  • all ages

  • free coaching

  • play a game

  • morning and afternoon tea provided

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Tomaree Sports Complex, Nelson Bay Road, Nelson Bay

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Club's Responsible Consumption of Alcohol Policy
FORTHCOMING EVENTS

CLUB PATRON VISIT

 

Meryl Swanson MP, Federal Member for Paterson, will join a plying session on Tuesday October 1 at 10:00am for an hour. Please come along and welcome our patron.

CLUB COMPETITIONS 2024

 

The dates of the 2024 intra-club competitions are as follows (all competitions played on Sundays):

Ricochet Knockout

Thompson Trophy Division 1

Blowes Shield

President's Cup

July / August

6th October

20th October

3rd November

CNSW STATE PENNANTS 2024 - HOME MATCHES

 

The Club will field 2 x Division 2 and 1 x Division 3 teams in 2024. The home matches I n the Hunter Region Qualifying Tournament are as follows:

Division 2 Fingal

Thursday 3rd October vs Toronto, 1:00pm

Thursday 7th November vs Newcastle National Park, 1:00pm

[Sunday 10th Nov ember vs NB Shoal, 10:00am]

Division 2 Shoal

Monday 30th September vs Pelican, 1:00pm

Sunday 10th November vs NB Fingal, 10:00am

Division 3

Thursday 15th August vs Newcastle National Park, 1:00pm

Monday 2nd September vs EDSACC, 11:00am

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CHRISTMAS BUSH COMPETITION 2024

 

The Club will host the 3rd Christmas Bush competition, a Golf Croquet Open Doubles Tournament, from Friday 15th November to Monday 18th November 2024.

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Further details 

LATEST NEWS

SPRING GC SINGLES

Sunday 15th September 2024

The Spring GC Singles were played in rain, hail, strong winds and occasional sunshine. Fifteen intrepid members contested the tournament which was played in 3 blocks of 5 players, seeded on handicap with the lowest handicap players in Block A and the highest handicap players in Block C. 

 

The atrocious weather made for very challenging conditions but the dedication of the players meant all the games were completed and all the players stayed until the end of the day. The block winners and runners-up were:

Block A:     Frank Orton 1st with 3 wins (+10 hoops) and Greg Long 2nd with 3 wins                      (+4 hoops)

Block B:     Jane Scorer 1st with 3 wins (+13 hoops) and Bruce Chapman 2nd with 3                    wins (+8 hoops)

Block C:     Barbara Burgess 1st with 4 wins and Julia Harrison 2nd with 3 wins

 

Congratulations to all the hardy players who braved the conditions and also to Peter Gordon, Trevor Black and Rae Uptin for organising the play, Les Guzowski for preparing the courts and Ralph Harrison for refereeing.

Block Winners and Runners-up

Play in atrocious conditions

MAITLAND UNDER LIGHTS

Saturday 7th September 2024

Jane Scorer and Greg Long finished runners-up in Block B of the September Maitland Under Lights tournament. Alistair Torrance / Tony Hammond (Newcastle National Park) won the block.

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The tournament also included a series of 'jump shot' prizes and Jane won two prizes of $20 each - well done!!

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Another great night under the lights at Maitland and a success for the Club.

Jane and Greg celebrate their success

PORT MACQUARIE GOLF CROQUET CARNIVAL

Tuesday 3rd - Saturday 6th September 2024

24 players from around NSW travelled to Port Macquarie for the annual GC carnival. Liz Friend, Brenda-Lee Peet and Rod Peet entered from Nelson Bay. Liz and Rod entered both the singles and doubles with Brenda-Lee only contesting the singles.

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The singles were played as a double round-robin of 6 players in each of 4 blocks. Liz finished 3rd in Block A with 6 wins from 10 games while Brenda-Lee won Block B with 8 wins from 10 games.

Brenda-Lee (centre) awarded winner Block B

AUSTRALIAN MEN'S & WOMEN'S GC SINGLES

Saturday 31st August - Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Australian Men’s and Women’s GC Singles Championships were hosted by the Caloundra, Eildon, Headland-Buderim, Maleny, Nambour and Noosa Croquet Clubs.

 

56 players entered the Men’s Championship – the qualifying round was played in 5 blocks of 13-point games with a 70-minute time limit, the top 16 players qualifying for the best-of-three knock-out finals.

 

44 players entered the Women’s Championship – the qualifying round was played in 4 blocks of 13-point games with a 70-minute time limit, the top 16 players qualifying for the best-of-three knock-out finals.

 

Derek Bull and Pamela Barnwell, members of the Nelson Bay Croquet Club, entered the Men’s and Women’s competitions respectively.

 

Derek topped his qualifying block with 8 wins but was beaten 5-7 7-5 3-7 by Torben Bak (Forrest Park, WA) in the first round of the finals. The Championship was won by the top seed Robert Fletcher (Caloundra, Queensland) beating Malcolm Fletcher (Caloundra, Queensland) 7-4 7-3.

 

Pamela finished 2nd in her qualifying block with 9 wins and won through to the final beating Janine Sisson (Mornington, Victoria) 7-6 7-1, Julie Beasley (Warragul, Victoria) 7-5 7-4 and Helen Gammon (Ivanhoe Park, Victoria) 7-3 7-4. Pamela lost the final to the top seed Alison Sharpe (Mosman, NSW) 1-7 4-7.

 

A great result for Pamela, runner-up in the Australian Championship.

Pamela versus Alison in the final

Pamela versus Alison in the final

CNSW DIVISION 1 GC SINGLES

Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th August 2024

Mackay Park, Tempe

12 players entered the CNSW Division 1 GC Singles. The qualifying round was played as a one block round-robin of 11 games each - 13-point games with 1 hour time limit. Derek Bull and Pamela Barnwell entered from Nelson Bay.

 

Derek topped the block with 10 wins from 11 games, losing only to the top seed Alison Sharpe (Mosman). Pamela finished 6th with 6 wins, with both qualifying for the top 8 championship knock-out stage which was played as a best-of-three games.

 

Derek progressed to the final beating Rosie Landrebe (Cammeray) 7-2 7-4 and Malcolm Powys (Marrickville) 7-4 6-7 6-5, before losing the final to Alison Sharpe 7-4 7-2. Pamela reached the semi-final also losing to Alison 7-6 0-7 6-7 7-5.

Championship Presentation

Derek Bull in action in the final

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