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NELSON BAY CROQUET CLUB
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Nelson Bay Croquet Club has been established for 27 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 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:
NEWSLETTER
We need YOUR help!! If you have items that need to be communicated to other members of the Club, please e-mail them to David Wilson at David_Wilson@internode.on.net
Also, if you have photographs of members and/or Club events, please e-mail them to Karen Lilly at chaz.kaz@bigpond.com
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
NIGHT AT THE TROTS
Members and guests are invited to spend an evening at the Newcastle Paceway for a night at the trots - Friday 19th May 2023
Sign-up sheet in the clubhouse.
CLUB COMPETITIONS IN 2023
The dates for club competitions in. 2023 are as follows:
Autumn Doubles
Autumn Singles
Winter Doubles
Thompson Trophy
• A Grade
• B Grade
• C Grade
• Novice
Ricochet Knock-out
Spring Singles
Blowes Shield
President’s Cup
Sunday 5th March
Sunday 30th April
Sunday 21st May
Sunday 25th June
Sunday 23rd July
Sunday 20th August
Sunday 16th April
June/July
Sunday 17th September
Sunday 15th October
Sunday 29th October
STATE PENNANTS 2023
The club is fielding two teams in Division 2 and two team in Division 3 in 2023:
Division 2 Kingsley
vs Maitland (home)
vs Newcastle National Park (home)
vs Toronto (home)
vs Pelican (away)
vs NB Samurai (away)
Division 2 Samurai
vs Maitland (home)
vs Pelican (home)
vs NB Kingsley (home)
vs Newcastle National Park (away)
vs Toronto (away)
Division 3 Birubi
vs Maitland (home)
vs Mt Sugarloaf (home)
vs Newcastle National Park (home)
vs NB Fingal (home)
vs EDSACC (away)
vs Pelican (away)
vs Toronto (away)
Division 3 Fingal
vs EDSACC (home)
vs Mt Sugarloaf (home)
vs Newcastle National Park (home)
vs Maitland (away)
vs Pelican (away)
vs Toronto (away)
vs NB Birubi (away)
Further details:
LATEST NEWS
AUTUMN DOUBLES
Sunday 5th March 2023
24 members entered and were paired on handicap into evenly matched teams that were then randomly selected into 3 blocks of 4 doubles each. Each doubles team would play 3 round-robin games leading to a semi-final and final.
In Block A, Marion Graff & Marty Quirke won all 3 games with Frank Orton & Rae Uptin 2nd with 2 wins. Lyn Baker & Jane Scorer and Rob Batho & Kath Orton also played in this block. In Block B, Beryl Chalkley & Allen Lees finished on top with 2 wins but a better hoop difference (+6) than Peter Gordon & Jan Marshall (-2). Col Chalkley & Karen Lilly and Sherry Gordon & Jeff Pettifer also played in this block. In Block C, Les Guzowski & Greg Long won all 3 games with Gary Allan & Liz Friend 2nd with 2 wins. Faby Batho & Barry Elliott and Bruce Chapman & David Smith also played in this block.
The semi-finals were tightly contested and both were finished at the expiration of the time limit. Les Guzowski & Greg Long beat Marion Graff & Marty Quirke 5-3 while Gary Allan & Liz Friend (best 2nd place team) beat Beryl Chalkley & Allen Lees 5-4.
The final was also a close game, with Les & Greg triumphing 5-3 over Gary & Liz.
A great day for the club with the competition played in brilliant sunshine but with the heat tempered by a strong breeze.
Winners Greg & Les
Finalists Greg, Les, Liz & Gary
COME-AND-TRY DAY
Sunday 12th February 2023
11 prospective croquet players turned up at Tomaree Sports Complex on Sunday 12th February to experience playing the game of croquet. All appeared to have fun and all will hopefully decide to take more extensive lessons before joining the club.
President David Wilson provides
a brief introduction to croquet
ACA PRESIDENT'S GC EIGHTS
Thursday 9th to Monday 13th February 2023
Derek Bull won the Men's Division on the Australian Croquet President's GC Eights competition held at the Victorian Croquet Centre in Cairnlea.
Derek was unbeaten winning 7 matches, each of which was best of three games. He won 12 of 14 games and only against Stephen Burns (Coogee, NSW) and Francis Spencer (Southport, QLD) was a third deciding game required.
Congratulations, Derek
Derek Bull
President's Cup
Thompson Trophy
A Grade
B Grade
C Grade
Novice
Blowes Shield
President's Award
Trevor Black
Derek Bull
David Wilson
Barry Elliott
Marty Quirke
Rob Batho & Ian Spight
Peter Gordon
PRESENTATION BBQ
Sunday 18th December 2022
The annual presentation of awards was held at the club on Sunday 18th December 2022. 40 members and guests enjoyed a BBQ with salads provided by the Club.
The awards were as follows:
The awards were presented by Life Member Margaret-Rose Thompson and President David Wilson.
Thanks to Kerry Sprigg and Cheryl Lloyd for organising the event.
Presentation of Awards
Presentation BBQ