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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:
BOOKING FOR TUESDAY MORNING GC PLAYING SESSION
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The Tuesday morning GC playing session has been regularly over-subscribed and to mange the numbers an online booking system has been introduced.
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To play, register at
https://bookwhen.com/nelsonbaycroquet
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The booking system opens at 8am on the Sunday before each Tuesday playing session
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
CLUB COMPETITIONS 2024
The dates of the 2024 intra-club competitions are as follows (all competitions played on Sundays):
Autumn Singles
Thompson Trophy Novice
Winter Doubles
Ricochet Knockout
Thompson Trophy Division 2
Thompson Trophy Division 3
Thompson Trophy Division 1
Spring Singles
Blowes Shield
President's Cup
7th April
19th May
2nd June
June / July
30th June / 1st July
11th August
25th August
15th September
20th October
3rd November
CNSW GOLF CROQUET SILVER BROOCH
27th-29th July 2024
The annual CNSW GC Silver Brooch will be hosted by Nelson Bay in 2024. The Silver Brooch is a level play competition for players with a handicap.between 3 and 6.
LATEST NEWS
PARKES MASTERS GAMES
Saturday 23rd March 2024
On their tour around NSW, Trevor and Rae Black called into Parkes and played in the Parkes Masters Games GC Doubles..
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Seeded into Block A, Trevor & Rae won 5 of 6 games, level with Len Banks & Bruce Thornton, but their +15 hoop difference (versus +11) saw them win the block.
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Great result, Trevor & Rae
Trevor & Rae, Winners Block A
MAITLAND SWEET PEA
Saturday 16th to Monday 18th March 2024
The Maitland Sweet Pea Golf Croquet tournament was held Saturday 16th to Monday 18th March and attracted 48 entries from around the state, including 15 members of Nelson Bay – a great showing by the Club (Trevor Black also refereed). The 24 pairs were divided into 3 blocks of 8 based on handicap and played a double round-robin, one round of level play and one round of handicap play, 14 games each in total.
The weather was wet which made play difficult but was arguably better than the extreme heat experienced in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
Peter & Sherry Gordon won Block A with 10 wins ahead of Alex Chapman (Urunga) and David Smith with 9 wins. In Block B, Les Guzowski & Greg Long finished 3rd with 8 wins - Alan Smith & Cheryl Smith (Strathfield) won Block B with 10 wins. Colin Bailey & Frank Orton finished 2nd in Block C with 10 wins and +27 hoops narrowly ahead of Jill & Eric Drury (Port Macquarie) with 10 wins and +17 hoops - Margaret Carwood & Di Williams (Maitland) won Block C with 12 wins.
Other members playing were Karen Lilly & Rae Uptin (Block A), Faby Batho & Ralph Harrison (Block B), Jane Scorer & Rosemary Taylor and Barbara Burgess & Kath Orton Block C).
A successful tournament for the Club.
Nelson Bay members between games
Trevor Black, Referee
Sherry & Peter Gordon
Winners Block A
Alex Chapman (Urunga) & David Smith
Runners-up Block A
Play during the tournament
AUTUMN DOUBLES
Sunday 3rd March 2024
16 members entered the Autumn Doubles and were seeded into 2 blocks of 4 teams, each playing a round-robin of 3 games.
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Gary Allen & Colin Bailey were undefeated in Block A to finish ahead of Anne Jensen & Frank Orton (2 wins), Barbara Burgess & Jan Puckeridge and Sherry Gordon & Nada Yonge.
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In Block B, Faby Batho & Geoff Yonge finished top on hoop count back from Kath Orton & David Smith with 2 wins each, ahead of Marion Graff & Greg Long and Rosemary Taylor & Rae Uptin.
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In the final, Gary & Colin remained undefeated to take the trophy with 7-2 win over Faby & Geoff.
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Congratulations to Les Guzowski on organising his first tournament as Club Captain, ably assisted by Rae Uptin.
Winners Colin & Gary
The finalists (l to r)
Gary Allan, Colin Bailey, Faby Batho, Geoff Yonge
Action from the Autumn Doubles