Welcome to Bath Croquet Club
You will find us in the centre of Bath, in a stunning location, on Bath Recreation Ground.
Croquet is an inclusive sport that people of all ages and skill levels can play. We have four lawns that are open daily and our friendly membership are on hand to welcome visitors and potential new members.
New players can be assured of a great start to their enjoyment of this game. If you are looking for an activity which satisfies your competitive instinct, or just fancy a relaxed game on a Club afternoon please use the contact page to register your interest.
Short Lawns Tournament
At the latter end of the season, thoughts of AC players turn to Short Croquet, with 75 minute fully-bisqued games played on half-lawns. The internal Short Lawns League is still in full swing, with the semi-final and the final scheduled to be played at Finals Day next Saturday, but 12 of us also got together
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Bath have ‘a Ticket to Ryde’
Bath played host this year to the SW Regional Final of the All-England GC Handicap, held on Sunday 13thAugust, and managed by Philip de Glanville, with Martin Leach from Bristol who had very kindly agreed to come over and referee. There were 10 qualifiers, from all over the South West. Clubs as far apart as
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Last match of the season resulted in a draw for Bath and Weston super Mare GC HH teams.
With good weather and lawn surface running well after the rains over the summer, a promising start for both teams as an alternate win and lose sequence was established. Weston super Mare’s team of five had handicaps of 8 and 9, whilst Bath’s six players ranged from 8 to 12. Robust play was demonstrated by
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Intermediate Team Success in Final Match of Season
The intermediate team played their last match of the 2023 season hosting Cheltenham at home in glorious sunshine (photo below in case you don’t believe it). Our lawns were playing slowly during the morning because of the rain of previous days but both teams soon settled in to find good length with accurate shots across
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Oasis Community Church
For a second year Bath has welcomed the Oasis Community Church to the lawns for a morning of group activity playing croquet. The visitors, some of whom came last year, again fully embraced the skills and tactics of golf croquet. Rob, who was having to leave early as he was playing cricket at Marshfield in
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