Bath’s Restricted Short Croquet team have sailed through to this year’s final, having beaten Taunton Deane Croquet Club quite comfortably at their semi-final in Taunton on Wednesday 7th September. The score was 11:5 in games. The lawns had benefitted greatly from the recent rain, which held off thankfully until the team were on our way

The Bath Federation team managed to avoid the dreaded four-way tie in the Central division by defeating a spirited Glamorgan side in a tight match by 3 games to 2. The super fast lawns made it difficult for all players, even Chris Williams a -1.5 handicap player from Glamorgan. In the morning, Robert Upton arrested

The team left Bath Croquet lawns which for some weeks have been brown with very little grass on them, therefore running very fast, to arrive at W s M to find green lawns with thick grass on them. This meant having to use strength to get the ball to move! Both Sally Helvey and Sue

Weston SM brought a team of players all of whom played off the minimum permitted 16 handicap. Our team of Mike Henebury (20), Sue Duncan (22) and 1st timer Andy Wagstaff (24) was clearly at a disadvantage on experience but gave an excellent account. The headline result was a 3-2 loss. In the AM we