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.
Success for GC Handicap Team
The Clubs GC Handicap team entertained Swindon at the Rec for the first league match this season, held on a day of constantly changing weather and clothing depending on the extent of cloud cover and a chilly wind! Both Teams were well matched, in terms of handicap, and the matches were played in a friendly
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Federation Match v Bristol
The Club played their first fixture in the SW Federation competition on Thursday, 5 May, away at Bristol. In the doubles it was a very defensive affair with the senior Bristol player Eric Soakell making all the points and trying coax round his weaker partner Linda Shaw playing off an 18 handicap. This gave little
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Charity One Ball – Success for Martin Alabaster
The Bath heat of the National Charity One Ball competition was held on Sunday 24th April in glorious sunshine and £100 was raised for this year’s charity, which was MIND. Everyone played 6 games, it was a social competition with a friendly atmosphere and the day was enjoyed by everybody. Martin Alabaster, a relative newcomer
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SWF Short Lawns Tournament at Nailsea – A Tale of Two Teams
The club started its competitive season with the annual South West of England Short Croquet tournament by fielding two teams in Division 2 of the tournament. Our B team included Neil Pinker making his tournament debut. With 3 out of 4 wins for both Philip de Glanville and Bob Hart and, two each for Neil
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Article in April edition of Bath Voice
An article on the club is in this months edition of Bath Voice. As this is only distributed to some areas of Bath a copy can be viewed below.