| Kington Langley Croquet ClubNewsletter – June 2026 |
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Association Croquet – Monday morning and Thursday evening
Golf Croquet – Tuesday morning, Wednesday evening and Saturday evening
For timing of club sessions please check Google Calendar, league matches can affect the start time of evening club sessions. Anyone who has registered but maybe late should be included in the draw.
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5th May 2026
Several members travelled to Nailsea for the annual OBE tournament. For those who have not come across this AC tournament, it has been running for a number of years and was set up by Terry and Libby of Nailsea, OBE stands for Over Bloody Eighty!! Terry is no longer with us but Libby is continuing to run this competition each year. It has its own rules!
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10th May 2026
The Kington Langley Federation team travelled to Bath, after playing 7 games the team unfortunately lost 3-4.
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10th May 2026
Joint Federation team with Swindon travelled to Cheltenham, unfortunately they lost 2-5.
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13th May 2026
Our Short Croquet B team welcomed Bath to our club, and were successful winning 9-7.
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15th May 2026
Our GC High Handicap team welcomed a team from Bradford on Avon and after some hard fought games came out victorious winning 14 – 6.
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16th May 2026
Charity One Ball: Two members of the club, Julia Cook and Caroline Tarran travelled to Surbiton Croquet Club for the final of the yearly Charity One Ball competition where 40 competitors played continually on 7 lawns. Although they did not win through they had numerous very enjoyable games.
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17th May 2026
Our Federation team of 3 travelled to Camerton and Peasedown. At lunchtime it was 1 game each but in the afternoon we only managed to win 1 of the 3 games so lost 2-3.
The lawns were covered in flowering daisies, visiting other clubs does make us realise how good our lawns are in comparison and the good job our lawn maintenance team do and in particular ensuring the lawns are cut and white lined prior to a match.
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20th May 2026
KL Short Croquet Team B travelled to Tisbury and had a successful day winning 10 – 6.
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21st May 2026
Our combined B League team with Bradford on Avon, played at Cheltenham winning 3 – 2, a good result.
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Friday 22nd May 2026
Our GC High Handicap Team welcomed a team from Morton in Marsh, again games were hard fought and very close but this time we lost 5 – 11.
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Sunday 31st May 2026
Our Short Croquet A team welcomed Bradford on Avon A team, our players were on form and we won 11-5.
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