| Kington Langley Croquet Club Newsletter – October 2025 |
Wiltshire Short Croquet tournament
On Wednesday 3rd September Kington Langley Croquet Club held the first Wiltshire Short Croquet competition organised by John Grimshaw. All five clubs in Wiltshire took part, Hamptworth, Tisbury, Bradford on Avon, Swindon and Kington Langley. It was a very tight competition with varying abilities taking part but after all games completed Kington Langley were surprised to find themselves the winners.
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AC All England final
Robert Corbin travelling to Guildford and Godalming Croquet Club for this final played on 20th and 21st September. Although he didn’t win he did very well and enjoy the experience. Well done Robert for getting into the final. The club has a history of members playing in this competition and doing well, long may it continue.
South West Federation Short Croquet final
The final of the SWF Short Croquet League was played at our club on 21st September between Bradford on Avon and Budleigh Salterton.
A lot of work was done on the lawns to make sure they were as good as they could be for this final. A big thank you to all those who helped.
Bradford on Avon achieved a large lead by lunch time and continued to play well winning 10 games to Budleigh’s 6.
Hosting this event earnt the club £100.
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Intermediate League:
A big thank you to Gill Wheeler, Ted Crossley, Alan Braunton and Robert Corbin who all contributed to wins throughout the 6 matches we played to get us to the final. Although I had played in all 6 previous matches I decided to let them play in the final and I would attend as a non playing Captain.
The final took place on 27th September at Camerton and Peasedown. Our opponents were Camerton and Peasedown but the home advantage did not work in their favour. Our team won the 2 single games in the morning but lost the doubles, this put us in a good position going into the afternoon.
In the afternoon, Robert Corbin finished his game in around 1½hours, (time limit was 3hrs15mins) so we only needed one more win but the other three games were nip and tuck all the way making me very nervous as to whether we could pull this off. Relief came when after many attempts Alan Braunton managed to peg out so our target of 4 wins had been achieved but then Gill and Ted also won their games so we won the Intermediate League with a score of 6 games to 1. A very good result for us.
Margaret (Captain Intermediate League)
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Cusack Tankard (GC singles) was played on Saturday 6th September.
Ten GC players played shortened games on half lawns in good weather conditions. Some games went to time with only a hoop difference in the scores, but some were finished well within the time.
Ted Crossley won all of his 5 games so came out the clear winner with Fiona and Graham having 3 wins each.
Thank you to those taking part and making it an enjoyable afternoon.
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Langley Pot (AC Short Croquet) was played on Saturday 13th September.
After ten AC players played 4 rounds of shortened games very ably arranged by John, two players were declared to be tied in first place.
Caroline Tarran and Margaret Murray had a sudden death shoot out at the peg. Margaret had a lucky hit with her first ball and after Caroline missed Margaret was declared the winner.
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Bevan Olympics – Saturday 18th October
For new members this is our end of season get together tackling 12 fun games spread over two lawns. Look out for an email nearer the event for timings.
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The AGM this year has been booked for 2.30 on Saturday 15th November in the main hall of Kington Langley Village Hall.
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