| Kington Langley Croquet ClubNewsletter – September 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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August saw league matches continuing with many leagues coming to a conclusion:
Sunday 2nd August – The Intermediate team played at home against Bristol, a successful day saw them win 5 – 2.
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Wednesday 5th August – The Golf Croquet Handicap team travelled to Cheltenham and had a successful day winning 11 games to 9. This win put Kington Langley through to the quarter final play offs.
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Wednesday 5th August – Once again JohnG organised the Wiltshire Short Croquet tournament for the second year with teams coming from Bradford on Avon, Hamptworth and Tisbury. Unfortunately no team from Swindon this year. Going into the final round, Bradford on Avon just needed to win one game and Tisbury needed to win all 4 games. Tisbury triumphed!
The day was a success again bringing clubs together in Wiltshire.
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Saturday 8th August – The Intermediate team had another home match this time against Cheltenham. They reversed the loss they had at Cheltenham by winning 3-2. This win meant they were still in contention to win the North League with one game to go.
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Tuesday 11th August – The High Handicap GC team travelled to Morton in Marsh, although they lost they all reported they had had an enjoyable day at a very friendly club.
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Sunday 16th August – The Intermediate team travelled to Bristol to play the last game in the league and found themselves in ‘a winner takes all situation’, as the winner of this match would go forward to the final. In the morning both the two singles and the doubles were won by KL, come the afternoon the tables turned, KL were suddenly behind in all but one game, a nail biting end gave them a win 4-3. The team will now go to Nailsea on the 13th September but do not know yet who the opponents are.
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Tuesday 18th August – The joint B League team with Bradford on Avon went to Bristol to play the last game in this league, again it was ‘a winner takes all’ situation. Although the team put up a good performance it was not enough to get the win so Bristol retained the trophy.
Thursday 20th August – The Advance team travelled to Sidmouth for the last match in this league. Although they did not win they had some good games with the wonderful backdrop of the sea.
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Sunday 23rd August – The joint Federation team with Swindon played their last game at home against Bristol and won 5 – 2, a good result to finish on.
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Sunday 23rd August – The GC handicap team travelled to Cardiff for the quarter final play off against Cardiff CC, the winner of the North West League. The team found the old bowling green very hard and no green grass so controlling the ball difficult, they lost 8 -11. Well done to all members who have played in this team through the season, it was a very good result in returning to this league after an absence of a number of years.
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Club one day competitions:
22nd August – The Hudson Cups GC. There were 16 members, divided into lower and higher handicaps, who played 5 games changing partners each time. At the end of the afternoon, in the lower handicap section Chris Milne-Day and Ian Morrison tied on 4 wins each so net hoops were calculated and Chris Milne Day came out the winner. In the higher handicap section Hilary Cadwgan was the clear winner with 4 wins. Thank you to all those who took part and those who helped to make it a successful afternoon, definitely team work.
29th August – Langley Pot Short Croquet. The afternoon turned out to be very wet with thunder and lightening but play went ahead with all 8 players getting very wet for the first few hours!! Eventually the rain stopped and the sun came out. Even so it was an enjoyable afternoon playing 4 shortened games of 50 minutes. Ted Crossley having won all his games was announced as the winner.
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12th September – Cusack Tankard. This is the singles GC one day competition suitable for all handicaps, played on half lawns with reduced timing and extra shots. Starting 1pm and finishing around 5pm. There are still places so please consider taking part. Contact Margaret if you wish to enter.
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Club Competitions: Good to see the games are being played in both GC and AC competitions, they need to be completed by the end of September please.
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Trophies: During September could those holders of club trophies please leave them in the clubhouse for collection by Margaret. Thank you.
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Etiquette on the Courts:
Remember if you wish to mark a ball, ask the player if you can mark it and then having played your shot remember to put the ball back removing the marker and clearly tell the player the ball is back.
Also please be aware of others on the lawn when double banking, don’t walk in front of someone who is about to hit a ball.
If playing doubles please avoid long conversations that holds up play especially if it is a timed game and you are double banking.