Welcome to Enfield Croquet Club

PHOTO OF THE MONTH for JULY


Ken and John model next season's team uniforms

ENFIELD EAST WIN THE EAST ANGLIAN GOLF CROQUET LEAGUE (Eastern Division) 2010

On Friday July 9th Enfield East beat Chelmsford & Bentley 1 by 15 games to 3 and in so doing completed their six league matches with a 100% record. The team on the day comprised Ken, Alan, John and in Wendy's absence there was a debut match for Tony.  Many congratulations to the team who will will now appear in the East Anglian Croquet League play-offs. The Semi-Finals of which are due to be played at Bury-St.Edmunds on Friday 3rd September & the Final on Saturday 11th September.

 CROQUET HAT OF THE YEAR

Our Annual Croquet Hat of the Year Competition, inaugurated way back in 2010, is now up and running. Judging will take place throughout the season and prizes may even be awarded at the AGM. Anyone seen donning any form of headgear whilst on the lawns, be it elegant, tasteful, silly or just plain outrageous will be deemed an entry. Our webmaster will not only act as Judge and Jury but will also appear on the appeals committee alongside Max Headgear and the Mad Hatter.

Meanwhile for your viewing pleasure below are two past entries vying for the Life Times Achievement Award.


                                                  Harpo Marx                Davy Croquet

Arthur "Harpo" Marx was inducted into the United States Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979. Harpo Marx took the game so seriously that he turned a spare bedroom into a climate-controlled storage facility for his assemblage of mallets. (Harpo liked to invite showgirls to his apartment to view his collection). Davy Croquet is seen here holding his special frontiersman mallet.



NEW CLUB BADGES ARE NOW AVAILABLE

TRAINING & OPEN DAY PHOTOS

Introduction

Those who already play croquet will know what a delightful game it is and what a fine sport it can be for those with a more competitive nature. What you may not know is that Enfield is the only Croquet Club within a nine mile radius.

Anyone who has never played before will no doubt be asking why croquet? And the answer is because it's good fun and a sociable ball game for people of all ages played in a friendly atmosphere. It is also one of the few sports where guys and girls, or ladies and gentlemen if you prefer, can and do compete on an equal basis.

Interested parties can TRY CROQUET FREE with no obligation and no financial outlay before deciding whether or not to join our Club. You can lose nothing by giving it a go, so why not come along and give it a try? You may be as pleasantly surprised by the game as all of our current members were when they first picked up a croquet mallet.    

What skills are required in a game of croquet? Well in essence just the ability to be able to stand still and to hit a ball with a mallet, ideally with a reasonable degree of accuracy. This is a relatively simple talent that most people can acquire with practice. At its very highest levels you might compare it to the accuracy required for snooker or the putting play in golf. On the tactical side comparisons with the complexities of a cricket or a chess match wouldn't be unreasonable. Combine these with a game played on a decent grass surface and you have the basic concept.

What you don't require is strength, stamina or the ability to run around. Nor do you require fast reflexes or the ability to hit a moving target as you do in so many other sports. You don't even need a competitive edge to play for fun, but it certainly helps if you want to win more often than you lose.    


For a fairly simplistic outline to the game of croquet go here

There are two principal variations of croquet currently played in the UK, differing in the scoring systems and order of shots. Both are played through obstacles called hoops and employ the same course layout. Croquet can be played in back gardens or any flat piece of ground and may be adapted to smaller than standard playing courts. Our club however plays on competition sized lawns of a decent quality and with all the necessary equipment provided for free.


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Croquet seems to have acquired a certain image over the years and no doubt many people who've never played will have certain preconceptions. What sort of people do you imagine play croquet in Enfield?  







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