Enfield Croquet Club
News 2025
Thursday 24 April, report by Kim Taylor
Alex Lake (1)
Colin Carr (3)
Colin Taylor (3)
John Bishop (4)
Enfield
Kim Taylor (1)
David Frost (2)
Peter Brock (3)
Colin Carver (5)
Kim Taylor & David Frost beat Alex Lake & Colin Carr 7-5, 3-7, 7-4
Colin Taylor beat Colin Carver 7-6, 7-5
John Bishop beat Peter Brock 7-2, 4-7, 7-5
Kim Taylor beat Alex Lake 7-5, 5-7, 7-4
David Frost beat Colin Carr 7-4, 7-3
Colin Taylor beat Peter Brock 2-7, 7-6, 7-5
Colin Carver beat John Bishop 7-4, 7-3
A grizzled Enfield squad headed up the M11 to sunny Newport to face a very strong home team. A tight battle ensued.
Kim Taylor and David Frost were a potent combination in the doubles, Taylor clearing effectively and Frost sniping hoops from anywhere, though they made an absolute pig’s ear of their jumpshots. Their good form carried over to their singles matches.
Debutant Colin “The Kid” Carver wasn’t hanging around, losing in straight games in the morning but repaying his captain’s faith with a vital 2-0 victory in the afternoon, thus securing first dibs on the delicious homemade cakes.
In a conclave of Colins, Colin-of-the-Day went to Colin Taylor, who won 4 out of 5 of his games.
Thanks to Alex, Colin, Colin, and John for some closely fought games played in good spirit.
Thanks also to everyone at Newport for a typically warm welcome and excellent lawns.
Enfield Beat Barnet in Round 1 of EACF GC 3+ Level Play League
Tuesday 22 April, report by Nicola Hyde
On Tuesday Enfield welcomed Barnet in the first GC3+ Level Play tournament. Enfield’s team comprised Nicola Hyde, Colin Carver, Nigel Owen and Andrew Yianni and it’s fair to say that our handicap level was superior to that of Barnet.
Phillip Hawes - Winner of the 10-10
Phillip Hawes Wins 1st Club Tournament of 2025
Thursday 3rd April - 10-10 Golf Croquet Doubles
Remarks from Thomas Halliday
Well done Phillip, and indeed everyone. Nobody was winless!
The tightest match was certainly Kim Taylor & Sue Gillett vs Peter Brock & Frances Broadway. Kim levelled the game at 6-6, and time was then called straight after. Peter & Frances had two minutes on the clock to score the final winning point, but Kim & Sue defended valiantly for all that time. The clock went dead, leaving a final score of 6-6.
The results are as follows:
1st - Phillip Hawes, 5 wins
2nd - Kim Taylor, 4 wins and 1 draw
3rd - Colin Carver, 4 wins, +4 hoop difference
4th - Thomas Halliday, 4 wins, +3 hoop difference
On 3 wins - Graham Curtis and Mary Grove
On 2 wins - Nicola Hyde, John Street, Andrew Yianni, David Barnicoat, Jagruti Gandhi
On 1 win and a draw - Sue Gillett, Peter Brock, Frances Broadway
On 1 win - David Frost, Michael Broadway
Birthday Party
On Saturday 22nd of March the club was hired for the afternoon to help celebrate a birthday.
Two half lawns were set up: 2.1 and 2.2 and a full size lawn on lawn 3. The party were the first to use our new lawns which were marked out on Wednesday 12th. (Club members are still using the winter lawn until Saturday 29th.)
The birthday boy and friends enjoyed some beers, pizza and social croquet. It looked like everyone had a good time (we certainly hope so) and we enjoyed hosting them.
Enfield Croquet Club
Bush Hill Park Recreation Ground
Cecil Avenue
Enfield EN1 1PS
3-word location
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