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Please find attached the details of the next GC Tournament days @ Hamptworth on

NOVEMBER 12^th & 13^th 2022

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

DECEMBER 10^th & 11^th 2022

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

JANUARY 14^th & 15th 2023

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

FEBRUARY 11^th & 12^th 2023

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

These days are totally separate events. However a player can, of course, enter both.  Please therefore, could you distribute, asap, the attached to all your GC playing club members, plus also, if you can, display the poster on your club noticeboard.

In addition, when members enter, could everyone please let richard.jenkins21@btinternet.com have, not only their e-mail addresses & the name of their club, but also their contact mobile & landline phone numbers & current GC Handicap.

Thank You

                                                                             HAMPTWORTH CROQUET CLUB

Welcome to Hamptworth Croquet Club

GOLF CROQUET 13TH WINTER SERIES

DES GEORGE MEMORIAL TROPHY

(2021/2022 Holder: Tim O’Donnell – Hamptworth)

NOVEMBER – DECEMBER – 2022

JANUARY – FEBRUARY – 2023

             Golf Croquet(GC) – Handicap Singles – ALL Standards Welcome            

6 Games Per Player Per Day Expected
Format Dependent On Weather, Number And Standard Of Players

                                                                                                                                              Whites Optional  – Player Warmth & Staying Dry a Priority !    

                                                                                                              4 Full Size Lawns

                                                                                                                                    16 Players per Day -(Max 4 Players per Club)

                                                        Suggested Arrival 9.00 latest: Briefing 9.10: Prompt Start 9.30 : Finish Dusk At Latest.

Hot&Cold Lunch Menu Available on the Day: Please Order on Arrival

  Please Advise if you are CVD

Please Remember to Bring your up to date filled in Green Handicap Card           

Entry Fee: £15 Per Day [ w/e bookings welcome ]

Pay On Arrival OnThe Day       

NOVEMBER 12^th & 13^th 2022

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

DECEMBER 10^th & 11^th 2022

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

JANUARY 14^th & 15th 2023

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

FEBRUARY 11^th & 12^th 2023

Saturday & Sunday 1 Day Events

*Early Booking Advisable For All Dates*

ENTRIES: Richard Jenkins at e-mail:

                                                                                                                                                                               richard.jenkins21@btinternet.com

Telephone 01722 325 410 Mobile 0796 7032 836

Also, please find attached our Croquet recommended Hotel & B&B list

For details of further places to stay and how to find us

                                                                                                                                                                                          please visit:  www.hamptworthgolf.co.uk

Entries are now invited from SCF club members only for the following tournament for which details & Entry Forms are attached:

The SCF 2022 Solstice GC Doubles Level Play Tournament @ Hamptworth Croquet Club – Saturday 11th’June’22

          For the GC Solstice:

        Restricted to pairs with a joint handicap of 6+ (at the time of entry).

            There is no official  restriction on multiple entries from the same club.

          Pairs no longer have to be members of the same SCF club.

          Entries from individuals will also be accepted on the proviso that they will be obliged to play with whoever the manager pairs them with.

          Players entering as pairs will be given priority over individuals.

Please ensure that you club is represented by e-mailing the attached entry form showing your entry names + your Club + contact details by the Allocation Date of Saturday 14th May’22.

Look forward to receiving your entries.

Richard Jenkins

SCF Tournament Officer

01722 325410

0796 7032 836

richard.jenkins21@btinternet.com

I have arranged a dinner at The Fox Hollow private dining room at The Four Seasons Hotel on the evening of Wednesday, 27 April. There is a two course menu with choices for £30 (the kitchen is very flexible if the choices are not good for you). I have also arranged for us to bring our own wine. There will be no corkage charge, normally £45!

For entertainment “Ian on the Ivories” will give a half hour concert. Ian Harrison, who some of you know, is a very talented pianist who plays at his local church every Sunday as well as at charity ensembles.

The menu is below and there is also an option to buy desert. Please let Sue Smith suesmith6000@yahoo.co.uk know if you would like to attend, together with your choices, partners welcome – numbers limited to 24.

Best Wishes,

Roger

Starter 

Burrata , rocket leaves and beetroot 

or

Broccoli soup with sesame sunflower seeds 

Main 

Chicken Roulade, truffle potato dauphinoise and bell pepper sauce 

or

Wild mushroom risotto , porcini powder and truffle oil 

Please find at the end of this post a link to all the details you need to know about the CHILTERN CROQUET ACADEMY GC ‘Beyond The Basics’ Coaching Course for C-Level 7-12 Handicappers who would like to improve their play etc. @ Hamptworth Croquet Club on Monday 11th October.

If you’re interested, please contact Richard Jenkins richard.jenkins21@btinternet.com

All entries & payment must be registered for this event in the online CA Fixtures Calendar.

Please note there are only 12 places available. So please enter asap to avoid disappointment.

Singles

13^th May, 10^th June, 1^st July, 22^nd July, 12^th August, 16^th September.

Doubles

27^th May, 24^th June, 26^th August

***   The usual Oneday Thursdays GC format may be refined to allow play in the changing Covid situation .

All play to be level. Doubles entries by pair. If you are a single wanting to play doubles we will endeavour to find you a partner.

Players may be allocated to a lawn for the morning, meaning 3 games before lunch.

• ALL PLAYERS TO BE AT THE CLUB BY 9:45am
• ENTRY FEE:     SURBITON MEMBERS £15    VISITORS  £20

To include lunch , coffees etc Surbiton will provide catering for the day

• ENTRY TO Max Holland:                     maxinericketts@icloud.com
• Or Don Beck                                     Donald-Beck@msn.com                0791 3017178

ONLY THOSE PLAYERS WITH A BOOKING WILL BE ALLOWED TO PLAY ON THE DAY. ANYONE FAILING TO HONOUR A BOOKING MAY BE DECLINED ENTRY FOR LATER EVENTS.   Pay on the day.

ALL PLAYERS PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING COVID-19 REGULATIONS – IT IS IMPORTANT, NO EXCUSES!!

Temporary Covid-19 Regulations 

• This tournament can only take place if participants adhere to the guidance of the managers.
• Health – obvious but it needs to be said: don’t come if you are feeling at all unwell. We are not asking players to wear masks but feel free to do so if it makes you feel safer. Club House – can only be used for toilets. No changing, drinks, etc  (This may change as we come out of lockdown)
• Family and friends – we shall be playing ‘behind closed doors’, so we cannot have any non-players attending. 
• Whites – Are optional. Most play in civvies.
• Hygiene – please try to bring your own personal sanitisers, though some will also be provided, and all players are asked to use it before and after each game. Remember to clean your clips, and the arms of any chair you have used, too. As far as possible, move balls with your foot or mallet, rather than by hand. Between games balls will be kept in a bucket of water. 
• Refereeing – in marginal situations please do not call a referee (every player is his/her own referee). On the occasions you must have a referee to watch a shot the referee must approach no nearer than one metre. This might mean the judgment made is not as accurate as it might be if nearer. We ask your forbearance of such ‘rough justice’. 
• Tournament management – report results verbally to the manager, instead of writing on the Order of Play chart, as you usually would. Be careful not to crowd around the notice board.

DON BECK .    

Unfortunately we have had to postpone next week’s (3rd June) BYO until later in June.

1. The lawn has been reseeded in parts and will not be ready to walk on, and

2. in the light on social mixing, table service, no buffets etc. it has been decided best not to have BYO just yet (especially as there is now surge testing in the area).

If all goes well with the Govt. road map (and the grass seed!) we should be on course to get going in around a month. I will keep you posted.

So take care everyone and stay vigilant

Glynis

Dear Members, 

The croquet lawn has been scarified and seeded but, due to the unseasonal overnight temperatures in April, it needs more time to recover and Andrew Harrison, the general manager, would like to re-open it on 1 June. This is the probable date to be confirmed later.

 The committee have agreed, however, that we should formally open the club for the 2021 season on Thursday, 3 June and combine this with a BYO, from 5pm This will go ahead whether the lawn is open or not so please put this date in your diaries and bring your favourite drinks, nibbles and chair together with appropriate clothing for the weather. We are allowed groups of 30 people socialising outside so hopefully we can have a full house!

 I hope you are all fit and well, have had your vaccinations and are looking forward to lots of croquet this summer.

 Best wishes,

Roger

This is posted on behalf of the Blewbury Tournament Secretary Michael Jenkins.

If you have any questions etc., please contact Michael Jenkins: msjenkins@msn.com mobile 0773 9339 236 or 01235 847 174

As you can see below, Blewbury require 4 more CA member entries[8 maximum on their 2 lawns]  for the Blewbury 7+ C-Level GC 1 Day Tournament @ Blewbury on Saturday July 3rd’21

Therefore, if you would like to enter and play, please do so via the CA website[Fixtures Calendar] in the normal way or please send your entry by email or post[entry form above] to Michael Jenkins – msjenkins@msn.com or to Dunluda Churchmere Road Sutton Courtenay OX14 4AQ.

Entry Fee:£17.00; CA Premium Member: £12.00; Club Member: £14.00

Please see this BBC News Item – Chichester are one of our opponents in the SECF League this year