The Voice of the Victorian Croquet Association Inc. No. A0001560E August 2019

In This Issue

Victorian Men’s and Women’s Championships 1

Marketing and Promotion 1

Presidents Report 2

Management Report 3

Sunny Season Opening at Cairnlea 4

Men’s/Women’s Ch’ships photos 5

Horsham CC Opening Day 6

Wimmera Croquet Association Opening Day 7

Coaching: news flash 7

Marketing and Promotion 8

Croquet for Cancer 9

Horsham CC Needs Your Help! 9

Time for a Smile 10

A Lasting Croquet Friendship 11

Time for a Smile 11

Upcoming Events at VCC and around Victoria 12

Patron: The Honorable

Linda Dessau AC,

Governor of Victoria

ASSOCIATION CROQUET GATEBALL GOLF CROQUET RICOCHET

Victorian Men’s and Women’s Championships

This popular annual event was held over the weekend of 10/11 August at

Cairnlea. Conditions were less than ideal with cold, wind, heavy rain and

generally miserable conditions prevailing. It was most pleasing that several players had travelled from interstate to participate.

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Thirteen players from Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western

Australia contested the Women’s Championship which gave participants a really good ‘hit out’ ahead of the national singles and the Interstate Shield which are to

be held in early September.

Played as a single block over two days, the final result was not determined until the final hoop in the last game of the last round on the second day. Elaine Cover-

dale (Essendon), playing in her usual steady and consistent manner, won the event

with 10 wins. Judy Wembridge (Bairnsdale), who is working hard to get ready for the big events in September, was runner up on 9 wins. Also on 9 wins but

with 10 less net hoops, Christine Eiffert (Quarry Hill) was third. Just behind them

Janine McHardy (Western Australia) and Tricia Devlin (Castlemaine) with 8

wins. Janine had 7 more net hoops than Tricia.

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Fourteen players from Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia contested

the Men’s Championship which gave participants a strong competitive weekend

in the lead up to the major Australia tournaments to be played in September. Following block play, semi finals and finals were held on day 2 together with a

Plate event. The first semi-final was won by Chris McWhirter (Western Austral-

ia) who defeated Ron McBride (South Australia) 7/4, 7/2. The second semi-final went to Brett McHardy (Western Australia) from Kevin Beard (Yarrawonga) 7/5,

6/7, 7/6.

The final was contested over three games with Chris defeating Brett 2/7, 7/6, 7/3. Congratulations to Chris who adds yet another title to a long string of successes.

Chris and Brett are well known at Cairnlea having competed at headquarters on

many previous occasions.

In a play off for third place Kevin Beard defeated Ron McBride 5/7, 7/4, 7/6.

The Plate was won by Lester Hughes (Williamstown) from Chas Quinn

(Yarrawonga).

Many people contributed to the success of the tournament. Kevin Beard, Mike Cohn, Ruth Duffy and Chas Quinn set the hoops in atrocious conditions. Eric

O’Donnell, as TR was ably assisted by Ian McKee, Ian Matthews, Ellen Reed

and Nancy Hatherell. VCA Vice President, Kate Patrick presented the medals.

Thanks to everyone who contributed so much to ensure the success of the

Victorian Championships.

Jim Saunders

Tournament Manager

Photos on page 5

Marketing and Promotion

Does your club have a good

news story you’d like to share?

Maybe success in getting a

grant, a new approach to sharing out the tasks that have to be

done round the club, or a re-

cruitment project that really took off?

What happened? What did you

do that was different? Why do

you think it worked?

Please send Croquet Vic the details, we are hoping to publish

a good news edition of

Malletsports in 2020.

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President’s Report

VCA President - Jim Clement (Sarsfield) email address president@croquetvic.asn.au

The croquet season is again open! Some would say that it doesn’t close, but it must, otherwise we wouldn’t have an excuse for the VCA Season Opening in early August. This was reportedly a great day with good weather, regard-

less of the Bureau of Meteorology forecast. Thanks to those who organised it, to Sandra for coordinating the cater-

ing, to James (groundsman) and the volunteers who set up the courts (and put things away again) and to Kate Pat-

rick for deputising for me. Congratulations to Kenn Boal, our newest Life Member, who ran the first hoop.

Victoria is hosting several national events in the next couple of months: the Croquet Australia GC Gold Medal, GC

Men’s and Women’s Championships and the GC State Teams Championship (otherwise known as the Interstate Shield) are to be contested at VCC from 4th to 15th September. The Croquet Australia GC Handicap Doubles & Sin-

gles Championships are to be hosted by Twin City Croquet Club (North Albury) from 30th September to 4th October.

In my previous report, when talking about the SRV Together More Active grant, I made reference to the VCA Stra-

tegic Plan and that these grant funds must be expended in furtherance of the aims of the Strategic Plan. This Strate-

gic Plan is current only until the end of 2020, while the TMA grant runs until mid-2023; so, your Council is already

active, preparing a new plan for the period 2021-2025. The timeline for the development of this plan has provision for major formal consultation with Regions and clubs in October – December this year. Please ensure that you keep

abreast of progress until then in preparation for this consultation, which is available in minutes of CoM and Council

meetings from the VCA website.

No nomination or even an expression of interest in the position of State Coordinator of AC has been received. I

gather that the moans that I hear from AC players regarding the decline in participation in their code and that “something should be done about it!” really mean that someone else should do something about it. I am not unsym-

pathetic to the need to reverse the decline, but we (VCA) need someone to take responsibility. I, and I am sure

Council, would be agreeable to a group (sub-committee?) taking on this task. AC players, please think about it.

Continuing on my personal note from my previous report, my wife passed away in mid-July, four weeks after I

brought her home from hospital, realising her wish to do so at home. Consequently, I no longer have a need for

leave of absence. My thanks to all those Regions, clubs and individuals who expressed their condolences through phone calls, emails, cards and letters. I believe that I have answered all, but if I did overlook anyone, please accept

my apologies.

Jim Clement

President VCA

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Management Report

VCA Secretary - Sarina Cevaal-Hewitt (Twin City) email address secretary@croquetvic.asn.au

Croquet Victoria Meeting Minutes: The Minutes of the July 2019 Committee of Management Meeting can be found on the Croquet Victoria website at:

https://www.croquetvic.asn.au/minutes/20190716CoM.pdf

The Minutes of the August 2019 Council Meeting can be found on the Croquet Victoria website at: https://

www.croquetvic.asn.au/minutes/20190819Council.pdf

VCC: Brimbank Events Website: This website has now been closed down. Information about hiring the Victorian

Croquet Centre can now be found at: https://venue65.com.au/ For the 'Venue 65' website to be successful, content must be added regularly.

VCC Fascia over Front Entrance: The quote to undertake repairs to the fascia over the front entrance has been

accepted. No progress can be made on the signage over the front entrance until these repairs are completed.

Removal of Trees and Garden Beds: To ensure that water drains away from the Victorian Croquet Centre build-

ing carpark trees are to be removed. Garden beds to north, east and west of building to be removed, seepage holes

to be created in garden bed edging and waterproofing and decorative stone to replace soil/gardens. Quotes are still being sourced to undertake this work.

VCA:

Croquet Victoria Constitution: The Draft Constitution presented to 11th April 2016 Special General Meeting is to be redrafted to include actions necessary to meet Mandatory Board Quota and brought forward to Council for

consideration.

Croquet Victoria Strategic Plan 2015-2020: This has been amended to include our commitment to child safety

and the mandatory board quota of 40% females on Council. Work has begun on the drafting of our next Strategic Plan (2021-2025) by the Strategic Plan Working Group. In addition, Terms of Reference for the Strategic Plan

Implementation Sub-Committee have been uploaded to the website. This Implementation Sub-Committee is

charged with oversight of Strategic Plan activities and nominations to this Sub-Committee must be with the Croquet Victoria Secretary by Friday 7 September 2019.

Croquet Victoria Officer Vacancies: The State Coordinator of Association Croquet and Complaints Officer

positions are currently vacant. If you are interested in nominating for either position contact the Croquet Victoria Secretary for a nomination form.

Review of Croquet Victoria Policies/Job Descriptions/Terms of Reference: The following policies are currently

being reviewed:

Adverse Playing Conditions Provision of Liquor and Catering at VCC Policy

Club Child Safe Policy: Ten clubs have yet to advise adoption of a club child safe policy.

eDeposits of Croquet Victoria Publications: Many Croquet Victoria publications previously not deposited with the National/State Library will be now be deposited electronically.

Seniors Festival 2019: The Victorian Seniors 'Get into it!' booklets have now been distributed. Our thirty-three

participating clubs who submitted an event can be found on Pages 109 to 112.

Financial Bequests: Advice on management of financial bequests is being sought.

Council Meeting Dates: Council will meet on 24 February 2020 and 6 April 2020 to accommodate major events.

VCA Secretary

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Sunny Season Opening at Cairnlea

Very dapper in his Victorian team blazer, Croquet Victoria's latest Life Member Kenn Boal ran the first hoop at the

Victorian Croquet Centre, to open the 2019/20 season.

The weather was kind, the lawns and building were in excellent order, and 70 other members were there to enjoy

the day.

Proceedings were opened by vice-president Kate Patrick, with an acknowledgement of country, and commiserations from those present to president Jim Clement on the recent loss of his wife Sandra.

Following some practicalities about the running of the day, we all trooped out to the lawn and watched Kenn run

that first hoop. He told us firmly that he was going to run it, you should always take a positive approach; and so indeed he did.

A morning of GC and AC croquet followed.

Next came lunch provided by Jill of All Functions Event: minestrone soup, sausage rolls and little quiches, and

mixed sandwiches.

After lunch most people stayed on to play again, closing with an afternoon tea (also provided by Jill) including fresh

fruit and an array of little cakes.

Play was informal, and members were encouraged to join up with people they hadn't met - tables at lunch were defi-

nitely mixed, and there was a great buzz of conversation.

Herb Mackey (Brunswick) was there, and writes:

What a fantastic day it was with friendly company, nice social games, delicious lunch, more games, great afternoon tea and of course the weather was just perfect. Thank you all for a great day!

It was a good day, and we were so lucky with the weather! despite predictions of rain, the sun came out in the after-

noon.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed. Sandra Kastanaras coordinated the preparatory cleaning and the book-

ings, and was tireless on the day. Brimbank and our greenkeeper James put out the hoops the day before, Terry Brown put out the baulk pipes, everyone got their own balls from the boxes and cleared the courts afterwards. Trish

Watts rang the bell to move play along and call us to lunch. Brimbank members Jill, Sue, Joyce, and Kerryn, and

Lynne Roberts (Kew) all lent a hand with the cleaning up. Mike Cohn checked the hoops before play and sorted out the distribution of balls to boxes after play. Thank you one and all.

Next event at Cairnlea is the Victorian GC Men's and Women's this weekend, followed in October by the Australian

GC Gold Cup, the ACA GC Men's and Women's, and the GC Interstate Shield.

Best wishes to all for a great season.

Kenn explaining his approach.

Top: GC players on lawn 10. Bottom: AC doubles players waiting their turn.

Pics: Dianne Wilson

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Elaine Coverdale Judy Wembridge

Men’s and Women’s Championships photos from page 1

Chris McWhirter (left) and Brett McHardy Kevin Beard (left) and Ron McBride

L to R; Jim Saunders, Tournament Manager, Chris

McWhirter Winner Vic Men’s Singles, Kate Patrick,

VCA Vice President, Brett McHardy Runner up in Vic

Men’s Singles.

L to R: Jim Saunders, Tournament Manager, Kate Patrick, VCA Vice President, Elaine

Coverdale Winner Vic Women’s Singles.

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Horsham CC Opening Day

The running of the first hoop opening our 2019-2020 season was performed by Sunil Bhalla from the HRCC. Over

40 members from Dimboola, Kalimna Park and Horsham Croquet clubs attended. President Betty welcomed every-

one, acknowledging the traditional land owners while also paying respect to our past and present members who have made this club to the standard we enjoy today. We had a full field of players with some sharing positions,3

games were played including all 13 hoops and changing partners. Everyone enjoyed the day concluding with after-

noon tea and presentations.

Div.1 Winner- John Moar (D.C.C.) 1 game 20 hoops

R/Up - John Pipkorn (H.C.C) 1 game 18 hoops

Div.2 Winner- Marj. Wiedermann (H.C.C) 3 games 27 hoops

R/Up - Joan Hiscock (H.C.C) 3 games 23 hoops

Div.1 Winner-Allan Wray (H.C.C) 3 games 23 hoops

R/Up - Dawn Scott (H.C.C) 2 games 23 hoops

Special mention to Glen Price who scored 2 hoops in one stroke and also to Elaine Nicholls scoring a hoop from a long distance.

Betty Etherton President HCC

Div 1 Winner John Moar, Runner up John Pipkorn.

Div 2 Winner Marj. Wiedernamm, Runner up Joan Hiscock

Div 3 Winner Allan Wray, Runner up Dawn Scott.

Sunil Bhalla from the Horsham Rural City Council runs the fist hoop to open the season.

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Wimmera Croquet Association Opening

President Lyn Creasey welcomed 24 players from 3 different clubs in the Wimmera to play Golf Croquet at the

Horsham Croquet Club for the opening of Wimmera’s 2019-2020 season. A pleasant sunny day was enjoyed by all,

playing 3 games and all 13 hoops. Special thanks to Lyn Creasey (Pres.) Denise McMillen (Sec.) Donna Frost (Treas.) and Tournament Manager Rae Hill. Jenny Mitchell ran the first hoop officially opening the Season.

Division 1……..Winner - Glenn Price (Horsham) 3 games 24 hoops

Runners up - Betty Etherton and Lyn Creasey (both Horsham)

Division 2……..Winner – Yvonne Dunn (Horsham) 3 games 25 hoops Runner up - Maureen Belleville (Horsham)

Division 3……..Winner - Shirley Heard (Horsham Kalimna Park) 3 games 21 hoops

Runner up - Elaine Nicholls (Horsham)

Jenny Mitchell won a beautiful hamper of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Betty Etherton Horsham CC

L to R: Glen Price, Yvonne Dunn and Shirley Heard Jenny Mitchell runs the first hoop of the season.

Coaching: news flash

Ruth Duffy, Vic Coordinator Coaching, writes:

Dear Members

As of July 2019 ACA has appointed a new National Director of Coaching, Mr Greg Bury.

All further accreditation of coaches in Australia has been postponed until further notice. This is so a review and update of golf and association coaching manuals and levels can be undertaken and at a later date Ricochet and Gate-

ball.

Please continue to send in your applications and complete the AIS online course so that once this has been complet-ed we can move forward with accrediting coaches.

As things progress I will update the coaching webpage for interested parties to read, thank you for your patience, at

the present time realistically we are looking at sometime in 2020 before this process will be completed.

Regards Ruth Duffy State Coordinator of Coaching

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Marketing and Promotion

NEW: Workshop for club publicity officers

This is to be held at VCC, Cairnlea on Tuesday 22 October. Club publicity officers have been invited along with

club secretaries where they act as publicity officers. Registration is now open, contact Sarina for a booking form. We have some grant funding available to assist with travel and accommodation costs.

We are planning to have a keynote speaker, a panel presentation, and small group discussions. Topics will be final-

ised when we have input from people attending, but we would like to include some discussion of our current pub-licity materials.

Questions about this workshop should go to Sarina, please - email secretary@croquetvic.asn.au.

Croquet Vic merchandise

AVAILABLE

We have stock of bookmarks (free) and branded pens ($20 for 10 pens). We have nearly run out of ball markers

($3 for a pack of 20). Free delivery via your Regional Director, or you can opt to pay for postage.

BUMPER STICKERS

We have sold out of bumper stickers for the moment. We are taking advance orders for bumper stickers with our

new slogans: Croquet: a hit for health and Have a crack at croquet. $2 each to be invoiced on delivery. We will get these printed when we have enough orders.

Order forms on the front page of the Croquet Vic website, croquetvic.asn.au.

TRIFOLD LEAFLETS Does your club have a stock of trifolds in a cupboard which you could share with another

club if need be? We have run out and would prefer to reprint after discussing the design with club publicity officers at the 22 October workshop. If you have leaflets you could share please email us at marketing@croquetvic.asn.au.

MIDYEAR CALENDARS These have now sold out. Next year we will invite advance orders, hopefully then we

will know how many to print to ensure nobody misses out.

Any queries or suggestions for new merchandise items, please contact the Marketing and Publicity sub-committee

at marketing@croquetvic.asn.au.

Planning for the future

All clubs have been sent the Infrastructure Plan 2020 - 2030 which came out of our planning project over the past

year. We’re looking to incorporate relevant priorities from this in our new Strategic Plan for the period 2021 -

2025. This will follow on our current Strategic Plan which covers the period 2015 - 2020. If you would like to contribute ideas please let me know.

Update on our videos

The video Croquet: a hit for health is heading for 2000 views (1950 as I write this). It’s reached New Zealand, Canada, the USA, the UK, and Russia - our Russian Facebook friend Yuri Ilyukhin has asked for the English text

so he can provide captions in Russian. The WCF have just added a link on their Facebook page.

The main purpose of this video though is to make a connection with allied health practitioners in Victoria… Some clubs have already sent the link to an array of local practitioners, some practitioners are interested in putting

a video on their waiting room TV (hopefully the Ageless game version that is meant for the general public). We

hear that some practice staff have already arranged to come to their local club and try out croquet for themselves.

Ultimately we hope the videos will attract new players. It would be great to hear from any clubs where this is hap-pening. If your club has taken up the videos and made contact with your local allied health practitioners, do let us

know, or share your story on our Facebook page.

Feedback to marketing@croquetvic.asn.au please, or to https://www.Facebook.com/CroquetVictoria.

PS If you haven’t already seen them, there is a link to both videos on the front page of the Croquet Vic website.

Kate Patrick

Vice President

VCA Vice President - Kate Patrick (Brunswick) email address katepatrickoz@gmail.com

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Croquet for Cancer

Sue Elliott and George Harris, of Morwell Croquet Club, were pleased to be able to present a cheque for $500 to

Megan Hecker at the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre recently. Megan is the Nurse Unit Manager of the Chemo- therapy Unit..

This cheque, along with one for $550 donated in March,

was the proceeds from last year’s Melbourne Cup Day, donations from Latrobe City Council staff during their

eight week inter-office challenge and Latrobe City Council

for hosting their staff.

Morwell Croquet Club has been supporting the Cancer

Centre for a number of years now and it was interesting to

learn that the total amount donated has now reached over

$7,500.

A huge thank you to all those who have helped us to achieve

this. Without their continued support, this would not have

been possible.

Sue Elliott Morwell CC

L to R: George Harris, Megan Hecker, Sue Elliott

Horsham CC needs your support!

Horsham Croquet Club, which has been going since 1924, is

facing a challenge to their existence - a consultants' report to

their local council has proposed that their club and the adjacent tennis club be demolished, in favour of more

gardens and the large lake which is the original Guildfoyle

Botanic Gardens Plan. A new indoor sports stadium is pro-posed to be built nearby.

Details are provided on the Horsham CC web page.

Croquet Victoria has recently identified Horsham CC as a

regional centre for croquet, and Horsham is hosting the AC

Country Regionals next year, using its own courts and the tennis courts which are also under threat.

If you have played at Horsham CC, or your club has been

involved with them, you may wish to email them a message of support.

Write to betty.etherton@bigpond.com with a copy to Croquet Vic - secretary@croquetvic.asn.au.

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auscroquetco@gmail.com

Dawson 2000 International MKII Croquet Balls

1ST/2nd/3rd Sets

Association Clips

1st/2nd/3rd Sets

Now Available

Mallets

Corner Flags (set of 4)

- Plain

- Embroidered with club name

(photos available on request)

Coming Soon

Golf Clips

Centre Pegs

‘Eugene, you’re too grumpy for croquet.”

Time for a Smile

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A Lasting Croquet Friendship

Drysdale croquet club held its inaugural meeting in 1950, Wilma McLean was one of the first members. In the

early years that followed Edna Peel also joined and these two women who had never met before, became firm

friends. Now years on, they are still best of friends, both dedicated association players who have both won many tournaments both in singles or playing together as they did in the 1984-1985 Pennant winning the Combined

Divisions 1 & 2 as well as the 1974-75 Pennant. (see photo below left).

Sadly, Wilma was widowed in the early nineties and several years later married a respected member of the Drysdale CC, Graham Bath.

Edna and Wilma served many terms as Office bearers, Edna as treasurer, Wilma in several roles including

President.

By 2002 both Wilma and Edna had been made life members and received many accolades for their tireless years

of service, including Edna’s 28 yrs as treasurer over a period of 40+ years and a nomination for the very first

ACA Meritorious Medal for Services to Croquet for Wilma, which she subsequently won.

Edna’s and Wilma’s respective husbands Harold Peel and Graham Bath were also heavily involved with the club,

both as office bearers and in maintaining lawns or building whatever structure was needed. The two croquet

courts at Drysdale have been named the Edna and Harold Peel Lawn and the Wilma and Graham Bath Lawn in

their honour.

Loyalty to their club and each other typifies the friendship that Edna and Wilma have, Edna is now 87 and

Wilma is 97, Edna still plays AC on Saturday mornings, sadly due to an accident Wilma can no longer play but

that doesn’t stop her using her referee and coaching skills to assess the play.

Still members, here they are at the 2018 Drysdale CC Christmas party. (photo courtesy Reg Paton)

Diane Wilson Drysdale CC

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Upcoming Events at Victorian Croquet Centre

Aug

24-25 GC Vic vs Vic A ;range -6 to 20 Jim Saunders 5250 5250

24-25 GC Selector’s Invitation; range -6 to 20 Jim Saunders 5250 5250

Sept 4-6 GC ACA Gold Medal; range -6 to 20 John Grieve 9397 2632

7-10 GC ACA Men’s/Women’s Ch’ships; range -6 to 20 Brian Reither 5339 2002

11-15 GC ACA Interstate Shield; range -6 to 20 Jim Clement 0409 115 647

21-22 AC VCA Women’s Invitation TBA

21-22 AC VCA Selector’s Invitation; range -3 to 20 TBA

30-4 Oct GC ACA Handicap Ch’ships; range -6 to 20 ACA

Oct

11-14 AC ACA President’s Eights; range -3 to 20 ACA

19-20 AC VCA State Squad Dbles; range -3 to 20 TBA

19-20 AC VCA Divisional Ch’ships; range -3 to 20 TBA

26-27 AC VCA Men’s Ch’ships; range -3 to 20 TBA

26-27 AC VCA Women’s Ch’ships; range -3 to 20 TBA

Association Tournaments around the State

Aug/Sept

31-1 Warrnambool Winter T’ment; range 5 to 20 Margaret Kelson 0418 614 937

Sept

2-3 MVCA @Charlton; range -3 to 20 Anne Kenny 0408 547 973

6-8 Brighton Open; range -3 to 10 Lesley Cavalier 0413 180 869 13-15 Brighton Open; range 11 to 20 Lesley Cavalier 0413 180 869

23-25 Horsham Kalimna Park; range -3 to 20 Kay Blake 5384 8216

27-29 Bendigo Festival of Croquet Open; range Bill Humphreys 0417 310 613

Oct

6-7 Drouin Doubles; range -3 to 20 Heather Bullen 0407 821 650

19-20Boort Open; range -3 to 20 Ian Potter 5455 2774

28-29 Hamilton Open; range -3 to 20 Jill Burchell 5572 1897

Golf Croquet Tournaments around the State

Sept

7-8 Leongatha Open; range -6 to 20 Nanette Meredith 5662 5441

9-10 MVCA @Charlton; range -6 to 20 Anne Kenny 0408 547 973 14-15 Drouin Open; range -6 to 20 Heather Bullen 0407 821 650

19-19 Twin City Dbles; range Sarina Cevaal-Hewitt (02)60 253 060

21-22 Lakes Entrance Open Dbles; range Rhonda Smith 0423 350 224

28-28 Traralgon Pink Charity Day Open Doreen Dorman 5174 1694

30-1 Oct Bendigo Festival of Croquet Open Chris Eiffert 5449 7173

Oct

5-7 Ballarat & Dist. Open; range -6 to 20 Brian Reither 0488 539 000

8-10 Quarry Hill Open; range -6 to 20 Chris Eiffert 0413720 970

11-11 Frankston Doubles; range -6 to 20 Fay O’Toole 9787 1665

12-12 Rich River Open T’ment; range -6 to 5 ) Helen Brierley

13-13 Rich River Open T’ment; range 6 to 8 ) 0428 307 200 13-13 Maffra Open Day; range -6 to 20 Ann Howard 5141 1253

14-14 Rich River Open T’ment; range 9 to 12 Helen Brierley 0428 307 200

CONTACTS:

State Coordinator - Association Croquet

Position Vacant

State Coordinator - Golf Croquet

Lorraine Gutcher (Morwell CC) (03) 5134 4990

Email golfcroquet@croquetvic.asn.au

State Coordinator - Gateball

Philip Brown (Kew CC) (03) 9571 4395

Email gateball@croquetvic.asn.au

State Coordinator - Ricochet

Terry Wilson (Wangaratta CC) 03 5721 4014

Email ricochet@croquetvic.asn.au

State Coordinator of U21 Croquet

Nancy Hatherell (Ballarat Western CC) 0411 317 874

Email u21coordinator@croquetvic.asn.au

State Coordinator of Referees - AC

Brian Foley (Sandringham CC) (03) 9584 8405

Email acreferees@croquetvic.asn.au

State Coordinator of Referees - GC John van der Touw (MCC)

(03) 9803 3433

Email gcreferees@croquetvic.asn.au

State Coordinator of Coaching Ruth Duffy (Corowa Civic CC)

(02) 6033 3864 - 0418 415 368 Email coaching@croquetvic.asn.au

State Handicapper - Association Croquet Doron Gunzburg

0419 616 563 Email dgunzburg@hotmail.com

State Handicapper - Golf Croquet Maurice Cevaal-Hewitt (Twin City CC)

0409 362 947 Email handicapsgc@croquetvic.asn.au

Association & Golf AHS1's: following AC & GC tournaments, and handicap updates, send AHS1 forms to

State Handicap Recorder Ian McKee (Ballarat Alexandra)

0403 390108

PO Box 359W Ballarat West Vic 3350 Email handicaprecorder@croquetvic.asn.au

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Malletsports Editor

Rosalie Newman (Ballarat Western CC)

Email malletsports@croquetvic.asn.au