Kenilworth Croquet Club - Picture gallery
The photo galleries contain a selection of pictures from Kenilworth Croquet Club, showing tournaments, matches, social play and other club activities.
Putting the lawns to bed, 2007
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Blood sweat and tears or was it pure pleasure and rewarding? Unless you were there you will never know.
Sunday was the day lawns 1 and 2 were cut, scarified in 3 directions and cut twice more resulting in 24 bags of grass being removed in the process with Peter and Ray walking some 6 miles each in the process. This was followed by overseeding and then the "pleasure" of spreading and luting 3 tons of top dressing to each lawn by the "volunteers"- ouch my back!
My personal thanks to all those who gave their time and effort in this end of season work which is essential in maintaining and improving the quality of the lawns for the benefit of the Club.
Ray Clipson/ John Copping/ Geoff Eames/ Nigel Haslam/ Frank Hibberd/ John Leader/ Tim Leggatt/ Edgar McCarthy/ Adrian Morris/ Andrew Tarpey/ David Taylor/ GwenythTunstall
Peter Dennis
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Womens Institute Federation Golf croquet match, June 2007
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Teams from Oxfordshire Worcester and West Midlands enjoyed sunny conditions and some excellent competition in a 3-Counties event.
The experience of the team from Oxfordshire helped them to win 6 matches, Worcestershire came 2nd with 5 matches and West Midland with 1 match.
Kenilworth Croquet Club hosted the event, which was managed by the Secretary John Handy.
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Open Day
(12th May 2007)-
Kenilworth Croquet Club in Crackley Lane held its first Open Day on Saturday, 12 May 2007, and the weather held clear. Twenty guests came along and gave Croquet a try. A good mix of male and female with ages ranging from fifteen to over seventy. Most had not even held a mallet before, but they all enjoyed a game or two.
The second Open Day will be held next Sunday 20th May from 1pm to 5pm. All are welcome. It is free and all equipment is provided but please bring flat soled shoes.
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Croquet lawn closure
(8th October 2006)-
Lawn 1 was closed on September 25th.
The following Monday saw the final cutting followed by scarifying in three directions and one more cut.
On Tuesday, very early the dew was cleared and then the over-seeding. At 2pm prompt, "the team" arrived ready to distribute 120 bags of top dressing around the lawn and then to spread lute and brush to an area around 1000 square meters.
On 2nd October, Lawn 2 was treated to the same end of season work. Fortunately the weather was kind and the sun shone to allow the work to be completed. Other work is required during the closed season, in particular leaf clearing during the Autumn fall.
A great effort, well done and thanks to all the helpers who took part.
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Peter Dennis, Lawn Manager
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Finals Day, September 2006
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Kenilworth Croquet Club held its Finals weekend in bright Sunshine. With an increase of 30% in membership this season, there was a record number of entrants for the 9 competitions. They included advanced level play in both Association and Golf croquet, and there were two competitions specifically for new members.
John Leader went even better than last year by winning four tournaments. Other winners were Peter Moody, Henry Fellows, Peter Dennis, Nigel Haslam and Amanda Haslam. Peter's wife, Pauline, had already won the Ladies tournament.
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Ladies Golf Croquet Tournament 2006
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The Ladies Golf Croquet tournament took place on Sunday 11th September.
Eight competitors took part. The winner was Pauline Dennis 7-6 against Tina Haslam.
Thanks to Peter Dennis for the photos.
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Tournament Finals 2005
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Photos from the Tournament Finals 2005.
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