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.
2011 Season
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A collection of photos from the 2011 season including:
Spring Trophy
Northampton friendly, April
Festival Trophy, May
GC Tournament, May
Northampton AC friendly, June
Broadwas, June
Offchurch, July
Offchurch, August
Frank takes on challenge from a visiting Aussi - August
Shrewsbury, August
Broadwas, August
Edgbaston, August
Sapcote, September
Edgbaston, September
Finals
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Oddball Shots
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A collection of "oddball" photos.
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2010 Season
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A collection of photos from the 2010 season including:
Spring Trophy
Spring Festival competition
Kenilworth v's Woodhall Spa, May.
Broadwas friendly, June
June Tournament
Northampton friendly, June
Shrewsbury, June
Longmans Cup, July
Stourbridge, July
Edgbaston GC League, July
Castle Cup, August
Sapcote friendies, August
All England finals, August
Broadwas GC League, August
Shrewsbury AC League, August
Offchurch, September
Himley, October
Finals Weekend, SeptemberClick here, or on the thumbnail photo above, for the photo gallery.
Finals Day, September 2009
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Photos taken during Finals Day, 26th September 2009.
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Ladies Finals Day, 2009
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Photos taken during Ladies Finals Day, September 2009.
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Offchurch Friendly, September 2009
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Photos taken during the Golf Friendly match at Offchurch, 12th September 2009.
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Advanced Tournament
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Photos taken during the Association Advanced Tournament for the Castle Cup, September 2009.
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Association League Match v's Stourbridge (A) 8th August 2009
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Photos taken during the Association League Match v's Stourbridge (A) 8th August 2009.
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Golf Croquet Friendly match (H) 8th August 2009
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Photos taken during the Golf Croquet Friendly match (H) v's Offchurch, 8th August 2009.
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Association match v's Ashby (A) 15th July 2009
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Photos taken during the Association match v's Ashby (A) 15th July.
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June 2009, 2-day tournament at home
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Photos taken during the 2-day tournament at home, June 2009.
Outright winner was Adrian Morris with four wins.
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Cloud burst and flooded lawns, 15th June 2009
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Photos taken on Peter D's mobile phone of the late afternoon cloud burst on 15th June 2009.
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Northampton, June 2009
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Photos from the friendly Association match versus Northampton at home.
Kenilworth lost by 3 matches to 5.
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Bill Browne 14 Pointer 2008
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Final of the Bill Browne 14 pointer, played 2nd June 2009 (postponed from August 2008)
Peter Dennis retained the Trophy, beating Frank Hibberd.
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W.M. Association League match
Kenilworth v's Edgbaston, 28th May 2009-
Edgbaston Croquet Club visited the Crackley Lane lawns for a West Midlands Federation League match. The match was played in excellent weather and the friendly rivalry of the two clubs was much in evidence.
Kenilworth gained a three games to nil lead in the morning and, with the afternoon games level at two each, Kenilworth won by five games to two.
Player of the day was Ray Clipson, winner of both his matches.
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Friendly Golf Croquet match v's Ashby,
20th May 2009-
On Thursday 28 May, Edgbaston Croquet Club visited the Crackley Lane lawns for a West Midlands Federation League match. The match was played in excellent weather and the friendly rivalry of the two clubs was much in evidence.
Kenilworth gained a three games to nil lead in the morning and, with the afternoon games level at two each, Kenilworth won by five games to two.
Player of the day was Ray Clipson, winner of both his matches.
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Friendly match played at Northampton,
1st May 2009-
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Kenilworth Festival Trophy, May 2009
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Longmans Cup, May 2009
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Finals weekend, September 2008
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The Kenilworth Croquet Club Finals took place on 26/27/28 September with all competitors enjoying the Croquet and the sunny weather.
Saturday saw the Association Croquet competitions with three trophies available as Charles Wade had already won the Doug Taylor cup half lawn event. The other half lawn event, The Douglas Trophy was competed for between Alan Richardson and Nigel Haslam. Richardson started well and Haslam responded strongly but a tactical error by Haslam allowed Richardson back in to win by 14-6.
The Secunderabad Cup saw Cliff Daniel take on last year’s winner, John Leader. Daniel used his handicap bisques to good effect and raced to a 23-6 lead but Leader fought back well but had to concede defeat at 26-18.
The afternoon match for the coveted St George’s Cup again involved Leader, this time against Peter Dennis. This was a tight and competitive game but Dennis emerged victorious by 26-12.
The two Golf Croquet competitions took place on the Sunday with Adrian Morris taking on Martin Green for the Pindi Cup in the morning and Peter Dennis for the Kenilworth Cup in the afternoon. Morris was on top form and took both trophies.
Alongside the finals on Sunday, members played a Golf Croquet tournament won by Nigel Haslam undefeated through the day.
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Sapcote friendly, September 2008
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On Friday 12th September, a team of six Kenilworth players gathered to play a golf croquet match against Sapcote, weather permitting. The weather was not permitting. We started in gentle rain which soon became heavy, and after half an hour or so we were all huddled in the pavilion watching a thunderstorm, with large puddles forming on both lawns. It was the third match in succession that Sapcote had had rained off, and we agreed to replay on Wednesday 17th September.
After several dry days the lawns were in good condition; we even had a number of spectators, and on an overcast, mild afternoon we made a good start. However, Ray Clipson was recruited by Sapcote because they arrived one short, and his doubles game was the only one they won in the first round. The second round was won by Sapcote 3-1, with their two singles players both winning against our nos.1 and 2. This left the match poised at 4-4, and the final result was only decided on the completion of the last game. Kenilworth eventually lost 5-7, thanks to Ray Clipson who won his three doubles games for Sapcote!
The Kenilworth team comprised Peter Dennis, John Handy, Philip Wood, Cliff Daniel, David Green and George Willan.
Sapcote were very appreciative of our facilities and looked forward to playing us again.
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Ladies Day, September 2008
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On one of the few perfect September afternoons, a record number of lady members including some entering for the first time competed for the coveted Ladies Trophy at Crackley Lane on Sunday.
The tournament was competed under Golf Croquet rules with some very spirited play and closely contested games.
At the end of the afternoon, Pauline Dennis and Amanda Haslam were on four wins each. The final was another close affair with Amanda the final winner by 7 hoops to 5 and retains the trophy she won last year.
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Edgbaston Class B Golf Croquet Tournament, September 2008
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Advanced croquet tournament, September 2008
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Four of the top players of Kenilworth Croquet Club competed in an advanced Croquet tournament, played in glorious sunshine, for the Castle Cup.
A high degree of skill was shown by all players, with the outcome in dispute until the final game between Henry Fellowes & Paul Swaffield.
In the end, with fading light Henry Fellowes emerged the winner, so retaining the cup that he won in 2007.
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Friendly Association v's Ashby, May 2008
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A heavy defeat.
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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
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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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