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The President of the United States Croquet Association has issued the following invitation in italics.

The 2024 WCF GC World Championship will be live streamed on the USCA YouTube Channel: “rdilley USCA Croquet”.  The livestream will begin on Tuesday 10/22 thru Saturday 10/26 (Finals), and times are available on the channel.  We invite all persons interested in croquet to subscribe and enjoy the content that is possible by the support of our USCA Members and channel sponsor Oakley Woods Croquet.

First session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0acGDxvi0Vo

The program for the event is available at:

Digital Edition URL: https://issuu.com/uscacroquetnews/docs/2024_croquet_news_fall_edition-cnm24v3?fr=sNjc3ZTc3NjE1NjY

Please share this information with interested parties unable to attend.

Damon Bidencope

Proud USCA Member / President

United States Croquet Association

http://www.CroquetAmerica.com

The boards have been gathered and stacked for the winter. The hedge managers have tidied the boundary hedge around trees and signs and they had fun.

Ripon Spa does well.

Robert won the trophy, Marcia was runner up and Kerry came 4th out the 8 entrants. There is more on our facebook page.

Sue and Robert do well at Hunstanton

In the ‘B’ on Saturday, Sue came a very creditable 3rd in a field of 16 players.

In the ‘C’ on Sunday, Robert lifted the trophy.

The Crake Valley B tournament was held on Friday 14th June 2024. It was a day that started with heavy rain from 7am. The hosts managed to squeegee two courts to enable a prompt start, by 9:15. They continued to dry court 3, which was deemed playable later in the morning. The club was represented by Sue, Robert, Gill, Marcia, Jo-Ann and Michael. Robert beat Sarah from Chester, in a semi-final, to take on Phil from Guildford in the 19 hoop final. Phil won the match, but congratulations to Robert for demonstrating his true form.

JOIN US FOR ALL OR PART OF A CLUB SESSION

This is a great chance to try the fascinating sport of croquet free of charge, with an introduction to the basics from members of Ripon Spa Croquet Club and then have a friendly game or two. We are at Studley Royal Cricket Club, Galphay Lane, Ripon, just beyond Tate’s garden centre on the B6265.

Join us for all or part of an afternoon and evening, between 1pm and 7pm. All equipment will be provided by the club and qualified coaches and members will be on hand to introduce you to this fun and fascinating sport. Please wear flat-soled shoes such as trainers.

If you missed our Open Day on Sunday 26^th May and would like to have a go in June or July please contact the secretary to ensure that (a) a member will be there at one of our normal club sessions and (b) there is no fixture on that day.  Our normal club times are: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 7pm at the latest. Fridays from 4pm to 7pm.

We also organise taster sessions for outside groups.

The secretary can be reached at secretary_riponspacroquetclub@outlook.com.

The club website can be reached at riponspacroquetclub.org

Duncan Hector delivered the mower on Sunday 21st April. It was put to work straight away, as the conditions were too good to ignore. It has a trailing seat, not just for comfort, but also because of the additional capacity to roll the courts.

Lionel Tibble won the David Widdison Memorial Trophy at the English National GC Championships in Ramsgate. David would have approved: they were friends and won the Black Sheep Doubles together. 

text provided by Andrea Widdison

This month sees the presentation of a new trophy in memory of club member David Widdison. It will be awarded to the winner of the plate event in the English National Singles tournament (The Ascot Cup) . This was the last event that David won.
David had been selected to be in the first International Development Squad and later represented England in the European championships in Spain and in the Over 50’s World  championships in Egypt where he won the plate event. He was the winner of The Kate Jones trophy ( 2nd Eights), The Sarasota Invitational in the USA and various tournaments in England and Scotland.  David was the reigning Golf Croquet European Master’s champion having won the Austrian Open and taking 3rd place in the Norwegian Open and 4th in the Swedish Open. He was a member of the Yorkshire  Golf Croquet team.

text provided by Andrea Widdison

Eric noticed that, when water was needed at the hut, it had to be brought from the far end of the field, so he decided to buy and donate a 227 litre butt and to instal it by the shed, where it now sits in all its glory.