Welcome to Bath Croquet Club
You will find us in the centre of Bath, in a stunning location, on Bath Recreation Ground. Croquet is an inclusive sport that people of all ages and skill levels can play. We have four lawns that are open daily and our friendly membership are on hand to welcome visitors and potential new members. New players can be assured of a great start to their enjoyment of this game.
If you are looking for an activity which satisfies your competitive instinct, or just fancy a relaxed game on a Club afternoon, why not join us at one of our regular free taster sessions? These are taking place on Saturday 23 April, Tuesday 24 May and Saturday 18 June. In the first instance use the contact page to register your interest...
Double success for Bath at Budleigh
Peter Miles and Andrew Willis both entered the Spring Tournament at Budleigh Salterton searching for early season form but returned home with silverware. The week-long tournament began on Tuesday with a relaxing and fun day of handicap doubles, where Dave Kibble and Linda Shaw from Bristol CC romped home as winners. Both Bath players
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Want to Try Croquet?
The Club are running further sessions for beginners this summer and offer the chance to ’have a go’ at a new activity! The club play on the Recreation Ground in the centre of Bath (behind Bath Rugby pitch). Anyone interested in trying out the game of Croquet is invited to join us for a free
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Winning Start to Short Lawns League Season
Bath’s Short Croquet Restricted Handicap team opened their account on Saturday 7th May, with a convincing 10-6 win away to Winterborne Valley. Winterborne were Kingston Maurward until about 2 years ago, when they had to ‘up sticks’ and move to the delightful village of Winterborne Stickland, where they have found a new home on a
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Success for GC Handicap Team
The Clubs GC Handicap team entertained Swindon at the Rec for the first league match this season, held on a day of constantly changing weather and clothing depending on the extent of cloud cover and a chilly wind! Both Teams were well matched, in terms of handicap, and the matches were played in a friendly
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Federation Match v Bristol
The Club played their first fixture in the SW Federation competition on Thursday, 5 May, away at Bristol. In the doubles it was a very defensive affair with the senior Bristol player Eric Soakell making all the points and trying coax round his weaker partner Linda Shaw playing off an 18 handicap. This gave little
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