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.

We invite you to join us for a free Taster Session, lasting one and a half hours.
If you enjoy it, you may wish to play for two further sessions at a total cost of £15, to
learn more about the game and improve your skills.
After that, you might choose to join us as a club member.
The dates of the sessions are;
Taster Session – Sat 10th June am, plus 2 follow-up sessions on 17th and 24th June.
Please contact Hester Henebury (hester2210@btinternet.com) to express interest or obtain further information.

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 please use the contact page to register your interest.

B League Team win at Home to Weston-super-Mare

May 25th 2023

Both Bath and Weston could only field Team of 3 for our 2nd B League match. Tony Jackson (18) and Sue Duncan(22) took on the Weston Captain (16) and their 24 handicapper in a Doubles. We had an equivalent number of bisques. We were on the back foot when the 24 Handicapper scored 4 hoops

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SC Open Team Win at Cheltenham

May 24th 2023

The clubs Open Short Croquet team travelled to the home of Croquet yesterday at Cheltenham. After round 1 the score was 2-2. At lunch Bath had a small lead 5-3. However the team upped their game in the afternoon winning 7 of the 8 games. Bob Hart won all four of his games with Pete

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Short Croquet League Match Interrupted by Unregistered Visitors

May 22nd 2023

Things were buzzing in Bath on Sunday when the Croquet Club’s long-awaited match against Bristol was interrupted by a swarm of bees. This was the first round in the SW regional Short Croquet (Restricted) league, in which the games are played on half-sized lawns with some additional rules to encourage developing players. After a strong

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Good Win for GC Handicap Team in Season Opener

May 22nd 2023

The clubs GC Handicap team opened their sesaon with a home match against Camerton & Peasedown ‘A’ on Friday 19th May. The team ran out 14-6 winners with Sally Helvey winning all three of her singles matches plus a doubles tie playing with Clare Fletcher. Ann Short made her debut for the club in the

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GC Advantage Doubles Trial

May 14th 2023

16 people signed up to play in the GC Doubles Tournament on 9th May – many of them perhaps curious to see how Advantage GC differed from ‘Extra-turn’ GC in terms of handicapping. Not all of them preferred Advantage, judging from comments invited afterwards, but everyone seems to have found it pretty straightforward and commented

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