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...
Club Host Round of GC C Level Competition
The club hosted a round of the national GC C Level Play Competition (H’cap 7+) on Thursday 28th July. Sixteen competitors from the south of England were split into four blocks for the morning play. Sue Duncan (9 h’cap) finished second in her block to Jill Shaw (Camerton – 7) with 2 wins out of
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Bath’s Short Croquet Team Top the League
Our short croquet team met Camerton & Peasedown again, this time at home, on Sunday 24th July, and secured their 5th win of the season! The lawns were playing much more slowly than they have of late, thanks to the heavy rain 48 hours before, and some definite greening-up as a consequence, but the teams
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Rain Stops Play at GC Progressive Doubles
The annual GC Progressive Doubles Tournament, held on Friday 22nd July, proved to be very popular this year, with the 16 places filled almost overnight and we even had a reserve list! There were several newish members amongst the high handicappers, who ranged from GC10 – GC14. The eight lower handicappers were neatly bunched as
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GC HH team v Llandaff: Bath’s first loss this season
The match was played on Llandaff’s 2 half lawns which were reasonably flat, despite having some uneven grass growth in the vicinity of the hoops, which at times made hoop running tricky. Play started with the host team racing ahead with six wins, making good use of their extra turns as three of the team
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Difficult Conditions for Short Lawns Team
Bath’s Short Croquet team suffered their first defeat of the season, away at Lym Valley. It was a glorious spot, with views of the village of Uplyme on the other side of the valley, amongst the rolling hills of East Devon, but conditions were difficult, to say the least, in view of the current drought.
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