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 please use the contact page to register your interest.
GC Handicap Team win at home to Nailsea
The clubs GC Handicap team entertained the current division leader, Nailsea, at the Rec on an extremely hot Tuesday 9 August. The team started off well with a lead of 5.5 – 2.5 after two rounds of games. Nailsea hit back by winning all four singles in round 3 to put them in the lead
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Bath GC HH hosts final match of the season v. Weston super Mare B team with success.
After such a dry and hot weather spell, unsurprisingly, Bath’s lawns were running extra fast making force of strokes hard to judge, particularly when lining up for hoops. Clearances and roquets often resulted in balls ending up in hedges and bouncing over stop boards making for extended walks to retrieve them. In spite of this,
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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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