Croquet Club opens at Aykley Heads
I was delighted to be invited to open a new croquet club at Aykley Heads on Sunday. Around 30 people gathered at the bowling greens at Police HQ for the event just after lunch.
Nigel formally cutting the “opening tape”
The founding of the club realises the ambition of Neville’s Cross resident John Coates who has been working for several years to find a suitable location for a club in the City. He is grateful to the police authority who have allowed the club to use the greens which are no longer used for bowls. Croquet North, the regional federation of croquet clubs, has also helped get the new club off the ground, and their development officer, David Turner, was present to support the event.
There are two types of croquet - ‘Association’ and ‘Golf”. Association is the more complicated game, whereas Golf Croquet is more straightforward, at least in its rules. The Durham Club will tend to concentrate more on Golf Croquet.
I expect to be able to post the contact details for the new club shortly, but if in the meantime you are interested in getting involved, just send me an e-mail and I will put you in touch with John.
Nigel trying (unsuccessfully) to “run a hoop”
After the opening and some light refreshments, experts and total novices enjoyed a game, at least until the rain started!
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