Author: bobblightman

We held our postponed Doubles Competition on Saturday 28th September, with the lawn immaculately prepared by the lawn team. 20 players took part. See the full report here

We assemble in the Traco car park.  Aldershot Traco Club’s first ever croquet match!  Is the team nervous?  Of course we are…

A warm welcome at Woking.  Lovely sunny afternoon.  A beautiful setting in a quiet residential area. Two lawns immaculately prepared.

The match will be played using the Golf Croquet Advantage Handicapping System which is unfamiliar to most of us but is quickly explained.  We have lower handicaps overall so, allegedly, are the better players.

Doubles matches first.  Andy/John and Lynn/Colin are our pairs.  Andy/John start badly (nerves?).  We mutter that we are being outclassed, but recover to lose 5-7.  Lynn and Colin romp home 7-1 on the other lawn.

Now the singles.  Andy, Colin and John all win.  We break for tea with a 4-2 overall lead. 

The final session is two singles/one doubles.  We need one win to return with heads held high.

Then Andy and Lynn both lose.  We’re tied 4-4.

I sit and watch the doubles.  Are we winning or losing?  John gives me a thumbs up.  It’s looking good.  On the final hoop, Colin executes a fine jump shot and perfectly positions his ball to win the hoop, the game 7-3, and the overall match 5-4.

Phew!

Shout out to Colin, the only player on either team to be undefeated.

Many thanks to Woking for their wonderful hospitality and great tea!

Our team emerged triumphant this afternoon with a 5-4 victory at Woking

Hope to get a full report from our victorious Captain, Andy Walker, in due course

We will be playing our first match this Tuesday 25th June away at Woking

We will be represented by Andy Walker, John Ely, Lyn Topper, and Colin Smith

Good luck team!

The Taster Sessions were very successful and those new to the game got a good introduction.

We’re now planning the Roll-Up sessions and these will be put on the Booking System in the next few days

Saturday April 20th 2pm		Saturday April 20th 4pm		Wednesday April 24th 2pm		Wednesday April 24th 4pm
Jane	C	Pamela	B	Celia	H	Sandy	H
Sandra	H	Belinda	C	Philly	H	Gerry	H
Watson	L	John	E	Angela	W	Andrew	L F
Wiz	L	Berwick	M			Lynn	T
Julie	P	Jane	W
Andy	R	Laura	S
Diana	S	Colin	S

Please make sure you are wearing flat soled shoes.

Also you’ll know that membership of the Traco Social Club is mandatory. For those of you who haven’t yet joined, I will have application forms with me, but can you also bring £30 in cash

I’d also encourage you to register at Welcome to Aldershot Traction Bowls and Croquet Club – Aldershot Traction Bowls and Croquet Club (aldershottractionbowlscroquet.uk) Note that this is a separate process from joining the Club, which you’ve done already. Registering on the website will give you access to the Members Area on the site, which will allow you to book the lawn etc. We will be planning roll-up sessions as well anyway – we’ll discuss these at the Taster Sessions.