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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

The Annual General Meeting of Your club will take place at the Traction Social Club on Wednesday 30th October 2024 @ 7pm. All members are encouraged to attend, be involved and make it a successful evening. There will be further information regarding the AGM in due course via WhatsApp, e-mail and notice board.

Today we said our final farewell to undoubtedly one of the finest bowlers to grace our Traction Club green. His children should be so proud of John’s brilliant final farewell and the Bowlers who attended were made to feel most welcome. Dobbo you will be missed!

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!

A fine win at home by the A team against Farnborough RBL 4-1 , still sitting in 4th place in Div 1. Bit of a disaster for the B team going down 5-0 away to Mytchett, as Steve would say 99-23 could of gone either way!!! 😉Another disappointing evening for the mixed triples loosing 6-0 to Cove. On a positive note THE ONLY WAY IS UP so I’m hedging my bets to a better second half to the season 🤞

We still have representation in the various County and A&D singles, pairs and triples , we also have a home match in the Coventry Cup against Old Dean on Sat 15th plus the Club competitions are up and running so plenty going on.

More disappointment in the Farnham & District Mixed Triples League with another heavy defeat this week, keep your heads up guys as we still look for our first victory this season. Hopefully everyone is aware that the draw for all internal competitions has been made and are on the notice board in the cabin. We have had mixed results in the various County, District single, pairs and triples competitions this year and would urge members to keep an eye on the rink bookings and on WhatsApp and hopefully come along and support your fellow members.