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Dawson Balls Mark 3 – Secondary Colours now WCF approved

The WCF have now approved the new Mark 3 Dawson balls Secondary colours until April 2027.

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Dawson Balls Mark 3

Paul has been testing various ways of differentiating the new balls from the old ones. His long term plan will be make new moulds, but this will take time. Therefore, in the interim, the new balls will have a black circle marked inside the Dawson 2000 lettering. This black circle is drawn into the indented circle and so should last some time. Clubs are advised to monitor the marking and re-do it as necessary.

The secondary colours are currently in England being tested.

2025 -U21 Golf Croquet World Championship

The 2025 U21 Golf Croquet World Championship will be held at the Sarasota Croquet Club,  1400 Lucaya Ave, Venice, FL 34285Florida, USA between 14-18 April 2025.

Entries – there will 24 competitors in the tournament.

The Club – The host club is the Sarasota County Croquet Club on it’s seven lawns – to find out more visit: Sarasota Croquet Club.

You can keep up with all the news from the World Croquet Federation by visiting their webpage or their facebook site.

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Yesterday saw the exciting conclusion to the NSW GC Open Singles. Throughout the match there was little separating both players and fittingly, it was only decided on the 13th hoop in the 5th match. 7/5 -5/7 – 7/6 – 4/7 – 7/6

• Winner: Peter Landrebe
• Runner Up: Jamie Gumbrell

I believe this was Peter’s 9th success in the event.

Full results on Croquetscores.

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Courtesy of David Fardon

East Fremantle has been lucky enough to have a series of coaching sessions in the last fortnight.

We were visited by Team Reynolds, Kim & Megan to conduct a course on hooping setting with our new Quadway hoops and some Golf Croquet skills. Below,
Megan is flat out capturing double tap shots on video.

Over two further sessions Martin Clarke  conducted GC skills & strategy coaching, the first session for new & less experienced players and a second session for more experienced players.

All the sessions were well attended & received by members. Thank you to Martin, Megan & Kim - much appreciated.

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Another beautiful weekend on the weather front along with plenty of action on the courts highlighted by the Men’s and Women’s GC State Singles.

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Croquetwest GC State Open Women’s and Men’s Singles

A field of 17 men and 8 women contested the Singles events at Moorabinda in amazing weather conditions. The courts were fast and the competition was fierce.

Many thanks to John for organising, Rob for once again managing the tournament and to Helen and Max for referring all weekend. Also a big thank you to all the volunteers for their hard work in the kitchen and in preparing the courts.

Women’s Singles

• Winner: Robyn Dart (Busselton)
• Runner Up: Dawn Robinson (Moorabinda)

Men’s Singles

• Winner: Gary Phipps (Moorabinda)
• Runner Up: Colin Stewart (Belmont)

Full results on Croquetscores. Women Men

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Up Coming Tournaments

Have you entered?

May 4th-5th C Grade Doubles – Mandurah – Entries Close 26th of April

May 4th-5th State B Grade Singles – Forrest Park – Entries Close 28th April

May 13th-14th State AC Handicap Singles – Mandurah and Halls Head

May 26th Oranges and Lemons – Bayswater – Entries Close 15th May

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What’s on Next Weekend

Geraldton GC Open Singles

Marjorie Parry – AC Invitation – Gosnells

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Around Australia

NSW GC Open

Today is the final day. You can catch all the action on the live stream.

Full results on Croquetscores.

Semi Final begins 6 am WA time.

Mark Scruton and Kevin McGlynn fighting for the last semi final spot in the twilight.

Victorian Regional Golf Championships

Geelong Team triumphant in Victorian GC Regionals at Cairnlea and won the Lefel Shield for the team with most hoops scored (233).

• Jack Williams won Sec 1 outright with 11 wins
• Peter Binks won Sec 2 outright with 10 wins
• Stuart Page came 4th in Sec 3 with a very creditable 8 wins.

Eastern Metro second with 225.

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Dawson Balls Mark 3 – Primary Colours now WCF approved *Update April 2024*

Paul has been testing various ways of differentiating the new balls from the old ones. His long term plan will be make new moulds, but this will take time. Therefore, in the interim, the new balls will have a black circle marked inside the Dawson 2000 lettering. This black circle is drawn into the indented circle and so should last some time. Clubs are advised to monitor the marking and re-do it as necessary.

The secondary colours are currently in England being tested.

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$2.3M new home for croquet in Lake Macquarie

The Toronto club have recently opened their new six court venue at Glendale.

Visit their Facebook page to find out more.

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NSW GC Open Singles

The GC Open Singles begins today. Follow all the results on Croquetscores.

The Semi Final and Final will be streamed live on the 22nd April.

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On Monday and Tuesday of this week, York held their annual CC Championship.

• Winner: Denis Bull
• Runner Up: Todd Reynolds

Full results on Croquetscores.

The RC Open Singles and Doubles events are due to be played in July at Hervey Bay, Queensland.

Entries are still open so why not join Denis, Dorothy and Wendy and have a go.

Singles Entry

Doubles Entries

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