The Rush
The Journal of Pendle & Craven Croquet Club
A member club of the Croquet Association
Editor: Barbara Dutton
12 Holme Street, Cotton Tree, COLNE, Lancs BB8 7BT
Tel:01282-863800 Email: bjdcottontree@btinternet.com
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HAPPY NEW YEAR and HAPPY CROQUET PLAYING in 2009
WINTER EVENTS: Wine and Cheese event at Burwains Sailing Club on Saturday 17th January noon til 3pm. Tickets cost £7 per person which includes wine, cheese, sandwiches and broth and a free draw for 4 prizes of 6 bottles of wine. Several members have offered to provide food, but if you haven’t contacted Maureen and have something to bring on the day, please do. The following people are holding draw sheets and tickets: Robin Delves 01535-642565 Peter Dewhurst 01282-864826 Peter Dowdall 01729-823442 and Geoff Whitaker 01282-865565. Anyone willing to buy tickets should contact one of the above, Barbara Dutton will be selling tickets on the door if you just turn up on the day. This event is to offset the cost of the new Dawson Balls so please sell tickets and come and support it yourself, bring your friends, your neighbours, your enemies..anyone who will assist Robin in draining his wine lake. He is also offering bottles of wine as prizes in a Tombola. Location: Burwains Sailing Club, Lower Reservoir, Foulridge. Either signed off the B6251 which runs between the A59 at Horton and the A56 Skipton - Colne Rd, turn is just at the end of the small parade of shops in Foulridge OR if Red Lane is open via the signed lane to the club. ANNUAL DINNER Only 16 people have booked for this so far and we had 63 last year, so has the Credit crunch bitten our fun? Friday 27th February 2009 to be held at Colne Golf Club 6.30pm for 7.30pm (tombola etc set up from 6.30pm and the bar will be open) £17 per person. Numbers and menu choices (see last Rush) and cheques to Peter Dowdall by 30th January latest. INTERNAL COMPETITIONS: Fee £2 per competition, entries to P Dowdall by 4th April latest. Internal Doubles probably Saturday 25th April. You will be allocated a partner on the day using handicaps. Barlow Ball :Advanced Association Aston Trophy: Association Handicap bisque base 6 Pendle Shield: Association Short Handicap Skelton Trophy: Golf Handicap Singles One Ball Competition: probably end September Progressive One Day: TBA Apart from the three one day competitions, all competitions are played throughout the season by arrangement with your opponent. Ladders: Golf Croquet Ladder: when you play on Mondays etc please treat the game as part of the ladder and record your result (currently in the diary, but we hope to teach everyone the mysteries of the cards, so you can do your own). Woodlands Trophy: Association Handicap Limes Trophy: Association Short Handicap. Abdul has agreed to maintain the web site as long as people send him results, reports etc he will not have time to chase things down. Groundwork: Lawn 4 which has a large boggy depression in its centre and the Lawn 3 boundary are to be slowly raised through top dressing. Relaying the drains in Lawn 4 and re-turfing proving too costly for the club at present. Worm casts will continue to be removed by drag matting, and Robert Sagar has agreed to the use of his machine to tow the mat, when dry. The lawns need to be mowed to 10mm thereafter. The committee looked into the costs of a trench drain in front of the pavilion to relieve standing water there, a quote has been obtained verbally for this work. Robin has offered to obtain some wood and screws for new feet for the stop boards and may require some assistance to complete. The pavilion rear and the huts need another coat of preservative. Peter Dewhurst is to obtain anti-slip coating for the pavilion decking. Winter fertiliser has been ordered for February spreading and worm irritant will be sprayed in March. Any help offered for any of these tasks will be appreciated. OPEN DAY Set for Saturday 13th June, let’s pray for good weather and not too many conflicting events. It’s Trooping of the Colour Day. Tournaments 2009 Erratum: Midweek 7-10th Jul (4 days) Manager John Filsak (not June) This year we have 19 days of catering and stewarding. Lists will be available at the dinner for volunteers for any tasks. Please bring your diaries. Committee meetings 2009. Peter & Ann Dowdall, Geoff & Maureen Whitaker, Robin Delves, David Pollitt, Peter Dewhurst, Walter Flattery, David Venn, Robert Hall, John Filsak, Roy Berry, Barbara Dutton and Jeff Perris as lawn consultant. Any club member can attend any committee meeting: All are Wednesdays unless otherwise stated and held in the Pavilion: 18th Mar 7.30pm, 6th May 8.00pm, 3rd June 8.00pm, 12th Aug 8pm, 21st Oct 7.30pm, 9th Dec 7.30pm. AGM Sat 5th Dec 10.00am Any items for the agenda to be sent to Geoff Whitaker by phone or post 10days before the committee meetings. Items for the AGM need to be circulated to members 2 weeks beforehand so 21 days beforehand to GW for that meeting. So, lots of dates for your new diaries. Please attend as many social events as possible. Check the web site www.pendlecroquet.org.uk Peter Dowdall and Geoff Whitaker have compiled the Yearbook, and it is awaiting printing.
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