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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INTERNAL COMPETITIONS: These are now underway with first draw to be completed before 17th June, which is amazingly close, so get your opposition arranged and play. If you haven’t managed you will be scratched. RESULTS: Golf v Bury N 9th May Away Loss 12-10 NWAdv v Fylde 9th May Home Loss 6-3 Midweek v Chester 14th May Away Loss 4-3 Secretary Shield v Huddersfield 19th May Home Win 5-2 Golf V Bury S 23rd May Home Win 13-9 NW Handicap v Bury Peelers 30th May Home Win 5-2 E Pennine v Middlesboro 30th May Away Loss 6 - 1 Longman Cup at Edgbaston 4th June Win 6 -1 Advanced Tournament: Overall Ian Lines (Bowdon),’A Class’ Lee Hartley (Fylde),‘B Class’ Liz Wilson(Fylde) and Fastest Game Dave Nick. Midweek v Fylde 10th Jun Home Win 5 -2 CA Knock-out MATCH DATES: Mary Rose at Cheltenham 4th July, Secretary Sheild v Belsay Hall before 19th July. Southport NWF Jamboree Days: 27-28th June: Individual members may enter and join a Captains team if Pendle are unable to enter full teams. Closing date 15th June. Entry form in pavilion or via email from Barbara Dutton. Groundwork: : Volunteers needed to assist Peter Dewhurst lay the stone flags for the new hut base near the machine store. Help also required with laying the rest of the carpet tiles in the pavilion. Please contact Peter if you can help. Please note the hoops are getting mixed up.There should be two sets in bins 2 and 3 for the short lawns. Please remove stop boards after competitions to enable ease of mowing and place gently on racks, or the feet will be ripped off. All equipment should be used gently to prevent damage. Please do not use the Allitt mower it needs resetting. Robert Hall has asked that ALL matches/tournaments etc be entered in the Diary and on the website so that he can co-ordinate his white lining. Match captains to note. OPEN DAY: Saturday 20th June from 1030am. Please support this: volunteers to arrive by 9am manning stalls, coming to play and show any visitor how to play. Please bake for the cake and savoury stall. Please bring any books for the book stall and find a few prizes for the Tombola. Posters and car stickers are in the pavilion, please distribute as widely as possible. Tell your friends, sell tickets ..see Barbara for supplies. We have advertised the day in both the Colne Times/Leader series for two weeks and the Craven Herald for the week before. : Above all come and play, have fun. Some souvenir mugs have been ordered for sale. GROUP VISITS: : Wed 17th June Ilkley are coming for a Funday, Jacobs Join lunch from 10am. Bring your mallet, bring something for the table and meet new people. Tue 23rd June the Bereavement Group are coming at 6.45pm to play and have pie and pea supper, help required to assist play. Thu 25th June the Barnoldswick Church from 7pm, assistance required. Wed 15th July club members invited to a reciprocal Funday at Ilkley, please support this event. Thu 30th July Broughton WI evening with pie and pea supper. Wed 19th August The Rotarians are coming from 7pm, play and buffet supper. CATERERS REQUIRED: Handicap Tournament 29/30/31st August PLEASE contact Maureen Whitaker 865565 if you can help. Hugh Armitage has sourced some new pegs for the Golf croquet players one colour with a band of the complementary colour attached to save confusion when double banking. Please let Hugh know well this works. Peter Dewhurst is to essay a bisque scoring construction as seen at Edgbaston, should be easier and more durable than current system in hard ground. LBS are giving up supplying the white liner we use from TopLine Sport. If anyone has contacts with cricket clubs, football clubs etc to see what they use and from where let Geoff Whitaker know. We have sufficient for the time being. Fertiliser is to be delivered on Monday 22nd June, we will need help in spreading it. If you can help with opening up or locking up at tournaments please fill in the sheets in the pavilion. Subs are now overdue from those members who know who they are! Re the bins These go out alternate Sundays and need to be brought back in on Monday. Please help if you are turning up to play, we have more players than bins. Players are also asked to avoid the corners when playing other than in matches, begin your game along the boundary below the corner i.e. furthest away from first hoop! COMMITTEE MEETINGS: An extra meeting has been arranged for Tue 28th July at 10am. Anything you want on the agenda should be sent to Geoff Whitaker by 14th July (via email to BD or by phone or post to GW). You are welcome to attend any committee meeting but may not vote. Keep checking the website for information: www.pendlecroquet.org.uk
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