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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


Issue No. 87 January 2007
Happy New Year!
Winter/Spring events: The One Ball competition attracted four entrants and decent weather and Abdul Ahmad was the winner. The Dominoes Evening on Wednesday January 17th was another success with 24 battling it out and Abdul again won for the men and Janet Roper for the women. Thanks are due to the Ropers and the Halls for excellent catering.
Annual Dinner   Friday 23rd February at Colne Golf Club, 45 have booked so far, any late bookings to
Ann Dowdall, 2 The Coach House, Bishopdale Court, SETTLE, N.Yorks BD24 9EB.
Will those attending please bring prizes for the Raffle and the Tombola (unwanted Christmas presents possibly?)
Can trophy holders get them inscribed and bring them to the dinner for formal presentation.
Open Day   has been moved from Saturday 31st March to Saturday 2nd June because most of the workers at these events were going to be away for the earlier date.
There is also a huge list of jobs to be done (a few have already been cleared by the regular workers) some small, some not and we hope to achieve some of them during the close season i.e. Jan/Feb on Monday and Tuesday mornings (when a supervisor will be available) or at any other time as long as you are clear what you are doing and where the equipment is kept and how it is to be used. Please come and help to keep the club running. Lawns will need work from Mid March, feeding, weeding etc.
Committee meetings 2007.   Wednesdays 24th Jan, 21st Mar, 13th Jun, 8th Aug, 10th Oct, 5th Dec. All at 7.30pm except Jun & Aug which will be 8pm start. AGM Sat 1st December 10am. All meetings are open to any member and are held in the Pavilion.
Availability: Please notify team captains of the dates you will be unavailable to play in 2007 as soon as possible, e.g. holiday dates etc. These are: Liz Wilson for Advanced, David Pollitt for Handicap and the Secretary Shield, Short & Midweek Robin Delves, East Pennine League Roger Schofield, John Filsak Mary Rose, Golf Croquet Geoff Whitaker. We currently have no Club Captain so please try to help team captains by providing this information promptly.
The John Beech Memorial Fund:   To this end a fund has been set up for donations. Currently only 6 people have contributed. Please send to Peter Dowdall, Treasurer, or perhaps see him at the Annual Dinner. Cheques made out to Pendle & Craven Croquet Club and make it clear that the cheque is for the fund.
Midweek League and Short Fixtures 2007 Played at the first named club
Pendle v Fylde Wed 2nd May; Pendle v Bury Wed 16th May; Pendle v Bowdon Fri 1st Jun; Chester v Pendle Wed 6th June; Bowdon v Pendle Fri 13 July;
Fylde v Pendle Wed 25th Jul; Bury v Pendle Wed 15th Aug; and, Pendle v Chester Wed 5th Sep.
Short Fixtures 2007 Llanfairfechan v Pendle Sat 21st Apr; Pendle v Bowdon Sat 28th Apr; Southport v Pendle Sat 7th July; Fylde v Pendle Sat 21st July;
Pendle v Chester Sat 4th Aug; and, Pendle v Bury Sat 15th Sep.
Golf Croquet Fixtures 2007 Pendle v Bury (S) Sat 28th Apr;Pendle v Chester Sat 12th May; Bury (N) v Pendle Sat 19th May; Southport v Pendle Wed 4th July;
Fylde v Pendle Sat Jul 28th; Llanfairfechan v Pendle Sat 11th Aug; and, Pendle v Culcheth Date to be confirmed.
Subscriptions for 2007: Ordinary/Retired £80, Family £160, Juniors £16, Near Country members £42, Far Country Members £26, Green fees £4, Groups: Minimum £25 or £4 per player, Non playing members £15. Key hire to remain at £10 and Pavilion Hire to rise to £25 per session to reflect the need for a member to be present.
The club has quite a few bills expected shortly, please get your subs to Peter asap.
New Year books (now in print) will be sent out with the receipts.
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The Rush Issue No. 87 January 2007