The Club is celebrating its 50^th Anniversary this year. To recognise this significant milestone, an official function will be held at the Clubhouse on the 15^th September 2024. This will coincide with our traditional Opening Day.

Our very own John Hutchison (Hutch) is not only a very fine Croquet player and an AC State Team representative, he also produces Association Croquet instruction videos on YouTube. They are easily understood, precise and are short in duration. They are particularly useful for the AC player learning the game and are highly recommended. They are both educational and entertaining.

To access these videos, simply click on the following link. Then click on his name to view the other 30 videos. If you would like notifications of future videos click the Subscribe Button (there is no cost).

SENIORS WEEK

The Club will once again participate in Seniors Week this year. The likely date will be Thursday, 17^th October and this is a great opportunity for senior members of our community to come along to the Club and have a go at Croquet and learn the fundamentals of the game. There will be several members available to assist with the basics of the game and to show you around our facilities.

NATIONAL GOLF CROQUET TEAMS SELECTED

Congratulations to John Colquhoun for again being selected in the Tasmanian Golf Croquet Team to play in the National titles in Queensland in September 24. Also, congratulations to Carol Inches on her selection as a Reserve in the Women’s Team. The full teams are;

Men:

John Colquhoun, Paul Godard (Vice Captain), Ben King, Malcolm Maney, Phil Roach (Captain). The reserves are Chris Hurford, Noel Hiskins and John Lee-Archer.

Women:

Janis Brooker, Carol Hanigan, Jane Hyland, Patsy Paine (Team Manager), Yvonne Shaw and Carol Inches (Reserve).

TCA APPOINTMENTS

Ian Smith has again been re-elected Competition Convenor of the TCA and

Daryl Jacobs has been elected as a GC Selector (3 years from October 2024)

Thank you both for representing the Club and contributing your time to these important tasks.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Ben King from the Sandy Bay Croquet Club (Associate Member of Eastern Shore) for winning the recent ACA Golf Croquet Gold Medal, defeating our own John Colquhoun in the Final match. Ben will now represent Tasmania in the National GC Gold Medal event to be held on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland between 28 – 30 August 2024.

IN APPRECIATION TO PAM HAMILTON

A practice lawn has been a work in progress at the Club for many months and was recently declared fit for play. In honour of her long and outstanding service to the Club and the sport generally and a Life Member of the Club, it was decided to name the lawn The Pam Hamilton Practice Lawn. It was officially opened on the 20^th May, following the Annual General Meeting.

Pam Hamilton following the opening of the Pam Hamilton

Practice Lawn

Thanks to our Sponsor

John Dowe Business card

Congratulations to the winners of our 2024 Club Championships held recently.

Association Croquet

Division A           Noel Davies

Division B           Ben King

Division C           Greg Jones

Golf Croquet

Division A           John Colquhoun

Division B           Rose Jones

Division C           Margaret Bishop

NEW COMMITTEE ELECTED

At the Clubs’s Annual General Meeting held on the 20 May, the following members were elected to the Committee for the next twelve months;

President:                     Geoff Tomlin

Vice President:             Ian Smith

Secretary:                      Rosalie Parton

Treasurer:                      Roy Ormerod

Committee:                   Elaine Anderson, Naomi Connor, Noel Davies, Sue Downer and John Hutchison

Congratulations and good luck to those members.