The East Anglian Federation organises a number of tournaments open to member clubs or individuals for both Association and Golf Croquet. Entry forms for many of them are sent to Club Secretaries at the beginning of the year. For details of this year’s tournaments follow the corresponding links.
Association Croquet
The LeaguesFor the purposes of this competition the region is split into three areas, Northern, Essex/Suffolk and Beds/Herts. Within each area each club plays all the others in the area in one day handicap matches of teams of four (or three if only one lawn is available). Each league has its own organiser. The winners come together at the end of the season for a play-off to determine the over-all winner of the Chairman’ Cup. The Cup winners are entered into the following season’s CA Secretary’s Shield.
Clubs are invited to enter their representatives in a one day tournament in one of three categories, Advanced, B-Level Advanced and Handicap.
This tournament takes place over the Saturday and Sunday of a weekend in May. Teams of four from each of the six counties in the federation play the other five counties in Advanced Doubles. Entry is currently restricted to players with handicaps of 1 or higher.
Clubs are invited to enter teams of two for a Short Croquet (14-point Association) tournament.
Indoor
tournaments are held at Soham on Saturdays and Sundays over four winter weekends
a year. Matches are 14 point handicap doubles with a time limit of 25 minutes
for each side. See Indoor croquet formats
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more details of the playing arrangements. These AC tournaments
are currently organised by Colin Hemming.
Some EACF member clubs participate in national club competitions organised by the Croquet Association:
Golf Croquet
The
LeagueFor the purposes of this competition the region is divided into four areas with each club entering a team of four. The four area winners meet for semi-finals and final over a weekend to determine the overall winner. The GC league is organised by Chris Howell.
This is a new one-day GC tournament introduced in 2011, with six teams selected from EACF affiliated clubs to represent each of the six counties in East Anglia comprising the Federation.
This is a one-day GC tournament, played level, open to members of EACF affiliated clubs.
Two one-day GC handicap tournaments are staged by the EACF each year, one singles and one doubles.
Indoor
tournaments are held at Soham over two winter Saturdays and Sundays. Handicap
doubles matches are played with each match played within a time limit. See
Indoor croquet formats
( 33kb) for
more details of the playing arrangements. These
GC tournaments are organised by Chris Howell.
Some EACF member clubs participate in national competitions organised by the Croquet Association:
Open TournamentsIn addition to the above, some clubs in East Anglia organise their own open tournaments which are available to all individuals who are members of the national Croquet Association, and which appear in the official CA fixture list. A summary of these can be found in this site under CA Tournaments in East Anglia, along with links to tournament reports where available.