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31st Jul: England Victorious at GC Home Internationals 2025
23rd Jul: Liza Furnival won the Cheltenham C-Level GC event
19th Jul: Croquet England AC Open Championships
9th Jul: Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier
30th Jun: Congratulations Reg Bamford!
28th Jun: Golf Croquet Open Doubles Champions 2025
24th Jun: Reg Bamford wins the Roehampton GC Championship Open
19th Jun: Edgbaston B-Level ACThis area of the website provides easy access to news and information suitable for media news items and features. We hope the information you are looking for is here, and you are free to copy and use any information or pictures in this section of the website unless stated otherwise, except that there are restrictions on the use of photographs in the photo library - please see the copyright statements in that section.
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Latest Major Competition News and Results
- 31st Jul: England Victorious at GC Home Internationals 2025 (GC)
- 31st Jul: GC English National Doubles Champions Crowned at Budleigh (GC)
- 19th Jul: Croquet England AC Open Championships (AC - Championships)
- 9th Jul: Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier (GC - Championships)
- 28th Jun: Golf Croquet Open Doubles Champions 2025 (GC - Championships)
- 13th Jun: Debbie Lines & Samir Patel take home the Croquet Mixed Doubles Challenge Cups (AC - Championships)
- 12th Jun: Open GC Handicap Doubles Tournament (GC)
- 9th Jun: England wins the 2025 Association Croquet Home International Championship (AC - Championships)
Recent News
- Election for new President of Croquet England
- Croquet England Trustee elections: call for nominations
- 1st Aug: Hurlingham beat East Dorset 6-1 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 31st Jul: 2025 Students Championship (AC - Championships)
- 31st Jul: The 2025 GC Veterans Championship was won by Simon Carter (GC - Championships)
- 31st Jul: Watford AC Midweek B-Level Advanced (23 Jul) (AC)
- 31st Jul: England Victorious at GC Home Internationals 2025 (GC)
- 31st Jul: GC English National Doubles Champions Crowned at Budleigh (GC)
- 31st Jul: David Artingstall wins GC 'C' Level series Tournament at Bury (16 Jul)
- 28th Jul: Patricia Duke-Cox retires as President of Croquet England
- 28th Jul: Phyllis Court 2 beat Bromley 6-1 (19 Jul) (GC - Federations Shield)
- 27th Jul: Newport beat Ashby 7-0 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 27th Jul: High Wycombe beat Sussex County 4-3 (19 Jul) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 26th Jul: Bowdon lost to Bury 3-4 (25 Jul) (AC - Mary Rose)
- 26th Jul: Phyllis Court lost to East Dorset 3-4 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 26th Jul: Guildford beat Hamptworth 5-0 (25 Jul) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 23rd Jul: AC Eights Selections (AC)
- 23rd Jul: Liza Furnival won the Cheltenham C-Level GC event
- 22nd Jul: Debbie Lines is Super-Advanced champion of England (AC)
- 20th Jul: Southport beat Bury 6-1 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 20th Jul: Dulwich lost to Sussex County 3-4 (18 Jul) (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 19th Jul: Croquet England AC Open Championships (AC - Championships)
- 19th Jul: Pendle lost to Southport 2-5 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 18th Jul: Sussex County beat Caversham 4-3 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
- 17th Jul: Sussex County beat Bristol 4-3 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 17th Jul: Roehampton beat Compton 4-2 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 15th Jul: Phyllis Court beat Caversham 4-3 (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 15th Jul: Phyllis Court 1 lost to Bromley 3-4 (GC - Federations Shield)
- 12th Jul: East Dorset beat Watford 6-1 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 11th Jul: Enfield lost to Watford 3-4 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 9th Jul: Dom Aarvold Claims First Championship Series Title at Nailsea ENSC Qualifier (GC - Championships)
- 9th Jul: GC Eights selection announcement (GC)
- 8th Jul: Hamptworth beat Surbiton 4-3 (GC - Murphy Shield)
- 5th Jul: Bowdon beat Hurlingham 4-2 (4 Jul) (GC - Inter-Club)
- 3rd Jul: Mark Buckley wins the National Forest GC Championship (Open Series)
- 2nd Jul: Hurlingham beat Surbiton 5-2 (AC - Mary Rose)
- 1st Jul: Surbiton beat Woking 5-0 (AC - Inter-Club)
- 1st Jul: Ashby beat Shrewsbury 5-2 (1 Jul) (AC - Longman Cup)
- 1st Jul: Guildford lost to East Dorset 2-5 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 1st Jul: Nottingham beat Ashby 4-3 (30 Jun) (GC - Tier 3 Bowl)
- 30th Jun: Could you lead Croquet England?
- 30th Jun: Step Forward and Shape the Future of Croquet England
- 30th Jun: Debbie Lines won the East Midlands Championship (AC - Championships)
- 30th Jun: Congratulations Reg Bamford! (GC - Championships)
- 30th Jun: Alastair Broom won the Cheltenham GC B-Level
- 30th Jun: Sussex County beat Compton 4-3 (AC - Longman Cup)
- 30th Jun: Middlesbrough beat Southport 5-2 (AC - Secretary's Shield)
Coming Up
Availability closes soon for The GC English National Singles Championship >>
Where are the top players?
August
- 16-17: Sussex County The GC Inter-County Championship (Division 1)
(GC) - 16-17: Cheltenham The GC Inter-County Championship (Division 2) (GC)
- 2-3: Ramsgate The Ramsgate Golf Croquet Championship (Championship Series) (GC)
- 1-3: Surbiton The 57th Championship of Surrey (AC)
- 2-9: Carrickmines The Championships of Ireland 2025 (AC)
- 17-20: Telc 2025 European GC Under 21 Championship (GC)
What's on?
- 2: Broadwas Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 2: Guildford Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 2-3: Budleigh Golf Croquet Open Series Tournament (GC)
- 2-3: Chester Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 2-3: Colchester Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 3: Guildford Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 2: Blewbury August One-Day Short Croquet Tournament (AC)
- 2-3: Tyneside Advanced Weekend (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 2-3: Norwich The Chalkhill Mallet Handicap (AC) (AC)
- 2-7: Hurlingham Annual Tournament (AC) (AC)
- 5-6: Budleigh GC Test Match England v USA (GC)
- 7: Ashby Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 8: Ashby Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 8-9: Guildford Golf Croquet A-Level (0+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 9: Ashby Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 9: Hamptworth Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 9: Sidmouth Golf Croquet C-Level (7+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 10: Hamptworth Golf Croquet C2B Level (5+) Tournament (GC)
- 10: Sidmouth Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 6-7: Crake Valley Advanced Tournament (AC) (AC)
- 6-7: Colchester Summer Midweek Handicap (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 6-7: East Dorset AC Midweek 2-Day Handicap (0+) Tournament (AC)
- 7-10: Budleigh The Solomon Trophy vs. USA (AC)
- 8-10: Hurlingham The Hurlingham Cup Open Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 9-10: Bristol John McCullough Challenge Trophy (AC) (AC)
- 9-10: York The Yorkshire White Rose AC Open Tournament (AC)
- 10-16: Balgreen Edinburgh Seven-Day Tournament (AC)
- 12: Nailsea Golf Croquet B-Level (4+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 13: Leighton-Linslade Golf Croquet D-Level (10+) Series Tournament (GC)
- 14: Surbiton Don's Day (GC 0+) : Level Singles (GC)
- 16: Northampton GC Handicap Doubles (Advantage) (GC)
- 11-12: Cheltenham High-Bisquers' (AC) Tournament (AC)
- 11-16: Nottingham Annual Week (AC) (AC)
- 16-17: Edgbaston Advanced Weekend (AC) (AC)
- 16-17: Swindon AC Advanced C-Level Tournament : Neil Morrison Trophy (AC)
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