Young German players helped out
From Norma McLennan
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Taranaki Croquet Association
Taranaki Secondary Schools Regional Golf
croquet Tournament was played at Inglewood
Croquet Club on Tuesday February 17th.
Teams from Inglewood, New Plymouth Girls
High School, Sacred Heart Girls College,
Spotswood College, Francis Douglas Memorial
College, Stratford High School and Hawera
High School were competing. Twenty four
teams in total entered the tournament and were
divided into two sections.
Each section played half-hour on and half-hour
off continuously and heaps of food was
available in the clubrooms to sustain the
students during their breaks.
Wellington Croquet Association
Waimarie Club - Youngsters on our lawns
History was made Friday 16 January 2015 when
Waimarie held its first children's tournament.
Sixteen children aged 7 to 12 took part, first of
all playing a few skill challenges, then a golf
croquet doubles' tournament and finally a 'who
can knock over the most lollipops' competition.
All the players took what they hit from the line
of lollipops stuck in the lawn. Great fun! Lots of
stuff to eat or take home.
All those who played were members'
grandchildren (one great grandchild) or the
grandchildren’s friends.
Below are some snapshots Donald Rogers took of
action during the golf croquet.
Kate Hemsley with
Georgia Dodge while
Claudia Armitage
(Kate’s partner)
watches. Marion
McInnes is the
helping adult
The friendly, happy atmosphere that developed
was very evident and the skill level of play rose
dramatically as the tournament progressed.
Section one winners were Felix Webby and
Shaun Palmer (FDMC) and runners-up were
Grace Mohi and Grace Coomber (NPGHS)
Section winners were Stella Webby and Paige
Mackay (SHGC) and Casey Sampson and
Maddison King (IHS) were runners-up.
The winning school was Frances Douglas
memorial College and they received the
Croquet Taranaki trophy which will be played
for annually.
Kaleb Sola(back to the
camera concentrates o he
hoop and the blue ball as
Aiden Hemsley hits and
Callum Busby keeps an
eye on things.
Heather Nixon and Esme Pritchard, to whom
many thanks must go for their organisational
work, balanced the handicap doubles by mixing
the ages of the partners.