Croquet New South Wales

2026 NSW Gateball Championships will be held at Nowra Croquet Club in October.
Closing date for entries is 25 September.
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Enter DOUBLES event: https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/events/322442
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Enter TEAMS event: https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/events/322445

2026 NSW Ricochet Division 2 Singles Championship:
Phyllis Waters wins this year's RC Division 2 tournament.
Hosted at Forster Croquet Club on 8-9 August 2026.

Six players with RC handicaps between 4 and 9 competed in a round robin (level play with a 2h time limit per game).
In Block play, Peter Long (Forster) won his 5 games and Phyllis Waters (Lismore) won 4. As top scorers, both went on to play against each other in the best-of-three X Final, with Phyllis winning in two, scoring 22 - 10 and 18 - 17. Congratulations Phyllis for winning this event for the third consecutive year.

🥇 Phyllis Waters [Lismore]
🥈 Peter Long [Forster]

In the Y Knock out play-off Peter Deeth (Coutts Crossing) came 3rd and Ruth Mulvaney (Toronto) came 4th.
Thank you to the referees: Janine Crellin and Penny Jude on Friday and Saturday and Bridget Earle and Sue Moss on Sunday.
Thank you Aileen Matlawski for managing the event and the Forster Club for their hospitality.

[Report by Bridget Earle, Port Macquarie Croquet Club]

📣JOB OPPORTUNITY📣

Croquet Australia is looking for someone to fill a great role with a National Sporting Organisation supporting 6 state bodies, 280 clubs and over 10,000 members across Australia.

If you are passionate about sport and have great skills & experience in administration, communications & marketing, we would love to hear from you!

To apply: https://bit.ly/45tCP8F (closes 19 Aug)

Following a recent statewide survey, Croquet NSW manufactured and distributed custom 'Play Croquet' banners to help clubs promote croquet in their area. Here are a few of them in action across NSW.
Further to our article in the July Newsletter, we have only a few left in stock. If your club would like a 'Play Croquet' banner to help promote the sport locally, please email Jaki ([email protected]) to request one.

MacRobertson Shield 2026:
Click on the link below see images of the Australian team in action, and the Centenary Dinner.
[Photos courtesy of Junko Hill]
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2026 Australian MacRobertson Shield Team Album · Jul 19 – 28 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!

CNSW's JULY newsletter is available to read online or download to your device:https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/cnsw/files/yltnf8vdcisaa8hm.pdf
Previous issues are also available on our website:
https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/cnsw-news/cnsw-newsletters
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2026 NSW GC Division 3 Pennant Final: won by Coogee.
Hosted at Nelson Bay Croquet Club on 26-27 July 2026.

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The 2026 Division 3 GC State Pennants Finals were hosted by Nelson Bay Croquet Club on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th July with the afternoon of Saturday 25th July available for practice prior to the tournament. The heavy rain of early July disappeared and the tournament was played under bright blue skies in perfect winter conditions.

39 teams entered the 2026 Division 3 State Pennants which are played in 4 regional qualifying competitions between March and October: Jamberoo BDD qualified from the Southern/ACT zone (9 teams); Coogee qualified from the Metro-South zone (8 teams); Mosman White qualified from the Metro-North zone (12 teams); and EDSACC Red qualified from the Hunter zone (10 teams).

None of the clubs or teams that qualified in 2026 have previously won the championship. Coogee won all 3 contests to be worthy winners for the first time. They started strongly with a 3-0 win over Jamberoo BDD and then beat runners-up EDSACC Red 2-1 with 2 matches going to the 3rd game. In the final contest, they beat Mosman White 2-1 again with 2 matches going to the 3rd game.

All the qualifying teams played well and with great sportsmanship, a great advert for the sport of croquet.

David Wilson, Tournament Manager
Trevor Black, Tournament Referee

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RESULTS: https://croquetscores.com/2026/gc/nsw-division-3-pennant-final-1/summary

2026 NSW GC CA Bronze Medal: won by Mark Scruton [Canberra].
Hosted at Mosman Croquet Club on 24-26 July 2026.
Eight NSW players were invited to play in a seeded block, best-of-3 round robin.
Over three full days of play, Alison Sharpe, Mark Scruton and Steve Harden had won 6 matches each. Going next to net games, Mark was a clear winner having won 9 of his 17 games played. Alison and Steve had won 7 games apiece, so on net hoops, Alison achieved 2nd place, and Steve, 3rd.
Mark Scruton will go on to represent NSW in the CA Gold/Silver Medal event held at Cairnlea, 2-4 September 2026.
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RESULTS: https://croquetscores.com/2026/gc/nsw-ca-bronze-medal/competition/block-best-of-3
(Note: the CS 'Summary' list does not reflect the Net Games won;
Mark had 9 Net Games, and runner-up Alison had 7)

📣GC Singles Championship Entries CLOSING SOON 📣 📅

Croquet Australia invites interested GC players to REGISTER NOW for the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ Australian Golf Croquet Singles for Women and Men🔵⚫️🔴🟡 being held from Sat 5th to Tues 8th September at Cairnlea, Victoria.

REGISTER TODAY!
https://www.croquet-australia.com.au/events/282635
(entries close on Wednesday 5th August - midnight)

Click the link below to view the Tournament Page on the CA website ⬇
https://www.croquet-australia.com.au/events1/2026-australian-golf-croquet-womens-and-mens-singles