Tournament News

2026 Match Reports

Home Friendly vs Wrest Park

Monday, 20 April saw our first Friendly of the season, this was against Wrest Park.  This was all doubles, 16 matches in total.  John W and Caroline won 3 of their four matches.  Unfortunately, we lost all the remaining matches (though a few did go to the golden hoop), but an enjoyable day was had by all.  Cakes were kindly supplied by WP, and Les Heard (WP team captain) invited us back to play at WP later in the year.

EACF [East Anglian Croquet Federation] Handicap League

The first match of the season was played on Friday, 17 April.  It involved both teams from LLCC – the Lions (Carol and Peter Bailey, Anna Watson and Elizabeth Wallace) vs the Leopards (Gwyn Grout, David Thompson, and David and Marilyn Walter).  For those unfamiliar with the handicap league, the day starts with two games of doubles, followed by four games of singles for each player.  Players were informed in advance that the games would be timed with a limit of 50 minutes each, hence some games finished before a player had scored 7 hoops.

In the Doubles, the Leopards (David and Marilyn) beat the Lions (Peter and Elizabeth) 7-4, while in the second game the Lions (Carol and Anna) beat the Leopards (Gwyn and David) 5-4, so there was all to play for in the Singles.

The Singles games were played using the original Advantage rules, so unless players’ handicaps were the same or only 1 different, the lower handicap player in each game had to score more than 7 hoops.  4 of the games went to the golden hoop but, at the end of the day, the Lions were victorious, having won 12 games with the Leopards having won 6.

Level Play EACF League

Our first match of the 2026 season sadly ended in a 14:4 defeat to Enfield. However, congratulations go to the players of our first entry into the Level Play EACF league. We were playing against seasoned players with consistent very low handicaps. 

The team comprised John W, Judith, David B and Gwyn.

Onwards and upwards. 

Peter Davis 2025

The 2025 Peter Davis Trophy semi-finals and final were held on Sunday, 21 September.  The first semi-final, going to the "golden hoop", ie 19th, was won by Judith Pengelly who beat David Ball.  The second semi-final was won by Rose Gillett who beat Jean Ball.

After a short break, the final also ended 10-9, with Judith Pengelly winning for the first time.  Congratulations to all those who took part in the competition.

Croquet England D-Level Competition 2025

2025 was the first time we had hosted a Croquet England competition.  We had a full complement of 12 players from various clubs who were split into three groups of four in an all-play-all in your group format.

The top four players competed for the trophy which was won by Gwyn Grout, with Jill Watt as runner up.  The second group was won by Elizabeth Wallace, with Alison Chard of Northampton victorious in the third group.

It was a very enjoyable day and we plan to host another D-Level competition next year.