Author: Adrian Apps

There will be weekly golf croquet Come and Play sessions on Wednesdays, from 3.15 to 6.30, starting on 14^th August. Please come along, whatever your handicap, whether you are an expert, a team member or a beginner. Golf croquet is a sociable game, and gives practice at hoop running, hitting in, and strategy. It is a good game for cold weather, as you keep active, and the games are usually short. If you can’t make the whole session, come for as long as you can. You can register on the booking system.

There will be golf croquet practice sessions on
Friday 5^th July from 3.15 to 6.30 and
Friday 19^th July from 1.30 to 4.45.
These sessions are for those who would like to learn the game, those who enjoy playing, and those who would like to learn more.
We also plan to have some intermediate coaching sessions soon.

Please forward the notification of these Taster Sessions to your local WhatsApp groups of any friends or family you think may be interested in playing croquet.

We are running further Taster Sessions from Friday 17th May for anyone who would like to try out the game of croquet and hopefully decide to join the club as new members.

For £20 per person you will get two 3.5 hour sessions run by qualified coaches covering the basic skills of the game. You get full use of the equipment and facilities and free tea and coffee. The first session covers the basic skills and the second session covers the rules and strategy of the game.

The sessions will be most Fridays at 9.45am to 1.15pm as part of the Freshers Fridays sessions. There will be occasional Fridays when the lawns are unavailable owing to tournaments. If you can’t make Friday mornings please let us know and we will try to arrange a convenient time.

The syllabus of the sessions can be accessed from our website under the ‘Taking Part’ page. The link is: https://bowdoncroquet.co.uk/elementor-5/taking-part/taster-sessions/

Bowdon is one of the oldest clubs in the country (we celebrated our 150 years anniversary last year) and has one of the best sets of lawns in the NorthWest.  Croquet is an enjoyable, sociable game that can be played by people of any age and of either sex. We have members who just enjoy a social game  and also top quality International who enjoy the competitive challenge.

To find out more and to register for the sessions please email the club at bowdoncroquet@gmail.com

For new members who want to improve their skills and play some games with similar level players, there will be Freshers Friday sessions from 10am to 1.15pm starting this Friday, 17th May. The sessions will be every Friday subject to lawn availability.
There will be experienced players to help and advise on the rules, strategy and skills.
You can register on the booking system for these sessions which will help with numbers – or just turn up.

The plant sales raised £81 for the club funds. Thanks to Liz Webb for organising it and to all those who contributed and bought plants

The next golf croquet practice sessions will be
3.15 – 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 29^th May and
3.15 – 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 12^th June.

These enjoyable sessions are for team members, beginners, and those who just fancy playing golf croquet games. If you can only stay for part of the time, that is fine.