St Mary's Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2PL
As the lawn renovation work is restricting the number of lawns available please book in to avoid disappointment.
The Monday AC session has changed name to remove the misunderstanding that it was just “roll-up annd play”, and needs to be booked.
But please also respect a three week book ahead limit.
Entry is now open for these competitions.
There will be:
14pt hcp (played to short rules),
18pt advanced,
Hcp doubles (league).
Enter via lawn booking system ….drop down to Winter Comps.
As previously noted, the lower lawns will be closed for about 6 weeks from the 9th September.
The “Summer Lawns” pages on the booking system will be closed from the 9th September.
The upper lawns will be configured as two full lawns and can be booked, three weeks in advance, by switching to “winter lawns”.
Most weekly competitions and roll ups will continue, but with lower limits.
Further information will be published as the renovations proceed.
When the lower lawns work is complete it will be configured as two three-quarter lawns, and work will commence on the upper lawns.
When the initial work is complete on the upper lawns( expected to be mid November) there will then only be three three-quarter lawns available for play all winter.
This is because maintenance work will be ongoing to one lawn at a time on a rotational basis.
On September 9th, immediately after the golf holiday, we will be closing the complete lower half of the Club, ie lawns 1 & 2, for up to six weeks.
This is to enable us to carry out extensive renovation works.
As soon as they re-open the upper half, ie lawns 3 & 4, will be closed for a similar period to carry out the same work.
The operation has to be carried out whilst there is still time for the lawns to recover in what remains of the growing season.
Once this work is completed we will only be making three lawns available for play for the duration of the winter ie up to some time in March.
We will be carrying out continuing maintenance on one lawn at a time on a rotational basis.
There will always be three lawns available for play.
The booking system will allow you to book a lawn space but you will have to take your pick of what’s available when you arrive at the Club. You will not turn up in vain.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Winter 18pt Advanced – Nigel Matthews
Winter 14pt HC – Carol Steinberg
Winter Doubles – David Beddy & Charles Fraser
March 2026
The lawns are set out with 3 FULL lawns and 2 SHORT lawns
Programme of regular roll-up sessions – please sign up on booking system
Monday. 10am-1.15pm AC for beginners and high handicappers (2 short, 1 full lawn)
Tuesday. 10am-4.45pm Solomon Grundy AC for lower handicappers (3 full lawns)
Wednesday. Free
Thursday. 10am-3pm John Saxby AC for all levels (2 short, 3 full lawns)
Friday. 10am-1.15pm Freshers Friday AC for beginners (2 short lawns)
3.00pm-6.30pm GC for all levels (2 full lawns)
Saturday. 1.30pm-4.45pm One-Ball for all levels (2 short, 3 full lawns)
Sunday. Free
The League matches and Tournaments as on the club calendar (see website) take priority over regular sessions
Free play
There will be plenty of availability for individual games and practice on all days. The only roll-ups using all lawns are the Thursday John Saxby 10-3pm, and the Saturday One-ball 1.30-4.30pm
Double banking is encouraged, but not mixing AC and GC on the same lawn. If you see that two AC games are using two separate lawns and you wish to play GC, it is correct to ask(in advance) one AC pair to move to double bank, so freeing up a lawn for your GC game. And vice versa.
There should be sufficient lawn availability for Summer competitions and Box games. If difficult to find a lawn outside of the roll-ups, it is acceptable to join and play your game as part of a roll-up as long as format and time limit is compatible.
The lawns will be reconfigured for the summer on the 19th & 20th March and will therefore be closed on those dates.
Summer Lawns will open on Saturday 21st March using summer start times from 10:00 am.
The “Lawns” section on the booking system is blocked out from the 21st March onwards.
Summer Lawns will be bookable under a new section “Summer Lawns” this is accessed from the drop down menu under the date in the same way as navigating to “competitions”.
This is available now, feel free to browse the activities planned over the summer. This will also allow you to book ahead (3 week period) from the 1st March.
The default section (the section you see when you open the booking system) will be changed to “Summer Lawns” after the lawn reconfiguration.
Lawns now open
Our Friday golf croquet practice sessions will move to 11 a.m. from 31stOctober. Games are fairly short, and you keep moving. So it is a good game for winter. Like Association Croquet, it involves running hoops and hitting other balls, but the strategy is different. Do come along and have some fun, whether you are a proficient golf croquet player, or a beginner.
The Lawns will be reconfigured for the winter season on Tuesday the 14th October.
After this date there will be 5 lawns. Three on the lower level and 2 on the upper level.
These will all be three quarter lawns (no short lawns).
The lawn schedule stays with a 10:00 start until the clock change on 26th October.
After this the start time will move to 11:00, still with 90 minute sessions and 15 minute handover periods.
However the Thursday competitions on the 16th & 23rd October will move to 11:30.
WINTER COMPETITIONS
Entries are now open for the 2 individual knockout competitions as well as the doubles which will be a round robin event. Let Nigel know separately if you have sorted a partner, otherwise he will allocate you one.
Enter via lawn booking system, drop to ‘Winter Comps’. Closing date 24 October.