New Event – Visitors’ Day We decided to host a “Visitors’ Day” every month with the objective of exposing our Recreational members to the experience of playing with and against players from other clubs. We believe that this exposure will improve the standard of croquet within our own club, introduce members from other clubs to our members; and to encourage our members to participate in competitive play in future. From all reports this initiative has been a resounding success. The games were non-competitive, although individual scores were kept for interest. The highest scores of the afternoon were achieved by two of our members – Sandy Boon (a new member but a very experienced player) and Chas Bader – a relatively new Recreational player. Congratulations to them both! These events been suspended until early 2021 when our croquet courts are again available. Croquet – played in the Paddock Yes, that’s what it really feels like. When our greens were undergoing renovation we played on the soccer field which is used for school activities and the circus! When greens aren’t mowed it is a marathon task to hit our balls to the next hoop, but it is a challenge. Players came along with their deck chairs, Thermos, etc and we had some fun. A big thank you to Terry and Jan Craddock for looking after our equipment, the setup, the pack up, measuring out the playing fields and marking the area, while at the same time, making sure we didn’t interfere with the Soccer markings. – Kerry Bomford
Much More than Relative Success for Greg in New “Roll”
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rank Bomford must have thought all his Christmases had come at once when Greg Boyd joined the Sorrento Bowling Club.
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