Croquet Report

• In a tough singles section, Pauline Bourne won two of her games (including one against a current Australian rep), going down in the other game to a former Australian rep by just one shot, narrowly missing out on winning her section. • Wendy and her teammate made it through to the final 32 in the open pairs, going down 15-13 on the final end.

• In the Women’s Over 60’s Pairs there were 84 teams in 21 sections. Lee Leach and Coral Smith did very well. They won their section and their knock out games and progressed to the last eight. Their Queensland opponents, the reigning champions, took charge of the game straight away and were eight shots up before Coral and Lee came into the game with a two shot end. They fought on to the last end going down 21/12.

Well done and congratulations to all nine Sorrento bowlers. You did us proud!

Croquet Report

Social Events

Croquet enjoyed a quarterly social lunch at the Kingsley Tavern in April, which was attended by most of the players, their partners, friends and a few past members.

The next lunch will be held at the Club in July. The monthly “Visitors’ Day” has been suspended during winter as the weather is rather unpredictable during this season. We look forward to resuming these days in early Spring.

Competitions

The Nedlands “C” Grade Golf Croquet Singles competition was held in May with Jan and Terry Craddock; and Jenny Wilmot and Cheryl Saul representing Sorrento. Terry Craddock played in the finals and took out 2nd place. Pictured alongside receiving his prize from Sandy Boon.

Over the weekend of 12 and 13 June, the annual “Gosnells 12” Golf Croquet Competition was held with Lorraine Bates and Di McGivern; Jan and Terry Craddock; and Jenny Wilmot and Cheryl Saul representing Sorrento. Our teams were placed in 3rd, 5th and 8th positions respectively. The friendly competition and excellent catering made for a most enjoyable weekend of croquet.

The next weekend saw us holding an internal competition – “Masters and Apprentices” – to try to encourage new members to experience competitive play and gain confidence in their ability to try playing in competitions against other Croquetwest clubs. The “Masters” were those members who had played for more than two years; whereas the “Apprentices” were our newer members.

The competition was won by Sandy Boon (an “A” Grade player in Association Croquet) and Steve West. The runners up were Di

McGivern and Rose Gannaway. The Croquet Committee is planning to hold similar “fun” competitions once a month.

Coaching

Regular coaching sessions are now being held every Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning so as to allow most members to attend. The sessions focus on only one particular shot each week. So far these have proved to be popular with members who are all striving to keep improving on their games (including the coaches themselves!)

Other Events

The City of Joondalup held a “Defibrillator Awareness Session” and Terry and Jan Craddock, and Di McGivern attended on our behalf. The course was conducted by Dave, a member of The St. John’s Ambulance team, and was very comprehensive and valuable. We were informed that there are now 5800 defibrillators posted at venues throughout WA. The locations of these can be found on the St. John’s First Responder App. together with lots more valuable information. It is recommended that everyone with a mobile phone should download the App.

Special thanks

The Croquet section offers a special vote of thanks to Wendy Flack for her time in setting up our Croquet Facebook Page; and for her continued support in maintaining it. Wendy has spent several hours with Kerry, going through administrative procedures, editing, and bringing the page up to date from time to time as needed. Also, she has agreed to be the backup administrator for the page, which is a great help. Please follow our page "Sorrento Croquet Club Western Australia"; and give it a “like”.

– Kerry Bomford