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Croquet Report
If there was a title King of the Volunteers at Sorrento Ken would be right in the running. His work at our Club over the years is legendary with, for starters, a massive 15 year stint on the Match Committee alongside blokes like Chris Tibbits, Stan McCullagh and Trevor Orton. The other jobs Ken performed are too many to mention but included such things as organising barefoot bowls for all ages, trophies to be engraved and joining Moira Dean, Annie Taylor and Vonnie King in gardening duties.
When a position of Volunteers Co-ordinator had to be created Ken was the stand out candidate. To this very day Ken, at the age of 84, remains heavily involved organising members to perform the plethora of vital tasks required to keep a great club great. Somehow it seems appropriate that a bloke who started off in a hardware shop is still so hard wearing.
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– Jim Woodward
Croquet Report
Annual Raffle
We extend our thanks to the generous donors of prizes; those who helped to pack the prize hampers; all the willing sellers of the tickets; the Bar Staff for managing the daily takings; and of course, members who bought the tickets! The raffle was drawn on Melbourne Cup Day producing ten lucky winners. Thank you, again, for all your support.
Christmas Lunch
This was held in early December to avoid the “Silly Season” later in the month; and was attended by 37 members, their partners and friends. Once again, we thank everyone who helped to plan, organise, set up, serve and clean up before, during and after the lunch. The photo would indicate that everyone had a most enjoyable time. The bottle
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of Bourbon was won by Terry Craddock who “bowled” his gold coin to land at the closest point to the bottle! A most deserving winner! During the lunch, Wendy Price presented all new(ish) players with a set of scoring beads that she had made – a very kind and thoughtful gesture indeed! Thank you, again, Wendy!
Visitors to the Club
In December, we hosted 18 visitors to the Croquet section to celebrate their end of year function. Four of our loyal members, Sandy Boon, Wendy Price, Caroline Russell-Brown and Vicki Mitchell, volunteered their time and expertise to introduce the group to the basics of the game and assist them in having fun by playing a few games. Our volunteers went “above and beyond” by decorating the croquet shed in a Christmas theme; and by awarding a small prize to the first person to run a hoop. We also welcomed Alan Grundy from the UK who joined us for an afternoon of Golf Croquet.
Competitions and Tournaments
• In November Terry and Jan Craddock enjoyed a beautiful weekend playing in the Busselton Spring Tournament. They were required to play in Busselton and Dunsborough. They did very well to be placed fourth in their block. Saturday evening was spent enjoying a dinner at the Geographe Bay Yacht Club. • Several of our players travelled to Hyden for a fun weekend of croquet and/or sightseeing. Despite the rather strange weather, including a day of hail, they enjoyed the weekend. Congratulations to Wendy Price, who with John Jury from Moorabinda Croquet
Club, were runners up. • Wendy and her sister, Janice, entered the “Flexi competition” and did very well to be placed seventh in a field of 12 including a number of “A” Grade players. • Terry, Jan and Di entered the one day Singles at Belmont again
Some Croquet Photos
Smiles on the faces of Di McGivern, Terry Craddock and Jan Craddock after playing in the CC Singles Competition held at Belmont
