Croquet Australia Summer 2022 Newsletter

Message from the ACA Board Chair Jim Nicholls I trust you were able to enjoy the Festive break

Our key projects for 2022 include, completion

amidst the Covid chaos.

of the National database, development of a

Onwards and Upwards for 2022.

National Youth Training Programme and having

Despite all the disruptions and restrictions of

the National Referee Accreditation available on the

the past 18 months we have retained our overall

Learning Management System.

membership numbers, had 3 new clubs affiliate,

I hope you enjoy the latest edition of the ACA

developed a National Coaching program, and

Online Newsletter.

trained over 400 coaches.

Feel free to contact me at anytime.

The board has been focusing on ensuring the organisation is well positioned to deliver support

Jim Nicholls

and services to all participants and to take advantage

ACA Board Chair

of grant funding and sponsorship opportunities.

Board Members and Appointed Positions

Jim Nicholls

Mary Marsland

Barbara Northcott

Bernie Pfitzner

Alison Sharpe

Kerri‑Ann Organ

Max Kewish

Jim Clement

Rob Murray

Greg Bury

Board Appointment Secretary

Executive Officer

General ­Manager The Australian ­Croquet Academy

Click on the link below to view the latest ACA Board Meeting Minutes https://croquet-australia.com.au/minutes/#:~:text=17%20November%20Board%20Meeting

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Official Positions of the ACA Events Committee

Assistant National Coaching Coordinator

Peter Freer (chair)

Barb Piggott

Peter Tracey

Ricochet National Coordinator

Tournament committee

Lynda Davis

Trevor Bassett (chair)

Gateball National Coordinator

AC selection committee

John Park

Martin Clarke (chair)

GC High Performance Manager

Greg Fletcher (Australian Team Captain)

Martin Clarke

Peter Landrebe (High Performance Manager)

GC Refereeing Coordinator

Simon Hockey

Jim Clements

GC Selection Committee Chris McWhirter (chair)

National Handicapper

John Arney

Gareth Denyer

Martin Clarke (High Performance Manager)

Archivist

Peter Landrebe (Current Australian Captain)

Martin Clarke

Under 21 Committee

Australian Representation

Jacky McDonald (chair)

WCF AC Laws Committee

Kate Patrick

Elizabeth Fleming

Barry Haydon

WCF GC Rules Committee

Joy Wright

John Van der Touw

Peter Tracey

WCF Management Committee

AC High Performance Manager

Peter Landrebe

Peter Landrebe

Public Officer

AC National Refereeing Coordinator

Nick Chapman

Mike Cohn

Complaints Officer

National Coaching Coordinator

Rob Murray

Greg Bury

Peter Freer

Trevor Bassett

John Park

Barb Piggot

Events Committee

(Tournament Committee

Gateball National

Assistant National

Chair

Chair)

Coordinator

Coaching Coordinator

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Congratulations to this year’s Association Croquet Bronze Medal Winners

Jeff Newcombe

Dave Luxmoore

Alison Sharpe

ACA AC Bronze Medal winner WA ACA AC Bronze Medal winner Qld ACA AC Bronze Medal winner NSW

Stephen Forster

Peter Ross

Dwayne McCormick

ACA AC Bronze Medal winner Vic

ACA AC Bronze Medal winner Tas

ACA AC Bronze Medal winner SA

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Australian Croquet Flashback The year is 2001 ACA Positions ACA President Peter Tavender.

Honorary Solicitor Ian Cunliffe.

Executive Director/Secretary Terry Speers.

Laws Committee Merv Dunkley, John Riches, Terry Speers.

Treasurer John Blackler.

Selection Committee Nancy Whittingham, Leigh

Immediate Past President Kenn Boal.

Herington, Merv Dunkley, George Latham.

Senior Vice president Creina Dawson.

The Winners

Vice president George Latham.

Interstate Cup winners South Australia

Magazine Editor Wendy Davidson.

Australian Gold Medal winner Marty Clarke

Subscription Manager Norma Amey.

Open singles champion Helene Thurston.

Events Manager Creina Dawson.

Open Doubles champions Danial Anderson and

National Coaching Director Jane Lewis.

Jeff Newcombe.

National Refereeing Director Owen Edwards.

Ladies singles winner Jocelyn Sutton.

Equipment Officer Joyce Bray.

Men’s Singles winner Trevor Bassett.

National Gateball Director Keith McLeod.

A B Morrison Trophy W Roy

Librarian / Archivist Brenda Roberts.

The Armstrong Trophy Trevor Bassett

Auditor Ross Buchanan.

Marty Clarke

Helene Thurston

Creina Dawson

Australian Gold Medal winner

Australian Open Singles

Senior Vice President and

Winner

Events Manager

Jocelyn Sutton

Trevor Bassett

Peter Tavener

Ladies Singles winner

Australian Mens Singles and

Croquet Australia President

Armstrong Trophy winner 5

THELMA ROACH CELEBRATES 25 YEARS AT THE KADINA CROQUET CLUB

Kadina Croquet Club Thelma is pictured here, seated without a mallet.

Thursday 7th Oct was a very special day for 93 year

The depth of the vast experience of Thelma

old Life Member Thelma Roach and 44 members

and our other retired Life Members cannot be

of the KCC. Thelma joined the club in 1996 and has

understated and we are lucky to have these sage

been a beloved central figure for 25years. Soon

elders in our midst. Some of her ‘old’ playing

after joining, she put her hand up to be Secretary.

friends from the Moonta CC and Wallaroo CC

She and her late husband Marshall did a lot of

joined in the celebrations. It was lovely hearing

work around the club in their early days.

these ladies laughing and reminiscing about past

Thelma has the patience of a saint when it

croquet matches and events.

comes to teaching Association Croquet and croquet

The club has been built on the hard work and

in general and she has helped and guided literally

dedication of past volunteers and players. It was

dozens of our members over the years. Thelma

a delight to see two of Thelma’s great

played in the AC Pennant team for many years and

grandchildren cuddling into her as she cut her

after retiring from competition, continued playing

Silver Anniversary cake, a great family lady still full

socially till the age of 90, not a bad innings

of life, generosity and love for the game of croquet.

During the SA Masters Games and on Gala Days

Congratulations Thelma on reaching this milestone

and other special occasions Thelma has provided,

and whatever you’re taking, we all want some of it!!

the club with beautiful roses from her garden Thelma is also a very generous donor of prizes for

Linda Kinch

club events and raffles.

GC OPEN DOUBLES COMPETITION The SACA Open Doubles for 2021 was has held over 2 days, the 9th and 10th October. 12 doubles teams took part in this competition, playing 6 1 hour games on the Saturday and 5 games on the Sunday. The weather was perfect for croquet

Peter Mar-tyniuk (Hyde Park) and runners-up Julie

on Saturday with a reasonable forecast for the

Grindrod (Aldinga Bay) and Heath Jackson (Hyde

Sunday. After 10 rounds of matches, the final

Park). Thanks to the members of the Hyde Park

positions in the competition were determined in

Croquet Club for helping to manage this event and

the final round. Congratulations to the winners

to all of the referees who volunteered their time

of the competition Mick Reidy (Hyde Park) and

for this event.

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C.B. Sharp The annual Association Croquet C.B Sharp event,

Australian Croquet

held over the Labour Day long-weekend on 3rd

Association presented

and 4th of October, was dominated by South

a bond of £80 to the

Australia’s Simon Hockey who won all seven of

Association. This year’s

his matches, including 4 triple peels. Simon, from

event was managed

Jamestown in South Australia is ranked number

by the Norwood

two Association Croquet player in Australia and

Club and particular

number 6 in the world. Dwayne McCormick

thanks is due to AC

(ranked 5th in Australia and 19th in the world)

Director Roger Buddle

was runner-up with 6 wins and three triples.

who did the majority

Both players provide a real benchmark for local

of the preparatory

players. Other players taking part were David

work including

Short (4 wins), Greg Rowberry (4 wins), Barry

taking entries,

Jennings (3 wins), Murray Baum (2 wins), Roger

scheduling of matches,

Buddle and John Arney (each with one win).

documentation and

Golf Croquet players may be interested in these

even, with Di Helier

players Golf Croquet rankings – Simon is currently

moving hoopholes in the days before. James

ranked 5th in Australia ahead of Barry Jennings,

Temlett (AC Refereeing Coordinator and AC Chair

17th and Dwayne, 32nd . The C.B. Sharp event

of Selectors) provided refereeing support. Jane

is a prestigious event with a long history. It was

Lewis provided historic information on the origin

introduced in 1941 as the SA Gold No. 1 and was

of the competition.

Kevin Le Poidevin President of the NACC Simon Hockey and Dwayne McCormick

retitled to its current name in 1954 when Mrs C.B. Sharp, a member of the Kensington Oval Croquet

Greg Rowberry—AC Captain Norwood

Club and a foundation member of the South

Congratulations to Philip (Vic) and Ben (SA), winners of the South Australian President’s Doubles Championship. Second place went to Barry and Karen (SA) and third place was Ros and Keith (Qld)

First Place – Philip Brown and Ben Tarling.

Second Place – Barry Jennings and Karen Magee.

Third Place – Ros Crowe and Keith Chur-Hanson.

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Mallet Sports on the Broadwater for Golf Croquet The annual Mallet Sports on the Broadwater for

wished to compete, it did not take long to fill the

Golf Croquet was held late in September at the

playing schedule for Doubles, Div. 1, 2 and 3.

Southport Croquet Club. With a limited number

Thanks to all players, organisers and referees it

of places available for the number of players who

was a well organised 5 days of Golf Croquet.

Doubles winners Richard Pickvance and Mary

Div 2 Alan Edwards,

McMahon, Runners up

President of Southport

Bob Neate and Annette

croquet Club, Ian Reed 2nd,

Div 3 Winner Francesca

Wolf Fettig winner.

de Wytt

Gatland.

Div 1 winner Ross Rillie

The Inaugural Patrons’ Day was held on Saturday 4th Sept. Initiated by Headland Buderim club Patron, Gordon Matthews who generously donated the shield.

For what will become an annual event for club members. 2 shot golf croquet was chosen to bring all members together to play a game which combined golf, association and ricochet.

Nominations saw all 4 courts used and the 10mm of rain did not dampen spirits. Random pairs were chosen and saw June Neville and Dianne Horsman (wonderful warriors) emerge as the winners.

Well Done Eildon Croquet Club This year’s Bayside Cup had 4 finalists from Eildon.

Wade Hart, Geoff Jamison, Lawrie Simpson (with Bayside cup) and Bob Martin.

Special thanks to Gordon and Deirdre Giles and the Members of Wynnum Croquet Club for running such an excellent event.

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Winners of the 2021 Metropolitan Pennant Stephens croquet Club - Heather Knight, Bruce

CAQ Women’s Open Singles Championship for Association Croquet

Ford, Jacky Lynch (Absent: Tom Knight, Ralph Allan,

- Won by Yuni Rowell

Ross Preston)

(Coolangatta),

- presented

Runner-up Rosemary

by Margaret

Newsham (Stephens)

Melville representing the Brisbane South Region

The Inaugural U20 Golf Handicap Singles On Monday the 4th October these games were played at the Nambour Croquet Club with players

2021 CAQ Coaching Conference

from West Toowoomba and Nambour Clubs. The

The 2021 Coaches Conference was held at the

Robyn Pettman Achievement Medal was presented

Windsor Croquet Club with 58 coaches and

to best and overall winner, Bonnie Stoddart from

presenters across all codes attending.

Nambour Club, while the Runner up was Timothy

Overall it was a great day with ACA /CAQ pres-

Wright from West Toowoomba Club. It was an

entations, special guests, Demonstrations and a Q

excellent day for competitors and spectators and

and A session.

some really good play from the juniors.

One of the sessions was led by behavioural Strategist Warren Kennaugh who covered topics such as Confidence building for success and getting the best from croquet players and coaches.

After a magnificent lunch organised by Francesca de Wytt all coaches took part in demonstrations and workshops on the lawn.

Special thanks to CAQ, Lynda Davis, Dick Byres and the Windsor Croquet Club.

Thanks to all those who played and assisted.

VALE Mike Owen. It is with deep sadness to advise the passing of Mike who was the current GC Captain at the Headland Buderim Croquet Club. Mike was a popular member who gave so much to the club, both seen and the unseen.

Mike was very knowledgeable technology-wise which helped run so many successful competitions including those for CAQ during his time. Mike loved his birds and dogs Thank you Lynda Davis

which brought him such pleasure. Rest in peace

Eight years of service as State Coaching Director.

Mike.

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From the Chair At the end of a disrupted year, with the

CNSW HQ, Tempe lawns

cancellation of many major events and activities,

are being managed by CNSW

we are looking forward to being able to compete

Facilities Management team, and

and play much more in 2022.

Cooks River Croquet Club will continue to share

The AGM saw the election of new Board

time on the lawns with CNSW events. Cooks River

­members, so the current Board make up is

has initiated a booking system to enable the lawns

Chair: Kate McLoughlin

to be booked for tournaments, training and use by

Deputy Chair: Rik Mills

CNSW and other players.

Treasurer: Steve Miles

Croquet NSW players have appreciated the

Secretary: David Scott

new Coaching Accreditation system, and over

Newsletter: Liz Friend

120 coaches have been accredited across the

Board members: Rosie Landrebe and Ray

disciplines in the new system. We look forward to

Chapman

spreading coaches and coaching programs further,

Croquet NSW has launched applications for Club

and to the use of the video and other resources

Hubs, which will provide additional funding for up

available.

to 6 Clubs in the first year to enable the Clubs to

Referee skills have also been boosted, with 85

hold CNSW and other tournaments, run coaching

accredited GC referees across the State, and a

and referee training, and work with CNSW and ACA

good participation of referees in the tournaments

Academy initiatives to grow croquet.

that have been run. The new AC Rules have been

We look forward to announcing the Golden

provided to AC examining Referees, and referees

Mallet Award for 2022 to the member nominated

re-accredited.

by a NSW Club who has made outstanding

Our Ricochet and Gateball Co-ordinators have

contribution to croquet in NSW or the ACT.

been active in ensuring competitions have taken

Croquet NSW looks forward to welcoming

place and training for referees and coaches have

Association Croquet players to the Gold Medal,

taken place.

Men’s and Women’s Singles, and Eire Cup contests

Next year promises a growth in skill

from March 9 – 19, 2022 in Sydney. Events will be

development and participation, and we look

played at CNSW HQ, Tempe, Royal Sydney Golf

forward to working with the Australian Croquet

Club, and other clubs in Sydney. A reception will

Academy in growing croquet in membership

be held at Government House for the Eire Cup on

numbers and competition participation.

March 15, and a dinner on the closing night March 19. The ACA AGM and members forum will be held

Kate McLoughlin

in Sydney on Monday March 20.

Christmas Celebrations at Taree Croquet Club Everyone enjoyed a great day and had a lot of fun playing croquet. Be sure not to miss any of the action by clicking the link below https://www.facebook.com/Dundaloo/ videos/914993269409102/ 10

The Association Gold Brooch The CNSW 2021 Association Croquet Gold Brooch was played Friday 12th to Sunday 14th November.

The winner was Peter Richardson, from Sawtell and Pam Gentle, from Maitland was the runner up.

Special thanks to Tournament Manager Bridget Earle, Tournament Referee Barb Piggott and the Port Macquarie Croquet Club.

CNSW Mixed GC Doubles Championship Congratulations Kate McLoughlin and Peter Freer and Runners up Jill Sullivan & Rob Elliott.

CNSW AC Open Singles Congratulations Jill Drury (Port Macquarie) and

Congratulations to Callum Hyland

Keith Brodie (Coutts Crossing) for successfully

(Sandy Bay Tas) and Runner up

completing their Referee Lawn craft and oral

Robert Elliott (Cammeray Sydney)

Exam.

Well done also to Peter Freer

Special thanks to the examiners Trevor

(Canberra) for winning the Plate

Thornton and Barb Piggott.

event and Steve Miles (Cammeray) Runner Up.

More Australian Certified Coaches trained in NSW Congratulations to the new GC Level 1 Australian

Bernice Gibson, Ron Johnstone, Ros Johnstone,

Certified Coaches: Peter Hall, Lorraine Wilson,

Ann Shaddick, Petula Shun, Roberta Flint, Charles

Rosemary Howard, Dan Howard, Cheryl Fell, Elizabeth

Britton, Bob Berry, Alison Sharpe.

Comino, John Hall, Carolyn McNamara, Ann Woods,

Special thanks to Pam Gentle, Stephen Burns

Pauline Hogan, Cheryl Smith, Judy Tonkin

and the Strathfield croquet club for making this all

Congratulations to the new GC Level 2

possible.

Australian Certified Coaches: David Gibson,

Level 1

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First Player Development Project Workshop Elwood Croquet Club had the pleasure of hosting a two-day workshop for Novice Competitors in Association Croquet, on the weekend of 6 and 7 November 2021.

These dates were the first of six days that will be spread out over the following four months.

Fifteen participants from various clubs had expert coaching from Stephen Forster, a level 4 Australian certified coach in Association Croquet and Kevin Beard also a level 4 Australian certified coach.

All participants were individually tested over the

The program allowed for practice, video

two days. These tests will be repeated on day 6, to

instruction, and question time.

hopefully show how much improvement is made

Elwood provided a BBQ and salad lunch and

through practice and competition.

this break allowed for everyone to mix and chat.

The Skills and routines covered were:

Thank you to Stephen and Kevin for running

• Stalking and striking a single ball

a wonderful program, and to Croquet Victoria,

• Roquet drills

particularly Kate Patrick for making these courses

• Rushes

happen.

• Hoop running

Looking forward to the remaining days of the

• Take Off from either side of the hoop

AC Novice program.

• Take-off circuit • Hoop approaches using rushes and take-offs

Pam Herdman

Golf Croquet Together More Active Player Development Program A Golf Croquet two day workshop took place at the Boort Lakeside Croquet Club. Participants also travelled from Charlton, Maldon and Wycheproof to attend.

Lead Australian Certified Coach John van der Touw completed drills, discussed tactics, reviewed grips, stalk,stance and swing.

Special thanks to the Boort Lakeside Croquet

Participants now have a couple of months to

Club, John van der Touw and Maurice Cevaal-

practise all they have learnt before returning for

Hewitt.

the next workshop in February 2022.

Thank you Brian Foley On Monday 29th November 21’ VCA’s State Coordinator and Examiner of Association Croquet Brian Foley,was in Shepparton to give an update on the new Association Laws.

This session was much appreciated with 14 Goulburn valley Croquet Association members in attendance. GVCA President Lea Grant thanked Brian for the 4 hour session.

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Robert Fletcher wins the inaugural Brian Reither Association Croquet Challenge and the inaugural Owen Edwards Golf Croquet Challenge Check out all the highlights by clicking the link below https://youtu.be/hsXhN3noi20

Left: The Brian Reither Runner up Callum Hyland

Tournament Manager Brian Reither, presents the

Right: 3rd Place Lachlan Berryman

trophy to Winner Robert Fletcher

98 years young

Victorian Association Croquet Championship

Meet Drouins Eric Barass. At 98 he is still playing

Congratulations

twice a week

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Victorian Women’s Golf Croquet Championships

Victorian Men’s Golf Croquet Championships

Winner Elaine

missed any of

Winner Stephen Forster. If you

Coverdale.

the action, go to

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replays.

watch the replays.

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Gosnells Annual Cops and Robbers Competition

Congratulations to Fleur – East Fremantle club member.

What a magnificent achievement

Gosnells Croquet Club held their annual Cops and Robbers competition on Sunday the 5th December.

Organised by GC Captain Joyce Carbone, it took the form of a Gun and Roses event, with a different partner each game. Due to the temperature that day we had 30 min games and the first to 5 hoops was the winner.

It was truly a fun day. Scones Jam and cream for morning tea, and we had a long lunch with enough food to feed the Australian army.

Top Cop was Peter Brown and the runner up Cop was Edna Matthews.

Top Robber was Jean Zelos Beckett and the runner up Robber was Janeen Kenny.

Maggie Cussell (Club President)

Well done Gary Phipps Winner of the State Association Division 2 Singles Check out the results on Croquetscores.

Forrest Park Croquet Club Click on the link below and see a birds eye view of Forrest Park Croquet Club. https:// fb.watch/9XJHnxr3HE/ 14

The Master and the apprentice

Croquetwest Pennants

Keith receives tips and techniques from Jeff on

The GC Pennants season has concluded for

how to achieve high-standard line marking.

another year.

Congratulations to all who played and our thanks go to all the Clubs who supported this event.

These things don’t just happen and so I’d like to acknowledge and thank John for all his efforts in organising the competition. Often a thankless task, John is always giving his time freely for the betterment of our sport.

A Grade Pennant Winning Team – Forrest Park B Grade Pennant Winning Team – Como C Grade Pennant Winning Team – Cambridge Gary Phipps

Congratulations to Eric Ayling and Dorothy Bull from the York Croquet Club for being selected to compete in the State Association Croquet team.

The interstate teams competition (the Eire Cup) will be held in Sydney in March 2022.

Eric has been a member of the State Association Croquet team since 2006.

Dorothy had previously played for the State Golf Croquet team in 2013 then each year from

2021 Moorabinda croquet club Review

2016-2019 five years all together.

Click on the link below to view Moorabinda Croquet Club 2021 review. https://fb.watch/9XHubne8lp/

The Inaugural winner of the Silver Camel Trophy

I’d like to thank my coach.

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EASTERN SHORE NEWS Eastern Shore Croquet Club has the second largest

Club Pennant teams have also met with success

membership in the state but continues to attract

during the Spring season. The Div B AC team won

new members, with six new members currently

the Southern Spring Pennant and the Div 2 GC

undergoing our coaching program.

team won the Southern Spring GC Pennant.

It’s been a good year for members in recent TCA events. Sue Pearson won the TCA AC Ladies Medal whilst John Colquhoun won the TCA GC Gold Medal and was runner-up in the TCA AC Silver Medal. In Southern Spring Pennants, Eastern Shore teams won both the Division B AC and GC titles.

The victorious Eastern Shore AC Pennant team – Colin Harwood, John Colquhoun, Elaine Anderson and David Higgs

Sue Pearson, Eastern Shore

FIRST TASMANIAN INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITION Students from schools and colleges in the Kingborough Municipality are currently playing the first ever inter-school croquet competition in Tasmania. The competition will be played at the Kingston Croquet Club over six weeks.

Kingston Croquet Club member students from St Aloysius Catholic College and Taroona High School, and students from Kingston High School who have been attending regular weekly coaching as part of their Sports Studies curriculum will make up the teams.

One of the students, 13-year-old Jamie Fleming, representing the Kingston Croquet Club recently won the Croquet Tasmania Golf Croquet Bronze

Jamie Fleming receives the Bronze Medal

Medal competition against all comers in Division 3.

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COME ON DOWN After a lot of lockdown it’s time to pack your mallet again, and the Tasmanian Easter Event is the perfect opportunity. Compete on the eight immaculate lawns of the Northern Tasmanian Croquet Centre in Launceston, enjoy the renowned Tassie hospitality and see Tasmania at is glorious Autumn best.

Winning North Esk Open Pennant Team - Rod Tait, Ruth McKean, Paul Boer and Stuart von See

Latrobe Gold Medal GC Singles winner Brian Rudock

Chris West and Patsy Paine won the Latrobe Open

Ian Bassett and Daryl Jacobs toss the coin at a very

Doubles in November

wet New Town Club. Heads or tails.

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Summer delight As we wind down towards Christmas, November

Tip Three: Drill

and December have delivered flooding conditions

down

for most of Australia. After a period of drought,

On day two we

the grass is growing and mowing is in overdrive. In

fertilised each court

this summer edition of Green Guru, I’ll go over my

with 2.5 bags of

year’s spring renovation process at Eildon Croquet

Ecco 88 early in

Club. Situated by the bay just north of Brisbane,

the morning and

in subtropical climate zone 2, Eildon’s four courts

irrigated before the wind got up. Fertilising helps

benefit from a mild climate characterised by low

the courts to recover faster.

winter rainfall and reliable summer rainfall.

This year we decided not to core our courts as they were done last year. But if your courts are

The process

heavily compacted I would recommend coring or

Tip one: Last drinks

drilling to aerate the green. You can also roll the

Spring is the ideal time to scarify. On renovation

coring’s to break them up, then use a drag mat

eve, make sure the green is well watered leading

to rub the soil in as a top dressing. Finally, finish

up to the renovation.

off by dragging a heavy 2m lawn level around the

Tip two: The scarifying

courts with a ride-on to pile up the core heads

Scarifying is a multi-stage process of removing the

for pick up later. This is all good for deep root

build-up of thatch and excessive root zone in lawns

development.

to ensure a green, tight knit surface. This needs

Tip four: Out of play

to be done at least every two years. Regardless of

This year was a light and quick renovation as our

whether you use a handheld scarifier or a powered

courts were already well covered. With the work

machine, the method is the same; start gently and

carried out over two-day blocks for two courts,

try to do as little damage as possible.

the courts were out of play for only one week. We

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repeated the same process for courts 3 and 4 on

On day one, Monday, scarifying began on courts

the Thursday and Friday of the same week.

1 and 2. Each scarifying was only at grass depth, just touching the soil. We scarified in both directions,

Tip five: Weeks later

corner to corner, twice. After scarifying I used a

Five weeks after the initial scarifying the results

ride-on mower to throw the debris into rows so our

have been outstanding. We started our mowing

volunteers could pick it up with plastic rakes. Once

and rolling of the courts with a cutting height of

the bulk of the grass was picked up we mowed the

9mm for the first two weeks to give the grass a

courts with the push mowers at their lowest setting.

chance to establish a consistent turf coverage.

Next I mowed the courts again with our psm

Then we dropped the cutting height down to 6mm,

cylinder mower set at 7 mm cutting height.

and also dropping the grooming heads down.

Using our Toro Triplex mower has made a huge difference to the playing surface of the courts as it smooths out all the bumps and moulds the lawn into a tight knitted surface, which is desirable for 18

croquet lawns. The result is balls running straight

recover. Drought slows down grass recovery and

with no kangaroo hops.

any treatment that is too invasive as opening the

With La Niña in full force, this summer season

soil will only leave it vulnerable to the heat. The

looks to be a wet one so take advantage of the free

chance of salvaging your grass is very low.

water and great growing conditions. It’s never too

When to weed?

late to give your court a quick renovation, even

It is best to do it a week prior to your scheduled

into the new year. In fact, right up to April is fine.

lawn makeover. This will stop the weeds from

Some typical questions

invading any bare patches later.

What is thatch?

Scarifying during bad weather?

Thatch is the build-up of living and dead runners

Possible. While it is technically possible to scarify

on top of the soil. Throughout the life of a lawn

your lawn in the rain, it is not recommended.

new runners will grow and the old runners will die

Because your machine and tools will get very

off underneath the new growth. After a while this can build up quite a thick layer.

dirty, and you probably won’t do as good of a job

When to scarify?

wait for the rain to pass and the lawn to try before

compared to when the grass is dry. So it’s best to

The perfect time for scarifying has specific

you start scarifying.

weather conditions – not too cold, too hot, nor

Wishing you and your family a happy and

too dry but not too wet either. Timing is important

healthy Christmas, and as for the New Year. As

as scarifying will leave the soil exposed and

Wayne Bennett would say, “don’t die with the

vulnerable to the growth of weeds and other

music in you!”.

unwanted seeds. Avoid scarifying in winter at all costs. Wet weather combined with the cold often

Cheers from Rino Parrella

creates large patches of bare soil, which barely

Edited by Francesca de Wytt

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Message from the National Coaching Coordinator This year the National Coaching Team have

will be asked to provide feedback

reviewed and produced: 14 coaching manuals.

on improvements and additional

Prerequisites and application forms for Golf,

initiatives.

Association, Ricochet and Gateball.

This feedback will then be reviewed and

A new Learning Management system for all

updated by the NCC and the ANCC.

disciplines including a number of training videos .

The Learning Management System will also be

Rolled out the National Coaching Program in

reviewed with additional features planned to be

every state (during COVID).

included.

Provided a number of new resources including

A checklist/self-audit will be completed in each

Individual Development Plans, Goal setting sheets

state to ensure all the correct processes are in

and Session plans.

place and we are meeting all our requirements.

In 2021 The National Coaching Team trained

To sign off the Youth Training Program.

QLD Coaches 118

Presenters 8

NSW Coaches 111

Presenters 8

VIC

Coaches 57

Presenters 7

TAS

Coaches 35

Presenters 6

a National

SA

Coaches 42

Presenters 10

Coaching

WA

Coaches 39

Presenters 8

Team Meeting

Presenters 47

to reset our

Total Coaches 402

National coaching updates via Zoom when required.

To have

My Special Thanks to National Team : Pam

goals and

Gentle, Ruth Duffy, Lynda Davis, Sue Beatie, Kim

objectives.

Milhouse, Murray Baum, Barry Haydon and Sandra

Train as

Stevenson for making it possible to deliver the

many coaches

above achievements.

and presenters needed in each state.

We also worked with SportAus to develop

Special Thanks

the “Pathways to Coaching”. This means we now

To the Australian Croquet Board for their support

fulfill the requirement of having fully trained and

and investment into coaching.

certified coaches for every level of coaching in

To all the State coaching coordinators for their

Croquet and Gateball.

commitment, passion and support.

Appointment

John Hayes for his positivity and all the additional

In 2021 we said “Good Bye” to Lynda Davis (QLD)

professional advice and service he provided

after 7 years of service in the role. A huge thank

especially the additional zoom calls. Well Done John

you to Lynda and we appreciate everything you

To Barb Piggott for her continued passion,

have done for Australian Croquet.

energy and support during a very busy/

Congratulations to George Oliver on your

unpredictable year with a huge workload to

new appointment as the Queensland Coaching

achieve. Well Done Barb

Coordinator.

To Francesca de Wytt for all her love and support

We look forward to working with you George in

during the year.

your exciting new role.

On behalf of the National coaching Team we

In 2022

wish Everyone a magnificent 2022.

There will be a complete review of the National

Greg Bury

Coaching Program. All State coaching coordinators

National Coaching Coordinator 20

Message from the General Manager of the ACA Academy In the new year I will continue to Identify new

some 2022/2023/2024 tasks forward and include

and exciting initiatives/opportunities and focus

some additional initiatives. An updated Academy

on providing the our croquet family with as much

Development Plan will be available for discussion

additional advise and support possible.

at the ACA January Board Meeting.

Our main priority is to sign off the National

It has been 1 year since the first edition of

Database and Website project. In order to execute

the Australian Croquet Online Magazine and I do

this task at the highest level Coaching Cohort have

appreciate all the articles, information and reports

been contracted for 3 years to build and maintain

that have been provided. I hope you have all

these valuable new resources.

enjoyed them as much as I have.

This diagram visually displays Croquet

The National Youth Training Program was put

Australia’s PROPOSED LINKED digital assets to be

on hold in a bit to receive a 220K grant to cover

updated consolidated.

all expenses. It is unfortunate that this application

This will be

This diagram visually displays Croquet Australia's PROPOSED LINKED digital assets to be updated consolidated

a custom made

and Gateball needs are identified a National Project

COMMUNITY

closely with SportAus on our Plan B.

PARTICIPATION FOCUS CLUB LOCATOR

PROMOTION

system and to ensure all Croquet

was unsuccessful however I am now working

PROPOSED DIGITAL ASSESTS SOCIAL MEDIA

JUNIOR PROGRAMS

PLAY-CROQUET.COM

FACEBOOK

The Learning Management System for Coaching

INCLUSION PROGRAMS

STATES AND TERRITORIES

CONNECTED ASSETS & DATA

has provided all our coaches with so many

CENTRALISED

ACA CURRENT NATIONAL WEBSITE

CONNECT & STANDARDISE WEBSITES

DATA MANAGMENT CONNECTION TO STATES

valuable resources online and will be continually

CROQUET-AUSTRALIA.COM.AU

VOLUNTEERS

be reviewed and updated. We are now looking at

COACHES PARTICIPANTS

LEARNING PLATFORM

LEARNING MANAGMENT PLATFORM

CENTRALISED

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powered by

DATA MANAGMENT

developing a similar system for our referees with

CONNECTION TO STATES

ALL-IN-ONE SOFTWARE PLATFORM

Team has been put together.

a National zoom meeting to be scheduled with all

The National Data Base and Website Project Team

national referee coordinators early next year.

The National publicity team have also been working closely with the Academy and together we

Greg Bury Project Coordinator/Manager

have produced a number of promotional videos

John Hayes Database and Website Developer and

and Facebook banners. The Club Support Social

Consultant

Media pack is now available to all clubs and is

Peter Freer Database Subject Matter Expert/Head

receiving some very positive feedback. Be sure to

Gary Phipps Website Subject Matter Expert / Head

watch this space when our new national website is

Jim Nicholls Chief Advisor

launched next year.

There are also a number of subject matter

I would like to especially thank everyone

experts and Academy Advisors assisting in this

who has made a Donation to the Academy and

major project and I do appreciate everything they

the Australian Croquet Board for their ongoing

are doing.

support.

A briefing paper was submitted for approval

Looking forward to achieving and celebrating

on the 20th of October and communicated to all

our many goals in 2022.

states on the 6th of December. Individual Zoom

On behalf of the ACA Academy I would like to

meetings have now taken place with every state

wish EVERYONE a Very Merry Christmas and a

Association and at the conclusion of each meeting

Magnificent 2022.

an Action Plan was developed with a review and testing scheduled for next year.

GREG BURY

The majority of the tasks on the ACA Academy

General Manager

Development Plan have been completed ahead

ACA Academy

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HEALTH FITNESS AND CROQUET My name is Simon Green and as some of you

shoulder and back (to

may know, my parents Dennis & Sue are heavily

name just a few) will work

involved in croquet at Bribie Island Croquet Club

sooo much better with

and wider Queensland. Believe it or not I have also

just a basic level of general

played pennants croquet myself - shout out to

strength. I could talk on

East Brisbane CC! Professionally speaking though,

this subject a lot longer but

I come from a Sports Science degree background

we only have limited time!

with the last 15-years or so running a successful

4 AND BY NO MEANS LAST IS A WARM-UP!

Personal Training business here in Brisbane.

Here are four top tips.

Do any of you watch any decent level of any sport

1 MOBILITY/FLEXIBILITY

and not see them warm up?….do you warm up!?!

This doesn’t mean you have to do naked yoga on

Ideas for warming up;

the beach at sunrise!

Firstly, get warm, clue is in the title somewhat I

All it means is that you have some kind of

know :-) However, go for a walk until you feel like

regular stretch routine that you put just a bit of

your heat rate is elevated and then you can start

effort into…’regularly’. That also means, pulling

with some body movement stuff.

some faces whilst in a stretch so your muscles are

Arm windmills, gently at first and then more

actually getting some benefit. If you’re smiling too

vigorous as you feel you can handle.

much, you aren’t doing too much - sorry! :-) Trigger

Leg swings (always a good idea to hold onto

pointing is a fantastic add-on to this but probably

something here!) - gently forwards and backwards

a bit hard to go into here. Will wait for another

like kicking a ball and then some side-side too.

opportunity to go into this.

Torso rotations, turn as far as you can in either

2 HYDRATION

direction, trying to get a little further and faster

3 litres of water a day is generally considered to

with each turn (don’t over do it however). A few

be a good amount if exercising. If you are out in

squats and/or half lunges. Be mindful of technique

the sun (slip, slop, slap assuming) then you would

and not too deep.

probably lose more than that average so 3-litres

You-specific work. I would imagine that a lot of

would be an absolute minimum. Hydralytes and

you have something specific that niggles or you

Berocca etc are also definitely worth looking into

know you’re not great at. Make sure these are

if you find (ready yourself!) your pee isn’t a light

worked on too. Again, a lot more I could go into

straw colour by the end of the day.

here but there are some basics for you.

3 STRENGTH

If you are even vaguely interested in improving

Agreed, croquet doesn’t require body-builder type

yourself at croquet, please endeavour to take

strength but I’m sure you have all been smacked

some of these ideas on board and I’ll even leave

over the other side of the court and having the

my email address for you to let me know when

strength in your upper body as well as having the

you’ve improved! ;-) That’s on the court as well as

strength in your lower body for stability & power

every day life.

will allow you to do this also. The stronger you are, the easier shots are to play and the more you can

Yours in Health, Fitness…. & Croquet

concentrate on technique and accuracy.

Simon Green BSc

Your body loves to feel strong. Your joints can

sigreen66@gmail.com

articulate as they are supposed to and your knees,

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CLUB PROFILE

Como Croquet Club

Recent club day

This year’s Christmas party and presentations.

Como Croquet club was founded in June, 1928

In 1956/57 the Secretary was asked to contact

by Mrs. A.C. James, the pioneer members being

the boy scouts re top-dressing the greens, as in

Mesdames A.C. James, McClay, Davies, Haffner,

previous years, and pay £2-0-0, ($4.00). The scouts

Slade, Cass, Edgecumbe, Walker, Smallacombe and

also provided canvas awnings for club gala days

J. James.

and gymkhanas.

Mrs. Blakers was President in 1934/36 and

In May 1959 the Council advised they were

drew up the Constitution, when the club had 21

drawing up plans and calling tenders for the

members. (This was revised in the 1970s and again

new clubhouse. This meant a lot of fund raising,

in 2005, which is the current document in use.) The

but everyone worked hard, and construction

Secretary, Mrs. James was very pleased to advise

commenced on the building.

they had a bank balance of £34.12.0 ($69.20) to go

In April 1969 a momentous decision was

towards erecting their pavilion at an early date.

reached - a vote was taken and it was decided to

In 1934 Como acquired their own lawn and

admit male members to the club !!

pavilion (which was situated down near the

Late 1977 it was decided it would be an asset

existing shelter shed near the Comer St. gate),

for the club to have two greens lit for night play,

November 13th being the official opening. That

and after much discussion, in December 1977 a

season 1934/35 the South Perth Road Board (as it

fund was started to raise money to light the 2 back

was called then) handed over the maintenance of

lawns. Many raffles, cake stalls, lamington drives,

the green to the Club, which caused severe inroads

donations and much fund raising later, the finance

into the banking account! The Road Board was to

was raised to install the lighting.

help with the watering and provide top-dressing at

In November 1996, with financial assistance

the end of the season.

from the City of South Perth and the Dept. of

In 1936 the fees were raised from 26/-($2.60) to

Youth, Sport & Recreation, the club financed the

30/-($3.00), (with the President’s casting vote!)

building of 5 new shelter sheds. Since then we

A green-keeper was employed in 1937/38 at

have erected a further 3 sheds, and now have

15/-($1.50) per week from October to the end

8 smart-looking large sheds to cope with any

of April, then May to September at 9/-(90¢), that

number of players wanting shelter from the sun

included doing the top dressing.

and rain on all courts.

In 1942 it was agreed that everyone bring 1

The club was always looking for new members

teaspoon of tea and 1 teaspoon of sugar, for teas,

and had Mr. Roy Dransfield, Mr. Terry Speers,

on account of the shortages during the war!!

Mrs. Anne Middlemas and Mr. John Middlemas

In 1944 members were asked to look for

as club coaches and Mrs. Verna Waterhouse

coupon-free material for curtains for the pavilion.

“on call”.

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Saturday mornings saw newcomers and

December 2003 also saw the up-grading of the

members alike practising their skills and taking

lights, which we paid for ourselves.

note of the coaches’ advice.

Golf croquet was introduced in October 2002, in

The year 2000 ~ the start of a new millennium

addition to association croquet, so new-comers.

~ saw Como advancing with the times, by having

have the option of first learning either

a telephone installed, which has proved very

association or golf croquet.

convenient. We also decided to upgrade the toilets

Como Croquet Club Members are always very

and with a third contribution from the Dept. of

welcoming and friendly and over the years have

Sport & Recreation, the South Perth City Council

produced a number of Interstate and International

and us we finally saw them built at the end of

Representatives.

2001. The previous women’s toilet on the verandah

When traveling in WA be sure to look them up

is now a handy storeroom.

and have a great day.

Dead turf being stripped

Turf for Lawn Four ready

The new turf is being

and cut prior to its

to be unloaded.

rolled out

Topdressing

removal

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PLAYER PROFILE

STEPHEN FORSTER Stephen Forster started playing croquet at the age of ten at the Lismore Croquet Club (Vic) and has played competitively for 45 yrs.

He joined Belmont CC in 1989 and has served as President for 12 yrs.

He is an AC Level 4 Coach and is Belmont’s greenkeeper, looking after 3 A lawns.

From 2001 to 2004 Stephen was State Coaching

In 2017 Stephen was appointed Life Member of

Director for Victoria.

Belmont CC.

Currently he is the Coach of the State AC Team

Stephen was the recipient of the very first

Squad and the Training & Development Squad.

Victorian President Service Medal.

Stephen is also the Captain of the current

In 1997 he was nominated in the Governor

Victorian Association State Team.

General Sports Star Awards.

Personal life:

Achievements:

Stephen is married to Julie and has two children Zach and Eden.

Represented Victoria in tournaments for over

He is employed at University Hospital Geelong,

25 years.

Captained Victoria 16 times.

working as a theatre technician in the Operating

Represented Australia in Trans Tasman 6 times.

Dept, after beginning his working life as an

Captained Trans Tasman team in 2009.

apprentice chef at the Camperdown Hospital.

Stephen was also a Weight Watchers Coach for

Played in MacRobertson Shield teams 5 Times

18 yrs and a Swimming Instructor working with

including the successful 2017 challenge.

children for 4 yrs.

World championships 9 times.

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Vale Alan Honey Alan Honey died suddenly on Friday 26 November

a 2x Queensland Open champion.In memory of

at the age of 50. His is a great loss to his family

Alan, I would ask that you all try your hardest to be

and friends, but also to the croquet community.

a better croquet player. I also ask that you greet

Alan was a friendly, much-loved person who

everyone as if they are the next friend you never

loved his croquet and was committed to being

had, and thus make the world a happier place for

the best player he could be. He was a 3x winner

a while. Because it has become much less happy

of the NSW 1st Selectors and played for NSW in 4

without Alan.

interstate cups, being part of NSW winning twice.

His best individual tournament wins were being

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Passing Gates with John Parks Australian Gateball Championships

Strathfield CC will host

Gateball’s flagship event is always its biennial

a one day ‘invitational’

Australian Gateball Championships. The postponed

competition in May. This

2021 event has been rescheduled on 1–3rd April

Club has been organising

2021 at the Gold Coast Performance Centre at

Sunday play for Sydney and surrounding Clubs

Runaway Bay. For the first time, an open doubles

and ‘punches above its weight’ with only two

event will be held on the Friday morning. The

courts available. June sees Newcastle National Park

captains of the three highest performing teams

organising their Newcastle Carnival and in July the

will become members of the selection committee

Toronto Triathlon. This is another first for NSW

which will form teams for the next international

Gateball with teams of six players competing in

representative event to which Australia is invited.

gateball, ricochet and golf croquet.

The NSW State Championships will be held at

Around Australia

Twin Cities CC in September where players from

Gateball in the ACT and NSW for 2022

Victoria and SA are expected. We end our year with

CNSW Gateball has a full program of various

the Lithgow Doubles, the first gateball competition

formats of our game for 2022. In February the

on their newly expanded lawns.

Canberra Croquet Club will host the inaugural

The CNSW Coordinator, Judy Tier, is working

Triples Championships with entries expected

on a concept for taking gateball to the community

from all Eastern States. A relational format of play

with plans to trial it in Canberra before developing

will be used with two players playing two balls

it in the region.

and the third one ball. This format is designed to introduce a newcomer to the game and

Queensland

competition in particular.

Queensland’s program focuses largely on teams and doubles events. First cab off the rank is Moreton Bay in early March. Southport, the first club to host triples in Australia, hosts its regular one-day event in late April. Most of the remaining Queensland events at Rockhampton, Eildon, Southport, Toowoomba and Caloundra include both teams and doubles events. The State Championships are to be held in their usual place in the middle of August.

CAQ’s Centenary is being celebrated with a Gateball Pennants event. It is planned that a team of 5 will be selected from each club and will play one team game, one doubles game and one triples game. Champions from each region will face off in a final to be held at Pine Rivers.

Queensland continues to determine a champion team which is awarded the Suzuki Cup. 2021 winners are announced in early 2022!

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are attending sessions at Hyde Park and are

Club in Tasmania’s North. A set of ACA Gateball

awaiting the outcome of grant applications and

Gear has been loaned to the club and Brian was

demonstrations before establishing the game

thwarted by Covid in his attempts to return to

at their clubs. South Australia will be holding a

Tasmania to establish the game. The prospects for

Doubles and teams State Championships in early

2022 are much improved!

December.

Western Australia

Victoria

A group of players are meeting on alternate

Kew, Brunswick, Essendon and Terang have played

Sundays at East Fremantle and these sessions are

gateball for many years but recent expansion

promoted through Croquet West in the hope that

has taken place in the Riverina Area. Regular

players from other clubs will join the regulars and

sessions have been played at Twin Cities CC and at

learn more about the game.

Yarrawonga. Swan Hill is awaiting a demonstration.

In 2022 it is hoped that players from WA

A state championship as yet unscheduled, is

and Tasmania will apply for funding to enable

expected to be held a few weeks before the

their participation in the Australian Gateball

Australian Gateball Championships.

Championships or a State Championships in the Eastern States.

Tasmania Brian Rubock of Twin Rivers Croquet Club in

For more information about gateball email the

Queensland is also a member of the Latrobe

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CROQUET TOURS

“Enjoying the fellowship of other croquet players as you travel Australia and the world. Seeing the sights, experiencing new cultures and playing croquet with different people in some amazing locations.”

This is the vision of Colin Beckett—the recently elected Golf Captain at Headland-Buderim Croquet Club.

For 35 years Colin has helped build Quadrant Australia into a well respected international tour company.

Now in semi-retirement Colin is able to bring experience and a global network to his new passion—which is croquet!

Plans were underway to operate the inaugural tour to the South Island of New Zealand in February—but current travel restrictions have meant that this tour is now proposed for the Spring.

However plans are now underway to operate .. …….

1.

CROQUET TOUR TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN LATE FEBRUARY 2022 9 days– Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Barossa Social play with local members at 4 clubs Some of SA greatest food & wine experiences Special guests to play on the historic Croquet Lawn at Chateau Tanunda Winery

2.

CROQUET TOUR TO SUNSHINE COAST IN LATE JULY 2022 10 days– Sunshine Coast, Fraser Island, Great Barrier Reef Social play with local members at 4 clubs

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CROQUET TOUR TO NZ IN SPRING 2022 11 days– Christchurch, Mount Cook, Wanaka & Queenstown Social play with local members at 4 clubs

To express interest in any of the above tours please contact Quadrant Australia—1300 301 128 croquet@quadrantaustralia.com Or Colin Beckett—0412 470 755

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To assist Associations and Clubs in this process a request form has been developed.

Its purpose is to provide the ACA secretary with the following information: Name and outline of the project.

Major justifications contained in the project.

Any areas of Strategic Plans (at club, state or national level) that the project addresses.

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