Warragul Croquet Club

Heather Lees and Julie Beasley attend the first State Squad training at the State Centre, Cairnlea. Also from Gippsland, was Shane Downie from Traralgon, Penny from Morwell and Paul Andrews from Wonthaggi.

All cleaned up.

Oh me, oh my, not a pleasant start to the year.

Woo hoo go Andrea, Best Average for December 2023. And serial
Most Hooper Colin.
Well done.

It all started off as a gentle hum then built up and up into a mighty roar, before finishing with a well earned cuppa and scone.
Great turnout and job well done.
Thanks to everyone.

Last day of croquet before Christmas. It was a beautiful day, so we turned on the barbie, and cooked up a snag. Thanks to Joans apprentices, Heather, Pattie and Lorna who cooked up a storm. What a great a BBQ.

A lovely day celebrating Christmas with friends. Another year of croquet complete, with plenty more to come. Was great seeing Tony Butterworth and Pat Reddan, we miss them both. Couldn't get a better bunch of people.

Thanks to Peter, we now will have perfect penalty areas. What a clever person.

Julie and partner Helen with the Ron White HiLo Shield which they secured by winning all of their games.

Jenny showing off the table decorations that her and Peter made for us.
They look really spiffy Jen. Thanks soo much.

Another Twin W' s done and dusted.
Warragul clear winners of the Shield 12 games 106 hoops to 4 games 79 hoops. All took time out for 11 of 11.

Our croquet booky, Virginia, did her job today organising the sweeps for tomorrow.

One for the girls....most hoops for October..Jennie Eyre.
Well done girl power

Coffin head at Drouin CC Halloween twilight. And she did a Neill!!!
Thanks guys for a great evening, pity the weather didn't come to the party.

Another busy and successful Doubles Tournament. Saturday busy trying to avoid the rain and hoping to end the day in time to hit the Railway Hotel for a well earned counter tea. Sunday the rain just held off till everyone had headed home and the cleaning up was all done.
Section Two saw four teams end up on four wins and split by net hoops ranging from -1 to +6. Runners up were Traralgon couple Darryl Edwards and Lynette Taylor 4 wins 6 net hoops and winners Leongatha husband and wife Michael and Jo Butterfield, not dropping a game all weekend.
Section One saw five teams on four wins separated by hoops -3 to +9.
Runners up Belmont couple Steve Podolak and Judy Anderson on 4 wins net hoops 9. Winners, tournament stalwarts Wonthaggi duo Gerry Kool and Sue Cartwright with 5 wins net 7 hoops.
Amazing Referee Tom Lacey and his partner in crime Warragul President and Vic State team member Julie. Great effort guys...thankyou so much.
Great tournament and fantastic effort by ALL

Today we celebrated Joan and Barry Langs 65th wedding anniversary. What a beautiful couple and a pair of love birds. You two are awesome.

Best dressed today. Lorna Clarkson, you are a crazy lady and we love you.

Yesterday was the completion of our Club Championships. Section 3 was won by Neal Gibson Section 2 was Paul Simmons and Section 1 was Colin Walker.
The overall Handicap Winner was Paul Simmons.

Presentation of the the Vic team.

A couple of our players representing our club at state level play.
Heather Lees, who is in the State Development Squad, had a big weekend at Cainlea, (the state centre) being coached the finer details of croquet.
Julie Beasley, who is playing in The Australian Women's Championships in Perth.

A BIG THANKYOU to Lorna C, Virginia, Andrea, Heather, Mary and Julie for hosting 24 students from St Pauls years 7 and 8 today at croquet. The children were an absolute delight and appeared to enjoy our game. There were some very talented people.

What a perfect day for a working bee after playing a bit of croquet. A BIG thankyou to everyone there. It was a big job, and a hard job. Our bottem court will look a lot better once the grass grows. Also, THANKYOU Kelvin Marriott for helping us. That's what it is all about, clubs helping each other out.

Heather, Julie and Mary (alias The Warragul Witches), traveled over to Leongatha for their annual Handicap Singles. The girls cast a spell over the apponents, coming out 1st Heather Lees, 2nd Julie Beasley and 3rd Mary Cornwell. Well done ladies. Thankyou for a great weekend Leongatha.

Heather and Mary had a great weekend at Cairnlea playing in The Victorian Selectors Invitational. They enjoyed all their games, gaining valuable knowledge about the game and experienced strong players from all over Victoria.

That's frost on the ground guys!! And you shoulda seen the balls. Turned out a great morning though.

Check out the bottom right hand corner.
Go Jules, we are all so so proud of you. 😊

Baw Baw police

Baw Baw Shire Council

A BIG THANKYOU to the Warragul Police and the Baw Baw Shire for the quick response to our call out of help. Unfortunatly we had a 2am visit by a very ungrateful person who felt it was their right to smash our window and help himself to our things. Also a big thankyou to those members who helped clean up the mess, alongside a lot of blood everywhere.

This years overall winner of the Most Hoops and Best Average was won by Colin Walker. Well done Cool.