South West Federation

Welcome to the South West Federation of Croquet Clubs.

This site is a repository of information for our member clubs.

If you are interested in playing croquet, information about your local opportunities may be found on the Croquet England website: https://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=games

The South West Federation of Croquet Clubs was formed in 1984 and currently has a membership of over 40 clubs in the region. https://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=games/federations&FederationID=3072

Our aim is to promote croquet in Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Worcestershire and South Wales, or current equivalent administration boundaries.

The Federation runs ten inter-club league competitions annually:

League for Advanced Play Holders: Cheltenham
Federation League Holders: East Dorset
Intermediate League Holders: Cheltenham
B League Holders: Nailsea
Short Croquet Open League Holders: Nailsea
Short Croquet Restricted League Holders: Bristol
GC Level Play League Holders: Bristol
GC Level Play 5+ League Holders: Bristol
GC Handicap League Holders: Budleigh Salterton
GC High Handicap League Holders: Llandaff
Tony Mayer aesmayer@yahoo.co.uk; Chair
Peter Kirby treasurer@swfcroquet.org.uk Treasurer
Linda Shaw lindawithani@hotmail.com; Secretary
Paul Francis paulwfrancis@icloud.com Regional Coaching Officer
Stephen Custance-Baker results@swfcroquet.org.uk; League Secretary
Mike Rice mikerice7981@icloud.com Handicapping Officer
Andru Blewett andru@bluboy.uk; Federation Welfare Officer

Cygnet is our newsletter, produced electronically several times a year. It is a forum for news, information, ideas and stories. We welcome contributions at any time. The current and past issues may be found here.

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