By Liz Potter - Issue 31 (2013)
Compiled by the Secretary of the Much Myssing Croquet Club
Advanced
Average age of our members.
Breaks
Popular and profitable (see Teas).
Crush
Large excitable crowd – not relevant to this club.
Double Banking
Error by the Treasurer, who never really got the hang of the internet.
Elections
Allowed for in the constitution, but in practice never held (see Volunteers).
Facilities
Victorian, listed.
Note to self: investigate possibility of grant.
Grass
Essential component of any club (see Tea, Volunteers).
Note to self: who else knew that I’d lost the AGM minutes?
Handicapper
A player it is unwise to beat.
In
My opponent’s ball regularly just manages this.
Urgent note to self: speak to groundsman before my next game.
Jump
Usually occurs when lined up for a perfect rush down the lawn to Hoop 1
(see Non-Advanced).
K
Looks like a diagram from a coaching session. Either a wide split shot from near the boundary or a jump shot against a hoop upright. I wouldn’t attempt either of these.
Lawn
Something this club has a lot of.
Money
Something this club hasn’t got a lot of.
Non-Advanced
Me.
Opportunity
My opponent leaves a ball at my hoop and another in the middle, then I miss a short roquet.
Pass Roll
See Tea.
Queen
Apparently the CA Patron, although I’ve never seen her at this club.
Rush Shot
I’ve just remembered I’m supposed to be at the dentist at two o’clock.
Spectators
I thought we had a visitor once, a couple of weeks ago, but he turned out to be a VAT inspector.
Tea
Essential component of any club (see Grass, Volunteers). A good money-spinner.
Up
The direction my handicap has steadily been going, and where the subscriptions are also going to have to go.
Volunteers
Essential component of any club (see Grass, Tea). Note to self: try to find some.
Wiring Lift
We’re going to have to replace the wiring soon, but a lift? With £200 in the bank?
X
Looks like a voting slip but I don’t remember ever having a committee election. Could be from when we were going to remove the birds’ nest from the ladies’ toilets and that RSPB guy objected.
Yellow
Yellow attracts bees. Note to self: choose the dark colours when near a flowerbed.
(See Jump).
Zzzz
Distracting bee noise (see Yellow) or someone asleep (see Advanced).
Submitted by Liz Potter (Cheltenham)