The Board wishes to announce the team that will participate in the 2019 Eire Cup being held in Western Australia from 20th to the 24th March 2019. Trevor Bassett (Vice Captain); Jim Nicholls;

Entry for the 2019 Association Croquet Women’s Singles and Men’s Singles, 16-19 March in Perth, are now open until 21 Feb 2019. The flier can be found at

Members would be aware that CNSW is renewing its Strategic Plan this year and we have engaged a sports consultant to help us. Part of the process is to ask members to undertake an e-Survey and the

Entry for the 2019 Association Croquet Women’s Singles and Men’s Singles, 16-19 March in Perth, will close on 21 Feb 2019. The flier can be found at

The Tournament Committee have advise some changes to the CNSW Events Calendar. The changes are: NSW GC Open Singles Championship - Friday 21st June - Monday 24th June (NSW) ACA GC Bronze Medal -

I confirm that entry is open for the Golf Croquet Doubles & Singles in Melb 4-12 May 2019. Closing date is cob Thursday 18 April. The fliers for each event are attached. Pls note that

At the Mosman AC tournament this weekend I was called to adjudicate on this situation at the start of the game Player A correctly plays Blue to East boundary Player B correctly plays Yellow to Corner

I think nothing relieves player B of his obligation to play red onto the lawn in the 4th turn rather than striking yellow a second time so yellow to be returned to corner 4 and player B plays red onto

Agree with Alix. After Player A incorrectly played Red onto the court, the Red ball should have been removed. Leaving Red on the lawn at this point is incorrect placement of a ball (and perhaps also

I agree with Alix and Jim. See 27.a.2 https://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=games/association/laws/6th/laws6th#Law27 Which then directs you to 27.f.

I had also asked Bob Green for his views and he concluded that the Red ball was not a misplaced ball but an outside agency: Law 6 (c) Ball in Hand (1) Any ball becomes

Yes, that sounds good Ron and is probably correct. I thought afterwards of placing anywhere on baulk as penalty for forgetting to play it ..... That said, it is not beingreplaced but placed. Do you

I believe red had stopped being an outside agency. 6.c.4 A ball ceases to be a ball in hand and an outside agency and becomes a ball at rest when it is placed in a lawful position on the court or, if

Not an easy one so I referred to ACA top referees - Mike Cohn & Liz Fleming. response below Elizabeth Fleming 07:48 (33 minutes ago) to Mike, me Hi Mike, As a ruling referee or preferably the TR

One of Australia’s premier Association Croquet events is on again, on the June long weekend at Wynnum in Brisbane. The flier is attached – entries close on Thursday 30 May (midnight WA time)

Who is the ACA Patron Peter? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

Roberta – that is another of the ironies of croquet. The Governor-General had been the ACA Patron, but the incoming one several versions back declined to renew the relationship; at about the same

At the ISS in Newcastle last September David Hurley and his wife expressed genuine interest in taking up croquet when his term as NSW Governor expired. It sounds to me as if it’s the perfect time

The CNSW Association Croquet Selection Committee (ACSC) requires two (2) additional committee members to bring it up to full strength. CNSW and the committee is therefore interested in receiving

CNSW has a need for a Newsletter Editor to replace Wendy Fothergill who has recently stepped down from the role. As the attached flyer informs, the incoming Editor will be able to assist CNSW in