It was another nice sunny day for Golf Croquet on Tuesday, 13th December.

Big winners on the day were Noel Jolliffe 10-3 and Iren Ford 9-4. Other big winners of the day were Bruce Field, Ray Martin and Allan Jones, Barry White and Ray Martin, May Jones, Iren Ford and Lyal Strudwick, Elvy Quirk and Mal Smith.

Close games on the day were played between: 

• John Farah and Sue Jolliffe with 7, defeated Alex Todd and Tony Thomson with 6.

• Lorraine Todd and John Job with 7, defeated Elvy Quirk and Sandy Hepburn with 6.

• John Job and Mal Smith with 7, defeated Alex Todd and Neville Spry with 6.

• John Browne and Merv Langfield with 7, defeated Elvy Quirk and Lyn Simmonds with 6.

• Allan Jones and Geoff Coles with 7, defeated Carolyn Neilsen and May Jones with 6.

• John Cole and Marie Spry with 7, defeated Lorraine Todd and Ray Martin with 6.

• Neville Spry and Mal Smith with 8, defeated Noel Jolliffe and Rex Toole with 5.

• John Browne and Carolyn Neilsen with 8, defeated Kevin Rubie and Geoff Coles with 5.

• Merv Langfield and John Cole with 8, deafeated Fay Picker and Marie Spry with 5.

• Kevin Rubie and John Cole 8, defeated Lorraine Todd and John Farah with 5.

• Sue Jolliffe and Fay Picker 8, defeated Sandy Hepburn and Bruce Field with 5.

• Kevin Rubie with 8, defeated Barry White with 5.

• Merv Langfield with 8, defeated Iren Ford and Lyn Simmonds with 5.

• Lyn Simmonds and Vince Roberts with 8, defeated Rex Toole and Alex Todd with 5.

• John Browne and Sherly Chamberlin with 8, defeated Noel and Sue Jolliffe with 5.

• Sandy Hepburn and Tony Thomson with 8, defeated Neville Spry and Fay Picker with 5.

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A wonderful day was had by all 28 players who attended Aussie Croquet on Saturday, 3rd December. Everyone agreed it was a warm and pleasant morning.

On this occasion, five players won three games and they were John Browne, Elvy Quirk, John Farah, Lyn Simmonds and guess who? Robin Pols. A big congratulations to these players. 

Big winners for the day were 14-8 Sandy Hepburn and Tony Thomson, Robin Pols and Lyn Simmonds; 14-9 Lorraine Todd and Barry White, John Browne and Lyne Simmonds, John Browne and Robin Pols. Well done to these players.

The weather remained for another nice warm morning for Golf Croquet, with 29 players enjoying the day’s play.

On this occasion only two players managed three games, and they were May Jones and Sandy Hepburn.

Big winners for the day were: 11-2 Ray Burridge and Mal Smith and 10-3 Ray Burridge and Tony Thomson.

There were too many close games to mention them all. 

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First of all we would like to thank Forbes Shire Council for getting the croquet courts mowed and ready to play on so soon after the flood waters had gone down. It was so good to get back playing after the awful flood that we had.

AUSSIE CROQUET

We had 29 players for Aussie Croquet on a nice, pleasant morning last Saturday. Six players managed three games: Sandy Hepburn, Lorraine Todd and Tony Thomson, John Farah, Harley Stewart and Neville Spry.

BIG WINNERS: 14—10 Kevin Rubie, Colleen Liebich and Bruce Field, John Farah and Sandy Hepburn

SOME CLOSE GAMES: Sandy Hepburn and Marie Spry 14 Elvy Quirk and Robin Pols 13; Harley Stewart and Tony Thomson 14 Cheryle Toohey and Ray Burridge 13; Allan Jones and Lorraine Todd 14 Lyn Simmonds and Jeff Liebich 13; John Cole and Bruce Field 14 Merv Langfield and Jill Rubie 13; Jeff Liebich and Robin Pols 14 May Jones and John Cole 13; Lorraine Todd and Noel Jolliffe 14 Jill Rubie and Merv Langfield 13; John Browne 14 May Jones and Rex Toole 12; Harley Stewart and Geoff Coles 14 Allan Jones and Rex Toole 12.

GOLF CROQUET

It was another nice day for Golf Croquet on Tuesday 29 when we had 32 players rearing to go again. There were five players that managed to win three games: John Farah, Jill Rubie, Tony Thomson, Mal Smith and May Jones.

BIG WINNERS: 11—2 Kevin Rubie and Tony Thomson; 10—3 Bruce Field and Bill Scott, Neville Spry and Fay Picker.

CLOSE GAMES: Kevin Rubie and Sue Jolliffe 7 Sally Perry and Fay Picker 6; Allan Jones and Tony Thomson 7 Neville Spry and Robin Pols 6; May Jones and Bill Scott 7 Geoff Coles and Rex Toole 6; Carolyn Neilsen and Ray Martin 7 Lorraine and Alex Todd 6; May Jones and Robin Pols 7 Colleen Liebich and Sandy Hepburn 6; Merv Langfield and Mal Smith 7 Geoff Coles and Carolyn Neilsen 6; Neil Gilmour and Tony Thomson 7 Lorraine Todd and Rex Toole 6; Elvy Quirk and Alex Todd 7 Fay Picker and Dorelle Scott 6

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It was a beautiful sunny morning on Saturday when 28 players took to the courts for Aussie croquet in Forbes.

Winners of three games: Neville Spry, Colleen Liebich, Elvy Quirk, and May Jones. 

Big winners: Ray Burridge & Peter West 14 Merv Langfield & Doreen Rodgers 8; Sandy Hepburn & Noel Jolliffe 14 Marie Spry & Allan Jones 9; Cheryl Toohey & Neville Spry 14 Fay Picker & John Browne 10; John Farrah & Allan Jones 14 Carolyn Neilson & Marie Spry 10. Some close games: Kevin Ruby & Lorraine Todd 14 Ray Burridge & Rex Toole 13; Marie Spry & Dorelle Scott 14 Harley Stewart & Lorraine Todd 13; Elvy Quirk & Harley Stewart 14 Doreen Rodgers & Jeff Liebich 12; Lorraine Todd & Rex Toole 14 Alex Todd & Dorelle Scott 12; John Browne & Ray Burridge 14 Harley Stewart & Robin Pols 12; Elvy Quirk & Jeff Liebich 14 Jill Rubie & Doreen Rodgers 12; Colleen Liebich & Carolyn Neilson 14 Bill Scott & His Shadow 11; May Jones & Noel Jolliffe 14 Dorelle Scott & Peter West 11.

By Through The Hoop 

We had 26 players for Aussie Croquet last Saturday. It was good to be back after all the rain and to see a nice sunny day. There were six players who won three games: Sandy Hepburn, John Browne, Merv Langfield, Elvy Quirk, Nevillle Spry and Bill Scott.

BIG WINNERS

14—8 Elvy Quirk and John Job; 14—9 Elvy Quirk and John Browne, Sandy Hepburn and Ray Burridge, John Browne and Alex Todd.

After our games we held our annual general meeting and election of office bearers: President – Elvy Quirk; Vice-President – Kevin Rubie, Secretary – Colleen Liebich; Treasurer – Elvy Quirk; Vice-Treasurer – May Jones; Committee – John Browne, Neville Spry, John Farah, Ray Burridge and Allan Jones; Publicity Officer – Tony Thomson.

Three members were made life members for their untiring work for the club. Congratulations to Elvy Quirk, Neville Spry and John Browne!

We had 28 keen players on Tuesday who dad to duck in and out of showers of rain. There were five players that managed three games: Ray Burridge, John Farah, Kevin Rubie Mal Smith and Peter West

BIG WINNERS

11-2 Peter West and Mal Smith; 10 – 3 John Browne and John Job, Colleen Liebich and John Farah, Peter West and John Job.

SOME CLOSE GAMES

Allan Jones and Neville Spry 7 Merv Langfield and Noel Jolliffe 6; Jill Rubie and Bruce Field 7 May Jones and Tony Thomson 6; Noel Jolliffe and Jenny Job 7 Bill Scott and Rex Toole 6; Ray Burridge and Peter West 7 John Job and Allan Jones 6; Noel Jolliffe 7 Fay Picker and Carolyn Neilsen 6; Kevin Rubie and Ray Burridge 8 Elvy Quirk and Bruce Field 5; Iren Ford and Bill Scott 8 John Job and Vince Roberts 5; Dorelle Scott and Mal Smith 8 Marie Spry and John Browne 5; Kevin Rubie and Alex Todd 8 Vince Roberts and Fay Picker 5; Elvy Quirk and Bill Scott 8 Neville Spry and Rex Toole 5; John Farah and Iren Ford 8 Colleen Liebich and Tony Thomson 5; Marie Spry and Jill Rubie 9 Sally Perry and Rex Toole 4

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Rain again won the Day for Aussie Croquet last Saturday.

Then on Tuesday, Council cancelled all games on Council fields.

We have our annual general meeting after Aussie Croquet tomorrow (Saturday, 29th October). If it rains again the meeting will still take place at the club house starting at 10am. All are welcome.

Play will now be starting at 9am. Let’s hope the weather will be kind to us. That’s it for now.

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With flood waters rising we had 29 players for Aussie Croquet on Saturday. Three players had three wins – John Cole, Kevin Rubie and Alex Todd.

BIG WINS

• 14—8 John Farah and Harley Stewart,Alex Todd and Kevin Rubie, LorraineTodd and John Farah

• 14—9 Geoff Coles and Alex Todd, JillRubie and John Cole, Fay Picker andKevin Rubie

CLOSE GAMES

Carolyn Neilsen and Fay Picker 14 Bill Scott and Marie Spry 13; Cheryle Toohey and Neville Spry 14 Wayne Smith and Ray Burridge 13; Jill Rubie and Robin Pols 14 Jeff Liebich and Marie Spry 13; Doreen Rogers and Allan Jones 14 Lorraine Todd and Robin Pols 12; Cheryle Toohey and Bill Scott 14 Carolyn Neilsen and Neville Spry 12; Carolyn Neilsen and Neville Spry 14 Fay Picker and Peter West 12; Wayne Smith and Ray Burridge 14 Carolyn Neilsen and Marie Spry 11; Bob Murray and John Cole 14 Lorraine Todd and Jill Rubie 11; Doreen Rogers and Robin Pols 14 Dorelle Scott and May Jones 11; Wayne Smith and Ray Burridge 14 Tony Thomson and May Jones 11; Kevin Rubie 14 John Job10; Geoff Coles and John Farah 14 Colleen Liebich and John Job 10; Harley Stewart and Dorelle Scott 14 May Jones and Tony Thomson 10

With flood waters receding on Tuesday, we had 31 players for Golf Croquet. A big total of seven players had three wins – John Browne, Merv Langfield, Robin Pols, Neville Spry, John Farah, Colleen Liebich and Sally Perry.

BIG WINS

• 10—3 Colleen Liebich and Tony Thomson, Robin Pols and Bruce Field

• 9—4 Colleen Liebich, Neville Spry andLorraine Todd, John Browne and SallyPerry

CLOSE GAMES

Neville Spry and Rex Toole 7 Elvy Quirk and Lorraine Todd 6; John Farah and Geoff Coles 7 Peter West and Sandy Hepburn 6; Kevin Rubie and Iren Ford 7 Alex Todd and Ray Martin 6; John Browne and Merv Langfield 7 Jill Rubie and Vince Roberts 6; John Farah and Tony Thomson 7 Sandy Hepburn and Fay Picker 6; Elvy Quirk and Merv Langfield 7 Alex Todd and Marie Spry 6; May Jones and John Farah 7 Geoff Coles and Ray Martin 6; Colleen Liebich and Lorraine Todd 7 Carolyn Neilsen and Alex Todd 6; Sandy Hepburn and Fay Picker 7 John Job 6; Neville Spry and Jill Rubie 7 Bill Scott and Tony Thomson 6; Bruce Field and Merv Langfield 7 Elvy Qoirk and Rex Toole 6; John Browne and Robin Pols 7 Dorelle Scott and Lyal Strudwick 6; Bill Scott 8 Lyal Strudwick and John Job 5; Dorelle Scott and Sally Perry 8 Jeff Liebich and Joan Littlejoh 5; Jeff Liebich and Bill Scott 8 Jill Rubie and Bruce Field 5; Peter West and Lyal Strudwick 8 Vince Roberts and Kevin Rubie 5; Ray Martin and Robin Pols 8 Dorelle Scott and Carolyn Neilsen 5; Kevin Rubie 8 Marie Spry 5.

Congratulations to Neville Spry on his 80th! 

Our annual general meeting is on Saturday, 29th October.

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Saturday washed out, but Tuesday was sunny and we had a big turn up of 39, including two new payers Richard and Ann Parker, and a visitor Wayne Smith.

There were four players who managed three games: Robin Pols, Carolyn Neilsen, John Cole and Neville Spry.

BIG WINNERS

10 – 3 Carolyn Neilsen and Robin Pols, Neville Spry and Bill Scott, Bob Murray and John Cole; 9 – 4 Geoff Coles and John Job,

Kevin Rubie and Rex Toole (twice), John Farah, Neville Spry and Lorraine Todd, Geoff Coles and John Farah.

SOME CLOSE GAMES

Allan Jones and Alex Todd 7 Elvy Quirk and John Job 6; Jeff Liebich and Sally Perry 7 Noel Jolliffe and Ann Parker 6; Robin Pols and Joan Littlejohn 7 Fay Picker and Allan Jones 6; Bill Scott 7 Rex Toole 6; Alex Todd and Jenny Job 7 Ray Martin and Ann Parker 6; Carolyn Neilsen and Allan Jones 7 Geoff Coles and Marie Spry 6; Iren Ford and Colleen Liebich 7 Bill Scott and John Farah 6; Ray Burridge and Wayne Smith 7 John Browne and Ray Martin 6; May Jones and Jill Rubie 8 Noel Jolliffe and Ann Parker 5.

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We had 25 players for Aussie Croquet on a pleasant semi-overcast Saturday morning with only two players managing three games – Robin Pols and Neville Spry.

Big winners: 14 – 9 Harley Stewart and Dorelle Scott, John Farah, Bob Murray and Joan Littlejohn.

We had 39 players for Golf croquet, which is close to a new record! We had two visitors, Tom Hannon, brother-in-law to Sandy Hepburn, and Wendy Slacksmith, daughter of Merv Langfield, and one new player, Ray Martin.

A few weeks ago, we lost a very special member Libby Smart, she used to set up the courts every morning before play and did a lot of work around the club, she will certainly be missed. At the start of play this morning we held a minute silence for her.

There were 7 players who managed 3 games: Ray Burridge, Kevin Rubie, Vince Roberts, Mal Smith, Bill Scott and again Robin Pols (how does she do it?)

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Rain was the winner for Aussie Croquet on Saturday. We had 24 players for Golf Croquet on Tuesday. Five players managed three games: Geoff Coles, John Farah, Mal Smith, Tony Thomson and Alex Todd.

BIG WINNERS: 10 – 3 Neville Spry and Geoff Coles, Alex Todd and Mal Smith, Rex Toole and Geoff Coles; 9 – 4 Noel Jolliffe and Joan Littlejohn, John Farah and Bruce Field, Peter West and Mal Smith, Neville Spry and Mal Smith, Sandy Hepburn and Tony Thomson, Bruce Field.

CLOSE GAMES: John Farah and Geoff Coles 7 Lorraine Todd and Bruce Field 6; Marie Spry and John Job 7 May Jones and Peter West 6; Lyal Strudwick and Sally Perry 7 Joan Littlejohn and Sandy Hepburn 6; Fay Picker and Alex Todd 7 May Jones and Iren Ford 6; Allan Jones and Tony Thomson 8 Noel Jolliffe and Neville Spry 5; Fay Picker and Carolyn Neilsen 8 John Job and Rex Toole 5; Rex Toole and Tony Thomson 8 Jenny Job and Lorraine Todd 5; John Farah and Merv Langfield 8 Marie Spry and Lyal Strudwick 5 ; Alex Todd and Lyal Strudwick 8 Merv Langfield and May Jones 5

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