Everyone is invited to join the Forbes Cro­quet Club in celebrating World Croquet Day on 1 May with a special morning of Aus­sie Croquet followed by a light lunch in the shade area. Should there be some players who have not played Aussie Croquet and wish to play Golf Croquet on the day they will certainly be catered for.

Of course daylight savings finished on Sunday 6 April and we put our clocks back one hour but Croquet will still start at 9am with 8.45am arrival until the days get much cooler and then we will alter the time so as the members who set up certainly will not need to come as early.

Any members who feel they would like to help set up please come down at 8am, your help would be much appreciated as some of us that have been setting up for many years are getting to a mature age where we don’t bounce around like we used to.

Croquet is a game for young and old.

Age is no barrier. “Croquet players are happy people.”

By Elvy Quirk

A flash back to when Lorraine and Alec Todd were playing, working and supporting the Club. The Forbes Croquet Club has over 70 members, so if you want to join in on the fun come on down.

Aussie Croquet was played on Saturday 29 March, with 31 in attendance. A deci­sion made earlier to play well and truly paid off, as the rain which was needed sadly did not arrive. We once again had two visitors: namely Suzanne Theuns and Glenn Toole.

Glenn has visited and played quite a few times before and is now getting quite smart at the game.

Golf Croquet was played on Tuesday 1 April, with 41 players in attendance on what was a very pleasant morning.

To start the morning President, Elvy caught all forty players out with an April Fools Day story that was told so well, she had all of them believing! They were all quite relieved when she finally admitted it was an April Fools story.

Visitors on the day were Suzanne Theuns and Belinda Facey. Belinda had her first try at croquet and is already showing promise.

On Tuesday, we again held our bi-month­ly luncheon at Isabels Place where the food was absolutely delightful with all choosing their own. We again celebrated birthdays for the month of April and those celebrat­ing were John Allegri, Mal Smith and Robin Pols. Best wishes to all.

Once again, a reminder that we are cel­ebrating World Croquet Day on Thursday 1 May when we will play Aussie Croquet followed by a light lunch in the shade area.

Croquet is a game for young and old, age is no barrier. If you would like to try the game, come down on a Tuesday at 8.30am and you will be placed with an experienced player to get to know the ins and outs of the game. There are mallets you can borrow.

The cost is $5 to play, and membership is $20, which includes morning tea.

By Elvy Quirk

Head along and enjoy the social aspect of croquet.

Last week, on 26 February Sue Wade cel­ebrated her 80th Birthday and everyoneenjoyed a lovely cake to celebrate at cro­quet. President, Elvy presented Sue withher O.B.E. and wished her fun, laughter,happiness and health for the future.

Aussie Croquet was played on a warmmorning on 15 March and 29 players werein attendance. Some good scores were re­corded on the day with wins of 14/11 and14/13. It was lovely to see Belinda Faceycome down to watch the game and hope­fully we will see Belinda take up the gamein the near future. Mark Toohey also camedown to have a game and will hopefully joinus again soon.

On Tuesday 18 March, Golf Croquetwas played with 32 in attendance. It wasa coolermorning. Three games were won by NoelJolliffe, Kevin Rubie, Peter West and KevinWenning. Well done to those players. Itwas great to see Mark Toohey join us againfor a game.

On 18 March we also held a Generalmeeting with 28 members in attendanceand there were 5 apologies. It was decid­ed at the meeting that we would celebrateWorld Croquet Day on 1 May with a gameof Aussie Croquet and a luncheon to follow.

The luncheon will be held in the shade areaand it should be a nice opportunity to gettogether.

New members Peter Mackay togetherwith Irene and Neil Riley seem to be enjoy­ing the sport.

Our next Birthday luncheon will be heldon 1 April at Isabel’s Place.

By Elvy Quirk