We had 25 players for Aussie Croquet on Saturday on a very foggy morning, we even had trouble seeing the courts on arriving. There were two players with three wins, Merv Langfield and Jeff Liebich.

Big wins were:

• 14 – 8 Colleen Liebich and Merv Langfield, Jeff Liebich and John Allegri, Barry White, John Browne and John Farah.

• 14 – 9 John Browne and Barry White, Alex Todd and Geoff Coles, John Farah and Marie Spry, John Allegri and Tony Thomson.

We had 29 players on a very pleasant Tuesday, which happen to be the shortest day of the Year, so we had to get our games over quickly! There were four winners of three games, Geoff Coles, Lyn Simmonds, Kevin Rubie and Bill Scott.

Big wins were:

• 10 – 3 Peter West and Marie Spry, John Cole and Joan Littlejohn.

• 9 – 4 Neville Spry and John Farah, Carolyn Neilsen and Geoff Coles, Lyn Simmonds and Jill Rubie, Kevin Rubie and Bill Scott, Barry White and Mal Smith, Neville Spry and Geoff Coles, Robin Pols.

That’s it until next week, when the days start getting longer!

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Only 18 players turned up for Aussie Croquet on Saturday as the long weekend took a few players away. There were four players who won three games: Robin Pols, Cheryle Toohey, Ray Burridge and Neville Spry

ALL CLOSE GAMES: Neville Spry and Ray Burridge 14 John Farah and Merv Langfield 13; John Cole and Cheryle Toohey 14 Joan Littlejohn and John Browne 12; Robin Pols and Merv Langfield 14 Lorraine Todd and Noel Jolliffe 12; Cheryle Toohey and Neville Spry 14 Lorraine Todd and John Cole 12; Jill Rubie and Tony Thomson 14 Elvy Quirk and Bruce Field 10; John Allegri 14 Geoff Coles 10; Neville Spry 14 Lorraine and Alex Todd 10; Jill Rubie and John Allegri 14 John Browne and Joan Littlejohn 10; John Cole and John Farah 14 Merv Langfield and Marie Spry 10; Cheryle Toohey and Ray Burridge 14 Bruce Field and Tony Thomson 10; Geoff Coles and Robin Pols 14 Elvy Quirk and Noel Jolliffe 10; John Farah and Geoff Coles 14 Merv Langfield and Bruce Field 10; Noel Jolliffe and Ray Burridge 14 Jill Rubie and Tony Thomson 10; Elvy Quirk and Robin Pols 14 Alex Todd and Merv Langfield 10.

What a beautiful sunny day it was for golf croquet on Tuesday when we saw some sun for first time in a while. There were five players who managed three games: Robin Pols, John Cole, Geoff Coles, Colleen Liebich and Tony Thomson.

BIG WINNERS: 10—3 John Cole and John Farah, Noel Jolliffe and Mal Smith; 9—4 John Farah and Tony Thomson, Carolyn Neilsen and Jeff Liebich, Kevin Rubie, Barry White and Neville Spry, Colleen Liebich and Mal Smith.

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We had 25 players for Aussie Croquet on an overcast day last Saturday, and two guests, Cathy Coles and Robert Kimble. There were two winners of three games, Kevin Rubie and Barry White. 

Big Winners: 14 – 9 Marie Spry and Neville Spry; 14 – 10 Lyn Simmonds and John Allegri, Kevin Rubie and Noel Jolliffe, Cheryle Toohey and Barry White, Kevin Rubie and Robert Kimble, John Cole and Lyn Simmonds. 

Close Games: John Job and Barry White 14 Robert Kimble and Tony Thomson 13; Jill Rubie and Peter West 14; Colleen Liebich and Noel Jolliffe 13; Colleen Liebich and Jill Rubie 14; Robin Pols and Noel Jolliffe 12; Peter West and Elvy Quirk 14; John Browne 12; John Browne and John Job 14; John Farah and John Allegri 12; Kevin Rubie and Jeff Liebich 14; Joan Littlejohn and Cheryle Toohey 11; Tony Thomson and Barry White 14; Merv Langfield and Marie Spry 11; Elvy Quirk and Cheryle Toohey 14; John Cole and Joan Littlejohn 11; Colleen Liebich and Alex Todd 14; Robin Pols 11; John Farah and Robert Kimble 14; Lyn Simmonds and Neville Spry 11 

On Tuesday we had 34 players for Golf Croquet on a semi-pleasant winter’s morning. There were five players who won three games: May Jones, Elvy Quirk, Mal Smith, Tony Thomson and Bill Scott. 

Big Winners: 10 – 3 Noel Jolliffe and Geoff Coles; 9 – 4 Jeff Liebich and Bill Scott 

Close Games (some results): 

• Colleen Liebich and Sally Perry 7 John Browne and Neville Spry 6;
• John Job and Mal Smith 7 Ray Burridge and Sue Jolliffe 6;
• May Johns 7 Dorelle Scott 6;
• Lorraine Todd and Bill Scott 7 Lyn Simmonds and John Allegri 6;
• John Farah and Elvy Quirk 7 Robin Pols and Jenny Job 6;
• Iren Ford and Alex Todd 7; Rex Toole and Allan Jones 6;
• Neville Spry and Tony Thomson 7 Colleen Liebich and Ray Burridge 6;
• John Allegri and Merv Langfield 7 John Cole and Jenny Job 6;
• Bruce Field 7 Merv Langfield and John Farah 6;
• Kevin Rubie and John Job 7 Robin Pols and Lyn Simmonds 6 

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Eighteen very keen players turned up on Saturday in the cold, rainy weather with two players managing three games, John Browne and John Cole. 

Big winners were 14—9 John Browne and Colleen Liebich, Neville Spry and Tony Thomson. 

On Tuesday, 17 players played on the last day of Autumn that felt like mid-Winter. It was raining at 8:30am, and everyone was keen to start when the rain stopped at 9am. 

There three players who had three wins John – Farah, Kevin Rubie and Tony Thomson. 

Big winners were 10 – 3 John Farah and John Browne; 9—4 Kevin Rubie and Peter West, Tony Thomson and Kevin Rubie. 

Close Games (some results) were:
• John Farah 7 Colleen Liebich 6;
• Alex Todd and Tony Thomson 7 Mal Smith and Sue Jolliffe 6;
• John Browne 7 Peter West and Robin Pols 6;
• John Allegri and John Job 7 Colleen Liebich and Sue Jolliffe 6. 

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