On Saturday 5 April Aussie croquet was played with 28 in attendance. It was a cool start, but a very pleasant morning.

Three games were won by Elvy Quirk, Lyn Simmonds, Marie Spry and David West. Whilst two games were won by Col­leen Liebich, Robin Pols, Vince Roberts, Kevin Rubie, Cheryl Toohey, Rex Toole, Kevin Wenning and Peter West.

Golf croquet was played on Tuesday 8 April with 39 players in attendance. Three games were won by John Browne, Sally Perry, Fay Picker, Elvy Quirk, Vince Rob­erts, Lyn Simmonds and Rex Toole. Whilst two games winners included John Farah, Allan Jones, Noel Jolliffe, Ray Martin, Rob­in Pols, Mal Smith, Lyall Strudwick, Peter West and Kevin Wenning. Congratulations to all of these players.

Robin Pols is our longest serving mem­ber and still plays a great game. Well done.

On Thursday 1 May the Forbes Croquet Club will be hosting a special day of croquet to celebrate World Croquet Day. There will be some fun games on the day, along with prizes and a light lunch will be served in the shade area after play. Everyone is wel­come to come along.

By Elvy Quirk
President, Forbes Croquet Club

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