The beautiful shade area funded by the Forbes Croquet Club.
On Saturday 3rd February Croquet players met to play a game of Aussie Croquet which was enjoyed by all. It was quite a warm day but starting earlier at 8.30 am meant we got our three games finished before the heat prevailed.
14/13 scores were recorded by John Farah & Cheryl Toohey def Rex Toole & Peter West, Kevin Rubie def Harley Stewart.
Many 14/11 scores and they were recorded by the following: John Allegri & Geoff Coles def Marie Spry & Allan Jones, Bruce Field & Phillip Moran def Elvy Quirk & Merv Langfield, John Browne & John Job def Robin Pols & Vince Roberts, Allan Jones & Phillip Moran def Ros Rennick & John Job, John Allegri & John Farah def Harley Stewart & Geoff Coles, David Williams & Kevin Rubie def Robin Pols & John Allegri, Vince Roberts def Marie Spry, Peter West &; Neil Hawke def Fay Picker & Cheryl Toohey, Phillip Moran & Harley Stewart def Elvy Quirk & Geoff Coles, Kevin Rubie & Marie Spry def Cheryl Toohey & Russell Anderson. Other minor scores of 14/10 and 14/9 were also recorded on the day.
Winners of all three games on the day were John Browne, John Cole, Phillip Moran, Kevin Rubie & Neville Spry.
On Tuesday 6th February there were no games played due to the rain overnight.
Seniors week commences 11th March and Forbes Croquet Club are hosting an Open Day on Tuesday 12th March commencing at 8.30 am. If you would like to try a game of croquet come down to Halpins Flat at 8.15 am to get your name in to play. All you need is flat soled shoes, mallets are available for loan at the Club. Don’t sit at home in the corner wondering what you can do to fill in your days, come and join us for Croquet.
By Whose who in Croquet