Croquet New South Wales

NOW OPEN 👉 2027 Croquet Australia Player & Official Grants‼

Croquet Australia is committed to assisting the development of players with the potential to represent Australia at national and international events, and officials (including tournament managers and assistant managers, referees and coaches) with the potential to perform senior managerial or officiating duties at National or International events.

Six grants of up to $500 are available to support players, coaches, referees, tournament managers, and gateball participants aiming for national or international success.

Applications close 5pm, Friday 2 October 2026.
Details & eligibility 👉https://bit.ly/4iFHUlM

🇦🇺 AUS GC Gold & Silver Medal | 2-4 September. Mark Scruton is representing NSW/ACT in this event. 🎥 Livestreaming links below:
DAY 1 (on now) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PpDC3tARNQ
DAY 2 - https://www.youtube.com/live/f8eh0HstvdQ?si=QtDbEBENHc9Bzdme
DAY 3 - https://www.youtube.com/live/OwEetSnbom8?si=CWXQ4l3A6FSxkcYe

Livestreaming for the 12-days of the GC Nationals will be available on the Croquet Victoria YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/CroquetVictoria1

Congratulations go to Rob Ey & Aniko Osvald, winners of the 2026 NSW GC Open Doubles tournament, held at Newcastle National Park Croquet Club, 21-23 August.

Well done to all entrants, and thank you to the TM and team at Newcastle NP CC, the referees and timekeepers who gave their time to assist with the running of the competition.

🥇 Rob Ey & Aniko Osvald [Canberra / Mosman]
🥈 Pauline Markwell & Chris Williamson [Royal Sydney Golf Club / Toronto]

3rd place - Jill Sullivan & Tony Croft [Cooks River / Port Macquarie]
4th place - Doug Cornish & Brian Mitchell [Nowra / Nowra]

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RESULTS
Croquet Scores: https://croquetscores.com/2026/gc/nsw-open-doubles/competition/x-bo3
CNSW website: https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/events-info/results-cnsw-events

Photos kindly supplied by Richard Clancy.

Croquet Australia has forwarded information for NSW Clubs and Members. Visit our news portal for details:
https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/news/croquet-australia-info-for-nsw-clubs-and-members-august-2026

▪️Nominations Committee Chairperson.
▪️Croquet Victoria - discounted accommodation with Quest-Watergardens.
▪️GC Carnival of Events being held at Cairnlea in September.
▪️Association Croquet Presidents 8s - entries closing soon.
▪️Online Support Available.

Croquet Australia

📣 AC PRESIDENTs 8s 📣 ➡️ ENTRIES CLOSING SOON‼️

A reminder to all AC players - the closing date to register an Expression of Interest for the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ Association Croquet Presidents 8s is fast approaching!

Register NOW to secure your spot ⬇
https://www.croquet-australia.com.au/events/282638
(closing date - Monday 31 August)

2026 NSW Gateball Championships will be held at Nowra Croquet Club in October. This tournament is open to any Australian and international competitors who are affiliated with their state or equivalent associations.
Closing date for entries is 25 September.
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Enter DOUBLES event: https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/events/322442
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Enter TEAMS event: https://www.croquetnsw.org.au/events/322445

2026 NSW Ricochet Division 2 Singles Championship:
Phyllis Waters wins this year's RC Division 2 tournament.
Hosted at Forster Croquet Club on 8-9 August 2026.

Six players with RC handicaps between 4 and 9 competed in a round robin (level play with a 2h time limit per game).
In Block play, Peter Long (Forster) won his 5 games and Phyllis Waters (Lismore) won 4. As top scorers, both went on to play against each other in the best-of-three X Final, with Phyllis winning in two, scoring 22 - 10 and 18 - 17. Congratulations Phyllis for winning this event for the third consecutive year.

🥇 Phyllis Waters [Lismore]
🥈 Peter Long [Forster]

In the Y Knock out play-off Peter Deeth (Coutts Crossing) came 3rd and Ruth Mulvaney (Toronto) came 4th.
Thank you to the referees: Janine Crellin and Penny Jude on Friday and Saturday and Bridget Earle and Sue Moss on Sunday.
Thank you Aileen Matlawski for managing the event and the Forster Club for their hospitality.

[Report by Bridget Earle, Port Macquarie Croquet Club]

📣JOB OPPORTUNITY📣

Croquet Australia is looking for someone to fill a great role with a National Sporting Organisation supporting 6 state bodies, 280 clubs and over 10,000 members across Australia.

If you are passionate about sport and have great skills & experience in administration, communications & marketing, we would love to hear from you!

To apply: https://bit.ly/45tCP8F (closes 19 Aug)

Following a recent statewide survey, Croquet NSW manufactured and distributed custom 'Play Croquet' banners to help clubs promote croquet in their area. Here are a few of them in action across NSW.
Further to our article in the July Newsletter, we have only a few left in stock. If your club would like a 'Play Croquet' banner to help promote the sport locally, please email Jaki ([email protected]) to request one.