Christmas Dinner and the 2024 Croquet Awards
Christmas dinner marks the time of year when the competition trophies are presented to the players, and of course it is that time when we come together to share the traditional Christmas meal. The Ferguson Fawsitt at Walkington was the venue chosen for this year.
There was a professional photographer present from Beverly Life and he captured both the winners and four important members of the committee: starting on the left with Maureen Goodchild (Maureen was our previous Secretary), Angela Stones (Chair), Steve Killick, (Treasurer) and Sally Layton (Social Secretary) who plans the social activities for the club and keeps us together throughout the year.
I think everyone will agree it was a lovely evening with an organised raffle and lots of super prizes. We entertained two members of the Swanland U3A and a couple of players who have retired from the game but still like to keep in touch socially. If you didn’t attend you missed out. If you did attend, I hope you got home safely.
The Annual Trophy results are as follows and appear in the order presented:
Graham King won the 1-Ball competition in September, which is named after the much-loved player Elspeth Johnston who is no longer with us;
Robin Edwards won the AC Singles Cup also known as the Mike Evans Cup and he also won the Association Short Lawn Cup in August;
Steve Killick won the Short Bowl competition;
And Mike won the Arnold Bowl Cup, which is given in recognition for the most improved player in the season.
Well done everyone.
