2024-07-06

RIP SHIRLEY HALLINAN

1932 – 2024

It is with great sadness that we report that Shirley Hallinan has died. She was widely known across Croquet Victoria and will be fondly remembered by the many players she coached, encouraged, refereed, and supported.

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2024-06-17

Croquet Victoria Council 2024/25

Croquet Victoria's Annual General Meeting was held at the Victorian Croquet Centre on Monday 17 June.

Re-elected to leadership positions were Sarina Cevaal-Hewitt (Twin City), Secretary, and Stephen Forster (Belmont), Vice-President.

Kate Patrick (Brunswick) continues as President and Claire Keating (Williamstown) continues as Treasurer for a further year - the election of President and Treasurer is due in 2025. 

The AGM elected Ian Potter (Boort / Regional Director Murray Valley) to the Committee of Management. The subsequent Council meeting appointed Rita Jenkins (Shepparton) to one of the two remaining CoM vacancies.

New Regional Directors joining the Council are Janelle Morris (Geelong, Heather Dawn (Northern District), and Rachel Cousins (Wimmera). 

Welcome to the new members of Council: Rita Jenkins, Janelle Morris, Heather Dawn and Rachel Cousins!

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Croquet Season Opening 2024

Croquet Season Opening was held  on 31^st July   at Cairnlea VCC , to commence the 2024-25 season.

A big thank you to all the clubs who made an effort to attend. We had a social but competitive day of play  which ended in sunshine.

Around  50 players attended. Support came from Quarry Hill, Ballarat, Drysdale, Kyneton, Gisbourne/ Macedon, Brimbank, Essendon, Brunswick, Ringwood, Kew and Lilydale. Thank you for the effort made by these players, we hope to see more new faces at next year’s event.

Brian Foley – well known  to the Association croquet community ran the 1^st hoop of the season.

Mike Cohn gave a presentation speech outlining Brian’s lengthy association with croquet and the huge effort he has put in over many years to support  AC at both VCA and ACA level. This is over many roles including referee, referee examiner, selector for AC and chairman of AC selectors.

Kate Patrick VCA president welcomed all attendees.

A light luncheon was held with games before and after the 1^st official hoop was run. This allowed us to socialize and meet up with many new players. We hope to see everyone at VCC again in the near future.

Good luck everyone for the new 2024-25 croquet season.

Open day 

Brian Foley running the first hoop               Ringwood players                 Quarry Hill players

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2024-08-04

VCA Open Men’s and Women’s Championship

This tournament was held at VCC on 3^rd and 4^th August. Initially the weather was cold, but the days cleared, and Sunday was a beautiful sunny afternoon to accompany a wonderful final series.

25 men and 13 women competed over the 2 days, so courts were busy and double banked. Thanks to Terry Wilson ( Wangaratta) and his team  of referees for making this weekend so successful- thanks to Betty Moran, Margaret Johnston, Tom Dixon, Ian Matthews, Graham Smith, Janet Cavanagh.

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2024-08-07

Together More Active Player Development Program

Introductory level workshops in Association Croquet have been held at Kew Croquet Club on four days so far. The program supported under the Victorian Government “Together More Active” scheme consists of three 2-day workshops each spaced about 2 months apart. The workshops were aimed at near beginners of the code.

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