Bude Croquet Club was founded in 2016, when we first started playing on the Castle green before moving to Bude Recreation Ground later in the year.
With the generous support of Bude and Stratton Town Council, we were able to move to our permanent home on the Old Tennis Courts in 2017. We built our four lawns from scratch and now lovingly maintain them ourselves. Although maybe not the flattest of lawns we are so lucky to have sea views and the sound of the waves as a backdrop to our games.
Recently we found out that although the site we play on is known as The Old Tennis Courts it was originally home to Summerleaze Croquet Club, which was active from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th. It held national competitions on our whole site and even on the land that is now the cricket club.
We built our clubhouse in 2023 which has enabled us to expand the social side of our club and offers protection from the weather throughout the year.
We play all year round seven days a week (weather permitting) and someone can generally be found playing or maintaining the lawns most days.
Our roll-up club sessions for members are Tuesday, Friday and Sunday mornings at 10am-12pm, and in the summer on Thursday evenings at 6pm-8pm, during which time we can guarantee a game and receive some coaching, either from other more experienced members or our own CA qualified coach.
Now playing in league matches, we also play friendly matches against other clubs in Cornwall and Devon through the summer. We also have active club tournaments, ladders and in-house competitions.
In November 2024 Bude Croquet Club became a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) which gives the club a charity-like status and enables us to claim Gift Aid on donations.
CASC Registered number CH12942
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