Author: budecroquet

Our last match of the season. Our neighbours from Barnstaple came down and despite a damp, cloudy day we enjoyed a full day of croquet, followed by tea. The lawns looked splendid thanks to a lot of mowing by John, the reorganised shed made a great kitchen and thanks to our new ability to use … Continue reading Bude v Barnstaple →

July 4th 2019 Team Captain, Brian Donahue, holds the Bude Plate after Bude Croquet Club defeated St Agnes 14: 6 at The Old Tennis Courts, having also won The Pasty Trophy in St Agnes last month. J Bosworth won all five of his games, G Varcoe and C Ham both played successfully and Julia Hilder … Continue reading Bude v St Agnes home match →

A glorious November day. We got the grass cut, the repairs are looking good and the new grass growing well. Hopefully the birds won't do too much more damage

Thankfully it was a glorious afternoon in Bude today as we had yet more repairs to do to the grass. We have had so much damage done by birds, and whenever we make repairs they come back and start again. This time hopefully our work won't be in vain. The large area of grass that … Continue reading Another Work Day →

July 23rd 2018 After a lot of hard work preparing the lawns, the purchase of a marquee and generous donations and loans of "camping equipment" we were ready to host our first home match. Our near neighbours from Barnstaple CC came down and we enjoyed a day of close fought matches followed by tea in … Continue reading Bude v Barnstaple →