APRIL 2926

The end of the Season is coming up. with the AGM and closing day on Saturday 2nd MAY starting at 10 in the morning, with the AGM then a BBQ lunch. See yo all there..

JANUARY 2026

We started the New Year off with the CNZ ASSOCIATION CROQUET OPEN TOURNAMENT 3-10 January. It was a great success. Thanks to all the members who helped with the running of this tournament. It was held over 7 days and was lots of work by many members, who made it a great success. The participants were most impressed with the condition of our lawns and also with the help from the members. The weather was kind too. The first 3 days were the Doubles tournament and the last 4 were the Singles.

The Doubles was won by Paddy Chapman and Edmund Fordyce, who have both played International croquet for NZ.

The Singles Title went to Logan McCorkindale from Christchurch. He has also represented NZ It was good to see such young men playing the game. Their play was great to watch.

Then last week on Thursday 14th we had a downpower of rain and the lawns were flooded so badly that play has been postponed for the weekend. I have posted a photo of the lawns uder water. Lets hope the weather is kind for the rest of the week so the lawns recover.

OCTOBER 2025 Well we have had very unsettled weather this month, which has affected Croquet play I hope the coming November will be much better. Look forward to seeing you all on the lawns in the sunshine

SEPTEMBER 2025

Saturday 6th OPENING DAY

A good day although a little cold wind, but we had about 40 people turn up for the BBQ lunch which was sponsored by Hobson Mills Law.

No games could be played in the morning as the lawns were very soft after the overnight rain, so the prizes were raffled out to members after lunch. Then both Codes were played in the afternoon. A good start to the season. Thanks to our Committee who provided the sweet treats.

AUGUST 2025

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT: Still playing competitive croquet at 101 years and 261 days old, Neville Sandiford competed in an 80+ Tournament at Waikanae Croquet Club on 15 August. Croquet New Zealand sanctioned the tournament and Anne McKenzie from Paraparaumu Croquet Club applied to Guinness World Records to make the attempt.

It was a beautiful day and Neville competed in all three games in his part of the round robin draw. He won one of his three games. The final was won by John Robertson and Bob McKenzie was the runner up.

The whole event was filmed by Matt McGregor and we were delighted that a reporter came from the Kapiti News.

To cap it off TVNZ sent reporter Daniel Faitaua and a camera person from Seven Sharp to interview Neville. They spent a lot of time talking to Neville, Graeme Roberts, spectators and even had a chat with the members looking after the catering in the kitchen.

Neville had a great time and was presented with a plaque to comemmorate the event.

Now we have to wait for Guinness World Records to assess the proof we will send to see if the record was acheived.

A huge thank you to Neville and everyone who came to support him and the two clubs: organisers, formal witnesses, videographers, photographers, timekeepers, kitchen staff, bringers of food, Neville's family, friends and supporters - and last, but not least the weather!

MAY 2025

On Saturday 3 May we held our Annual General Meeting. This was followed by Prize Giving and a sausage sizzle, kindly sponsored by Waikanae Funeral Home.

Association Tournaments:
Union Gold Coast Travel Cup - John Connor
Neil McDougall Memorial Challenge - Gary Lloyd
Goldfinch & Chandler Trophies - Dennis Kerr & Steve Kiteley
Patron's Trophy - Dennis Kerr
Sue Piper Silver Jubilee - John Connor & Gary Lloyd
Dorothy Ginders Trophy - Steve Kiteley

Golf Tournaments:
Tennyson Cup - Carol Thompson
Pamela Coe Plate - Linda Hall
Wilcar Cup - Wendy Lloyd
Brough Cup - Steve Kiteley & Peter Wallace
Golf Croquet Plate - Steve Kiteley

Most Improved Player:
Elsa Roskvist Trophy - Andy Johnson

JANUARY 2025

On 12 January, 2025 Waikanae Club hosted the Relish Cafe Advantage GC Doubles.

The winners were Denise Ongley & Janice Gibb from Kelburn CC. Second were Colin Bray & Sue Dixon from Paraparaumu CC. Third were Andy Johnson & Paul Michl from our club and fourth were Wendy & Gary Lloyd, also from our club. Congratulations to you all. They battled the showers, the wind and sometimes the cold. Well done to them all.

Thanks go to our four referees, plus the people who were counting on the side line who also battled with the weather elements. It was great to have their help. Thanks goes to our sponsors, Relish Café, who provided morning tea and generous prizes of vouchers for use in the café. Thank you also to our helpers in the kitchen during the day and for the baking that our members provided for afternoon tea. To our Tournament Manager, Jennifer Komar, we all say a big thank you for the hours you spent sorting it all out!

OCTOBER 2024 The Croquet New Zealand North Island Golf Croquet Championships were held at Waikanae 10-13 October. The weather was cold, occasionally sunny, and very windy but the rain held off (mostly). It was a high class field and we were priviledged to watch some amazing play. The Doubles were played Thursday and Friday at Waikanae, with the Singles played on Saturday and Sunday in both Waikanae and Paraparaumu (thank you Paraparaumu).

Congratulations to all the players, but particularly the winners:

Doubles: Callum McKinnon (Wellington) and Paul Kaiser (Canterbury) won the Open Doubles, James Duggan (Canterbury) and Michael Lauer (Nelson) were the Open Doubles Runners-up and Mei and Brian Williams (Auckland) won the Open Doubles Plate.

Singles: Levi Franks (Canterbury) won the Open Singles, Josh Winter (Canterbury) was the Runner-up and John Christie (Thames Valley) won the Open Singles Plate.

Thank you to everyone who supported the club to put on this event: Jennifer Komar the onsite tournament manager, the lawns setters, kichen staff and food contributors, referees and everyone who came to watch, admire and learn.

SEPTEMBER 2024 Opening Day scheduled for Saturday 7th is cancelled due to the condition of the lawns and KCDC needing to work on the lawns. Special General Meeting is on Sunday 8th at 10.30 am followed by the Players Meeting and the Opening Day BBQ. Please come along and have your say.

AUGUST 2024 Opening Day is scheduled for Saturday 7th September come along and enjoy firstly a BBQ and then an afrernoon of croquet see you then.

Sunday 8th September is the Special Meeting to authorise our new constitution don't forget to come it is very improtant.

JUNE 2024 On Sunday 9 June we played a Golf Croquet Winter Challenge against Plimmerton Croquet Club. Alas, this year we were soundly beaten by 28 hoops! We all had an enjoyable day though and were very grateful to Plimmerton for lending us one of their players (Roel Ymker), as we were unable to field the full team of 8 people due to sickness.

Chris Hanrahan acted as our Captain and handed over the Certificate to their Captain, Martin Saville, for safe keeping until next year when we hope to do much better!

APRIL 2024 WINTER SEASON IS APPROCHING and Waikanae lawns will be closed

Play will be at Paraparumu their playing schedule is below

Winter play will start on Saturday 11th May.

Saturday: AC 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. GC 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Tuesday: AC 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. GC 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Thursday: GC 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. AC 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Players should arrive 15 minutes before the start time to put their names on the board. There will be no jump shots and the Heretaunga rules that you used last winter will apply.

Looking forward to seeing you all. Cheers Elaine Paraparaumu Croquet Club

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FEBRUARY 2024

Sponsors BBQ evening Friday 9th February

A great evenning enjoyed by all the members who attended. It is a shame only 2 of our sponsors could attend but they did enjoy themselves. A representative from Waikanae Funeral Home came along but couldn't stay to play. Two representatives from Summerset stayed and enjoyed a great time on the lawns with our members and then participated in the BBQ. Lots of fun was had by all who attended. I hope we can get more Sponsors along next year.

DECEMBER 2023

Xmas is fast approaching and I hope to see you all at our Xmas Luncheon on Saturday 16th December. I hope you are all enjoying our lawns now. They are looking and playing well.

NOVEMBER 2023 - We hosted the CNZ Assoc Women's Invitation Event from the 10th - 12th Nuvember. The weather was kind and the players enjoyed our hospitaiity and our lawns. Thank you members for making the lawns available for this tournament. I do hope you went to play at Paraparaumu, good to play with other people also.

Xmas is fast approaching and the Xmas Luncheon is booking up fast.

September 2023:

We Opened the Summer Season with a Barbeque, and some fun games organised by Club Captain, Graeme Roberts. Thank you to our Sponsors Hobson Mills Law, who provided a sausage sizzle lunch with desert slices provided by committee members.

Winter Season ended Saturday 26 August and lawns were closed for 2 weeks for Kapiti Coast District Council to work on them.

AUGUST

Winter play is well under way and there have been lots of players from Waikanae and Paraparaumu playing, plus players from Plimmerton, Levin, Petone and Waimari/Hutt. The lawns have been very busy and it is good to see the Code of Association being played by so many. We have had up to 20 players on the lawns lots of days and I know that the Golf Code has been very busy too. Our lawns are coping well thanks to the KCDC team, they are doing a great job keeping them in good condition.

Thanks to Peter Wallace, our Grounds person, he is keeping the lawn surrounds short and the weeds removed. All looking good, a big job well done.

The Summer Season starts in about 6 weeks so looking forward to that.

MAY

The last games of the summer season will be played this Saturday the 6th of May after our AGM. The the WINTER SEASON begins the following SATURDAY 13th May.

The members of the Paraparaumu Club will be joining us for the WINTER so make sure you are early to get your name in for a game. Please make them welcome and enjoy playing with different people.

MARCH

The end of the Summer Season is fast approaching. This means our AGM is also on the Agenda for May. We need members to come forward to take up many of the positions which will becoming vacant at the end of this year. Please put your name down even if you are a fairly new member, it is a good way to get to know other members of the Club and also how everything works.

We played Levin for the Ratadalde Trophy a combined Association and Golf competition. I am pleased to say that Waikanae came out the winners this year.

The Golf Players competed against Paraparaumu for the Beth Jessop Trophy and this season the winners were Paraparaumu.

The Association Players cometed against Plimmerton for the Castle Cup which we lost this season.

FEBRUARY

We are hosting the CNZ Association Singles Tournament from Tuesday 21st to Saturday 25th so the Club will be closed for club play. Do come along to watch 12 of the top Association players in ACTION. Most of these players also play Golf Croquet so you can see that it is possible to play both Codes. Look forward to seeing a lot of members enjoing watching some good croquet.

December - Xmas Lunch

Our annual Xmas get together was held last Saturday the 17th December at the club rooms. 35 of our members had a very enjoyable time together on a wet December day partaking of the wonderful spread that was organised by our very able Social Condinator Ann Joines. A big thank you to her, and all those who provided the delicious food. I hope to have some photos to add to the gallery when I receive them. Four of our Life members came along, just 1 was missing Malcolm McLeod, which was a shame. Malcolm has a family commitment which makes it difficult for him to participate in Club events. I am pleased to let you know that he has been able to come along a few times to play Association on Club days a few times this season, and even though he plays very seldomly he hasn't lost many games.

Xmas Cake Raffle was well supported and was won by Robin George. Thank you to all who participated in the raffle, as raffles are a way of raising funds for the Club.

As you know Club play has stopped for the Xmas Break, but you can go along and orgsnise your own games. Please make sure when you leave that everthing is put away and locked up. As you know the Women's World Qualifying Tournament has been cancelled, this leaves our lawns available for play by members over this time.

September 13th 2022 We are no longer in ORANGE so masks etc are no longer required and the Club Rooms will be used as normal once again.

August 15th WORKING BEE Although the day was rather damp with light rain, a lot was achieved by the 12 members who came along to help get the Club and Grounds in top order. A big Thank You to Ann Joines who provided us with lovely scones for our morning tea.

July 30th Just to let you all know that the Storeage Shed has been broken into and the LawnMower, Weed eater and the gas bottle have been stolen. They also damaged the door lock. We have an Insurance policy but we are liable for the first $1,000. I guess it will cost at least that. Angela organised the replacement of the lock and Gary is looking after the Insurance and replacement of the stolen items.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Opening of the new season on the 27th August.

Players Meeting - Sunday 3rd July 10.30am

Come Along to hear whats on for the Coming Season.

This is the place for you to make suggestions for improving members participation in the Club and also to voice any problems you may have. Please come along

New Season OPENING DAY - Saturday 27th August 2022

Saturday 7th May - The day dawned fine and sunny and we had a good turnout for the AGM. The AGM meeting conculded at 11.15 and the sponsors awarded the club trophies added by our president Gry Lloyd. Members then enjoyed a BBQ lunch provided by our sponsors Waikanae Furneral Home. The last day of play for the season started at 1pm and finished up at 2.30 with a good afternoon tea. I am sure all those attending enjoyed their day.

Look forward to seeing you all at the Opening of the Summer season.

Mah Jong and Board Games begin on Monday 9th May in the club rooms at 1pm all welcome It is an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon during the winter months with other clb members.

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AGM - Saturday 7th May please come along to meeting at 10.30 followed by prize giving and then a BBQ lunch which is being provided by our sponsor Waikanae Funeral Home . After lunch the last day of play on our lawns will begin. See you All there

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TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM - ORANGE

April 2022 we are now in the Orange Light and this means we do not need to show Vac Passes and play is more or less back to normal. The Waikanae Golf Doubles and Singles Tournament was held over the weekend of 23/24 April and was a huge success. Jennifer the manager, had a ful field and had a waiting list, so good competition was had by all in beautiful weather. The AGM is coming up soon so please keep that date free for this Saturday 7th May.

TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM - RED

February 2022 - Well the whole country is now in the RED Zone. This doesn't mean much difference for us all just take care, keep safe and ejoy your Croquet.

TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM - ORANGE

DECEMBER 3rd our area is now in the ORANGE ZONE this means that if you are vaccinated life is nearly back to normal, although we still need to wear masks when out and about and sign in when entering businesses etc and now we need to have our Vaccination Pass available. This is designed to keep us all safe, if you do not have a Vaccination Pass your options are limited. This is my understanding of the situation.

September 7th - Well here we are back in Alert Level 2 lets hope we go down to level 1 as soon as possible.

If you look under Covid 19 you will see the Health and Safety Programme relating to Alert Level 2 that your committee have updated.

September 2021 - Alert Level 3 is the name of the game once again so Croquet is Off Limits. Opening Day has been postponed just as it was last year. Hopefully we will drop down to Level 2 very soon and the Club can reopen. The Committee are having a Zoom meeting this Monday 6th Sept to discuss our options. You will all be informed of their decisions as it comes to hand.

In the meantme take care and I look forward to seeing you all soon on the Lawns

cheers

Well here we are once again back in Lown Down I have been away Locked Up in the South Island so could not keep this page up to date during Lock Down 4. Managed to COME HOME in Lock Down 3 so here I am once again with News for you all.

The Opening Day was of course cancelled last Saturday 28th August. The Committee are having a Zoom meeting this Monday morning to consider how the Club will operate when we go down to Level 2. I will keep you posted on their decisions.

In the meantime keep well and safe and look forward to seeing you all again soon at the Club.

cheers your Editior

Yvonne

WINTER CROQUET closing date is Saturday August 14th. the Club opens for the new season on Saturday 28th August. Come along to enjoy a lunch with our Sponsors SUSIE MILLS LAW LTD. Then after the Sponsor has "Run the First Hoop" for the season play will begin at about 1.30.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MAY 8th 2021

The meeting went well with a new President and a good Committee elected.

This was followed by the presentation of the Club Trophies by two of our Sponsors representing the Waikanae Funeral Home (Cedarwood). Kapiti Law and the Waikanae Funeral Home also sponsored the BBQ Steak Sandwich Lunch was was enjoyed by about 45 of our members. Play by both Codes followed at about 1pm.

WINTER CROQUET will start on Tuesday 18th May usual days and times for both Codes at a charge of $2 a session.

September 23rd We are now in Alert Level 1 once again so life including CROQUET is getting back to Normal. Please remember to hand wash regularly and refrain from coming to the Club if you feel unwell. Otherwise come to the Club and enjoy the game of CROQUET

OPENING DAY REPORT

What a successful Opening Day we had even though we are still in Level 2 of this Covid pandemic . The weather was kind and it improved as the day progressed. Over 40 members of the Club participated and I am sure they all enjoyed getting tgether with their Croquet friends once again. The lawns are looking great and so are the new Quadway hoops. Lets hope the rest of the Season goes as smoothly.

OPENING DAY - SATURDAY 29TH AUGUST STARTING AT 11 am

The President to run the 1st hoop followed by a Speed Ball competition

12 noon A Sausage Sizzle lunch provided by the Club

1pm normal club play 4 lawns for Golf Croquet 1 lawn for Association

2.30 Afternoon tea

Please come along and enjoy good croquet and good companionship with the rest of the Club members

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As we are back in Alert Level 2 the working bee and the opening day maybe changed.

Committee meeting Monday 17th to decide if working bee and opening day will proceed as advised I will keep you posted on this site.

WORKING BEE Wednesday 19th August 9am if wet Wednesday 26th

come along and help with gardening, cleaning etc A good morning tea will be provided.

OPEN DAY is scheduled for SATURDAY 29th AUGUST look forward to seeing you all there

11am President to run the 1st hoop of the season

Speed Ball competition small prizes for the winners

12 noon Sausage Sizzle for lunch provided by the Club

1pm normal play 3 lawns for Golf and 2 for Association

Bereavement - BETH JESSUP a Life Member of our Club since 2002 has passed away Flowers where sent to the family and some members went to the Celebration of her life last Friday.

Bereavement - Nick Netherclift

I have been informed that Nick Netherclift a past member of the Club passed away recently. Both Nick and his wife Gwen were very good members they not only played the game of croquet but were also involved in all the other activities, they played up until their health issues made it impossible for them. Many of the older members will remember them as they were always ready to give new players a helping hand.

Day 7 Just to let you all know that I will be posting the current news for the time being on the Covid 19 site as that is what seems to be happening at the present time

Croquet New Zealand, I have posted the March Croquet Matters Newsletter up on the CNZ Org site for you all to read

I have added afew more photos to Memory Lane courtsey of Derek I will continue to add more so keep looking

JUNE 9TH - We are now nearly back to normal. Level 1 Cheers

Play has resumed at Paraparaumu and you are all welcome to play there for the cost of $3 per session. Check their website for playing days. Look forward to seeing you all at the Waikanae Croquet Club AGM on the 11th July.