CAMERTON and Peasedown Croquet Club are already welcoming new players at their ‘Drop in and Play’ days and more of these are scheduled for May 3 and June 7.

Drop Ins are very informal afternoons, free to all-comers, when you can get an introduction to the game of croquet from club members. Just turn up in flat shoes and everything else is provided.

Sunday, May 3, is National Croquet Day and the club will be serving a FREE cream tea to members and visitors. Drop In after 2.00pm at Whitebrook Lane, Peasedown, BA2 8LD. The what3words location is: shun.splat.skim and it will take you to the centre of lawn 1!

In early April Camerton and Peasedown joined the National One-Ball Croquet fundraising event which this year raised funds for Save the Children. A chilly but enjoyable afternoon was spent playing this slightly esoteric but fun variant of Association Croquet; Mo Boys beat John Rowley 13 -11 in the final and CPCC contributed over £100 to Save the Children.

The CPCC team of John Rowley, Si Dunk, Ann Munton and Simon Munton travelled to Nailsea to compete in the South West Federation Spring Short Croquet tournament. There were 5 teams: Bradford on Avon Constrictors, Bristol Brunels, Budleigh Salterton Roquets, Glamorgan Bards and Camerton and Peasedown B.

The winners were Glamorgan Bards who won 10 of their 16 games, CPCC were placed third having won 8 out of their 16 games. It was an unusually cold day and at one point there was a hailstorm.

Ann and Simon Munton also represented the club when they played in the first-round match in the Croquet England Inter-Club Bowl tournament on April 14 at home against Phyllis Court CC. The teams were closely matched and the games were similarly close. Phyllis Court CC ran out the winners 5 - 2.