Victorian Croquet Association Inc in Cairnlea | Organisation

Victorian Croquet Association Inc

Locality: Cairnlea

Phone: +61 459 508 728

Address: 65 Nobel Banks Drive 3023 Cairnlea, VIC, Australia

Website: http://croquetvic.asn.au/

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25.01.2022 Check out the brand new 2021 Australian Masters Games website! This is the main hub for all Games information, and will continue to be updated as planning progresses. Be sure to bookmark the site and visit regularly: www.AustralianMastersGames.com

25.01.2022 WCF Hall of Fame Member: George Latham (Australia) A total of 40 individuals have been inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame since 2006. They... include some of the greatest players in the history of the game and people who have made other significant contributions to the development and enjoyment of Croquet as administrators, coaches or benefactors. Nominations for induction in 2020 are requested by 30 September 2020 in the form of a written citation sent by email to the Secretary-General. It should demonstrate how the candidate has made an outstanding contribution to any of the Games of Croquet as a player, administrator or supporter or any combination thereof. A citation should be in English and not less than 500 words and should be accompanied by a photograph or portrait of the candidate.

24.01.2022 After 2 days on the lawns the Champion of Champions final will be fought out between Martin Clarke and Brett McHardy

24.01.2022 Wyndham City Living along with six other councils in Melbournes West have finalised an action plan to help boost women and girls participation in sport across... the region. The Womens Participation in Sport and Active Recreation in Melbournes West: An Action Plan for Change 2020-25 aims to break down barriers currently preventing women and girls from leading more active lifestyles. The action plan will be officially launched this Friday, in a special online event that will include a keynote address from Dr Bridie ODonnell. Register for the launch here > www.wyndham.vic.gov.au #ChangeOurGame #Equality #Leadership #GameChanger #WomenInSport

24.01.2022 Here we go... 13 more sports are confirmed for the 2021 Australian Masters Games program, taking our tally to 34 sports so far. With a further 15-20 sports stil...l to be announced, the Games in Perth next October will be epic! Start rallying the troops. More info at www.AustralianMastersGames.com

22.01.2022 Ballarat Alexandra Golf Croquet Singles Championships Handicapped Event was played on Sunday 22nd November 2020. Section 1 Winner Ian Fashem(Sorrento) Runner up... :Ian Pitt (Ballarat Western). Section 2 Winner Sue Chandler (Ballarat Alexandra) Runner up Brian Richardson (Ballarat Alexandra) Tournament Manager Brian Reither Referees Mary Windsor and Kerry Anne Jones. Thanks to.the catering cmmitee for a wonderful afternoon tea See more

21.01.2022 Players and spectators enjoyed Western Australia's ACA AC Bronze Medal event, held at Como Croquet Club on the weekend of 7/8 November. Jeff Newcombe (Como) won the tournament from Eric Ayling (York). Both players were undefeated at the start of their final round match.

21.01.2022 Kevin Hansen, Numurkah stalwart, has called it a day. The much admired and loved Numurkah identity has called an end to his Pennant competitive days. He is se...ttling back with wife Joan, but invariably will drop in during his travels for a game when and where he can. For many years Kevin has been the steady quiet achiever that every club would cherish...but the time has come. On reflection Kevin mentioned that perhaps his greatest highlight was winning the state team Lefel Shield. Sadly however he never played in a GC Pennant premiership team. I guess we are all inspired by those we admire and in some ways try to emulate....Kevin was one of those and a real warrior. He will be missed. (Submitted by John Young, Shepparton Croquet Club) See more

21.01.2022 ACA CROQUET GAZETTE - ERROR The original press release for the new online magazine included an incorrect email address. The contact is Greg Bury and the correct email is: [email protected]. My apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Rob Murray EO ACA

21.01.2022 Join Get Active Victoria to find free ways to get active around home. Theres something for everyone to enjoy. #getactivevic #movemore #aroundhome #everyone

21.01.2022 Local organisations are being invited to apply for up to $2.5m in VicHealth grants to support the physical and mental health of Victorians. Our grants will help... support Victorians facing the greatest health challenges, such as young people & families on low incomes. More information: https://bit.ly/2DC2rqj

19.01.2022 It is with great pleasure we announce the launch of the Croquet Australia Development Plan. This will be a living and breathing document with its first review t...o be completed in June 2021. It will be at this time additional initiative’s will be identified and included to complete the 4 year plan. For further information please contact Greg Bury. [email protected] Croquet Australia Development Plan: https://www.dropbox.com//Academy_Development_Plan_1120.pdf

19.01.2022 Calling all Board Directors of SSAs and RSAs! Vicsport, supported by VicHealth, is running three online workshops for Board Directors of SSAs and RSAs about ...their role in planning and managing strategy for new markets and ways of doing sport differently. The series will focus on: - Cross sport networking - Strategic insights - Recommendations To register > https://bit.ly/2UQIiSv #Leadership #WomenInSport #ChangeOurGame

17.01.2022 Finally we have all 5 ‘B’ courts up and running

13.01.2022 400 days to go, featuring 400m hurdler Andrew Brooker - pictured at the beautiful Scarborough Beach. The 2021 Australian Masters Games will be an experience lik...e no other in Perth, Western Australia. And with today marking just 400 days to go, the countdown is on to "Play Time in Perth" on the sporting arena, the dance floor and in natures playground. Check out the brand spanking new website for all the latest Games news.:www.AustralianMastersGames.com #playtimeinperth #2021amg #mastersport #betterwithage #perth #westernaustralia #adventureawaits #thisisWA #wanderoutyonder

13.01.2022 NZs Paddy Chapman has won the 2020 Open Championship with a very impressive come-back win over Englands Harry Fisher in the super advanced Bo5 final played at... Cheltenham yesterday. Fisher continued his unbeaten record in the event, taking the first two games of the final 26otp/20, 26tp-2. Chapman at last got the first break in the 3rd then proceeded to take the match and his first Open Championship title 20-26otp, 2-26tp, 26tpo-14, 26tpo-14, 26tp-5. Congratulations Paddy! Full knockout results available on croquetscores https://croquetscores.com//the-croquet-championship-knocko

13.01.2022 A worrying stat from our research: the majority of community sport clubs in Australia have reported a loss of members - affecting how these clubs operate.

13.01.2022 Local Sport Grant Program The Local Sport Grant Program (LSGP) aims to increase regular and on-going participation opportunities in sport in NSW. Through this program we are working towards our goals to achieve: Participation: Everyone in NSW participating in Sport and active recreation throughout their life ... Places and Spaces: Everyone in NSW having access to places and spaces for sport and active recreation Sector Sustainability: The sector continues to grow sport and active recreation across NSW. The Local Sports Grant funding is available across all electorates in NSW. https://www.sport.nsw.gov.au/clubs/grants/localsport

13.01.2022 Some of singer-songwriter Rebecca Barnards finest work has been created well away from a recording studio. Nature is where I process things and plan and just ...be, surrounded by this beautiful healing, environment. I love waking up in the morning and seeing the sunshine and hearing birds sing and going on long walks with my doggies, Rebecca says. That is my favourite thing to do. It gets into my cells and helps me produce something good musically. My last album was totally inspired by nature, its even got bird calls and frogs and fish splashing-like sounds. #VicSeniorsFestival #InTheGroove #RebeccaBarnard #RebeccaEmpire #Music

10.01.2022 What can Committees do to promote positive behaviours? https://playbytherules.net.au/conduc/what-committees-can-do

10.01.2022 As the Minister for Community Sport, I'm proud to announce the Victorian Budget 2020/21 is kicking in another $110 million to continue investing in sporting inf...rastructure projects across the state through the Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Program. For more information about sport and recreation wins in the Budget, visit: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/helping-you-do-things-you-lo

10.01.2022 We were happy to welcome back a group of seven students and a teacher from MAGS yesterday. Were enjoying the opportunity of introducing them to our game and a...lso enjoying their happy smiles on our courts. After the students, 14 golf croquet players took to the courts playing singles. Welcome to visitors Jan, Dave and Darren. Three players won all three of their games. Maree Maher was in first place with a nett hoop score of +8, James Gunn was second with +7 and Ian Grant was in third spot with +6. The courts must be running well - we had four players with hoops in one. Well done to Alan Holding, James Gunn, Ian Grant and Dave Maher. Members are reminded that the courts will be closed for annual maintenance from 9th to 12th September. See more

09.01.2022 COVIDSafe principles - Wear a mask or face covering - Dont go to work if you feel sick or unwell - Physical distancing (1.5 metres) - Cough and sneeze into tissue or elbow... - Good hand hygiene See more

09.01.2022 VicHealth is offering funding to sporting clubs, leagues, associations and recreation groups who can help young people and Victorians experiencing disadvantage ...with grants of up to $3K, $10K or $50K! Apply on 16 September and funding could hit your account by November. Get ready: https://bit.ly/32LOmiO

09.01.2022 Been looking for some valuable resources for new players? Want to learn some new skills? Perhaps you want to become a referee or fine-tune your refereeing skill...s. Gateball Refereeing Info Center is the only 100% English spoken Gateball youtube channel dedicated to Australian Gateball players and their clubs. We currently have playlist video series for new players learning the game, referees in training, and advanced swing mechanics. A new LIVE series will be introduced in the coming days with a live youtube stream analysis of some Japanese Gateball games looking at strategy. Check it out with the link below!!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMzfcMq_j4ogVvAFF0nfcHQ

08.01.2022 This weekend the Western Skin Institute held their Christmas party at Belmont CC. It turned out to be a fun family event. The weather was kind and the afternoon... went very well. Our members who were helping out, were given especially made cookies by WSI organiser Victoria, who also left product samples for club members to try.. A fun afternoon with fun people, so Western Skin Institute, you are welcome at Belmont anytime. Must mention the wonderful helpers without whom these events couldn't take place. Cherry & Kevin Bluff, Denise & Ken Deller, Jane & Wolfgang Klemenz, Mike McKenzie, Kate & Ian Petersen, Colin Scott and Ray & Dianne Wilson and of course our master of ceremonies Stephen Forster, thank you all.

08.01.2022 More detail as Corona restrictions ease As Victoria approaches COVID-normal, restrictions on playing croquet and meeting socially have eased. Croquet Victoria's Return to Croquet guidelines have now been updated accordingly. Changes affecting clubs and individual players include:... - masks are no longer required out of doors (keep it in your pocket to put on indoors or in a crowd) - up to 50 people can participate in sport as a group at a given venue - more than one group if the groups can stay a reasonable distance apart and everyone can socially distance. - clubrooms are open. Up to 20 people may gather in a clubhouse, if there is enough space: at least 4m2 must be available per person Requirements for social distancing and hygiene have not changed. Clubs are still expected to have updated COVID-safe plans. The refreshed template for these has been sent to clubs as a Word document and can be downloaded from the Croquet Vic website as a PDF. Queries to Sarina Cevaal-Hewitt, email [email protected]

08.01.2022 Just one week after winning the Open Championship, Paddy Chapman has won his 2nd CA Presidents Cup in Englands top AC invitation event! Stephen Mulliners rep...ort on the Presidents from the CA website: The 2020 Presidents was played at Hurlingham in sunny weather on beautiful courts that positively demanded peeling at every opportunity. A new record of 11 sextuples was set (Chapman four (in his first five games), Fulford four, Mulliner two and Riva one). In addition to the sextuples, there were one quintuple, four quadruples, two QPOs, one OQP, 12 triples and seven TPOs. The 18 games without "letters" were mainly the product of failed sextuples. The favoured sextuple leave was a tight cross-peg with the inplayers balls on the west boundary. Fresh from his Opens triumph at Cheltenham, Paddy Chapman set the pace with a dominant and unbeaten display in the first seven rounds and opened up a two game advantage over Robert Fulford and Stephen Mulliner. James Death raised the hopes of the trailing pack in Round 8 by inflicting Chapmans first loss by +4 and this was followed by Fulfords flawless fifth turn sextuple against him in Round 9. So, at Saturday lunchtime, Chapman (on 7/9), Fulford and Mulliner (both on 6/8 with their own Round 8 game pegged down) were on theoretically equal terms. Round 10 saw all three win again but Round 11 featured a close and crucial win for Chapman against Mulliner. Round 12 had drama. It showed that Death has no favourites when he beat Fulford +6tpo and Christian Carter came very close to beating Chapman in a two-ball ending. However, very close means not quite and that made a lot of difference to the overnight position of Chapman on 10/12 and Fulford and Mulliner on 8/11. Fulford won the pegged-down game against Mulliner at the start of play on Sunday to reach 9/12 but had to rely on Chapman losing to Riva or Giraud to keep his hopes alive. The Chapman/Riva game in Round 13 was very close but Chapman took it +7 and then completed a rock-solid quadruple peel to beat Giraud in Round 14 and clinch the title for the second time. Congratulations, again, Paddy Chapman! Photo: Photo/George Novak, Bay of Plenty Times, 2014

07.01.2022 ACA Press Release https://croquet-australia.com.au//2020/09/PRESS-RELEASE.pdf

07.01.2022 Corona restrictions relaxed in Victoria The Victorian Premier’s announcement today (Sunday 22 November 2020) includes some very welcome changes in the restrictions affecting sport. These will be included in revised Return to Croquet guidelines as soon as we see the updated Directions documents from the Chief Health Officer. In the meantime, here is a summary of the main points.... But first - many thanks to everyone for their patience over the past nine months! It hasn’t been an easy time. It’s been wonderful to have so many staunch members ensuring that their croquet club has not become a hotspot for infection. The good news, from midnight tonight: No masks outdoors, if you are social distancing (keep a mask in your pocket). Group sizes of 50 for outdoor sport, subject to a ratio of 4 square metres per person. Croquet courts easily meet the density ratio, so we are governed by the 50 player maximum. Clubrooms are open. Masks must be worn. Shared catering arrangements not yet clear. Gatherings of groups of 50 outdoors. We are not clear yet about the number indoors. Density quotient seems now to be 4 square metres per person, but the maximum for a meeting in a community venue is not spelt out yet. Hygiene and sign-in arrangements should be maintained, to avoid cross-infection and support contact tracing if need be. If your club has already completed a COVID-safe plan, we suggest you update it once you have the refreshed Return to Croquet guidelines. Send your updated plan and the refreshed Croquet Victoria guidelines to your LGA for information. More information: contact the Croquet Victoria Secretary on [email protected]

07.01.2022 Family Twilight Croquet stats Monday 4 Jan, 6pm! Croquet is the perfect family sport where everyone competes equally. It’s also easy to play while keeping socia...lly distant. KCC will be holding free ‘come and try’ sessions on Monday nights in January. All equipment is supplied, just bring some flat soled shoes. Contact Graham or Sue for further details, or just turn up. Graham: 0411707358 Sue: 0422008914 See more

07.01.2022 Status: Open Closing: 21/09/2020 The $40 million Community Sport Sector Short-term Survival Package provides grants to support the operational viability of community sport and active recreation organisations impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This initiative is part of the Victorian Governments Experience Economy Survival Package providing urgent support to help a range of key attractions, organisations and associations ride out the economic impacts of the coro...navirus (COVID-19) pandemic and help them reboot, rebound and recover. What grants are available? The Community Sport Sector Short-term Survival Package includes $40 million for community sport organisations in two streams: Stream 1 - grants for state sporting associations, regional sports assemblies and academies and other state sport and recreational bodies (open until 5pm Monday 21 September 2020) Stream 2 - grants of up to $2,000 are available for associations and leagues and grants of up to $1,000 are available for individual clubs and community sporting and active recreation organisations. A top-up grant of $1,000 for associations and leagues and $500 for clubs and community sporting and active recreation organisations will be provided automatically to organisations who received a grant through the first funding round of this program you will not need to re-apply to receive this funding (open until 5pm Friday 16 October 2020) For specific details on the program, including the objectives of the funding, the number of applications that can be submitted under each stream, the grant amounts available and eligibility of applications please refer to the guidelines. https://sport.vic.gov.au//community-sport-sector-/_recache

07.01.2022 The AC Presidents Trophy concluded today in perfect croquet weather. Congratulations to Dwayne McCormick winner of the Mens Section and Robyn Short winner of the Womens section. Both Robyn and Dwayne were undefeated in their respective sections.

06.01.2022 Active kids Grants applications are now open! Applications will be accepted from 1 September to 30 September with suggested grant values up to $10,000 to fund sporting club projects that will acquire sporting equipment, sporting kits and uniforms. Find out more: https://fal.cn/3a9VQ

05.01.2022 SPORTS Listed below are the confirmed sports that will be available at the 2021 SA Masters Games in the Copper Coast. Further information such as venues & t...ype of competition will be available soon! Any enquiries please contact the team at the Copper Coast Visitor Information Centre on 88212333 or [email protected].

05.01.2022 Croquetscores says Rob Elliott has just become the ACA Bronze Medalist from NSW, undefeated in a very tough field. Congratulations Rob! When does Rob get time to practice amongst all that earthworks & building??

03.01.2022 Thanks to all who attended Vicsport's Child Safe Sport Community of Practice session today! Some great conversations and important topics discussed as well as new resources provided by Laura Johnston of People, Integrity & Culture Consulting. #childsafety

03.01.2022 Look what was in todays Riverine Herald. Thanks Riv. If you live in or around Moama, on that side of the river, you may like to try your hand at croquet. Thi...s is one thing you can do with the current restrictions. Please give Marjorie a call and she can tee up some lessons for you at Rich River Croquet Club. Her number is 5480 9985. See more

02.01.2022 WIMMERA CROQUET ASSOCIATION 90TH YEAR The first meeting was held at Dimboola on 30/4/1930 and play commenced in October the same year with 7 clubs, Horsham, Natimuk, Warracknabeal, Nhill, Dimboola, Murtoa and Minyip. By 1938 the number increased to 14 clubs before going into recess during WW2. The Wimmera Croquet Association re-convened in 1946, unfortunately the member clubs have slowly decreased with only 4 clubs remaining today and approx. 100 members. We now play two dif...ferent styles of croquet, Association and Golf Croquet. Originally Association Croquet was played by all clubs, then in 1996 Golf Croquet was introduced. Wimmera V Ballarat Challenge match started in 2006 with both Golf and Association Croquet playing each year. Pennant is played with teams from each club, also Singles and Doubles Championships. Regional Golf Singles Championships play at Cairnlea in Melbourne and Regional Association Country Championships play at different Regional Association each year. We also play other social functions within our Association. Wimmera Croquet Association is affiliated with the Victorian Croquet Association (Cairnlea Melbourne.) where Val Brown was president 2007-2010. We have had a lot of success with our members winning Wimmera Sport’s Star of the year, medals for Country Week and Regionals. Ken Bald, Anna Miller, Fay Pearson, Neville Pope and Ian Rees have all represented the Wimmera, in either or both, the Victorian State Team in Australia and Australia in the World Croquet Association Team overseas. Unfortunately, our clubs and members are slowly decreasing, many residing in the Wimmera don’t even know of our existence or think it’s only for the aged. Croquet is a very strategic, non-contact, challenging and rewarding game with minimal cost involved. Junior Croquet is becoming very popular with juniors especially overseas. Betty Etherton (Publicity Officer WCA)

01.01.2022 Sport Australia is launching a #podcast! Available on popular services such as Apple and Google podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio and more, youll hear t...ips and insights from industry leaders to help shape your own sporting experience. The first episode arrives next week, with the initial series to focus on the recently released Sport Governance Principles. Read more at https://www.sportaus.gov.au//sport-australia-launches-new/

01.01.2022 Performances for the Victorian Seniors Festival reimagined are often a trip down memory lane for listeners, but Tania Kernaghan experienced her own blast from t...he past when recording her latest contribution. I was over at my brother Lees place and I mentioned the seniors festival and that I was going to record another song, and he said, Why dont we do it now?. It was a golden opportunity hes hard to nail down. So, he played the piano and sang some backing vocals and I sang as an old song, Tennessee Waltz, that we used to sing when we were kids in our little band the Angels and the blue devils. We ended up having a bit of a jam. It was really great. #VicSeniorsFestival #InTheGroove #TaniaKernaghan #LeeKernaghan #CountryMusic #Music