Drouin Croquet Club in Drouin, Victoria | Sports & recreation venue

Drouin Croquet Club

Locality: Drouin, Victoria

Address: 3 Oak Street 3818 Drouin, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.croquetvic.asn.au/clubpage.php?clubnameclicked=Drouin

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25.01.2022 CHANGES TO RESTRICTIONS: Find out more about what is changing from tomorrow and November 23. An accessible version is available at this link: http://www.rosspence.com.au//uploads/2020/11/201108-Next-S

24.01.2022 Some pool-croquet trickshots! #isocroquet

24.01.2022 Does anyone know if this is real?

24.01.2022 As regards Cairnlea. I think the basic premise of the existence of this venue is wrong. What we have is the only venue in Australia with the courts and facilit...ies to host international events, why does the cost of running and maintaining this venue fall to VCA?. Croquet isn't big enough for one state alone to carry this burden. VCA could gift Cairnlea to ACA and then pay ACA court fees for state events and Brimbank Club continue as is. It could be rebranded as Australian Croquet Centre, with responsibility for maintainence and operations falling to ACA. I speak here from personal experience with the National Folk Festival. The NFF used to be held in a different state each year with the local state body hosting it. It was a failing model, it never made money, each state folk association went into debt and by the time they recovered it was time to run another festival, as a result the state bodies were always in debt and having doubts about the wisdom of hosting another festival, the festival was virtually run by love of music. The National body realised they had a big problem, so they proposed to stop rotating and hold the Festival in Canberra every year. I was at the meeting there was a lot of opposition, but the committee asked for alternatives, there weren't any. As a result the NFF has been held in Canberra for since 1993 and has grown exponentially and is now a world premier event. As I see it VCA is now in the same position and national responsibility for Cairnlea is the one long term viable solution. The other solution is to sell Cairnlea and find a sporting complex with good facilities and the space to build 4/6 good courts, much like Yarrawonga. Of course this would deprive the whole country of the ability to host international events at a premier venue and it would be years before VCA had good courts. I suppose we really have to decide what we actually want before moving in any direction.

23.01.2022 The synthetics installation has moved on quickly, assisted by better weather the last couple of days, and this afternoon the last bit of turf, namely our start ...corner (hoop 4 south eastern corner) was put in place. Weather permitting with the final fill spreading and tidy up, we expect to have our first game on the new surface this coming Tuesday. Good press coverage is expected. See more

23.01.2022 Drouin Croquet Club is closed till further notice. Stay well and stay safe to all of our croquet friendsDrouin Croquet Club is closed till further notice. Stay well and stay safe to all of our croquet friends

22.01.2022 The complete Academy launch video is now available via the front page on the ACA website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAcDzYsyww

22.01.2022 Great idea for display In your club.

20.01.2022 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our croquet friends.

18.01.2022 #3 Croquet Ethics ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS TO LEARN APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

18.01.2022 Drouin Croquet Clubs' Association Club Championship was finished today with Jenny Leesing winning all of he four games and Michael Fry runner up winning three of his four Games. A big congratulations to Jenny. The last club association championship was in the 1990's.

17.01.2022 New design in croquet mallets. [email protected]

16.01.2022 Here's the first from our tongue-in-cheek "Croquet Ethics" series of cartoons. We'll show new ones every Monday until they're all out! SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF CROQUET.

15.01.2022 As promised yesterday here are a few images from our synthetics installation. Our local member, Dugald Saunders, came down to inspect progress and is seen here ...on the first turf roll our. The nice colourful square will be the kickoff corner, one for each court. Another one is a close-up of the turf surface. I know this doesn't say much other than looking pretty, but we believe we got the choice of weave right. We shall see, of course. Finally a shot of the installation of the hoop bases. And yes, I know this will be of much interest too all. I promise the full details will come on our website shortly. See more

15.01.2022 Winners of our social play today. Eric and Allan congratulations

14.01.2022 Update 1 June 2020. Croquet Victoria has been advised that despite information that appears to the contrary, clubhouses must remain closed, except for the use o...f toilets. This may change on 22 June 2020. Easing of restriction in Victoria from midnight tonight. If necessary check with your local government authority. Visit these websites for further information. https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorias-restriction-levels-co https://www.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-restrictions-vi

12.01.2022 All is ready for our first day back after lock down

12.01.2022 Who says croquet is for the nerds???!!!

12.01.2022 Well, we have arrived! This morning, 9am exactly, members lined up at our new synthetic courts and each hit a ball onto the lawn. There was good press coverage,... including a drone and tv news. Before anyone started we did a speed test and will repeat this once we have played the surface for a few days. Results will be published. Now give us a couple of weeks to thoroughly test it out and I'll tell more. See more

12.01.2022 We had a visit from Lachlan who is with the Drouin Police at our twilight session this afternoon. In the photos is Lachlan getting a few tips on how to play the game, it’s so nice to have a social call from a member of the local police instead of them coming along on business which has happened a few times. It would be nice if Lachlan could come back and have a good go in the future.

11.01.2022 Looks like fun, even for us oldies!

09.01.2022 #4 Croquet Ethics RESPECT THE RIGHTS AND WORTH OF EVERY PLAYER, REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER, ABILITY, CULTURAL BACKGROUND OR RELIGION

08.01.2022 Drouin Croquet Club is now closed due to the Covid-19 and stage 3 lock down. Keep safe and healthy to all our Facebook friends

07.01.2022 COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS EASE | From today, regional Victoria will be in the second step towards COVID Normal. For full details about Step 2 visit: www.vic.gov.a...u/second-step-coronavirus-road-to-recovery #WINNews See more

07.01.2022 The federal government has released a three step framework for a COVID-safe Australia, which can be downloaded from https://www.pm.gov.au//three-step-framework...-covidsafe-aust. This is to be implemented separately by each state. Advice from the Victorian Government is expected on Monday - advice from Croquet Victoria will follow when we've been able to check it with Sport and Recreation Victoria. See more

07.01.2022 Just leaving this here

07.01.2022 Updated Return to #Croquet Guidelines. If you have any queries please contact the Secretary on [email protected].

06.01.2022 The latest WCF newsletter is now available. The photo shows the new croquet club in Ikskile, Latvia. The Daugava River can be seen in the background.

06.01.2022 Drouin Croquet Club members were thrilled and very much appreciative of the generous donation of hand sanitiser from the management of Office Choice in Warragul. Thank You Office Choice.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to Drouin Croquet Club's newest life Member Nannette Fry. Nannette joined the club in October 1991 and has served the club well holding every position on committee as well as being the club delegate to the Gippsland Croquet Association. Nannette is still serving the club being on the committee still. Congratulations again Nannette from all at the club.

03.01.2022 Never too much of a good thing!

03.01.2022 Today is the day we are back on the lawns, there is a lot of players that will be getting rid of a lot of rust in their swings good hitting everyone and enjoy the day.

03.01.2022 First day back playing and it was a wonderful day but everyone was very rusty with their croquet.

01.01.2022 Here are some tips from Murray Tinker at Caloundra Mallet Sports Club He also says that a little practice will improve your luck! @yerongaservicesclub #croquet #golfcroquet #playcroquet Annerley, QLD Yeronga District Residents Association - YDRA

01.01.2022 Dubbo CC dream of a new surface coming to completion. On ABC Central West a short snippet of news from Dubbo the synthetic surface is being laid this week. Well done to All