Croquet

Spring weather hampers sport

By Aidan Fawkes • Sep 28th, 2009 • Category: Croquet, Sport

Wet weather might be a blessing for Colac district farmers but it has hindered the Colac Mallet Sports Club. The club plays association and golf croquet and has had a “slow” start to its season, which began on September 4, with wet greens impacting on players wanting [...]



Oldest member will still make it

By Loretta Wilmink • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Croquet, Sport

Colac’s Agnes Mitchelson says she’ll attend croquet functions at Colac’s new croquet club, but only if someone can give her a lift. Mrs Mitchelson, 100, was St Andrew’s Croquet Club’s oldest member and said she joined the club after her doctor advised her to take up a sport after her husband [...]



Croquet season open

By Cayley Robinson • Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Croquet, Sport

Colac Croquet Club has officially opened its season.Colac Otway Shire Mayor Chris Smith hit the first hoop to formally open this year’s croquet season.Members of the Colac and St Andrew’s croquet clubs turned out at the Colac Croquet Club and Colac Lawn Tennis Club for the event on Thursday.Colac Croquet Club vice president Ruth Crabbe [...]



Clubs discuss future

By Matt Murnane • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: Croquet, Sport

Croquet in Colac is on the verge of a new direction.St Andrew’s Croquet Club is considering the possibility of joining fellow croquet club Colac as a co-tenant at Colac Lawn Tennis Club’s Church Street courts. St Andrew’s has been searching for a new home after the Uniting Church, which owns the club’s current Calvert Street [...]



Players will determine club’s future

By Rachel Rodger • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Croquet, Sport

A Colac croquet club will let its players decide the club’s fate after losing clubrooms to a new housing development.St Andrew’s Croquet Club’s members will meet to discuss the club’s future after the Uniting Church, which own the club’s Calvert Street land, announced it planned to sell the site as housing lots.St Andrew’s secretary Anne [...]