Croquet

The bi-annual Croquet Match between Carrickmines and Rushbrooke for the June Ann Fitzpatrick Cup was played in splendid weather at Rushbrooke on 6 October. The result, after a gripping encounter, was an 8-8 draw: there was no time for a...

A Croquet Team from Carrickmines, led by Gerard Osborne Burke, played a 2 day match against Sidmouth CC in Devon on 2/3 October. Unfortunately a win was not forthcoming but the lawns were good, the weather fine and an excellent...

The annual match between the CAI and the CA selection sides was held at Carrickmines last weekend and, for the third successive time, the CA went away with the trophy. Not even the presence of its original presenter, Myles McWeeney,...

Next weekend, (22nd and 23rd September) the teams representing the Croquet Association of Ireland and the Croquet Association of England will battle for the McWeeney Trophy at Carrickmines. The trophy was presented by Myles McWeeney in memory of his mother Vera...

Congratulations to Joseph Berkeley McGowan and his mother, Anne Marie, winners of The Irish Open Championship Handicap Doubles 2018. The runners-up were Henry Bagwell  (Hurlingham, London) and Patsy Fitzgerald (County Meath).   ...