GCA

Geelong Croquet Association

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Welcome

Welcome to the Geelong Croquet Association. We consist of a group of 6 clubs all based within 80 km of Geelong. The clubs are Belmont and Eastern Park (within Geelong itself), Drysdale and Queenscliff (on the Bellarine Peninsular) and Colac and St Andrews (in Colac). Both Association and Golf Croquet are keenly played with a number of social games played between the clubs on a weekly basis. Visitors are most welcome at any of the clubs or at any of the social matches.

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Clubs

Belmont

The Belmont Club is located on Francis St, Belmont (Melways map 465 J2)

Colac

Drysdale

The Drysdale Club is located on Clifton Springs Rd, Drysdale, just a short distance from the Geelong-Portarlington/Murradoc Rd roundabout. (Melways map 456 K9/K10)

Eastern Park

The Eastern Park Club is located on Garden St, near the Geelong High School (Melways map 402 N6/P6)

Queenscliff

The Queenscliff Croquet Club is part of The Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club complex on the corner of Hesse and King Sts in Queenscliff (Melways map 500 J1, enlarged 499 E11.)

Click here to access the QCC web site .

St Andrews

The VCA web site has a location map for some of the clubs. Click on the "Club" button on the VCA home page and then select the club of your choice

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Latest News

Coming Events

GCA AGM now to be held on June 20

Results

Verna McLennan won Divison 4 at the Regionals held at Wodonga April14 -16. Congratulations

Ballarat took out the shield for best results over 4 divisions at the Regional Competition.

Roger Colvin won Division 3 of the Barina Gift held at Colac April 28-29.

InterCity Geelong vs Ballarat

The return match was played at the Lismore Croquet Club on good courts under the care of Eric O'Donnell, Unfortunately Ballarat was too good and won both shields.

Divison 1

Ballarat 5 - Geelong 3

Divison 3

Ballarat 7 - Geelong 1

Go to Results for more details

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Social Days

Pennant

Association Croquet

Social Days

Social croquet is played on a Thursday from August to May with each of the Bellarine and Geelong clubs taking a turn. If you would like a game just turn up at about 9.00 AM for a 9.30 AM start and bring your lunch. Each club has a special event (known as a Doubles Day) in which you need to register your interest with the club before the day of play. The club Doubles Days are listed in the Fixtures Section.

Week 1 Queenscliff

Week 2 Drysdale

Week 3 Belmont

Week 4 Eastern Park

Week 5 GCA

Pennant

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Social Days

Pennant

Golf Croquet

Social Days

Golf croquet is played at a number of clubs in the region. It is an excellent game for those wishing to try croquet as after a short 5 minute lesson you are able to get on to the court and try it yourself. For those not interested in serious competition it is a great social game as all players are on the court at the same time but you will also find that a lot of tactics and skill are required. Games last for about 30 minutes so it is usual to play a number of games in a half day session.

Pennant

Eastern Park won the first pennant of 2008, beating Queenscliff 3-2

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Aussie Croquet

Aussie Croquet at Drysdale CC

Aussie Croquet is a simplified form of croquet that was originally developed as an introductory game for use in schools. It is easy to learn, and great for practising basic tactics, but also offers challenges to the more experienced player. We play Aussie Croquet on Wednesday mornings.

The 2007/08 Aussie Shield was won for the third consecutive year by Bob Elms with Faye Sanford a very close second..

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Calendar 2007/2008

NB Venues for some events may alter accoring to entries

2007
AUGUST
Wed 1    Victorian Croquet Opening Day
Sat 11    GCA Opening Day at Belmont CC

SEPTEMBER
Fri 7     AC/GC Referee Refresher Day at BCC
Thur 20    BCC South Barwon Shield

OCTOBER
Fri 5    Start Belcher Cup at Eastern Park CC
Sat 20    St Andrews CC Doubles Day
Fri 26    Drysdale CC Golf C Doubles Day

NOVEMBER
Fri 3-5     GCA Open Tournament 0-11 at BCC 12-24 at DCC
Sat 10    Queenscliff Golf C Doubles Tnment
Thur 15    Belmont CC Doubles Day
Fri 23    Start GCA Doubles Tournament EPCC
Mon 26     Proposed Geelong Golf Croq Week

DECEMBER
Mon 3-4    Vic Hcap Geelong Qualifiers at EPCC
Wed 5     Intercity (Div 1&3) at BCCC

2008
JANUARY
Sat 12    Queenscliff CC Doubles Day
Thurs 31    President's Day - Colac CC

FEBRUARY
Wed 13    Intercity (1&3) at Ballarat
Sat 16    Eastern Park CC Doubles Day

MARCH
Tues 4-6    Ballarat Begonia Tournament
Wed 12    GCA Golf Croq Open Tournament at BCC/DCC/EPCC
Fri 21-24    EASTER
Sat 29    Drysdale CC Doubles Day

APRIL
Tues1    Start GCA Championships at DCC/BCC
Sat 5    Thomas Memorial at Queenscliff CC
Sun 13-16     Country Regionals - NEDCA
Sat 19     St Andrew's CC Doubles Day
Mon 28-29    Bareena Gift HC 12-24 at Colac

MAY
Sat 3     Colac CC Doubles Day
Mon 6-7     Bareena Gift HC 0-11 at Colac

JUNE
Sat 7     GCA Closing Day at Belmont CC
Fri 20     GCA AGM at Belmont CC

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