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The 18th edition of the Interstate Shield (ISS) was held at the Victorian Croquet Centre, Cairnlea over the period 9th - 13th September 2026. 

After 5 days, 15 tests, 600 games and 6,476 hoops, Victoria emerged as the winners, taking a 'clean sweep' with 5 wins. NSW finished second on 3 wins. WA, QLD and TAS each had 2 wins, and SA 1 win. 

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Congratulations to Alison Sharpe (Mosman, NSW) on a great match against Yvonne Shaw (Sandy Bay, Tasmania) with Alison prevailing 7-5, 7-4 in a tight match to take yet another GC Women's Singles title

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In the Men's Singles, Torben Bak (Forrest Park WA) played beautifully to overcome the highly rated Felix Gelman White (Williamstown Vic) in a dominant performance 7-1, 7-2 to take the 2026 GC Men's Singles title 

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Congratulations to Simon Hockey from SA Croquet Association Inc who emerged victorious after 3 days of competion against the best GC players representing their respective states at Cairnlea 

Well done also to Colin Stewart from Croquetwest who ended up in a 3-way play-off for the Silver Medal against Mark Scruton (NSW) & Phill Shattock (Victoria) before prevailing 7-5 over number 1 seed, Mark Sruton to take the Silver

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WANGARATTA CROQUET CLUB: 1906 - 2026

Croquet has been played in Wangaratta for more than 120 years.

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Prior to the formation of a club in 1906, croquet was played in the gardens of the Clement family in Grey Street and Doctor Henderson’s, home in Rowan Street.

On October 20th 1906 a meeting of ladies and gentlemen took place at the bowls club in Docker Street and the Wangaratta Croquet Club was formed with a membership fee of seven shillings and sixpence for the first family member and five shillings for each additional member.

On November 21st 1906 President, Mrs T G Clarke played the first ball on new lawns in Docker Street. The club remained at that location until 1959. In 1957 the club decided that to expand they needed a larger playing area, being restricted to two “B” lawns at Docker Street. Club President, Mrs. Chesterfield approached the Council with a request for a small area of land at either Wareena Park or Ryan Avenue. Following a brief delay, Council agreed to make the Ryan Avenue site available and so began a two-year period of fund raising, backed by a 2000-pound bank loan and much hard work.

After creating three “A” lawns which are readily convertible to six “B” lawns the new location was opened on April 19th, 1960. A neat and compact club house was erected shortly afterwards. The North Eastern District Croquet Association was formed at a meeting in Ryan Avenue on October 15th, 1960.
Mrs. Greta French was the driving force behind the formation of this Association. Affiliated clubs were Albury, Greenfield Park, Wodonga, Corowa, Yarrawonga, Chiltern, Bright and Wangaratta.

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Croquet Australia have been undertaking a review of the National Strategy to develop Participation & Pathways in the sport of Croquet to ensure we are building a sustainable future for our sport. 

All member states recently participated in a National survey conducted by Croquet Australia to seek feedback on several measures developed from the initial strategic review process. Thanks to focus group members Max Kewish (WA), Sally Harper (SA), Sarah Widin (QLD) and the CA team for developing the initial survey content. 

Many thanks to all participating states for engaging in this important process. Croquet Australia are committed to ensuring all member states play an important and integral role in this strategic review. 

The feedback from member states will be used to develop key objectives within a National Operational Plan to support a participation strategy and building sustainable pathways for officiating & coaching in Croquet as we head into 2027. 

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Croquet Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Belinda Osborne in a newly created role of Administration, Communications & Marketing Lead. 

This newly created role replaces the previous role of National Operations Manager to better align with the future needs of our sport as we move into an exciting new phase of growth and evolution as a National Sports Organisation. 

Belinda will be leading some important projects over the coming 6-12 months as we work to deliver on some key objectives in the Participation space as we develop a National Operations Plan in Q4 2026 for implementation and action in 2027 and beyond. 

Belinda will be commencing her role from Tuesday 6th October. 

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Croquet Australia is pleased to invite applications for the 2027 Croquet Australia Player & Official Grants Program. 

Croquet Australia is pleased to confirm the National Event Calendar for 2027.  

Please click on the link to view all the information regarding National Events in 2027!

Croquet Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.