February 2014 - Croquet New Zealand

PLIMMERTON CROQUET CLUB NEWSLETTER
February 2014
Results:
A positive haul of medals came up from
the Masters in Dunedin
GC Doubles Div 1 - Jo Bray + Peter
Thomson from Winton - Silver
GC Doubles Div 2 - Tom and Beverley
– Silver
GC Doubles Div 3 - Anne and Bob Gold
GC Singles Div 1 - Tom - Bronze
GC Singles Div 3 - Bob - Gold
GC Singles Div 4 - Anne - Silver
Ricochet Div 1
- Tom - Gold
Ricochet Div 2 - Beverley - Silver
AC Singles Div 4 - Beverley- Gold
Bob - Silver
See the end of this letter for the
ODT story on Tom and Beverley.
Graeme F was 2nd at the NZ 0-3
champs in Timaru.
Carolyn was 3rd at regional Arthur Ross
playoff
Castle Cup: We won, again, 6-3 against
Waikanae. When I say ‘we’ I mean
Wendy, Wayne. Carolyn, Robin,
Christine and John de Roo.
WCA 89th Champs doubles – 1st Wayne
and Diane.
WCA 89th champs Div 3 singles: 1st
Beverley, 2nd Kelvin
17-20 Feb: the annual AC Veterans
tournament. In conjunction with Petone.
Tom playing and refereeing. Thanks to
Wendy for agreeing to run that. NO club
play available.
22 Feb: Have A Go day will be run by
Wayne and his helpers. 1pm.
23 Feb: Manawatu Exchange
Tournament. Our players are:
GC: Kelvin, Graeme B, Janet Boutel
AC: Tom, Graeme F, John & Christine
Grounds Super, Bob McKenzie, reports a
busy January in terms of spraying and
surface maintenance. An astonishing stat
– 4 lawns were mowed 8 times = 38 lawns
in one month. That’s a few Kms. Top soil
was spread, hoops moved, nasties
sprayed, grass watered, 2 fence posts
replaced, club house walls repainted and
89mm of rain fell. It’s all go. Credits to
Ross, Wayne, Kelvin, Ivan, Dave, Chris
and Boss Bob.
On outside matters -have you noticed
the rabbit luge? It’s quite remarkable
that such furry little critters could
burrow out such a neat and regular
trench. Truly a work of great artistic
merit. Maybe they’ll stop running the
hoops now.
March 1 – Christine is the organiser of
THE PAEKAKARIKI VASE
Waikanae – Plimmerton - Para’umu
The wooden base has two inscriptions:
#1 tells us that The ‘Paekakariki Cup’
was presented by G.C. Sherwood for an
annual competition within the
Paekakariki Club in 1940. [The Club
then disbanded around 1945.]
#2 informs that in 1947 the cup was
re-branded as the ‘WCA Paekakariki
Vase’. It was re-presented by Robin
Hogg and Ashley Heenan for a
challenge between the Kapiti Coast
clubs. The Vase has been contested 16
times and PCC has now won it 8 times.
The competition rounds are worked out
each season by the 3 club captains,
venues for the matches rotate.
Let’s start calling it the Vase – it
actually doesn’t look like a Cup at all!
29/30 March: WCA GC Silver Badges
to be run by Bill assisted by Kelvin.
NZC handbook says 0-3 and 4-7 on p
183 of the yearbook. BUT it should
read 0-3, 4-7, 8-12 as on p 163
Haven Cup: probably played in March
Thanks to Tom for his GC rules
session. Was I the only one to leave on
the edge of brain-overload? But a very
useful session and Tom’s clarity was
admirable. Thank goodness for
referees, I say.
Reminder playing time changes:
GC on Thursdays and Saturdays now at
1pm. Saturday AC starts 9.30
NO club play days:
17-20/2 – WCA Vets
29/3 – GC Silver Badges play
18-21/4 – Easter tournament
DATE CHANGES:::AUTUMN GALA
DAY NOW 10 MAY AND AGM NOW
17 MAY. Please change your diary. This
is to allow for rescheduled fundraising
and filming commitment.
Carolyn had amassed a great crowd of
extras. If you can still take part please
sign the sheet or contact Carolyn. Thank
you Carolyn for all your efforts.
The ‘Suggestion Box’ is still empty!
My suggestion is that we all give thanks
that we have such a forward thinking and
hard working committee. Try and work
out the number of person hours given
freely and voluntarily by the likes of
Wayne, Kelvin, Christine, Bob and Anne
leading the team. It’s a hard one, isn’t
it? They should be thanked at every
opportunity.
Thank you to all committee members.
Another suggestion: if there are any
croquet associated words or phrases
you’d like me to look into do drop them
into the box. Or email them to me:
[email protected] No promises but
always good to have some to hand.
A warm welcome to new members John
Hicks and Kay Cahill.
“Croquet? Ole!” What a (typically)
brilliant Plimmerton day. Dave ran a
splendid day outside and Sue W again
masterminded the comestibles. Thank
you to both for hours of work. Sue has
asked me to thank, in particular, Barbara
W, Josie, Mary C, and Kay Cahill.
FROM CNZ NEWSLETTER
*An organising committee has been
formed to work on the Golf Croquet
World Championships to be held in NZ
in February 2015. WCF have asked us
to put on an 80 player event
*MacRobertson Shield. New Zealand
won the Shield back after 27 years.
Final result: New Zealand win 13-7
* For those who have their eye on a
Merit Award, the CNZ Coaching
session at the NZ Men’s and Women's
Championship in Wellington on Wed 12
March may be beneficial.
8.30am – 12.30pm: Silver Award
coaching (12 hoop break or more
without bisques); 1.00pm – 5.00pm:
Gold Award coaching (triple peel in
competition). At Kelburn Club.
*Coming Up: Arthur Ross Memorial
Event Handicap Singles Final.
Paraparaumu 28 Feb - 2 March
* In Cairo, Egypt. Over 50 Golf
Croquet World Championship: 5 - 11
October. (Qualifying Tournament: 1-3
October) AND Women’s Golf Croquet
World Championship: 16 -21/11
(Qualifying Tournament: 12-14/11)
*NB During tournaments players have
been seen bashing in hoops that they
feel are too loose. AC ORLC 3.2.4,
page 54 of Yearbook reads - ”Players
must not adjust, stamp or knock in
loose hoops themselves, but should at
least consult their opponent and
preferably (particularly if there is
another game on the lawn that might
be affected) a referee”.
Croquet terms
“Sledge” has come up a bit of late – and
I’m not speaking snow or cricket!
It’s talking to the opposition with the aim
of destroying their concentration, their
confidence or self esteem. Also known
as "Mental Disintegration". Basically,
nasty and totally unacceptable.
Incidentally ‘sledge’ is Old Norse
“sleggja” to early Germanic “slagjo” to
Old English “slecg” all meaning a hammer,
or mallet! We, of course have sledgehammers to biff things with physically
but now, also, alas, verbally.
Peel: is dated from, roughly, the end of
the C19th. Named after Walter H. Peel
founder of the All England Croquet Assoc
and, apparently, a well known exponent of
the practice.
Mallet: from Latin ‘malleus” a hammer
through C13th French “mail” a hammer to
C15th French maillet a small hammer –
usually wooden. From the fine old Romans
the word also spawned the small bone in
the inner ear, and a bony projection on
either side of your ankle. Perhaps more
relevant to croquet is the root word
“mele’ to grind or crush! So when you try
and squeeze illegally through a hoop you
have the old Romans to thank, twice, for
being involved!
Get up and about soon to Ken Ford – we
look forward to having you and your new
hip out and about ‘ere long.
Alison: [email protected]
2336485
COMING EVENTS
1 Mar: Paekakariki Cup
29/30 Mar: WCA Silver Badges
18-21 Apr: Easter tournament
10 MAY: PCC Gala Day
17 MAY: AGM
FEBRUARY ROSTERS
Housekeeping
Lawns
1-10 Pat Wilson
15th >> Jo Bray
11-20 Elizabeth B
21-31 Pam S
Milk and Biccies: Barbara Watson
''There is skill in placing balls on the lawn
OTAGO DAILY TIMES:
Croquet: Silver medal for Berrymans
in first shot at Games
By Alistair McMurran on Mon, 3 Feb
2014
and running a hoop is like potting a ball in
snooker. You hide balls behind hoops and
pegs so your opponent can't see them.''
Beverley (69) did not want to play but
started croquet four years ago because
her husband kept paying fees for both of
The Berryman husband and wife team
them at the Plimmerton Club in
reached the podium in their first taste
Wellington.
of the New Zealand Masters Games on
Saturday.
Tom and Beverley Berryman won the
silver medal in division 2 of golf
croquet at the Forbury Park lawns.
The gold medal was won by home club
members Lorraine Millar and Kathleen
West. Judy Buchanan and Carole
Coveney (Winton) won the bronze
''I've gone from golf croquet to
association and have enjoyed it,'' she
said.
''They both have their special skills but
I think I like association better.''
The Plimmerton club has 90 members and
is the third largest club in New Zealand.
Five members are playing in the Masters
medal.
Games.
Tom Berryman (68) started playing
The others are Bob and Anne McKenzie,
croquet after he retired as a business
who won the gold medal in division 3, and
analyst with Telecom 14 years ago.
Jo Bray who teamed with Peter Thomson
''I was invited to take croquet lessons
division 1.
at the Plimmerton club and the game
(Winton) to win the silver medal in
caught my fancy immediately,'' he said. ''We saw it as a challenge to come to
Dunedin,'' Beverley said.
He was keen on cue sports and found
association croquet was similar to
snooker.
''The Masters Games was something to
Golf croquet has been significant in
have a bit of fun at. I'd heard about
introducing new players to the sport.
the Masters Games years ago and the
Wanganui one caught my interest and I
thought I might cycle in it.''
''The emergence of golf croquet has
made a big difference to our club,'' Tom
said,'' It's easy to learn, fun to play and
Since Beverley started playing croquet, is popular with retired people.
the Berrymans have entered different
tournaments around the country.
''The Masters Games was an
opportunity to come down to Dunedin
for a week,'' Tom said.
The Berrymans are competing in all
four disciplines of croquet this week:
golf, ricochet, one ball and association.
"People are coming into the game and
enjoying it more easily than if they
started with the association game.''
The difference is a 45min game
compared with the 3hr association game.
Croquet is becoming a family game for
the Berrymans after their
granddaughter, Yasmeen Berryman
Tom feels golf croquet, the shortened
Assemahli (15), started the sport two
version of the sport, is beneficial
years ago. She is in contention for the
because the skills carry over to
New Zealand team for the Youth World
association croquet.
Cup in Hawkes Bay next year.
''Croquet is a player-driven sport so
The division 1 gold medal was won by the
things like umpiring and administration
Forbury Park pair of Ngaire McKenzie
of clubs all form part of the
and Ron McMurran. The Dunedin pair of
responsibilities of being a croquet
Dick Bone and Merv Garthwaite won the
player,'' he said.
bronze medal.
He has been club captain of the
Plimmerton Club for seven years and
has played a key role in building up the
membership.

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