Well done to Jonathan and his new partner in their win at Surbiton Croquet Club in the club’s Association Handicap Doubles.
[Words by Jonathan Edwards]
“The match lasted just over three and a half hours!
“I was playing with my new croquet partner, Alison Maughan (-1.5) against Linda (12) and Julian (4.5). Some people may pick up that Alison is the editor of Croquet England’s website magazine.
“After half and hour, Alison peeled me through hoop 1 and then went all the way round to hoop 4 back.
“The next hour and a half, both sides slowly crept around the lawn with a number of blobs by me and our opponents. I finally managed to hit a purple patch and made 5 hoops which got me to 3 back.
“At the next opportunity, Alison got in and went straight to peg, and I played Aunt Sally!
“Make a hoop, split them up … make a hoop, split them up until I got to rover which I ran and, with a lot of luck, my ball ended up in the perfect position to rush to peg and the rest was history!”