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NELSON BAY CROQUET CLUB
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Nelson Bay Croquet Club has been established for 30 years. It is located in the Blue Water Paradise of Port Stephens, just north of Newcastle, NSW. Membership is open to all who are interested in the game, and visitors are warmly welcomed.
Members play two the three internationally recognised forms of Croquet – Golf and Ricochet - at present, there are no regular Association games. The Club plays both social and competitive games five days each week on four professionally maintained full sized courts and has a small clubhouse on-site. We also have an active program of social events.
Playing schedule available here:
9:30am to 3:00pm SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2026
FREE!!
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Come-and-Try croquet
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All ages
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Free coaching
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Play a game
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Sausage sizzle
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
CLUB COMPETITIONS 2026
Sunday 13th September
Sunday 25th October
Blowes Shield Doubles
President’s Cup
HUNTER ZONE HUB ACTIVITIES 2026
Thursday 8th October
Thursday 5th November
Ricochet Friendship Day @ 9am
Gateball Come-and-Try
COACHING DATES 2026
Regular Coaching Sessions
Monday afternoons – all, content as required
State Pennants – as requested by teams
To be confirmed – beginner coaching
Hunter Zone Hub activities are for all players – if you are interested contact Nancy Ainsworth to register your interest.
Email: nancyainsworth146@bigpond.com
Mobile: 0418 472 087
All activities are scheduled at Lake Macquarie Croquet Centre, Glendale (Toronto Croquet Club).
LATEST NEWS
NSW GOLF CROQUET OPEN DOUBLES
Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August 2026
The NSW Golf Croquet Open Doubles Championship was hosted by Newcastle National Park Croquet Club from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August 2026. 16 doubles pairs entered and the qualifying round was played as 2 blocks of 8 pairs with the top 4 from each block progressing to the knock-out finals.
4 members from Nelson Bay Croquet Club entered: Rob Batho & Marty Quirke were seeded in Block A and Faby Batho & Sherry Gordon were seeded in Block B. With some of the best players in NSW and ACT entered, the competition would be intense. Neither pair qualified for the final play-off and played in the consolation knock-out. Faby & Sherry progressed to the semi-final, finishing 4th and winning 5 games across the championship – an excellent outcome in this company.
In the championship final, Aniko Osvald & Robert Ey (Mosman/Canberra) beat Pauline Markwell & Chris Williamson (Royal Sydney Golf Club/Toronto) 7-3 7-5 to be declared state champions.
NSW Open Doubles Winners & Runners-up
COACHING SESSION
Monday 3rd August 2026
Pam Barnwell and Derek Bull conducted a coaching session on advanced tactics for Division 1 (GC handicaps -6 to 4) and Division 2 (GC handicaps 5 to 8) players on Monday 3rd August 2026.
Pam has won numerous Australian and NSW championships, including the NSW Champion of Champions tournament, and has been selected as a NSW representative. Derek has also won numerous Australian and NSW championships and has been selected as a NSW representative.
The session was well attended and all the participants took away many ideas for improving their Golf Croquet.
Derek Bull and Faby Batho - tactics
Derek Bull and Rob Batho,
jump shot
Pam Barnwell - tactics
THOMPSON TROPHY A GRADE
Sunday 2nd August 2026
The Thompson Trophy Golf Croquet A Grade (handicaps -6 to 4) intraclub competition was held on Sunday 2nd August 2026. With a number of A Grade players unavailable, only three players entered: Rob Batho, Trevor Black and Marty Quirke. To ensure a fair test of the players’ skills, the competition was played as a round-robin of 19-point games with no time limit.
Marty Quirke dominated both his games to win the A Grade trophy for the first time. A good quality competition despite the low number of entries.
Sherry Gordon presents the trophy to
Marty Quirke