President entertains members and trophies are presented

H*eading: DALBY CROQUET CLUB President Entertains Members*

*Newspaper: The Dalby Herald*

*Date: Tuesday 3 March 1942, page 3*

*Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216398651), National Library of Australia*

The tables were prettily decorated with cinerarias, golden glow, and maidenhair fern when Mrs. A. White, president of the Dalby Croquet Club, entertained members at afternoon tea at the croquet lawn on Saturday. There were fifteen present, and apologies for absence were received from several others.

In welcoming the guests, the president said she was pleased to see so many present and hoped they would all spend an ejoyable afternoon.

The Mayoress (Mrs. T. Jack), who is patroness of the club, in presenting the trophies won during the past year, said that in these distressing days it was good to see members taking a little recreation on the croquet lawns as most of them were working hard on patriotic organisations, and also doing other war work.

The following were the trophy winners:—

Open Championship: Mrs. V. Irvine, trophy presented by Mr. E. S. Coutts; runner-up, Mrs. A. White, trophy presented by Mr. E. S. Coutts.

B. Grade Championship: Mrs. L. Wilson; runner-up, Mrs. E. S. Coutts. Trophies presented by Mr. H. N. Smoothy.

Junior A Handicap: Mrs. E. J. Starling, trophy presented by Mrs. A. White; runner-up, Mrs. V. Irvine, trophy presented by Mrs. Adams.

Open Handicap: Mrs. E. J. Starling, trophy presented by Mr. R. Ross; runner-up, Mrs. L. Wilson, trophy presented by Mrs. W. Hoffman.

Doubles Handicap: Mesdames V. Irvine and C. J. Thompson, trophies presented by Mrs. J. Shaw [?Thompson]; runners-up, Mesdames E. S. Coutts and W. Hoffman, trophies presented by Mesdames L. Wilson and P. Lalor.

"C" Consistency: Mrs. L. Orford, trophy presented by Mrs. V. Irvine; runner-up, Mrs. B. J. Edmunds, trophy presented by Mrs. T. Jack.

Queen of the Lawn: Mrs. E. J. Starling, trophy presented by Mrs. T. Jack.

Ladder Competition: Mrs. L. Wilson, trophy presented by Mrs. C. W. D. Savage.

During the afternoon there were two competitions on the lawns, and the winners were Mesdames C. J. Thompson and E. D. Slaughter.

Mrs. C. J. Thompson, on behalf of the guests, thanked Mrs. White for the very pleasant afternoon they had spent on the lawns.

The flowers were sold and the proceeds given to the Dalby branch of the Red Cross Society.

The article as it was printed in The Dalby Herald, 3 March 1942. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)