Eildon Croquet Club donates $500 to flood-affected clubs, plus one more from Eildon

To help our croquet friends at Windsor Croquet Club and McIlwraith Croquet Club recover from their recent terrible flooding events, Eildon Croquet Club will be donating $500 to each club.

If you'd like to contribute to the repair of any club, bank details are here: https://croquet-australia.com.au/2022/03/11/aca-disaster-relief-program/

Eildon minutes, congratulations and upcoming events

Hello Members

The minutes of our meeting on 12 April are in our RevSport online Library. Login to view them.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Wade Hart, who was recently a member of the Qld State AC team for the Eire Cup in Sydney.

Congratulations to Graham McLean, who was in 3rd place at the ACA Bronze Medal at Caloundra.

Congratulations to Jenee Molyneux, who came a very close 2nd in the CAQ Open Singles Plate event.

The two Eildon Gateball teams had a fun experience at the National Gateball Championships at Runaway Bay.

Club notices

Winter start times have started for Tuesday afternoons at 2pm and Gateball on Fridays at 1pm.

If any members would like to make a personal donation to any flood affected croquet club, please see the Australian Croquet Association page: ACA Disaster Relief Program (croquet-australia.com.au).

There are a number of new fliers on the noticeboard at the club for various events at other clubs:

- Southport Golden Mallet in May and Gateball in April - Bribie Ricochet Friendship Day in June - Buderim Headland in May - Hervey Bay in August

Coming up at Eildon

The CAQ Women's GC Championships will be held at Eildon on 23 & 24 April. We have 5 Eildon entrants in the field of 18. The hoops will be moved on 21 April and there will be a practice session on Friday 22nd afternoon, 3 – 5pm.

Croquet is 100 years old in Qld – come on 7 May and help Eildon celebrate.

An order for hats, jackets and hatbands will be made today, Thursday, so please make sure you have made your order at our online shop (you will have to be logged in) or ring, text or email me and I can place an order for you.

Take care

Megan