Presidents day and trophies at Toowoomba Croquet Club

Yesterday was president's day at the Toowoomba Croquet Club. There was a large attendance of members and visitors for tea and croquet. Several competitions were held and tea was served in the vine-covered club house. To Mrs. Frank Hooper (retiring president) and Mrs. Oswald Booth (hon. secretary) bouquets of pink axealeas and Iceland poppies respectively were presented. After tea Mrs. Hooper presented the trophies as follows: Championship and ladder, Mrs. E. Rowe; single handicap, Mrs. Isaacs; doubles, Mesdames F. Hodgson and E. Perkins; novice, Mrs. C. Fortescue; president's trophy for consistent play, Mrs. Cornell; Mrs. Boyce's trophy, Mrs. Carrell; Mrs. Perkin's trophy, Mrs. Frank Hodgson. The committee for the ensuing year includes Mesdames A. D. McKenzie, R. Rivett, Gavin Wald and Eustace Barlow, Misses Daisy Wilcox and M. Wonderley (hon. secretary). Miss Una Borton was elected captain.

The article as it was printed in The Telegraph, 22 September 1927. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)