Trophies presented and annual meeting held

The president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club entertained a number of guests at tea and croquet at their courts on Wednesday afternoon on the occasion of the presentation by the Mayoress (Mrs. J. Douglas Annand) of the trophies won during the year. During the afternoon there were various competitions, and tea was served in the pavilion, at tables arranged with freezias and sweet peas. The president, Mrs. Ernest Rowe, was presented by the members with a bouquet of beautiful daffodils veiled in tulle in the club colours (royal and pale blue). Mrs. Rowe also presented a bouquet of blue perennial pea, tied with the colours, to Mrs. Oswald Booth (hon. secretary). The winners of the trophies during the past year were as follow: Championship, Mrs. Rowe; singles, Mrs. Gerard Boyce; double handicap, Mesdames Oakeley and E. Perkins; novice, Mrs. A. R. Godsall. Those present in the gathering included Mesdames Rowe, E. Perkins, O. Booth, Isaacs, Petford, A. V. Graham, J. B. Kingsford, Cooke, Blair, Oakeley, Gerard Boyce, G. H. Buchanan, Corbett, A. Gaydon, F. Gaydon (Warwick), M. Carmody, W. H. Gobbett, Glen Hickey, Miller, Fryar, Compagnoni, Murphy, and A. Offner, Misses Booth, Fryar and Petford.

Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of the Toowoomba Croquet Club was held at the lawns, when the following office-bearers for the ensuing year were elected: President, Mrs. Ernest Rowe; captain, Mrs. Isaacs (in place of Mrs. E. Perkins, who has retired); hon. secretary, Mrs. Oswald Booth; committee, Mesdames W. P. Oakeley, A. Gaydon, E. Perkins, F. Hodgson, and Corbett. The report showed that the past year had been financially the most successful since the formation of the club. The sum of £50 is already in hand towards the building expenses of the new club house, and it is hoped that building will commence early in the new year.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 7 September 1928. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)