President's day at Toowoomba Croquet Club

President's day was celebrated at the Toowoomba Croquet Club yesterday afternoon, when there was a large attendance of members and friends. Mrs. E. J. Rowe (president) received the guests. Croquet competitions were enjoyed, and tea was served in the pavilion at tables arranged with desert pea, poppies, and violets. Mrs. J. D. Annand (patroness), Mrs. Rowe (president), and Mrs. O. Booth (secretary) were presented with bouquets. Mrs. Annand presented the trophies won during the year, as follows:—Club championship and singles handicap, Mrs. F. Bridgeman; novice and B grade scratch competition, Miss Clarice Hooper; doubles handicap, Mesdames O. Booth and H. Goodrich; Edith Hooper memorial handicap, Mrs. E. J. Rowe; Elizabeth Gayndon memorial handicap, Miss Clarice Hooper; patroness's trophy, Mrs. J. Rogers. Others present included Mesdames J. M. Yates, F. Hodgson, C. Blair, C. Fortescue, F. Hooper, G. Cossart, M. Corbett, J. Krimmer, B. Krimmer, J. D. Annand, J. Esler, A. V. Graham, A. E. Baker, W. Miller, W. Hooper, J. Rogers, Grigg, J. Lee, J. B. Kingsford, Goodrich, J. A. Taylor, P. Elliott, G. Wagner, G. Fogarty, J. M'Kimmey, S. Bridgeman, A. Collins, H. A. Ferguson, Maconachie, M'Kenzie, J. Wilson, P. Dunbar, A. Thorburn, W. Hooper, W. Stewart, W. H. Gobbett, A. Walker, N. Hatton, N. M'Donald, and A. Langmead, and Misses Clarice and Pattie Hooper, Jessie Krimmer, Elsie Bridgeman, Booth, and Wagner.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 30 July 1932. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)