Downs tournament and the year's croquet programme

Members of croquet clubs in Queensland generally have planned an active programme for the next few months. In Toowoomba on Monday the annual Downs tournament will commence on the Toowoomba and Laurel Bank Clubs' lawns and on a private lawn — "Fairways." This tournament has attracted representatives from Casino, Maryborough, Allora, Bundaberg and Nambour, in addition to many Brisbane and Toowoomba players.

The tournament is being managed by Mrs. E. A. McConachie, who is the captain of the Toowoomba Croquet Club. Mrs. Gerard Boyce is the president of the tournament committee, Mrs. Nelson Fox the secretary, and Mrs. R. Carlisle the treasurer.

Official visitors coming to Toowoomba during the week-end for the opening days of the tournament will include the president, secretary and treasurer of the Queensland Croquet Association — Mesdames F. Williamson and P. Daniels and Miss J. McWhinney respectively.

Early in June, the Downs croquet pennants competitions will be contested in Toowoomba by members of clubs in Toowoomba and country centres on the Darling Downs.

On May 19, Mrs. E. A. McConachie will go to Brisbane to take part in the Queensland Gold Medal croquet championships, which will be competed for by 12 players who have been chosen as the best in the State. Towards the end of the year, Mrs. McConachie, who was appointed a Queensland delegate on the Australian Croquet Council, will go to Tasmania to attend a croquet conference. Tasmania has also been chosen as the centre for the playing of the annual Australian croquet championships.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 26 April 1952. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)