Printed copies of the 2019 calendar may be collected from the clubhouse and a downloadable copy may be found in the Members area of the website. New for this year is the following on-line version. This includes other club and social events as well as any changes in fixtures and lawn bookings that occur during the season. Changes and additions are highlighted in red.
Visitors and guests are always welcome by arrangement with the Club. Please contact the Club Secretary.
Regular weekly events
In addition to fixtures listed in the calendar, the club holds regular weekly events throughout the season from April to September for both association croquet and golf croquet. Click here for more details.
February
| Wed | 20 | Annual dinner at Curzon Park Golf Club |
March
| Fri | 8 | AGM at Westminster Park Community Centre |
| Thu | 21 | 10 am Setting out full lawns |
| Sat | 23 | 10 am Setting out short lawns pm Clubhouse spring-cleaning |
April
| Sun | 7 | 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday and start of golf croquet RAT league |
| Sat | 13 | 10 am – 3.30 pm Croquet taster day for newcomers |
| Sat & Sun |
13 14 |
NW Millennium Advanced Tournament (Bowdon) |
| Sun | 14 | NW Golf Croquet League: Crake Valley (H) |
| Tue | 16 | 6 pm Croquet taster session for newcomers |
| Tue | 23 | 6.30 pm Association croquet beginners course |
| Wed | 24 | 4.45 – 7.30 pm Golf croquet beginners Lawns 1 & 2 |
| Thu | 25 | NW Mid-Week League: Bury (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chester Chariots (H) rescheduled to Thursday, 9 May |
| Sat | 27 | North Wales & Cheshire GC: Craig-y-Don (A) |
| Sun | 28 | NW Handicap League: Bury Caesars (A) |
| Tue | 30 | 6.30 pm Association croquet beginners course |
May
| Wed | 1 | 4.45 – 7.30 pm Golf croquet beginners Lawns 1, 2 & 3 |
| Thu | 2 | NW Short Croquet League: Westmorland (H) rescheduled from Saturday, 4 May |
| Sat | 4 | NW Short Croquet League: Westmorland (H) rescheduled to Thursday, 2 May |
| Sun | 5 | NW Golf Croquet League: Fylde Falcons (A) 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday |
| Tue | 7 | 6.30 pm Association croquet beginners course |
| Thu | 9 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chester Chariots (H) rescheduled from Thursday, 25 April |
| Sat | 11 | NW Millennium Short Lawn (Fylde) |
| Sun | 12 | National Croquet Day NW Golf Croquet League: Westmorland (H) |
| Tue | 14 | 6.30 pm Association croquet beginners course |
| Thu | 16 | NW Mid-Week League: Bowdon Griffins (H) |
| Fri | 17 | North Wales & Cheshire AC Short: Llanfairfechan (A) |
| Tue | 21 | 6.30 pm Association croquet beginners course |
| Thu | 23 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Crake (A) rescheduled to Thursday, 20 June NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Pendle (A) rescheduled to Thursday, 12 September |
| Sat | 25 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (H) NW Handicap League: Southport (A) rescheduled to Saturday, 31 August |
| Sun | 26 | NW Golf Croquet League: Culcheth (A) rescheduled to Sunday, 22 September |
| Tue | 28 | 6.30 pm Association croquet beginners course |
June
| Sun | 2 | NW Handicap League: Pendle & Craven (A) 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday and Early Bird Doubles golf croquet competition |
| Tue | 4 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Southport (H) to be rescheduled 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Thu | 6 | NW Golf Croquet League: Bowdon (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury Sovereigns (H) |
| Fri | 7 | Longman Cup v Bowdon (H) |
| Sun | 9 | NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon Cubs (A) |
| Tue | 11 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Wed | 12 | Mary Rose v Pendle (H) rescheduled to Monday, 8 July |
| Thu | 13 | NW Mid-Week League: Westmorland (A) rescheduled to Thursday, 8 August |
| Sun | 16 | NW Short Croquet League: Southport (A) |
| Tue | 18 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Thu | 20 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Crake (A) rescheduled from Thursday, 23 May |
| Sat | 22 | NW Handicap League: Crake Valley (H) to be rescheduled Westminster Park Summer Fayre |
| Sun | 23 | NW Advanced B League: Southport (A) NW Golf Croquet League: Fylde Coasters (H) rescheduled to Saturday, 13 July |
| Tue | 25 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Thu | 27 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Pendle (H) |
| Sat & Sun |
29 30 |
NW Festival of Croquet (Southport) |
July
| Tue | 2 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Thu | 4 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury Monarchs (A) |
| Sat | 6 | 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday |
| Sun | 7 | NW Golf Croquet League: Bury South (H) |
| Mon | 8 | Mary Rose v Pendle (H) rescheduled from Wednesday, 12 June |
| Tue | 9 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Wed | 10 | NW Millennium Golf Handicap (Chester) Secretary’s Shield v Broadwas (A) |
| Thu | 11 | Social visit to Dibleys Nursery near Ruthin |
| Fri | 12 | NW Mid-Week League: Bowdon Earls (A) |
| Sat | 13 | NW Short Croquet League: Bury Vikings (H) NW Golf Croquet League: Fylde Coasters (H) rescheduled from Sunday, 23 June |
| Sat & Sun |
13 14 |
NW Millennium Association Handicap (Pendle) |
| Sun | 14 | NW Handicap League: Bowdon St Mary’s (H) 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday moved to Saturday, 6 July |
| Tue | 16 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Wed | 17 | 6.00 – 9.30 pm Cambridge Society of West Cheshire and North Wales (CAMSOC) |
| Thu | 18 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Culcheth (A) |
| Sat | 20 | North Wales & Cheshire AC Short: Craig-y-Don (A) |
| Sun | 21 | NW Handicap League: Bury Peelers (H) |
| Tue | 23 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Fri | 26 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Southport (A) |
| Sat | 27 | NW Advanced B League: Crake Valley (A) rescheduled to Friday, 9 August |
| Sun | 28 | NW Golf Croquet League: Southport (A) rescheduled to Sunday, 8 September |
| Tue | 30 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
August
| Sun | 4 | Afternoon of Croquet charity event Lawns 1 & 2 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday moved to Sunday, 11 August |
| Tue | 6 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Crake Valley (H) 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Thu | 8 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury Sovereigns (H) NW Mid-Week League: Westmorland (A) rescheduled from Thursday, 13 June |
| Fri | 9 | NW Advanced B League: Crake Valley (A) rescheduled from Saturday, 27 July |
| Sun | 11 | NW Handicap League: Bowdon Firs (A) NW Golf Croquet League: Bury North (A) 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday |
| Tue | 13 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Wed | 14 | NW Mid-Week League: Southport (H) |
| Fri | 16 | Longman Cup v Tyneside (A) at Pendle to be rescheduled due to forecast poor weather |
| Sat | 17 | NW Short Croquet League: Bury Crusaders (A) rescheduled to Saturday, 21 September |
| Sat & Sun |
17 18 |
Visit to Carrickmines Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club Association and golf croquet(A) May be rescheduled to other dates, to be confirmed. |
| Sun | 18 | am and pm Mensa croquet day |
| Tue | 20 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Thu | 22 | North Wales & Cheshire GC: Tattenhall (H) |
| Sat | 24 | NW Short Croquet League: Fylde (H) Secretary’s Shield: Semi final v Ashby (H) |
| Tues | 27 | 6.30 pm Association croquet practice |
| Wed | 28 | NW Mid-Week League: Pendle & Craven (H) |
| Thu | 29 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury Monarchs (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Culcheth (H) |
| Sat | 31 | NW Golf Croquet League: Llanfairfechan (H) NW Handicap League: Southport (A) rescheduled from Saturday, 25 May |
September
| Sun | 1 | NW Advanced B League: Pendle & Craven (H) rescheduled to Friday, 20 September NW Handicap League: Crake Valley (A) |
| Sat | 7 | NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon Bears (H) |
| Sun | 8 | NW Handicap League: Fylde (H) NW Golf Croquet League: Southport (A) rescheduled from Sunday, 28 July |
| Thu | 12 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Pendle (A) rescheduled from Thursday, 23 May North Wales & Cheshire GC: Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Fri | 13 | Longman Cup v Tyneside (A) at Pendle rescheduled from Friday, 16 August |
| Sat | 14 | Hibiscus Tournament rescheduled to Saturday, 28 September |
| Sun | 15 | Christine Long Golf Tournament rescheduled to Sunday, 29 September |
| Tue | 17 | North Wales & Cheshire AC Short: Tattenhall (H) |
| Wed | 18 | Visit by David Barrett with mallets for sale |
| Thu | 19 | Friendly golf croquet day with Tattenhall and Craig-y-Don at Chester, 10 am to 4 pm, four lawns |
| Sat | 21 | NW Short Croquet League: Bury Crusaders (A) rescheduled from Saturday, 17 August |
| Sun | 22 | NW Advanced B League: Bowdon (A) NW Golf Croquet League: Culcheth (A) rescheduled from Sunday, 26 May |
| Wed | 25 | NW Advanced B League: Pendle & Craven (H) rescheduled from Sunday, 1 September |
| Sat | 28 | Hibiscus Tournament rescheduled from Saturday, 14 September |
| Sat or Sun |
28 or 29 |
Secretary’s Shield v St Albans (A) possibly at Nottingham |
| Sun | 29 | Christine Long Golf Tournament rescheduled from Sunday, 15 September. Due to wet weather , postponed again to Wednesday, 9 October. |
October
| Sun | 6 | 2 – 5 pm Social Sunday |
| Wed | 9 | Christine Long Golf Tournament rescheduled from Sunday, 29 September. |
| Tue | 22 | Visit to Cheshire Recycling Centre near Winsford, 10 – 12 am |
November
| Wed | 13 | End of Season Supper |
December
| Thu | 12 | Visit to Hawarden Airport at Broughton |