The following on-line calendar provides information on matches and other events and is kept up to date when fixtures change. A downloadable and printable calendar is also available but may not incorporate later changes.
Weekly playing arrangements
Regular weekly roll-up sessions will normally be as follows but priority will be given to scheduled league matches and competitions. These are listed in the 2022 calendar below and will be shown on the lawn booking system. Changes for 2022 are marked in red.
| Morning 10.00 am – 1.00 pm |
Afternoon 1.00 pm – 5.30 pm |
Evening 5.30 pm onwards |
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| Monday | AC full lawn and short lawn including GC to AC cross-over |
AC full lawn and short lawn including GC to AC cross-over |
– |
| Tuesday | GC roll-up | – | AC beginners/ continuation/ improvers |
| Wednesday | – | AC full lawn and short lawn and one ball |
– |
| Thursday | – | GC singles roll-up | – |
| Friday | New members AC and GC roll-up |
GC team practice |
– |
| Saturday | AC and GC roll-up | – | – |
| Sunday | – | – | – |
February
| Wed | 23 | Planning Meeting at 7.45 pm at Westminster Park Community Centre |
March
| Sat | 5 | NW Federation Spring Meeting |
| Fri | 11 | AGM at 7.45 pm at Westminster Park Community Centre |
| Thu | 24 | Setting out lawns for 2022 season |
| Sat | 26 | Setting out lawns for 2022 season |
| Sun | 27 | Lawns re-open for play after winter break |
April
| Fri | 8 | am Returning ‘newbies’ coaching session |
| Sun | 10 | Beginning of season Social Funday |
| Sat | 23 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Chester Tribunes (H) |
| Sun | 24 | Taster day for newcomers who would like to try their hand at croquet |
| Tue | 26 | NW Short Croquet League: 2021 play-off v Westmorland at Fylde |
| Wed | 27 | Beginners day – morning to 2.00 pm |
| Sat | 30 | NW Short Croquet League: Southport Birkdale (H) cancelled, Southport withdrawn from league |
May
| Wed | 4 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (H) |
| Thu | 5 | Secretary’s Shield v Middlesbrough (at Pendle) |
| Sat | 7 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Crake Valley (H) |
| Sun | 8 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Southport (A) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Llanfairfechan Dragons (H) |
| Mon | 9 | GC to AC conversion day |
| Tue | 10 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chariots (H) |
| Sun | 15 | NW Short Croquet League: Pendle (A) |
| Wed | 18 | Murphy Inter-Club Shield golf level play v Branston near Lincoln (at Nottingham) NW Mid-Week Handicap League: Pendle (H) postponed to Wednesday, 22 June |
| Sat | 21 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Bury Caesars (A) Early Bird Golf Doubles Competition cancelled |
| Sun | 22 | NW Advanced B League: Southport (A) cancelled, Southport withdrawn from league NW Millennium Short Lawn Competition (Fylde) Social Funday at Chester |
| Wed | 25 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Culcheth (A) |
| Thu | 26 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Pendle (H) |
| Fri | 27 | Secretary’s Shield 2nd Round v York (at Pendle) |
| Sat | 28 | NW Millennium Golf Handicap (Southport) |
| Sun | 29 | NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon (H) |
| Tue | 31 | Chester Deva Rotary Club – 7.00 – 9 pm |
June
| Sat | 4 | Jubilee Picnic Fun Day at Belgrave Infant School on Five Ashes Road |
| Sun | 5 | NW Advanced B League: Bowdon (A) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Bowdon (H) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Culcheth (A) postponed to Wednesday, 13 July |
| Wed | 8 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Culcheth (A) |
| Thu | 9 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury Sovereigns (H) |
| Sat | 11 | NW Short Croquet League: Fylde (A) |
| Sat – Sun | 11 – 12 |
NW Millennium Association Handicap Competition (Chester) reduced to one day, Saturday only |
| Thu | 16 | Snowdonia Cup – GC: Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Fri | 17 | NW Mid-Week Handicap League: Bowdon (A) |
| Sat | 18 | NW Short Croquet League: Bury (H) |
| Sun | 19 | Social Funday at Chester |
| Tue | 21 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury Monarchs (H) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Southport (A) |
| Wed | 22 | NW Mid-Week Handicap League: Pendle (H) postponed from Wednesday, 18 May 4th Chester St Mary’s Guides – 7.30 – 9 pm |
| Fri | 24 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Tattenhall (H) postponed to Wednesday, 13 July |
| Sat | 25 | Cambridge Society of West Cheshire and North Wales (CAMSOC) – Afternoon |
| Sat – Sun | 25 – 26 | NW Festival of Croquet (Southport) |
| Thu | 30 | Snowdonia Cup – GC: Tattenhall (H) |
July
| Fri | 1 | Longman Cup v Bowdon (H) |
| Sun | 3 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (A) postponed to Saturday, 3 September NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Llanfairfechan Pioneers (H) postponed to Saturday, 16 July |
| Wed | 6 | NW Mid-Week Handicap League: Bury (A) |
| Thu | 7 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury Sovereigns (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Crake Valley (H) |
| Sat | 9 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Southport (H) postponed to Saturday, 6 August |
| Sun | 10 | North Wales Freemasons – Afternoon |
| Tue | 12 | Chester Rambling Club – 7.00 – 9 pm |
| Wed | 13 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Culcheth (A) postponed from Sunday, 5 June Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Tattenhall (H) postponed from Friday, 24 June |
| Sat | 16 | Short Croquet Inter-Club Trophy v Bury (A) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Llanfairfechan Pioneers (H) postponed from Sunday, 3 July |
| Sun | 17 | Social Funday at Chester |
| Thu | 21 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bowdon (H) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Pendle (A) |
| Sat | 23 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Llanfairfechan Dragons (A) |
| Sun | 24 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Bowdon (A) Saughall Rotary Club – Afternoon |
| Wed | 27 | NW Mid-Week Handicap League: Westmorland (H) |
| Sat | 30 | NW Short Croquet League: Southport (A) |
August
| Tue | 2 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Southport (A) |
| Thu | 4 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury Monarchs (H) |
| Sat | 6 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Southport (H) postponed from Saturday, 9 July, and postponed again to Wednesday, 10 August |
| Sat – Sun |
6 – 7 |
National GC A-Level (0+) Tournament for the Maggie Cowman Cup (Chester) cancelled |
| Wed | 10 | NW Advanced B League: Southport (H) cancelled, Southport withdrawn from league NW Weekend Handicap League: Southport (H) postponed from Saturday, 9 July, to Saturday, 6 August, and postponed again to Wednesday, 10 August |
| Fri | 12 | Social Funday at Chester |
| Sat | 13 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Bury Peelers (A) NW Short Croquet League: Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Sun | 14 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Culcheth (H) cancelled NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Southport (A) |
| Wed | 17 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Southport (A) |
| Thu | 18 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Llanfairfechan (H) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bowdon (A) |
| Sat | 20 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Craig-y-Don (A) |
| Sat – Sun | 20 – 21 | NW Millennium Advanced Competition (Pendle) |
| Sun | 21 | MENSA – All day NW Millennium Golf Croquet Level Play (Crake Valley) |
| Sun | 28 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Llanfairfechan Pioneers (A) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Bowdon (H) |
| Wed | 31 | NW Advanced B League: Bowdon (H) |
September
| Thu | 1 | NW Short Croquet League: Westmorland (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Crake Valley (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Sat | 3 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (A) postponed from Sunday, 3 July |
| Sun | 4 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Fylde (A) |
| Wed | 7 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury (A) |
| Sat | 10 | Social Funday at Chester cancelled due to the death of Queen Elizabeth |
| Sun | 11 | Christine Long golf croquet tournament postponed due to the death of Queen Elizabeth Longman Trophy v Bury (A) |
| Sat | 17 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Sun | 18 | Secretary’s Shield semi-final v Sheffield (H) Hibiscus tournament cancelled and replaced by an open short lawn competition on Saturday, 15 October |
| Fri | 23 | Snowdonia Cup – GC: Craig-y-Don (A) |
| Sat – Sun | 24 – 25 | Mason Cup competition |
October
| Fri | 7 | Secretary’s Shield final v Newport near Saffron Walden, Essex, at Nottingham |
| Sat | 8 | Social Funday |
| Sun | 9 | Christine Long golf croquet tournament postponed from Sunday, 11 September |
| Sat | 15 | Open short lawn competition replacing the Hibiscus tournament on Sunday, 18 September |
| Sun | 30 | End of season Social Funday |
November
| Wed | 23 | End of season presentation dinner at Cote Brasserie, Bridge Street, Chester, 6.30 for 7.00 pm |