Postponed and rescheduled matches marked in red.
Weekly playing arrangements
Regular weekly roll-up sessions are normally as follows but priority is given to scheduled league matches and competitions. These are listed in the monthly calendar below and are shown on the lawn booking system.
| 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 AC – GC partnership |
AC full lawn and short lawn including AC – GC partnership |
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| Tuesday | GC progressive doubles roll-up | – | AC and GC roll-up and beginners/ improvers |
| Wednesday | GC match training |
AC full lawn and short lawn |
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| Thursday | GC singles roll-up | GC Teatime Twosomes 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm |
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| Friday | New members and AC and GC improvers coaching and training |
– | – |
| Saturday | AC and GC roll-up | – | – |
| Sunday | Social Sundays first Sunday in the month |
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January
| Mon | 1 | New Year’s Day Social Funday from 12.00 midday |
| Fri | 5 | Planning Meeting at 6.45 pm at Westminster Park Community Centre |
March
| Sat | 2 | NW Federation Spring Meeting |
| Fri | 8 | AGM at 7.00 pm at Westminster Park Community Centre |
| Thu | 28 | Setting out lawns for 2024 season |
| Sat | 30 | Setting out lawns for 2024 season |
| Sun | 31 | Lawns re-open for play after winter break Social Funday, afternoon |
April
| Sun | 7 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Southport (H) postponed due to rain, rescheduled to Friday 9 August |
| Thu | 11 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chester Chariots (H) postponed due to rain, rescheduled to Thursday, 25 April |
| Sat | 13 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Craggy Dons (H) postponed due to cumulative effects of rain, rescheduled to Saturday, 8 June |
| Sun | 14 | NW Short Croquet League: Bury (A) |
| Sat | 20 | NW Advanced B League: Crake Valley (H) NW Handicap Golf : 2023 final play-off South and North winners Chester Senators v Fylde Falcons (A) cancelled due to waterlogged lawns |
| Sun | 21 | Taster Day for newcomers to croquet |
| Mon | 22 | GC Inter-Club Shield: Chester v Bowdon (A) |
| Thu | 25 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chester Chariots (H) rescheduled from Saturday, 13 April |
| Sat | 27 | Longman Cup AC Handicap: Chester v Bury (H) |
| Sun | 28 | NW Short Croquet League: Pendle (H) postponed to Monday, 12 August |
May
| Thu | 2 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Sat | 4 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Sun | 5 | Social Funday, afternoon from 2 pm |
| Tue | 7 | AC/GC Partnership – AC Alternate Shot Doubles, 12 noon to 4 pm |
| Thu | 9 | Murphy Shield GC Handicap v Ashby (H) |
| Sat | 11 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Llanfairfechan Pioneers (A) |
| Sun | 12 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Fylde (A) Early Bird golf doubles competition |
| Wed | 15 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Bury (H) cancelled |
| Thu | 16 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Llanfairfechan (A) |
| Fri | 17 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Westmorland (A) |
| Sat- Fri | 18 – 24 | National Croquet Week |
| Sat | 18 | Chester GC C Level level play tournament NW Short Croquet League: Llanfairfechan (A) |
| Sun | 19 | Chester AC Advanced 14 point full lawn tournament |
| Wed | 22 | NW Short Croquet League: Westmorland (A) |
| Thu | 23 | Mary Rose AC Advanced v Bowdon (H) postponed due to rain to Tuesday, 28 May |
| Sun | 26 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Bury Peelers (A) |
| Tue | 28 | Mary Rose AC Advanced v Bowdon (H) postponed from Thursday, 23 May |
June
| Sat | 1 | Chester GC B Level level play tournament |
| Sun | 2 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Crake Valley (H) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Southport (A) |
| Tue | 4 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Crake Valley (H) |
| Thu | 6 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Westmorland (H) |
| Fri | 7 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Westmorland (H) postponed to Wednesday, 14 August |
| Sat | 8 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Craggy Dons (H) rescheduled from Saturday, 13 April |
| Sun | 9 | Social Funday, afternoon |
| Wed | 12 | NW Short Croquet League: Southport (H) |
| Tue | 18 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Southport (H) |
| Thu | 20 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury Sovereigns (H) |
| Sat | 22 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Bowdon Bounders (H) |
| Thu | 27 | Snowdonia Cup – Golf Croquet: Tattenhall (H) |
| Sat- Sun | 29 – 30 | Southport Festival of Croquet |
July
| Wed | 3 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Southport (A) |
| Sat | 6 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (H) abandoned due to rain, postponed to Saturday, 24 August |
| Sun | 7 | CAMSOC visit, afternoon, 3 lawns |
| Tue | 9 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bowdon Bombers (H) postponed to Wednesday, 11 September |
| Thu | 11 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Ellesmere (H) postponed to Tuesday, 30 July |
| Sat | 13 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Ellesmere (H) |
| Sun | 14 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Bowdon Griffins (A) Social Funday, afternoon |
| Wed | 17 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Fylde (H) |
| Thu | 18 | Murphy Shield GC Handicap v Durham (H) |
| Sat | 20 | Snowdonia Cup – Golf Croquet: Llanfairfechan (H) |
| Sun | 21 | NW Short Croquet League: Fylde (H) |
| Wed | 24 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Ellesmere (A) |
| Thu | 25 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Southport (A) postponed to Saturday, 17 August |
| Sat | 27 | NW Advanced B League: Pendle (H) postponed to Wednesday, 28 August |
| Sun | 28 | Snowdonia Cup – Golf Croquet: Craggy Dons (A) Buckley Masonic Lodge, afternoon 2 lawns |
| Tue | 30 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Ellesmere (H) postponed from Thursday, 11 July, and then cancelled as Ellesmere withdrawn from league |
August
| Sat- Sun | 3 – 4 | All England GC A level tournament for the Maggie Cowman Cup |
| Tue | 6 | NW Advanced B League: Fylde (A) Chester Deva Rotary Club, evening |
| Fri | 9 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Southport (H) postponed from Sunday, 7 April |
| Sat | 10 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Llanfairfechan Dragons (A) Saughall Rotary Club, afternoon 2 lawns |
| Sun | 11 | Social Funday, afternoon |
| Mon | 12 | NW Short Croquet League: Pendle (H) postponed from Sunday, 28 April |
| Wed | 14 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Westmorland (H) postponed from Friday, 7 June NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bowdon Bombers (A) |
| Thu | 15 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Crake Valley (A) postponed to Thursday, 19 September |
| Sat | 17 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Southport (A) postponed from Thursday, 25 July |
| Sun | 18 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Bury Caesars (A) MENSA visit, all day, 2 lawns am, 3 lawns pm |
| Mon | 19 | NW Midweek 14 Point AC Handicap League: Bowdon Earls (A) |
| Sat | 24 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (H) postponed from Saturday, 6 July |
| Wed | 28 | NW Advanced B League: Pendle (H) postponed from Saturday, 27 July |
| Sat | 31 | Open short lawn end of season competition |
September
| Sun | 1 | NW Advanced B League: Bowdon Angels (A) Social Funday, afternoon |
| Mon | 2 | Mason Cup AC 14pt handicap competition |
| Tue | 3 | Murphy Shield GC Handicap v Watford (A at Kenilworth) |
| Wed | 4 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury Sovereigns (A) |
| Sat | 7 | NW Millennium GC Level Play tournament at Bury |
| Sat-Sun | 7 – 8 | NW Millennium AC Handicap tournament at Chester |
| Tue | 10 | 1st Huntington Guides, evening |
| Wed | 11 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bowdon Bombers (H) postponed from Tuesday, 9 July |
| Fri | 13 | GC Level Play B and C Level end of season finals brought forward from Sunday, 22 September |
| Sat | 14 | NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon Blanks (H) |
| Sun | 15 | NW Weekend 26 Point AC Handicap League: Pendle (H) NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon Bullets (A) postponed to Tuesday, 17 September |
| Mon | 16 | Hibiscus short lawn competition cancelled due to insufficient participants |
| Tue | 17 | NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon Bullets (A) postponed from Sunday, 15 September |
| Wed | 18 | Snowdonia Cup short lawn: Llanfairfechan (A) |
| Thu | 19 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Crake Valley (A) postponed from Thursday, 15 August |
| Sat | 21 | Christine Long golf croquet end of season competition |
| Sun | 22 | GC Level Play B and C Level end of season finals brought forward to Friday, 13 September |
| Wed | 25 | Visit by Boughton Hall, afternoon one lawn postponed due to rain to Wednesday, 16 October |
| Sat | 28 | Snowdonia Cup short lawn: Craig-y-Don (A)
Newbies golf croquet end of season competition |
October
| Sat | 6 | Murphy Shield GC Handicap v Sussex County (A at Wrest Park) Snowdonia Cup short lawn: Tattenhall (A) |
| Wed | 16 | Visit by Boughton Hall, afternoon one lawn postponed from Wednesday, 25 September |
| Sun | 20 | End of season Social Funday, afternoon |
November
| Tue | 19 | End of season supper and presentations at Chez Jules at 6.30 pm |
| Sat | 23 | NW Federation AGM at Bury |