Weekly playing arrangements
Regular weekly roll-up sessions are normally as follows but priority is given to scheduled league matches and competitions. These will be listed in the monthly calendar below and will be 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 to 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 | – |
| Friday | New members and AC and GC improvers coaching and training |
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| 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 |
February
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 |
April
| Sun | 2 | Social Funday, afternoon |
| Sun | 16 | Taster Day for newcomers to croquet |
| Wed | 19 | Beginners Day |
May
| Thu | 4 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chariots (H) |
| Fri | 5 | Murphy Shield v Durham (H) Cancelled, walk-over by Chester |
| Sun | 7 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Tribunes (H) |
| Tue | 9 | Mary Rose v Tyneside at Pendle |
| Wed | 10 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Southport (A) Postponed to Thursday, 3 August NW Short Croquet League: Westmorland (H) Postponed to Wednesday, 2 August |
| Sun | 14 | GC Inter-Club v Belsay Hall (A) Social Funday, afternoon |
| Fri | 19 | Longman Cup v Southport & Birkdale (H) |
| Sat | 20 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Southport (H) |
| Sun | 21 | Secretary’s Shield v Sheffield at Bury NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Craig-y-Don (H) |
| Mon | 22 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Culcheth (A) Postponed to Wednesday, 20 September AC – GC partnership day Cancelled |
| Wed | 24 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Southport (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury (H) |
| Thu | 25 | Chester Grosvenor Trefoil Guild, evening |
| Sat | 27 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (A) |
| Sun | 28 | NW Short Croquet League: Bowdon (A) |
June
| Sat | 3 | NW Short Croquet League: Pendle (H) |
| Sun | 4 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Bury Caesars (H) |
| Tue | 6 | Murphy Shield v Leicester (H) |
| Thur | 8 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Southport (H) |
| Sat | 10 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Llanfairfechan Pioneers (H) |
| Sun | 11 | NW Short Croquet League: Bury (A) Being re-arranged NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Llanfairfechan Dragons (A) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chariots (H) Postponed to Sunday, 27 July |
| Fri | 16 | Snowdonia Cup – GC: Llanfairfechan (A) |
| Sat | 17 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Fylde (H) Replaced by Longman Cup v Fylde (A) and postponed to Monday, 18 September |
| Sun | 18 | Social Funday, afternoon |
| Thu | 22 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Westmorland (A) |
| Sat | 24 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Tattenhall (A) |
| Sat – Sun | 24 – 25 | NW Festival of Croquet (Southport) |
| Mon | 26 | AC – GC partnership day |
| Thu | 29 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Bowdon (H) |
July
| Sat | 1 | Short Croquet Inter-Club v York (A) |
| Sun | 2 | NW Short Croquet League: Southport (H) Postponed to Wednesday, 30 August GC Inter-Club v Bowdon (H) |
| Wed | 5 | Mary Rose v Nottingham (H) |
| Thu | 6 | NW Short Croquet League: Fylde (H) |
| Sat | 8 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Culcheth (H) Postponed to Friday, 29 September |
| Sun | 9 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Crake Valley (A) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Llanfairfechan Dragons (H) |
| Wed | 12 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Southport (H) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Bury (A) |
| Sat | 15 | North Wales Masons, afternoon from 1.00 pm Postponed due to adverse weather |
| Sun | 16 | NW Millennium Short Lawn (Fylde) Social Funday, afternoon |
| Thu | 20 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Bury (H) |
| Sun | 23 | NW Millennium Golf Handicap (Crake) NW Weekend Handicap League: Bowdon (H) |
| Thu | 27 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Chariots (H) Postponed from Sunday, 11 June |
| Sat | 29 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Southport (A) Saughall Rotary Club, afternoon from 1.oo pm |
| Sun | 30 | NW Advanced B League: Bowdon (A) MENSA, all day |
August
| Wed | 2 | NW Short Croquet League: Westmorland (H) Postponed from Wednesday, 10 May |
| Thu | 3 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Southport (A) Postponed from Wednesday, 10 May NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Bowdon (A) |
| Sat – Sun | 5 – 6 | National GC A-Level (0+) Tournament for the Maggie Cowman Cup (Chester) |
| Mon | 7 | Mason Cup competition – Full lawn AC handicap |
| Thu | 10 | NW Advanced B League: Bowdon (H) |
| Sat | 12 | Social Funday |
| Sun | 13 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Bury Peelers (H) |
| Tue | 15 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Southport (H) Being re-arranged |
| Wed | 16 | NW Level Play Golf: Chester Centurions v Bury (H) NW Level Play Golf: Chester Chariots v Southport (A) |
| Sat | 19 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Bowdon A) NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Llanfairfechan Pioneers (A) North Wales Masons, afternoon from 1.00 pm Postponed from 15 July |
| Sat – Sun | 19 – 20 | NW Millennium Advanced (Pendle) |
| Sun | 20 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Craig-y-Don (H) |
| Tue | 22 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Pendle (A) |
| Sat | 26 | NW Advanced B League: Bury (H) |
| Wed | 30 | NW Short Croquet League: Southport (H) Postponed from Sunday, 2 July Snowdonia Cup – GC: Tattenhall (A) |
September
| Sat | 2 | Murphy Shield v Ealing (H) NW Weekend Handicap League: Pendle (A) |
| Sun | 3 | Social Funday |
| Thu | 7 | Snowdonia Cup – GC: Craig-y-Don (H) |
| Sat | 9 | Hibiscus short lawn tournament Posponed to Monday, 9 October |
| Sun | 10 | Christine Long golf croquet tournament Postponed to Sunday, 24 September |
| Wed | 13 | Murphy Inter-Club Shield 2023 Final v East Dorset at Cheltenham |
| Thu | 14 | NW Mid-week Handicap League: Fylde (A) |
| Sat – Sun | 16 –17 | All England AC Handicap Final at Chester |
| Sun | 17 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Llanfairfechan (H) Postponed to Thursday, 21 September |
| Mon | 18 | NW Weekend Handicap League: Fylde (H) Postponed from Saturday, 17 June |
| Wed | 20 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Senators v Culcheth (H) Cancelled, walkover by Chester |
| Thu | 21 | Snowdonia Cup – Short Lawn: Llanfairfechan (H) Postponed from Sunday, 17 September |
| Fri | 22 | B and C Level golf croquet competitions Cancelled |
| Sat | 23 | Fletton Trophy competition – 14 pt Advanced AC |
| Sun | 24 | Christine Long golf croquet tournament Postponed from Sunday 10 September |
| Fri | 29 | NW Handicap Golf: Chester Tribunes v Culcheth (H) Postponed from Saturday, 8 July |
October
| Mon | 9 | Open short lawn tournament Postponed from Sunday, 9 September |
| Sat | 14 | Hi-Tail golf croquet doubles competition Cancelled due to waterlogged lawns, may be re-played later |
November
| Thu | 9 | End of season dinner and presentations at Chez Jules |