The Early Bird doubles golf croquet competition was held on Sunday 21st August with 12 club members, enabling 6 pairs to play five games each. Games were closely fought and it was not until the fifth and last round was finished that the winning pair could be identified. The winners were Elaine Smith and Angela Tindall, winning 4 out of 5 games. Second were Pat Sutcliffe and Richard Barlow.
In mostly glorious sunshine in Westminster Park the Chester team were victorious in the North West Federation mid-week league on Wednesday 24th September against a team from the Westmorland Croquet Club. The Chester team of Sarah Andrew, Derek Bell-Jones, Alan Clare and John Dawson beat the Westmorland team by five games to two.
On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th Chester Croquet Club hosted the All England open golf croquet tournament. It was a fantastic opportunity for Chester Croquet Club to see some national players in action, and the weekend of golf croquet was a great success.