Newport enters teams in two different Association Croquet competitions: the Longman Cup and the Essex and Suffolk League. In each competition, teams of four play a series of six singles and one doubles match over the course of one day. Occasional friendly matches are also arranged.
Match reports from each of the competitions will appear on this page.
Reports from the 2008 season can be read here.
Reports from the 2007 season can be read here.
Reports from the 2006 season can be read here.
Reports from the 2005 season can be read here.
Newport were unable to raise a team and forced to withdraw from the Longman Cup
29th August 2009: Newport 2-5 Bury St Edmunds
All the games went to the full time limit and except for one case the difference in scores was exactly one hoop. A typical example was Bernard's game against Martin: Bernard checked the hoop score half an hour before time. It was level and knowing that fact he managed to keep it that way until the penultimate turn, when he managed to get one hoop in front. The game could have gone either way right to the final stroke. The variable state of the grass made hoop approaches difficult for both teams; probably due to the lack of rain fall during the summer.
Scores (Newport names first)
Arthur Flutter (8) and Bernard Yallop (11) lost to John Robinette (5) and Edmé
Robinette (16) -10t
Robert Skeen (9) beat David Wicks (14) +1t
Stuart Warren (9) lost to Martin (16) -1t
Arthur Flutter lost to David Wicks
-1t
Robert Skeen lost to John Robinette -1t
Stuart Warren lost to Edmé Robinette -5t
Bernard Yallop beat Martin +1t
1st August 2009: Chelmsford & Bentley 6-1 Newport
Scores (Newport names first)
Jim Potter (3) and Bernard Yallop (11) lost to Cheryl Stephenson (8) and Richard
Lewin (16) -3t
Arthur Flutter (8) lost to Tony Murray (9) -22
Stuart Warren (9) beat Jeff Farrington (12) +18
Jim Potter lost to Tony
Murray -24
Arthur Flutter lost to Cheryl Stephenson -3
Stuart Warren lost to Richard Lewin -4
Bernard Yallop lost to Jeff Farrington -3t
4th July 2009: Newport 3-4 Colchester South
Scores (Newport names first)
Stuart Warren (9) and Bernard Yallop (11) lost to David Haslam (6) and Keith
Sanders (14) -1t
Arthur Flutter (9) beat Nick Steiner (8) +1
Bob Brashaw (12) lost to Joan Collier (11) -4t
Stuart Warren beat Nick
Steiner +8t
Arthur Flutter beat David Haslam +20
Bob Brashaw lost to Keith Sanders -2t
Bernard Yallop lost to Joan Collier -1t
6th June 2009: Newport 4-3 Colchester North
Scores (Newport names first)
Bob Brashaw (12) and Arthur Flutter (9) lost to Colin Hemming (1.5) and Georgeen
Hemming (20) -10
Stuart Warren (9) beat Ron Atkinson (12) +2
Bernard Yallop (12) lost to Joan Collis (14) -9
Stuart Warren beat Colin
Hemming +7
Arthur Flutter lost to Ron Atkinson -7(t)
Bob Brashaw beat Joan Collis +3(t)
Bernard Yallop beat Georgeen Hemming +18