31st Oct - 1st Nov 2026 This event was for country players only and was well supported in each of the grades. Saturday was very wet and play had to stop for the courts to dry out before we could continue. Games were very tight in every grade and B grade the first 5 players were all on 7 wins and 4 losses so net hoops decided the winner and runner-up. C grade was won by Karen Reibel who didn't loose a game and runner-up Chris Gorman. A grade was won by Brian Scott and run

30th Oct - 1 Nov 2026 There was 6 players competing for the right to represent WA in the Gold Medal early next year. This is an invitational event according to world rankings. The players were Ian Dumergue, Jeff Newcombe, Gary Phipps, David Ward, Kim Reynolds and Michael Wood. Ian won the event with Gary Phipps as runner-up.

24th - 25th October 2026 12 pairs entered this event which was held in wet and blustery conditions. There was 4 pairs from Busselton. Trevor Hulcup /David Bull, Steve Lumsdaine/ Robin Beer, Kim Reynolds/John Dunn and Robyn Dart/ Inga Rollinger. This was a handicap event which favours the middle range players and this played out with Trevor and David winning against Brent Regterschot and Rick Trafford. Steve and Robin B came 3rd.

23rd October 2026 This was the second year this event has taken place and 6 pairs entered. There was pairs from Como, Dunsborough and Halls Head with 3 pairs from Busselton which was Jan Maughan, Max Kewish, Joe Cowcher, Robin Roth, Graham Edwards and Bruce Goodall. As was expected there were some very tight games and it all came down to the last game of the day in which Malcolm Smallacombe / Greg Stevensen ( Como) beat Wendy Collins /Anthony Nelson (Dunsborough) 4 wins each

17th - 18th October 2026 This is one of only 2 events in croquetwest calender that is a Women's only event. There are 2 blocks of 8 players which play a round robin and then the winner of each block play off for the trophy. Beside the overall winner who receives the trophy there is a medal for the top B & C grade player. Lesley Storey won overall, Cindy Mills B Grade and Cheryl Saul C grade. This means that some less experienced players get to play against the top players

17th - 18th October 2026 This event at York had a small field as there was a lots of croquet competitions this weekend. Kim Reynolds played and came 2nd to Ian Dumergue . Megan was Refereeing so it was a family affair.

15th - 19th October 2026. Once again the 3 players from the South West entered the singles in their own divisions. Dianne Bower did very well against 6 other players to win her division without losing a game. Judith Nicholls also won her division with 5 wins and 2 loses. Marcus McGavock had a tough block and managed 3 wins.

14th Oct 2026 The doubles were played over one day and had a random draw for partners. 3 South West players in Dianne Bower, Judith Nicholls and Marcus McGavock travelled over for the event. Dianne and her partner did very well and won their block, with Judith and her partner coming 2nd in their block. The same for Marcus and partner.

10th Sept - 16 Oct 2026 4 teams competed in the C Grade Pennants consisting of Moorabinda, Busselton, Dunsborough and Bunbury Central. All teams played a double round robin with Moorabinda winning all of their matches and 62 games . Dunsborough came 2nd winning 4 matches and 57 games next was Busselton with 2 matches and 47 games and then Bunbury Central with 26 games. It was good to see some new players putting their hand up to play. The Busselton team consisted of Barbar

3rd - 4th October 2026 8 pairs signed up to play in this State event. Max Kewish played with Peter Pekaar (Como). Michael Demonakis & Greg Stevenson were very clear winners with 7 win and no losses with the runner-up very tight with 3 pairs on 4 wins and 3 losses and only hoops separating them. Runner-up Wendy collins & Anthony Nelson

27th September 2026 Second day of the carnival saw A & B doubles being played with 9 pairs including Max Kewish and partner Doug Smith (Mandurah). so once again some played 6 games and some 5. The winners were Steve Robb & Michael Demonakis.

26th - 28th September 2026. As the name suggests there was 3 types of croquet played starting with ricochet doubles on Friday. Commencing with 7 pairs from Busselton Bruce Goodall, Max Kewish and partner Dianne Bower. As this was a 1 day event some played 4 games and others 5. The winners with 5 wins was Brian Scott & Michael Demonakis both from Halls Head.

5th - 8th September 2026 There was 34 players in this event with 5 from WA. We have a very strong men's contingent and they were expected to do well. With Colin Stewart coming 2nd in the Gold Medal all eyes were on WA. Gary Phipps, Paul Christmas, Chris McWhirter and Torben Bak. The men had a good showing and Torben Bak won the event over Felix Gelman White 7-1, 7-2.

5th -8th September 2026 Their was 29 ladies competing in this event 5 from WA. The event was at Cairnlea with rain and wind and a day of sunshine. There was 4 blocks and the top four of each block went into the Knockout and the remainder in the plate. Four of the WA ladies made it into the top block being Joyce Carbone, Robyn Dart, Lesley Storey & Jenifer Rechter. The conditions and competition was too good for us and we all WA players got putout after the first round. Th

22nd - 23rd August 2026 This year both teams were fairly evenly matched and Barbarians had some great wins. The overall score was State team 48 games against 32 games. great result by everyone. Great props courtesy of David McFall

8th - 9th August 2026 This event was held at Belmont Croquet Club to give the State Team some preparation for Cairnlea. 8 pairs entered. Winners were Joyce Carbone (Gosnells) & Colin Stewart (Belmont) runner-up on hoops was Robyn Dart & Gary Phipps from Torben Bak & Lesley Storey.

5th-6th August 2026 This competition was held at Moorabinda with 4 pairs competing. Robyn Dart paired with Brian Scott from Halls Head and dianne Bower partnered Todd Reynolds from York. As we were all around the same handicaps there were some very tight games. The winners were Judith Nicholls and Marcus McGavock from Brian Scott and Robyn Dart with Dianne Bower and Todd Reynolds third.

1st-2nd August 2026 14 Clubs were represented in this event. Kim Reynolds was our Busselton representative and performed very well winning 10 out of 13 games against some tough competition. The winner was Brian Scott from Halls Head winning 11 games and loosing 2 with 34 hoops from Colin Stewart from Belmont with 11 games and 25 hoops.

Despite freezing conditions on Day 1, it didn't dampen the spirit of players competing in the recent Narrogin GC Country Doubles weekend. Players from Merredin, Hyden, Katanning, Bunbury, Geraldton and Busselton enjoyed the warm hospitality and friendly camaraderie provided by the Narrogin club, as 12 pairs of players battled it out on Narrogin's 3 courts. Outright winners of the weekend were Gary Williams (Narrogin) and Kim Reynolds (Busselton) - pictured left, with team mem

25 -26th July 2026 There were 8 club represented for this event. Busselton's representative was Kim Reynolds. Two blocks of 4 made the competition, the top 4 going into the final and the bottom 4 into the plate. Jeff Newcombe won overall with Eric Ayling from York coming runner-up and winning the Country Champion. Kim played in the plate and came runner-up with 2 wins.