2019 Foundation Croquet Tournament

The 2019 RSY Croquet Tournament was once again supported by the RSYLTC Foundation with great success. North of fifty competitors of all ages battled it out on a beautiful, albeit windy spring day. Fierce rounds and tactical nous were on display between much camaraderie and laughter.

The style of the tournament is Golf Croquet which is the main form of competitive croquet played in Australia where teams of two play each other with the goal to pass through more hoops out of a total of seven than your opposing team. Whilst croquet has its roots in classical antiquity, the first recorded rules came out of England in 1856 with organised competition starting in Victoria only a few years later in 1866.

The illustrious RSY Croquet Tournament dates back to 1992 and this year’s winners will join the great RSY sportsmen and sportswomen of the past. Congratulations to this year's winners: Andrew and Laura Adams.

The day was extremely well received by all members with excellent food and beverage offerings (Pimms and Aperol Spritz in particular) provided by the Club. As always, next year will be played in October and promises to be an event which really is not to be missed.