St Albans Croquet Club
Club Tournaments
In 2026 we will run the following all season club competitions:
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The Verulam Cup, 26 point AC, played on the full lawn as a double entry knockout.
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The Kitson Cup, 26 point AC level advanced, played on the full lawn.
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The Mahoney Shield, 14 point AC, played on a half lawn.
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A full lawn Golf Croquet competition
We will also run the following one day competitions:
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18th Apr - A charity one-ball event.
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2nd Aug - GC Fun Doubles
Verulam Cup (26 point AC) - Holder Staurt Stafford
In a 26 point game, a player scores points for running hoops and hitting the peg. For each ball there are 12 points for taking the ball through the six hoops twice and an additional point for hitting the peg (pegging out - the 13th point). In total there are 2 x 13 points i.e. 26 points.
The format of the competition is a double entry knockout. Last year's draw is shown below.
Kitson Cup (AC Level Advanced) - Holder Jon Palin
Level Advanced is played without using handicaps (the level bit), and with some different rules to discourage players going through all the hoops in a single break (the advanced bit). Click here for an explaination of the differences between handicap and advanced play.
The cup is named after David Kitson.
Last year's table is shown below.
Mahoney Shield (14 point AC) - Holder David Levy
This competition is played on a half-lawn (and is limited to players with a handicap above 10 at the start of the season). Each ball goes through the 6 hoops once (giving 12 points for hoops) and then scores an additional point for each ball hitting the peg (giving a total of 14 points).
The cup is named after Terry Mahoney.
Last year's table is shown below.
Golf Croquet Competition - Holder Roger White
The game is played on the full lawn. A point is awarded to the first person to run each hoop with either of their balls. The game is played as a best-of-13-points game and stops as soon as one player has scored seven points. (If the points are level after running the 12th hoop, the game is decided by contesting hoop three again as the 13th hoop). NB. The peg plays no part in Golf Croquet except as an obstacle and a reminder of colour order.
For an explanation of the Advantage handicapping system click here or download this document (under the advantage rules it is possible to play more than thirteen hoops, in which case hoops 4 and 1 are used for the 14th and 15th hoop respectively).
Last year's table/knockout are shown below.
