Category: SECF Leagues

Our 2022 League fixtures have now been drawn and published here on our website. They have also been sent out to the notified team contacts.

If any contact details change please let our League Secretary John Low know.

The AGM approved a number of changes to the rules for our Leagues in 2022:

• there is no longer an expectation that home clubs have to provide lunches, although clubs may still do so – catering arrangements need to be agreed when a match is arranged
• the tie-breaking arrangements have been clarified
• the Association Croquet U League now uses a base handicap of 6. This means that all players with handicap of 7 and above receive bisques and all players in a match may receive bisques!
• the Association Croquet B League is now more firmly aimed at high handicap player, being based on three rounds of 14-point games with a 90 minute time limit and a base handicap of 6.
  Rather than a total handicap for a team, the minimum handicap per player is now 10 at the date when the match is arranged.
  To help smaller clubs the team size has also been reduced to three, allowing for a single lawn to be used.

We’re restarting our leagues, after a year in abeyance, now that Covid-19 restrictions allow for matches to take place (assuming the dates for relaxation are met and therefore players are able to travel).

The league draws can be seen on our fixture list page.

Please note that Covid-19 regulations may mean some adjustments may need to be made to the logistics, e.g. provision of refreshments will be possible at some times during the summer and not at others.