{"id":7802,"date":"2021-02-19T11:31:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T11:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/?page_id=7802"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:47:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:47:33","slug":"leagues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/?page_id=7802","title":{"rendered":"Leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first Association Croquet league started in 1986 and the\u00a0Golf Croquet one in 1988, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/honour-roll\">Roll\u00a0of Honour page<\/a> showing all the winners and when each\u00a0league was introduced. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/historic-league-results\/\">History page<\/a> links to detailed results for more than the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>We now have 7 leagues in operation &#8211; four Association Croquet\u00a0and three Golf Croquet.\u00a0 These leagues aim to provide a\u00a0friendly, but competitive environment between our clubs in which\u00a0to play croquet. These involve a mixture of level and handicap\u00a0play, so that a range of club members can be involved. The\u00a0leagues are:<\/p>\n<table class=\"results\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Association Croquet<\/th>\n<th>Golf Croquet<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A &#8211; Advanced Play<\/td>\n<td>GL &#8211; Level Play<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>U &#8211; Handicap Play<\/td>\n<td>GR &#8211; Level Play, but minimum handicap range\/total<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>B &#8211; Handicap Play, but with minimum handicap total<\/td>\n<td>GH &#8211; Handicap (East and West leagues), played as Advantage Handicap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">S &#8211; Handicap Play, One Lawn<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Each of these leagues involves playing four matches (normally two home and two away) during the season.<\/p>\n<p>Our policy for the handling of the League and Tournament\u00a0trophies can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/policies\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you win a trophy please ensure that it&#8217;s returned as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">described<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Federation leagues are organised and controlled by our <a href=\"http:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/committee\/\">Leagues Organiser<\/a>. Any problems\u00a0with the arrangements or any disputes should be referred to him\/her.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed League Rules can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/league-rules\/\">here<\/a> and instructions for reporting results <a href=\"http:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/league-results-submission\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Clubs with single lawns<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last season clubs with single lawns were encouraged to play their home matches at home and a number of different adaptations were trialled. These are shown in the <a href=\"https:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/league-rules\/\">Leagues Rules page<\/a> at the very bottom.<\/p>\n<p>These adaptations have been adopted for this season and so every club will have two home and two away matches irrespective of the number of lawns. The team captains should negotiate how they intend to play their match. The rules allow the captains to make <strong>any<\/strong> change to the standard format for the league and these changes do not have to be pre-agreed by the Leagues Organiser, merely between the two team captains involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first Association Croquet league started in 1986 and the\u00a0Golf Croquet one in 1988, with the Roll\u00a0of Honour page showing all the winners and when each\u00a0league was introduced. 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