{"id":81,"date":"2017-11-16T17:49:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.tunbridgewellscroquet.org.uk\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:30:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T10:30:52","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southeastcroquetfederation.org.uk\/1674644977408\/?page_id=81","title":{"rendered":"Committee and Other Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: For general emails use info@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a> which goes to all Committee members. For reports\/results to\u00a0be included on our website use our results submission page<\/a>.\u00a0The roll of previous Committees is at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n

For privacy reasons, the contact details of most of our Committee\u00a0members are not shown here, but can be viewed in the Members Section of\u00a0the Croquet Association<\/a> website, which is only accessible to CA members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Post<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/th>\nAbout<\/th>\nMain Tasks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Chairman
\n<\/strong><\/span>Andrew Stewart
\nchairman@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n		\"Andrew<\/td>\nAndrew is a retired banker and has been playing croquet for about 6 years.
\nHe is Chairman of the West Worthing Croquet Club which is part of West Worthing Club, a multi-sports club based in Worthing.
\nHe is also Vice-Chairman of the main board of management of the club.
\nDecember 2019<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		Chairing meetings<\/p>\n

Newsletter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a>Secretary
\n<\/strong><\/span>secretary@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\nPOSITION VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volunteers requested<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Treasurer<\/strong><\/em>
\nDavid King
\ntreasurer@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n		\"David<\/td>\nDavid joined Sussex County at Southwick in 2011, after a career in accounting.
\nHe enjoys social and competitive play, the friendly atmosphere and interaction within the club and wider croquet family.
\nSportswise, he was mainly involved in football \u2013 as a referee, starting at school, through local matches to the professional game, and as an FA Tutor in Referee Training and Development, and Safeguarding Children, for County and the FA, until \u201cretiring\u201d in 2016 after 55 years.<\/small>
\nNovember 2020<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		Handling income and expenditure and bank accounts<\/p>\n

Producing annual accounts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Development Officer
\n<\/b>Mike Akester
\ndevelopment@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\nMy dog introduced me to croquet – we were walking on a Sunday afternoon when she took an interest in another at Hove Beach Croquet Club.
\nA mallet was thrust into my right hand and a pint of lager into my left…….I soon became hooked.\u00a0This was four years ago and I now also play at Sussex County.
\nI have been making arts, comedy and political television programmes since 1975. I also worked for the BBC Television Training Unit.
\nJanuary 2022<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		Development of new clubs<\/p>\n

Main funding contact for clubs regarding either the CA or the Federation.<\/p>\n

Also about requirements for obtaining funds via the national lottery and similar sources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Coaching &\u00a0Safeguarding Officer
\n<\/strong>Richard Carline
\n<\/span>See our Coaching page for contact details<\/small><\/td>\n		<\/td>\nRichard discovered croquet in 2013 and is a product of the Croquet Academy.
\nHe became a GC Referee in 2016 and a grade 1 GC Coach the following year.
\n2018\/19 was a busy time as part of the team preparing for the World GC Championships,
\nRichard passed another test to become a GC Championship Referee and was privileged to have refereed the final.
\nHis past handling of thoroughbreds in Newmarket and Lambourn is, in his opinion closely related to coaching and bringing on croquet players.
\nNovember 2019<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		To introduce, advise, help and coach individuals, groups, and croquet club members in all aspects of the game of croquet; predominantly Association Croquet and Golf Croquet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CA Council member
\n<\/strong>Ian Cobbold<\/td>\n		\"Ian<\/td>\nIan started playing croquet when he retired in 2003.
\nHe first joined Reigate Priory and then with his wife founded the Cheam Croquet and Bowls Club in 2012 of which he was Chairman for 9 years and is now President.
\nHe is also a member of Sussex County.
\nIan is a GC Examining and Championship Referee and a Grade 2 Senior Coach. He was elected to the CA Council in 2019 and is Chair of the GC Rules Committee.
\nJanuary 2022<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Webmaster
\n<\/span>Jon Diamond
\nwebmaster@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/small><\/td>\n		<\/td>\nJon is a retired IT consultant, who was dragged into croquet in 2000 by an ex-colleague living nearby in Tunbridge Wells, although he probably played a bit at Cambridge many years ago.
\nHe liked it so much that he joined the committee at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club in 2004, becoming Chairman in 2006. He is also their webmaster, having created the site in 2003.
\nHe became a GC referee in 2008, just in time to officiate at the Worlds in Southwick, and became a qualified coach in 2015.
\nHe\u2019s equally good, or bad, (depending on how you look at it) at\u00a0 AC and GC.
\nOctober 2016<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		Calendar maintainer<\/p>\n

Designer and webmaster for our website<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CA Council member
\n<\/strong>Carol Driver<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nI used to play croquet as a child on our tiny lawn at home surrounded by thick, thorny rose bushes. It\u2019s a great game for all and my family still play garden croquet when we get together.
\nAt 55 years old I joined Purley Bury Croquet Club near Croydon. I was looking for a sport to see me into retirement as my knees were failing. I started playing AC initially and now also GC.
\nI am a member of their committee and take a lead on recruitment. To help with this I became a grade one coach in golf and association and a golf referee.
\nMy background is as an HR Director and I have worked in the public, private and voluntary sectors. I work part time as Corporate Services Director for The Change Foundation, the charity uses sport to change the lives of marginalised young people. Part of my role is to manage the HQ, so I know first hand the challenges of maintaining a sports ground and generating income. I have also set up a successful programme of walking sports at the Centre for the local community.
\nI love playing sport and over the years I have played a large variety including hockey, netball, korfball and racquet sports. I played cricket for Surrey and I am a qualified cricket coach. I have insight into how sports clubs operate successfully and how sport can build and enhance communities.
\nI am interested in how we can develop the sport of croquet which is why I joined Council. I really enjoy visiting and playing at different croquet clubs and learning about their history and how they operate.
\nOctober 2022<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marketing & PR Officer
\nCA Council member
\n<\/strong>Jonathan Isaacs
\npublicity@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\nJonathan is a retired Food Sales and Marketing specialist.
\nHe started playing croquet at club level in 1985 when he joined Southwick.
\nIn 2000 he became chairman of the CA Marketing Committee and since then has held various positions at the CA including Chairman of the Management Committee and Chairman of Council.
\nIn 2008 he stepped down from the CA Council to chair the Sussex County Croquet Club and to get the Croquet Academy fully operational.
\nHe has recently been elected to the CA Council and subsequently to be Chairman.
\nOctober 2019<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		All matters concerning Public Relations – Press and other Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>
\nLeagues & Tournaments Organiser
\n<\/span>John Low
\nleagues@southeastcroquet.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n		\"John<\/td>\nJohn worked in educational IT before retiring.
\nFirst introduced to garden croquet in the 70s he joined Rottingdean in 1994 and then Sussex County Croquet Club a couple of years later.
\nFrom playing the AC tournament circuit he moved to managing tournaments at Southwick which he has done for the last decade and a half.
\nAlong the way he designed and still manages the website for the Club and for the Croquet Academy.
\nDecember 2017<\/small><\/span><\/td>\n		All matters concerning operation of our leagues and tournaments<\/p>\n

To submit league results see our Results Submission page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

George Noble<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGeorge is a retired civil servant who started playing
\nin Wales in the early 1970s. He moved to Nottingham in
\n1975 and then London in 1979. A founder member of Surbiton Croquet Club and still an enthusiastic player although in technical decline.He holds the record of 31 years of consecutive appearances in the CA Open Championships – singles and doubles and once reached the doubles final (with Ian Vincent). He is a member of the CA’s Lawns Advisory Group.<\/td>\n		Advice on all your lawn maintenance problems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CA Council member
\n<\/span>Samir Patel<\/td>\n		\"Samir<\/td>\nSamir took up croquet in the late-nineties at Oxford University.\u00a0Now a member of Surbiton Croquet Club, he has won the Club AC and GC Championships and the Inter-Club Championship in both codes.
\nTournament successes include the President’s Cup, Open Doubles Championship and Championship of Surrey. He has reached the final of the British Opens several times and the Quarter Finals of the World Championship.
\nHe has regularly represented both England and Great Britain since 2007 and is captain of the Solomon Trophy and the MacRobertson Shield teams.\u00a0He also manages several tournaments each year.
\nHe joined the CA Publishing Committee in 2002 and subsequently many other committees. He was elected to the CA Council in 2019.
\nHe has been a member of the World Croquet Federation\u2019s Management Committee since 2015 and event lead for several AC and GC individual and team World Championships.
\nFebruary 2020<\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Officers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honoray President<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Arliss<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nBill is a retired engineer who took up croquet in 1989.\u00a0He also took an interest in the management side of the sport, joined the CA Council in 1996 and became national Chairman in 1998.
\nFollowing his two years as Chairman he became very interested in Golf Croquet and spearheaded the growth of this in the UK as chair of the GC committee.
\nHe was on both the CA AC and GC Tournament and Laws Committees. He has played for England three times in the GC World championship and recently published his book “Shortening the Odds” which deals with the more advanced tactics in GC.
\nHe was Chairman of the SECF from 2002 to 2020 and was appointed to be the first Honorary President in 2020.
\n<\/span>November 2020<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Federation Handicapper (AC)<\/strong>
\nMartin Peacock<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nFebruary 2022<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Federation Handicapper (GC)<\/strong>
\nRoger Sutton<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nFebruary 2022<\/span><\/small><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Historic committee members<\/h1>\n

(Due to a Croquet Association constitutional change in 2019 there are no more SECF representatives to the CA. Council Members elected to the CA from the South East Constituency are marked with a *.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nChairman<\/th>\nSecretary<\/th>\nTreasurer<\/th>\nMembers<\/th>\nPresident
\n(CA representative before 2020<\/small><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2020-2022<\/td>\nAndrew\u00a0Stewart<\/td>\nLouise Taylor<\/td>\nDavid King<\/td>\nRichard Carline, Ian Cobbold*, Jon Diamond,\u00a0retired 11\/2021:<\/em> Linda Gavigan, Jonathan Isaacs*, John Low, George Noble, Samir Patel*, co-opted 1\/2022:<\/em> Mike Akester<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nJohn Reddish<\/td>\nAndrew\u00a0Stewart<\/td>\nRichard Carline, Ian Cobbold*, Jon Diamond, Jonathan Isaacs*, John Low, George Noble
\nco-opted 2\/2020:\u00a0<\/span>Samir Patel*,\u00a0 co-opted5\/2020:\u00a0<\/span>Linda Gavigan<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nJohn Reddish<\/td>\nHilary Smith<\/td>\nIan Cobbold, Jon Diamond, Jonathan Isaacs, John Low, Roger Loram, George Noble
\nco-opted 10\/2019:<\/span> Richard Carline, 11\/2019: Andrew Stewart<\/span><\/td>\n		John
\nReddish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nJohn Reddish<\/td>\nHilary Smith<\/td>\nJon Diamond, Michael Hague resigned 4\/2018<\/span>,
\nJonathan Isaacs, John Low, Roger Loram, George Noble
\nco-opted 4\/2018:<\/span> Ian
\nCobbold<\/td>\n		David Mooney
\nfrom 7\/2018:
\n<\/span>John
\nReddish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nJohn Reddish<\/td>\nHilary Smith<\/td>\nJon Diamond, Michael Hague, Richard Hilditch,
\nJonathan Isaacs, Roger Loram, George Noble
\nco-opted 12\/2017: <\/i>John Low<\/td>\n		David Mooney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011-2016<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nJohn Reddish<\/td>\nHilary Smith<\/td>\nMichael Hague, Richard Hilditch, Jonathan
\nIsaacs, Roger Loram, George Noble
\nco-opted 10\/2016:<\/i> Jon Diamond<\/td>\n		David Mooney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nJohn Reddish<\/td>\nHilary Smith<\/td>\nDavid Collins, Daphne Gaitley, Michael Hague,
\nRichard Hilditch, George Noble<\/td>\n		David Mooney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nDavid Collins, Daphne Gaitley, Michael Hague,
\nGeorge Noble, Hilary Smith<\/td>\n		David Mooney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003-2008<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nRichard\u00a0Hilditch<\/td>\nRichard\u00a0Hilditch<\/td>\nDavid Collins, Daphne Gaitley, Michael Hague,
\nGeorge Noble, Roy Ware
\nco-opted 1\/2008: Hilary Smith<\/i><\/td>\n		from <\/i>10\/2003:<\/i>
\nDavid Mooney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nBill Arliss<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nQuiller Barrett, Don Beck, David Collins,
\nDaphne Gaitley, Michael Hague, George Noble<\/td>\n		Quiller Barrett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000-01<\/td>\nRichard\u00a0Hilditch<\/td>\nGeorge Noble<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nBill Arliss, Quiller Barrett,
\nDon Beck, David Collins, Michael Hague
\nco-opted 12\/2000: Daphne
\nGaitley<\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nQuiller Barrett<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nBill Arliss, Don Beck, David
\nCollins, Alex Jardine, George Noble, Colin Thornton<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nQuiller Barrett<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nBill Arliss, Don Beck, David
\nCollins, George Noble, Colin Thornton<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nQuiller Barrett<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nBill Arliss, Don Beck, David
\nCollins, Connie Chick<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nQuiller Barrett<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nBill Arliss, David Collins,
\nConnie Chick, Roy Ware, Ron Welch<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nQuiller Barrett<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nBill Arliss,\u00a0Stephen
\nBadger, David Collins, Roy Ware, Ron Welch<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993-94<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nStephen\u00a0Badger<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nDavid Collins, Hyacinth
\nCoombs, John Greenwood, Roy Ware, Ron Welch<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991-92<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nStephen Badger<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nDavid Collins, John
\nGreenwood, Tony Mrozinski, Bernard Smith, Ron Welch
\nco-opted 10\/1991: Hyacinth
\nCoombs, Roy Ware<\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nRichard Hilditch<\/td>\nStephen Badger<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nTerry Ballard, Mike Keen,
\nJohn Greenwood, Ron Welch, Susan Yonge<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988-89<\/td>\nDennis Shaw<\/td>\nDavid Higgs<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nStephen Badger, Richard Hilditch, Tony
\nMrozinski, Susan Yonge<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nDennis\u00a0Shaw<\/td>\nDavid Higgs<\/td>\nJohn Knight<\/td>\nStephen Badger, Richard Hilditch, Tony
\nMrozinski, Brenda Sandell<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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