AUTUMN 2024
Our Brunswick/Kew team won the 2023 Spring Division 4 Pennant and were again winners in the 2024 Autumn Pennant. Clare Newton competed in the Division 4 Pennant with David Pryor competing the Division 3 Brunswick/Kew team. In the recent 2024 Spring Pennant, our Brunswick/Kew team has won again. Fiona McLaren and Clare Newton from Kew were in the recent winning team.
SPRING 24
Golf Croquet Spring 2024 Challenge, played between 6 local clubs. Kew entered two Level Play Division 2 teams, the Devils and Kelpies who came 3rd and 5th respectively. The Division 1 team came in a close 5th to third and fourth, only separated by hoops won. This year's Autumn Challenge season starts late February.
MARCH 2024
The Kew Gateball team captained by Philip Brown came second in the Victorian State Gateball Championship with a team from NSW led by John Park winning the competition. Alec Maclachlan (captain) and Maxine Maclachlan won the Victorian John Bradley Doubles Championship. This is not the first time the mother/son partnership has won the Doubles Competition. Well done to our Kew teams.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Congratulations to Kew White, winners of the Australian Gateball Championships Team event. Kew were the defending champions and retained the title. Rockhampton were runners up, in the game that ended in a penalty shoot out.
DECEMBER 2024
Three gateballers from Kew represented Australia and played in the Asian Gateball Championship held in Hangzhou, China from 13 to 15 December. Philip Brown and David Pryor were selected into the Australia A team and Clare Newton played for Australia C. A major Gateball championship is part competition, part festival and all fun. There were 64 teams competing with representatives from China, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Indonesia, Korea and Australia. There were just shy of 500 competitors in total. The top four winning teams came from China demonstrating both high level game strategies and skills.
AUGUST 2024
The third Lightning Tournament was held at the Kew Croquet Club in August 2024. Initiated by Paul Roast, this friendly round robin Club tournament is a Pot Luck event with partners drawn at random to compete against the previous winning pair. After plenty of tense play, the new champions are Glenn Crook and Kerry Cannard who defeated Marlene Thornton and Lex van Schouwenburg. Winners received sparkling wine and chocolates and will have their names engraved on the Lightning Trophy.
6 OCTOBER, 2024
The coveted Bear Cup is an annual fun tournament between EMCA Clubs: Kew, Ivanhoe Park, Lilydale, MCC, Monash & Ringwood. The clubs play for a magnificent little stuffed Bear in a silver cup. This year's event was held at Kew Croquet Club, hosted by MCC and was won by Monash. Games included Helter Skelter, Target Practice and Ten Pin Croqueting.
