June 11, 2013
The Kingaroy Croquet Club has been improving its playing court thanks to a $1000 grant from Stanwell.
Club secretary Judy Carroll said the club, which uses a former bowling green at the Kingaroy Bowls Club in Youngman Street, had top-dressed the playing surface and purchased irrigation equipment.
The club took over management of the court at the beginning of last year, although they had been using it for many years before this.
Since then, they have been working to improve the playing surface.
The club has also erected a new sign at the entrance of the bowls club to alert people to where the club meets.
Judy said the Kingaroy Croquet Club would like to encourage young people to come along and try the game.
“It’s not just an old people’s game,” she said.
“It’s not physically demanding but you do a lot of walking and it’s good exercise.”
And there’s a lot of thinking involved, too …
“It’s like a cross between snooker and chess because of the strategies that you have to use,” she said.
The Kingaroy Croquet Club plays every Tuesday morning and on Friday afternoons. During winter, it meets from 9:00am-noon on Tuesdays and 2:30pm-5:00pm on Fridays; during summer, these times change to 8:30am-11:30am on Tuesdays and 3:00pm-5:30pm on Fridays.
Anyone interested in finding out more is invited to contact Judy on (07) 4162-1173.
(Photo: Gwen Meagher)
