The Croquet Association of Ireland

Welcome to the CAI website. CAI is the governing body for the sport of Croquet in Ireland.
What became modern croquet was first played in Ireland in the 1830's and the game is still popular here, particularly in its "garden" form.
On this site you will find the latest news of the game in Ireland, this year's fixture list, the Honours Board, archived matters and articles on the history and the tactics of the game.
There are entry forms (click list in left hand column) for the Championships of Co. Dublin, The Championships of Ireland and the Golf croquet Championship of Ireland.
If you would like to have matters added to the site or wish to contact us,

Williams rounds off his impressive domestic season to win the inaugural Irish Masters Title. Newell secures automatic promotion and the Herbert Corbally cup by winning division two.

Managers Report

Coffee, Croissants, Water polo (Croquet) and a referee called Rocket.

The new Corbally trophies have kindly been presented by Nathaniel Healy to the Croquet Association of Ireland and await to be presented to the winners of the two divisions of the Irish Masters Championship.
The Division 1 award has been named the Cyril Corbally trophy and the Division 2 trophy has been named after Herbert […]

The National Coaching & Training Centre are hosting the 9th Coaching Forum on 13-14 September 2008 at Dublin City University.  
The forum, entitled ‘Developing Decision Makers in Sport’, has a very exciting range of presentations and workshops, details of which are available on the NCTC website http://www.nctc.ul.ie/forum_page. This very important forum for Irish sport includes the launch of […]

Simon Williams wins Irish Open & both Doubles continuing his excellent season.

The Irish Golf Croquet Championship will be held on 13th/14th September. Entries must close on 5th September. Download form from column in left bar.

IMPERATIVE: Due to the problems late entries and entries without fees have caused to organisers of tournaments this year, the closing date for receipt of entry forms and fees will be very strictly adhered to.

The Irish team will be
Ed Cunningham (C),Simon Williams,Patsy Fitzgerald
Gerard Healy,Evan Newell,Nathaniel Healy
Sub - Conor Broderick

A well attended Annual General Meeting of the Association was held at Carrickmines on 2nd August.
In his opening address the President, Robert Barklie, referred to the major events of 2007 being the hosting of the Women’s World GC Championships and the establishment of the Junior match against the CA as the […]