The Irish Golf Croquet Championship took place over the 11-13th September at Carrickmines. This edition of the Irish GC Championships was considered the highest quality field in recent memory with many of the players coming from overseas from countries such as the USA, England and Spain coupled with the top Irish Talent. The tournament began as expected on Friday and Saturday morning with the 8 top seeds qualifying from their blocks in the singles to the quarter final. The doubles had the top 4 seeds also qualifying from their block to the doubles semi-final. 

Report on the Association Croquet Match for the McWeeney Trophy – 2026

The 2026 AC Irish Croquet Championships took place in Carrickmines over eight days, culminating in a grand finals day on Saturday 8th August.

 The event took place in largely glorious weather the sunniest in recent memory.

There were 9 trophies to be won, catering for all handicap levels.

Carrickmines had its own marathon this weekend with the Co. Dublin AC Croquet Championships.
There were 7 graded events with Carrickminers winning 5 of them, with one going overseas to a regular visitor and ex-pat Irishman David Beddy from the UK and one to Irish International Russell Harris, Newcastle Croquet Club, Co. Wicklow.

The Irish team of Nathaniel Healy, Russell Harris, Brian Havill, Alan Looney, Huw Spiers and Debutant Henry Bagwell travelled as holders to the new Scottish National Croquet centre at Balgreen in Edinburgh. However, Russell did a little unintended detour to say goodbye to the old venue at Meadows.

The CAI Association Croquet Silver Medal was held at Carrickmines on 25/26 April, featuring 8 of the top AC players in Ireland. The lawns were in excellent condition, the weather was warm and dry, and there was some top-hquality croquet with 9 triple peels.

The following team has been selected to represent the CAI in the annual match against the Scottish Croquet Association for the Appleton Trophy.

Alan Looney (Captain)
Henry Bagwell
Brian Havill
Russell Harris
Nathaniel Healy
Huw Spiers
The match will be played in Edinburgh on 9/10 May.

The Croquet Association of Ireland is seeking an administrative/development officer starting in 2026.
Applications are welcome until 10th April 2026.
We anticipate interviews will take place the weeks of April 13th and 20th, 2026.
For further information, please contact Celine Reilly, the chairperson of the CAI at chair@croquetireland.com

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Carrickmines Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club was the excellent venue for the 4th women’s GC match between Ireland and Spain. This time the Spanish sent a team to match the Irish players DGrades, after decisive victories for Spain in the first three encounters. The format was a mixture of doubles and singles and at the end of the first day the Spanish had a slight lead. This was reduced to one game by lunchtime on Sunday with Clair Whyms taking a game off Spain’s no 2 Luz Maria Prado to reduce the lead to 23-22.