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.
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The Irish team selected to play against the USA in next years Carter Trophy are:
Andrew Johnston
Ed Cunningham
Gerard Healy
Evan Newell
Nathaniel Healy
Conor Broderick
This event will take place at the 12-lawn complex of the National Croquet Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida between May 3-6, just preceeding the World Championships at the same venue the following week. This will be the sixth encounter […]

On Friday October, Wesley College played East Glendalough School in the first match of the new CAI School’s League. EGS Transition year students travelled to meet their opposite numbers at Wesley. The match was a competitive, but good-natured affair, with Wesley winning convincingly by a score of nine games to three.
Croquet is currently […]

Lifting the gloom after New Year’s Eve?
The Belgian indoor open is once again planned close to 12th Night over the weekend of January 3rd-4th 2009 at the *****Hotel Chateau du Lac, Genval (just South of Brussels) http://www.martins-hotels.com/en/hotel/chateau-du-lac/.  Those who have played before at the Belgian Indoor tell us they fondly […]

Congratulations to Simon Williams for another excellent tournament performance, losing the final game by a whisker to Stephen Mulliner.
To see Stephen’s own report of the tournament, and blow by blow report on the final against Simon, go to www.croquet.org.uk/news/newsdb.asp?NewsID=2883
Very well done Simon, and congratulations on an excellent season in 2008.

It was a convincing Carrickmines victory on a late summer afternoon at Carrickmines. Not even the vocal support of alumnus Simon Williams could spur on the Trinity team and Jane & Michael beat Kieran & Danny in 4 singles games. David McGrath completed the match with a good win over Daniel Isemann in an epic […]

Read the managers report of this event which saw Patsy Fitzgerald winning for the third time in succession, defeating Ed Cunningham in the final played in the rain..

Great Britain beat Ireland by 12 matches to 2 (with one unfinished) in the annual test match held at Meadows West on 30-31 August 2008.  This event saw the first presentation of the salver donated by David Maugham, in memory of his father Ian, as the trophy for the match.  Keith Aiton received the champagne […]

Great Britain beat Ireland by 12 matches to 2 (with one unfinished) in the annual test match held at Meadows West on 30-31 August 2008.  This event saw the first presentation of the salver donated by David Maugham, in memory of his father Ian, as the trophy for the match.  Keith Aiton received the champagne […]