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2026 Championships of Ireland 2026 report.

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.

AC Home Internationals Report 2026

The 2026 AC Home Internationals returned to Ireland for the first time since 2022. The visiting teams from England, Scotland and Wales were met by customary mildly inclement weather and an air of excitement: the Irish hosts were desperate to make up for the nail-biting finish and wafer-thin loss to the English in the 2025 tournament at Budleigh Salterton. Having lost by a single game on that occasion, they were keen to take advantage of familiar conditions in Carrickmines.

Co Dublin Championship Results 2026

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.

Appleton Report Edinburgh 2026

 

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.

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