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.