Gerard has written a very interesting daily diary of the recent Irish Open Championships. It gives an insight into the various levels of competition and it sounds like it was a really enjoyable week which I, for one, am sorry that I missed.
Click here for The Dairy of the Irish Open

The Irish team for the Maugham Salver match against GB on 1st-2nd September 2012 at Carrickmines is as follows:
Simon Williams, Ed Cunningham, Patsy Fitzgerald, Danny Johnston, Kieran Murphy, Nathaniel Healy
Reserve: Jack Clingan

Championship Singles: Andy Johnston
Runner Up: Simon Williams

Championship Doubles: Danny Johnston & Kieran Murphy
Runners-up: Ed Cunningham & Andy Johnston

The CAI are pleased to announce that Strokestown Croquet Club, County Roscommon has recently affiliated to add to the growing number of clubs in Ireland. We wish them every success in establishing themselves as a club and look forward to supporting them in the future. Click this link to see the newspaper clipping from Simon Williams' recent visit to the fledgling club.

An afternoon of period croquet in period dress was enjoyed by guests at Adare Manor last weekend. We hope this will become a regular occurrence.

Click title or photo to see more large photographs.

The 2012 South Leinster Open Championship was played on 14/15th July on the lawns in Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Andrew Johnston had a narrow win over Danny Johnston in the final, while Nathaniel Healy won the third place playoff, narrowly beating Kieran Murphy. Full report by Kieran.

The entry form for the Golf Championships of Ireland on 15-16th September 2012 is now available for download. Entries are welcome from local and overseas players and should be sent by email before 10th September.
http://croquetireland.com/cai/docs/2012IrishGCChamps.pdf

The manager's report of the 2012 Dublin Championships. The photograph gallery can be viewed in the right hand column, and the updated handicaps under the Home/Information menu item above.