By Casey O'Connor
Croquet players in Stanthorpe enjoyed the rare hot and sunny morning on Tuesday (1 Feb). The Association Croquet group made the most of the conditions and were the only players to get game time last week.
Jenny Tunbridge partnered one of the club’s newest players Pauline Smith roughout their game against Grace Howard. Smith and Tunbridge played well with Smith heeding the good strategic advice of her partner taking advantage of the four bisque strokes allocated to her as a learner.
Smith scored her first peel and Tunbridge had two runs of two hoops in a row as the pair claimed a 23-13 win. Howard, one of the most experienced players in the club, made some uncharacteristic strategic errors and did not play to her usual good form.
Joy Newman and Sharyn Roser played a solo game. A long roquet got Roser away to a good start and she scored on her second play. She led throughout the game, but her game stalled after a few hard shots sent her own balls off the court. It allowed Newman who scored three peels to steadily narrow the gap. Roser however proved too strong and pegged out first claiming a 26-22 win
