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The Somerset West Croquet Club will not only have two of its members, Grahame Tomes and Peter Johnson, playing for South Africa during the forthcoming WCF Laidlaw World Golf Croquet?Championships, but a number of games will also be hosted by the club. The WCF (World Croquet Federation) will be played in and around Cape Town from March 8 to 16.

The other members of the seven-member South African team are: Reginald Bamford, David Boyd, Mike Corcoran, Victor Dladla and Carole Jackson.

The event will be centred at the Kelvin Grove Croquet Club in Newlands, Cape Town with additional matches to be played at Rondebosch Croquet Club which has three courts, Helderberg Croquet Club and Somerset West Croquet Club, which has four courts.

Among the other countries who have indicated that they will be attending the world championships are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, USA and Wales.

Speaking to DistrictMail last week, Grahame said he has been playing croquet for more than 40 years and Golf Croquet, which he learned at the Somerset West Croquet Club, for 15 years.

"I was taught to play the game by my father Vernon (85), who still plays the game and has represented SA twice. I've represented SA in this form of the game five times and was also the first ever South African to represent my country in Golf Croquet."

Grahame said he was looking forward to this event on home soil and said he thought that a number of South Africans could do well.

Peter Johnson, who will be representing SA for the first time, said he was very honoured and excited to be playing for SA in these World Championships and was looking forward to the whole experience.

Peter has been playing Golf Croquet for 15 years and learned to play the game at the Somerset West Club.

Free entry
Grahame said people who have never watched a game of croquet should make an effort to come and watch some of the World Cup matches in Somerset West in March.

He said entry was free and if spectators were lucky enough to see the Egyptians play, they would see croquet being played in a way never seen before.

"They have developed their own unique style and hit the ball exceptionally hard and with deadly accuracy and this combined with some clever thinking makes it very difficult to beat them.

"They are the current World Champs in this format of the game and always exciting to watch and we hope lots of locals come down to the club and watch some of the action during the World Championships."

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