Croquet Durham

Croquet Durham Croquet Durham is a welcoming croquet club at Riverside Park, Chester-le-street. We're open to everyone from novices to experienced.

Our season runs from mid-April to mid-September. If you'd like to know more or contact us visit www.croquetdurham.org.uk

Hosting Beamish WI. Great fun!
18/06/2026

Hosting Beamish WI. Great fun!

Our Cuthbert (2nd) team visited Backworth last week. The weather was beautiful at the beginning but the heavens opened ...
09/06/2026

Our Cuthbert (2nd) team visited Backworth last week. The weather was beautiful at the beginning but the heavens opened during the day, and the game had to be called off with Durham 8-7 up. Luckily the result stands!

Another enjoyable club day on Sat. 16/5
19/05/2026

Another enjoyable club day on Sat. 16/5

26/04/2026

May Taster Sessions
We are running free taster sessions on all the Saturday mornings in May 2026 between 10.30 am and 12 noon.
Equipment provided, but please wear flat-soled shoes.
All welcome

02/03/2026

Taster Sessions for 2026

During May 2026, we shall be running a series of taster sessions for anyone interested in croquet.

They will take place on Saturday mornings between 10.30 am and 12 noon at the bowling greens at Chester-le-Street Riverside Park.

All equipment will be provided, so feel free to come along and have a go. The only request we make is that you wear flat-soled shoes to protect the lawns.

02/03/2026

The 2026 season will start on Saturday April 11.

We had a lovely day for the John Cotes Trophy. Congratulations to Arthur for winning with Nigel as runner up.. Ken and ...
25/08/2025

We had a lovely day for the John Cotes Trophy. Congratulations to Arthur for winning with Nigel as runner up.. Ken and Andrew will contest the Plate final.

20/07/2025

After much discussion via email and checking our lightning strike insurance Durham Bede and Alnmouth decided to risk the predicted weather maelstrom on Saturday 19th July and we welcomed the visitors from the North to Chester-le-Street in surprisingly benign conditions. At least it allowed us to set up and practice while remaining dry.
Captains agreed to declare the match complete if we had managed at least half the games and so we started as soon as we could.
At lunch time, the rain having started once we had finished a couple of games Durham Bede were leading six and a half to two and a half. We needed to keep this lead after lunch if we were to gain the win, but in fact we managed to consolidate, winning the next 8 games and finishing the match with a score of fourteen and a half to three and a half.
Congratulations to both sides for persevering though the rain, we only ran for shelter a couple of times when it got particularly torrential, and contributing to an enjoyable match, and well done to Peter for once again remaining unbeaten all day.

Welcome rain on the lawns, but it certainly stopped play!
15/07/2025

Welcome rain on the lawns, but it certainly stopped play!

With clouds circling in the unpredictable wind, but in generally bright sunshine we welcomed the team from Backworth to ...
29/06/2025

With clouds circling in the unpredictable wind, but in generally bright sunshine we welcomed the team from Backworth to Croquet Durham on Saturday 28th June. We performed well in the morning despite Andrew and I managing to scrape a 4-4 draw having been 4-0 up! Despite a couple of losses before and after lunch we got back to winning ways and finished strongly. Well done to the whole team and the usual thanks to supporters and tea suppliers and to Malcolm for standing in for Roger at the last minute. Final result 13 and a half to 4 and a half.

Address

Riverside Park
Chester-le-Street

Opening Hours

Monday 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 12pm
1:30pm - 4:30pm

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