CROQUET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 14

CROQUET.

' '-• (By !Te!eirraph.—Press Aesoolation.) :, GhrlstcSiurch, October) 21..: .At.the request.of several leading'croquet players of longstanding" in Canterbury,- Mr,.,Si.S.'Blackburn induced to draw' up '■ the necessary constitution 'of ah association, and after communicating with itho various provincial clubs, a'meeting was iheld in Christehnrch a few weeks back', at'which tlio following, clubs.' were .' represented':—Rarigiora,-' Kaiapoi, .the United,- St. Albans, 'Sumner'; Temuka, aiid Timani. With '■'■ some" trifling . alterations .'and amendments, Mr. Blackburhe's draft was;.accepted ,as 'entirely'.. satisfactory. ;The first' meeting-of the,association was--held oh 'Wednescfay.; It.was the unanimous feeling of the clubs thai Mr.. Croxtou's services. to the: game entitled him to the honour of being the first president of; the' association, ; and for the" same reason 'Mr.'. Josling-was elected to act as secretary and treasurer for the first-year. The association decided':, to. promote ' a club championships based! on. the principle of, the' English counties! cricket championship, a match to consist of! four 'double 'games to'be. played first, followed 'by eight: single games. The first tournament will bo held in, the- Christmas holidays at Hagley Park, and will probably extend over three days. The events will consist of an open single championship, a ladies' single championship, open to all lady members of clubs affiliated to the asso;ciatioh, mixed club doubles (that is, the two partners must hail from the: same club).-':'' No ' lady can win both ' the singles championships. The open championship is to carry a trophy not to become the property of a winner unless won three years in succession.