Croquet Cancelled for this Afternoon
Hello everyone,
Due to the inclement weather I am going to have to cancel High Tea and Croquet this afternoon. Dreadfully sorry, I know we do need the rain, but it is dashed inconvienent sometimes!
I will be rescheduling for early December and will announce the new date shortly.
In the meantime, a little information on the history of croquet for you to ponder:
The game of hitting balls through hoops can be traced back to 14th century France. There, peasants fashioned hoops from willow branches and used shepherds crooks to hit the balls. It showed up again in 17th century Ireland where a British sports equipment maker, John Jaques first saw it. As their company history tells the story, he then took the idea home, equipment was produced and it quickly became the sport of the elite class. A governing body was established around 1870 in England. By mid the 1880's, its luster was tarnished by gambling and other social concerns of the Victorian era. Even the first known club The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, at Wimbledon, ejected the sport and dropped its context from the club's name. Croquet's survival was in the immense popularity as a backyard game. With the influence of the British Empire, croquet found its way to most of the Commonwealth countries.
The English players, not to be banished to their gardens forever, formed the Croquet Association (CA) in 1897. On the other side of the Atlantic, croquet's popularity grew in the 1930's and 40's. It was taken to especially by the rich and famous of the United States. Many of Hollywood stars found croquet the sport to be playing. This short resurgence in the United States plateaued until the mid-sixties when a group of players on Long Island and another in Florida started playing again. From these beginnings, the USCA was formed, and along with it, formal rules and regulations governing play, American-style.
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Sun 22nd November - High Tea & Croquet
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In accordance with the consensus at the Time Traveller's Picnic..
I am happy to announce I have organised a High Tea with Croquet for you all on Sunday 22nd November...
If you don't know how to play croquet, fear not, the stalwart souls of the croquet club will be at hand to teach us the rules, and provide the necessary equipment. They are rather excited to have some younger folk interested in learning and were intrigued to hear all about steampunk!
Seeing as it worked so smashingly last time, we will be operating on a "pot luck" catering model once again, please bring foodstuffs for a High Tea. Tea and coffee will be provided, but do please feel free to bring along your teapots, samovars or other paraphernalia as you see fit for the consumption of heated beverages. We will be able to enjoy our victuals in the clubhouse.
The venue is the Sandringham Croquet Club which is located at Beach Road Sandringham -opposite Mildura Avenue. Melway Reference 76 F8 and 9. The club is situated next to B10 Car Park - opposite Abbott Street.Visitors who live outside Bayside need to pay to park here. There is ample free parking in local streets. The Club is also 5 minutes walk from Sandringham Railway Station.
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We have a two hour booking from 2pm - 4pm. They can accommodate up to 24 players at once (if we are more numerous we will need to take turns.)
The afternoon will cost $10 per head, this will cover venue and equipment hire, and the aforementioned tea and coffee.
To reserve your place, do please take advantage of the handy paypal button below:
Please note flat shoes are required for playing croquet, heeled shoes will not be allowed on the greens.
Hope to see you there.. do please feel free to pass on news of this event far and wide, another good turnout would be most pleasing!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at steampunkerie at gmail dot com.
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In accordance with the consensus at the Time Traveller's Picnic..
I am happy to announce I have organised a High Tea with Croquet for you all on Sunday 22nd November...
If you don't know how to play croquet, fear not, the stalwart souls of the croquet club will be at hand to teach us the rules, and provide the necessary equipment. They are rather excited to have some younger folk interested in learning and were intrigued to hear all about steampunk!
Seeing as it worked so smashingly last time, we will be operating on a "pot luck" catering model once again, please bring foodstuffs for a High Tea. Tea and coffee will be provided, but do please feel free to bring along your teapots, samovars or other paraphernalia as you see fit for the consumption of heated beverages. We will be able to enjoy our victuals in the clubhouse.
The venue is the Sandringham Croquet Club which is located at Beach Road Sandringham -opposite Mildura Avenue. Melway Reference 76 F8 and 9. The club is situated next to B10 Car Park - opposite Abbott Street.Visitors who live outside Bayside need to pay to park here. There is ample free parking in local streets. The Club is also 5 minutes walk from Sandringham Railway Station.
Show location on Google maps (new window)
We have a two hour booking from 2pm - 4pm. They can accommodate up to 24 players at once (if we are more numerous we will need to take turns.)
The afternoon will cost $10 per head, this will cover venue and equipment hire, and the aforementioned tea and coffee.
To reserve your place, do please take advantage of the handy paypal button below:
Please note flat shoes are required for playing croquet, heeled shoes will not be allowed on the greens.
Hope to see you there.. do please feel free to pass on news of this event far and wide, another good turnout would be most pleasing!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at steampunkerie at gmail dot com.
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