NZ Hall of Fame

  • Steve Jones

    CROQUET PROFILE – Steve Jones   Updated August 2016                                                 Year started playing croquet:                        1957                 Age:               65 Year started […]

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  • Jean Jarden

    Born:  1907                   Died  1983 Inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame in 2015  Mrs Jean Jarden, nee […]

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  • Keith Izard

    Keith Izard’s croquet achievements are inextricably linked to the establishment of the Khandallah Croquet Club in Wellington.  A recent celebration […]

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  • Bob Jackson

    Robert Vernon Jackson only started playing in 1971 when he was in his mid-30s, and is still competing in both […]

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  • Paddy Chapman

    Paddy started playing croquet at the age of 11 at the Cashmere Croquet Club in Christchurch.  He was helped immensely […]

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  • Margaret Claughton

    Margaret (nee Claughton) Rowling commenced playing croquet in the 1940’s at the Hastings Croquet club where she was likely to […]

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  • Bill and Ada Kirk

    Bill and Ada Kirk made a big contribution to New Zealand croquet over a number of years with Bill serving […]

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  • Graham Beale

    Currently living and working in Dubai, Graham originally hails from Christchurch where he learned his croquet at the Cashmere Croquet […]

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  • Rene Watkins

    Mrs C.A. “Rene” Watkins, nee Serena Eliza Bishop, was born in 1897.  She married Clem Watkins in 1915.  In 1938, […]

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  • Clarry La Roche

    Clarence La Roche was born in 1895, the seventh child of John Henry La Roche and Jane Catt.  Clarry, also […]

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  • Chris Clarke

    Teachers have been known to be influential in the lives of youth. Sometimes that influence extends beyond the classroom. When […]

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  • Joe Hogan

    Joseph Hogan Born October 1958   Member of Barry Croquet Club, Gisborne Joe came to croquet along with a group […]

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