{"id":60087,"date":"2024-05-03T11:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60087"},"modified":"2024-05-03T11:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:03:47","slug":"sheffield-croquet-club-wins-league-entering-them-into-uk-wide-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/sheffield-croquet-club-wins-league-entering-them-into-uk-wide-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Croquet Club wins league, entering them into UK-wide competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield Croquet Club have been entered into a national competition after winning one of their Yorkshire leagues this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They finished top of the 2023\/24 Yorkshire Federation Golf Croquet Handicap League, beating Bishop Monkton to the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Ki Hulme said he was very proud of the title win and the opportunity to play across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will now be representing Yorkshire around the nation, which we\u2019re so happy about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield Croquet Club\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ma2zpC1n1es?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The club have performed well over recent years, winning the Full Lawn League last year, despite some location troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club had to move to Hillsborough Park Bowling Club in 2017, after an arson attack at their previous venue in Bolehills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Crossland, the longest serving member of the club, said: &#8220;We were up there for a number of years until the pavilion was burnt down and all our equipment was lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re more than happy down here now, we&#8217;re more visible and we&#8217;ve got a good relationship with all concerned.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Crossland also said the club is welcome to everyone, old and young, and they would welcome students into the club as they have done in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Croquet Club have been entered into a UK competition after winning one of their Yorkshire Leagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":60155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,21,26],"tags":[1481,15,38,131,40],"class_list":["post-60087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","category-sport","tag-croquet","tag-news","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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