THE CLUB HOUSE
The Club was founded in 1910. In 1935 the Willoughby Council bought the land
and built our first club house.
The
Old Club House
By
the 1980s the weatherboard club house was showing signs of old age and our new
house was built with contributions from the NSW government, the Willoughby
Council and our own members. The new Club House was officially opened by the
Mayor of Willoughby in 1996.
For
many years our patron has been the Mayoress of Willoughby.
Our
New Club House
One of our leading members was Professor Stan Hall. He was our
President in 1983 and 1984 and also President of Croquet NSW. He carried out
original research on croquet situations like ‘the crush’. Stan was a kind man
and an excellent coach. He died in January 2003 in the middle of our own Stan
Hall Competition.
Professor Stan Hall
Our
Club badge uses the motifs of the Willoughby Council displaying a Waratah, a
Flannel Flower and Christmas Bells. The permission to use this motif was
granted in 1982.
Our
Club Colour is Cherry Red