Members' handicaps range from entry level (28) to A class (scratch) and there are competitions to suit everyone. The Calendar page contains listings for these as well as other events.
In addition, individual club members travel to competitions held elsewhere.
All results are on the SWF website; Sidmouth results feature on the News page.
Nationally the club is affiliated to the Croquet Association (CA) and holds at least three open tournaments annually, with players coming from all over Great Britain, and sometimes abroad, to compete. Sidmouth also occasionally hosts invitation-only events such as the Selectors' Weekend where some of the country's best players can be seen in action. The CA events for Sidmouth can be seen on the CA website together with results.
The premier internal competition of Sidmouth Croquet Club is for the Humphrey Hicks Trophy. This is croquet in its purest form using Advanced rules and no handicaps. In the semi-finals Derek Andrew overcame Mike Taylor by 17 hoops, and Tony Dustan-Smith beat Richard Wood by 4 hoops.
The final is the best of three untimed games. Tony Dustan-Smith (handicap 1) is an old hand at this, but Derek Andrew (handicap 6) was a newcomer to the situation. The first two games of the final were dominated by large breaks, one game going to Derek by 16 hoops and the other to Tony by 11 hoops. As the day was coming towards a close the final game was postponed to the next day and attracted enthusiastic spectators. Both players suffered from big match nerves and made mistakes, but there were also some superb recoveries. In the end Derek held his nerve the best and his name will be inscribed on the trophy for the first time.