Brian Havill has been approved as the Independent Examiner for the 2025 Accounts. The Management Committee thanks Brian for his work and support of the WCF.
Category: WCF Business
World Croquet Federation Limited
On the 28th of January 2026 the WCF became a Company by limited guarantee based in England. The Management Committee would like to thank Debbie Lines, Samir Patel, Peter Payne and Stephen Mulliner of the Incorporation subcommittee for their extensive work to achieve this important milestone for the organisation. 2026 promises to be another busy year for the WCF Management Committee as we review and update our existing structure and processes and take this opportunity to map out how we support and grow croquet over the next 40 years.
Welcome and congratulations to Mauritius and the Netherlands
Welcome and congratulations to Mauritius and the Netherlands on becoming latest RCO members of the World Croquet Federation. We look forward to supporting these new members and all countries wanting to join the croquet community worldwide. While Mauritius are up and running with a successful annual International event being hosted for a number of years, the Netherlands hope to have their purpose built croquet lawn ready for this summer. The RCO’s bring the total number of WCF Members to 31.
Results of the Management Committee Elections
Welcome Pedro Echeguren to the WCF Management Committee! and
Welcome back, Mohammed Raslan, Roberts Stafeckis, Graeme Roberts and Stephen Mulliner as Treasurer.
At the recent Management Committee election, the existing MC members Mohammed Raslan, Graeme Roberts and Roberts Stafeckis were successfully re-elected. Stephen Mulliner was the only nomination for Treasurer and was therefore elected unopposed.
Pedro Echeguren becomes a new member of the Management Committee and please see his information in the link.
The MC would like to thank all Members for voting, and we look forward to working with Pedro and Stephen in the near future.
Recruitment of new Secretary-General
2025 Budget Approved by WCF Council 3rd January 2025
I’m pleased to announce that the 2025 Budget was approved by Members on 3rd January 2025, with 42 votes in favour, none against.
Brian Havill re-elected as Independent Examiner
I’m pleased to announce that on 29th December 2024, Members voted to re-appoint Brian Havill as Independent Examiner for 2025.
The MC express their thanks to Brian for his continued support.
Results of the 2024 WCF Management Committee election
The MC are pleased to report that Jim Nicholls has been elected to the Management Committee, effective 1st January 2025. We look forward to welcoming Jim to the committee next year.
There were 34 votes for Jim and 18 for Andrew Hobbs.
We’d like to express our thanks to Andrew for putting himself forward. We very much hope he will try again another time.
AC Regeneration Working Group update
The group was re-launched in March 2024 and has now met several times to discuss the serious issue of AC decline across the World. We have a long way to go yet exploring how the WCF can help clubs around the World.
AC is the historic and traditional game upon which our sport was founded. Player numbers are declining in almost every country. In just the past 5 years there has been an 11% reduction in the number of 'live' AC players in the AC rankings.
Whilst it is great news that GC is growing, the lack of new players being exposed to both codes at our clubs is worrying. The two games have similarities, but are also very different, and each one appeals to different segments of our society. We would like to encourage Clubs to use this variety to attract a wider and more diverse membership, especially those clubs where the lawns are not in use 24/7.
For more information on the progress the group are making, please see the webpage: AC Regeneration
