Current Committee Members
From 1st January 2025 the Management Committee members are:
President - José Álvarez-Sala (Spain)  | Elected President 1 January 2024. Retires 31 December 2027. |
Secretary General - Rosemary Landrebe (Australia)  | Appointed on 1 September 2025. Term ends 31 December 2029. |
Treasurer - Peter Payne (Switzerland)  | Elected on 1 January 2022. |
Other Members of the Committee | |
Begoña Elzaburu (Spain)  | Elected on 1 January 2022. |
Jim Nicholls (Australia)  | Elected on 1 January 2025. Term ends 31 December 2028. |
Graeme Roberts (New Zealand)  | Elected on 1 January 2022. |
Roberts Stafeckis (Latvia)  | Re-elected on 1 January 2022. |
Mohamed Raslan (Egypt)  | Elected on 20th March 2022. |
Jeff Soo (USA)  | Elected on 1 January 2024. Term ends 31 December 2027. |
MC Annual Reports
Management Committee Annual Reports
The reports below summarise the key activities completed during each year by the WCF.
2013 MC Annual Report
2014 MC Annual Report
2015 MC Annual Report
2016 MC Annual Report
2017 MC Annual Report
2018 MC Annual Report
2019 MC Annual Report
2020 MC Annual Report
2021 MC Annual Report
2022 MC Annual Report
2023 MC Annual Report
2024 MC annual Report
WCF Council Topics
Topic Subject
19 WC places allocation process. Version 2 approved 22 Dec 2013.
20 GCWC knock-out seeding. Option A approved 21 Nov 2013.
21 Changes to Under-21 age limit. Not proceeded with.
22 GC Rules revision. Approved 23 Nov 2013.
23 Financial review. Approved 30 Nov 2013.
24 Extension of trial Statute 920-925 voting process. Approved 9 Dec 2013.
25 Approval of 2014 Business Plan. Approved 30 Dec 2013.
26 Approval of 2014 Budget. Approved 30 Dec 2013.
27 Election of David Walters as Independent Examiner. Approved 30 Dec 2013.
28 Election of Gabrielle Higgins as Treasurer. Approved 30 Dec 2013.
29 Appointment of Governance Working Group. Approved 19 Jan 2014.
30 Amendment of Statute 303.3.1.2. Approved 2 Mar 2014.
31 Investment proposals. Approved 9 Mar 2014.
32 Croquet Federation Belgium upgrade. Approved 17 August 2014.
33 Consultation on amendments to Statutes 300ff. Closed 28 September 2014.
34 Consultation on advertising consultations etc. Closed 19 October 2014.
35 Request for Ratification of refunds policy. Closing date 23 November 2014.
36 Approval of 2015 Business Plan. Approved 14 December 2014.
37 Election of Independent Examiner. Approved 21 December 2014.
38 Approval of 2015 Budget. Approved 21 December 2014.
39 Election of Uruguay as Observer Member. Approved 21 December 2014.
40 Permanent adoption of e-mail voting. Approved 21 December 2014.
41 Adoption of new Statutes and Regulations. Approved 18 January 2015.
42 Termination of Palestine's Observer Membership. Approved 12 April 2015.
43 Approval of Regulation policy. Approved 12 April 2015.
44 Amendment of the Equipment Regulations. Approved 21 July 2015.
45 Amendment of Event, Refereeing and Sports Regs. Approved 21 July 2015.
46 Election of Georgia as Observer Member. Approved 6 December 2015.
47 2016 Business Plan. Approved 31 December 2015.
48 Election of Independent Examiner. Elected 31 December 2015.
49 2016 Budget. Approved 17 January 2016.
50 Consultation on Statutes 107.3 and 107.4 (GCRC).
51 Italian Croquet Federation. Change of status approved 20 March 2016.
52 Termination of France's Observer Membership. Approved 5 June 2016.
53 Amendment of Event and Sports Regs. Approved 5 June 2016.
54 WCF Statutes consultation. Closed 6 November 2016.
55 Ramsis Cup consultation. Closed 30 October 2016.
56 Election of Martin French as Treasurer. Approved 4 December 2016.
57 Revision of WCF Statutes. Approved 25 December 2016.
58 Election of Independent Examiner. Approved 25 December 2016.
59 2017 Budget. Approved 1 January 2017.
60 2017 Business Plan. Approved 1 January 2017.
61 Revision of Finance Regulations. Approved 1 January 2017.
62 U21 GCWC consultation. Closed 16 July 2017.
63 Conduct of the FPC. Closed 31 October 2017.
64 Management Committee elections. Closed 3 December 2017.
65 2018 Budget. Approved 31 December 2017
66 Election of Brian Havill as Independent Examiner. Approved 31 December 2017.
67 Amendment of Finance Regulations. Approved 8 April 2018.
68 Consultation on WTC formats. Closed.
69 Adoption of responsibility for GC rankings. Approved 8 April 2018.
70 Amendment of Hall of Fame Regulations. Approved 3 June 2018.
71 Approval of 5th Edition of WCF Rules of Golf Croquet. Approved 8 July 2018.
72 Amendments to Event and Sports Regulations. Approved 30 September 2018.
73 Election of Treasurer. Yousry Ghamry elected on 9 December 2018.
74 Consultation on WCF membership structure. Closed 23 December 2018.
75 2017 Accounts, 2018 Treasurers Report & 2019 budget. Approved 6 January 2019.
76 Election of Independent Examiner. Brian Havill elected on 6 January 2019.
77 Amendment to Refereeing Regulations. Approved 30 January 2019.
78 Amendments of Statutes. Approved 31 March 2019.
78a WCF elections. Closed 1 December 2019.
79 Amendments of Statutes. Superseded by Topic 80.
80 Amendments of Statutes (revised). Approved 22 December 2019.
81 2018 accounts, the 2019 Treasurer’s Report and the 2020 Budget. Approved 29 December 2019.
82 Election of Brian Havill as Independent Examiner. Approved 29 December 2019.
83 Latvian grant proposal. Approved 25 May 2020.
84 Under 21 GCWC age limit amendment. Approved 16 July 2020.
85 Election of Sweden as a Full Member. Approved 6 August 2020.
86 2019 WCF accounts, the 2020 Treasurer’s Report and 2021 Budget. Approved 23 December 2020.
87 Election of Independent Examiner. Brian Havill elected on 23 December 2020.
88 7th Edition of the AC laws. Adopted 24 January 2021.
89 Amend Sports Regulations App 2 para 2.3. Approved 21 February 2021.
90 Ranking Regulations - approved 2021
91 Gateball policy consultation. Closed 28.4.2021.
92 Refereeing Regulations. Approved 7 March 2021.
93 Treasurer election. Closes 23 May 2021. Chris Clarke elected
94 Gender Policy Consultation.
95 Regional Governance Consultation. Approved 20th June 2021
96 CNZ Event Frequency Paper - consultation
97 GCWC 2022 Payment of £6000 of entry fees to CA for SCCC. Approved 3 September 2021.
98 Updates to WCF Statutes and WCF Event Regulations. Approved 6 January 2022
99 Management Committee and New Treasurer Elections 2022. Closed 5 December 2021
100 6th Edition of GC Rules - Member Consultation. Closed 15 January 2022.
101 Election of Independent Examiner. Brian Havill. Closes 4 January 2022.
102 Budget 2022. Closed 4 January 2022
103 Updates to Sports & Admin Regulations. Approved 21 February 2022
104 Ranking Regulation amend 4.5 from 50% to 75% - Approved 17 January 2022
105 Election to fill vacancy on the Management Committee. Election closed 20 March 2022.
106 Gender Policy Consultation. Approved April 2022
107 GC Rules 6th Edition Council vote. Approved 6 March 2022
108 AC Regeneration Working Group - closed 20 April 2022
109 WCF Forward Calendar and results of Player Frequency survey - closed 4 May 2022
110 AC World Team Championship format consultation Tier 2.1 only. Closed 12 May
111 AC World Team Championship World Select Team invitation Tiers 2.2 and 3 Closed 30 May
112 WCF Forward Calendar. Closed 7th June.
113 Change of age from Over 50 to Over 60 or 65. Approved 7 June 2022.
114 Refereeing Regulations update. Approved 29 June 2022
115 Amendments to the Sports and Event Regulations - Approved 30 September 2022.
116 Ranking System Changes Proposal - Approved 13 December 20202
117 Single or multi-venue preference for WCF Events. Closed 27 November 2022.
118 Forward Calendar England Proposal. Closed 15 December 2022.
119 Equipment Regulations Consultation - Approved 22 December 2023.
120 Election of Brian Havill as Independent Examiner - Approved 11 January 2023.
121 2023 Budget for Member approval, 2021 Accounts. Approved 15 January 2023
122 Czech Republic Grant Request - Telc 4 lawns. Approved 17 January 2023.
123 Mexico election to Associate Member. Approved 9 March 2023.
124 Deutcher Kroket Bund upgrade from Associate to Full Member - Approved 20 September 2023.
125 Welsh Croquet Association upgrade from Associate to Full Member - Approved 20 September 2023.
126 GC Knock Out seeding Consultation - Block Separation by Grade. Approved 14 January 2023
127 ERC nominations - Committee elected 31 December 2023.
128 President and MC x2 Elections - approved 3 December 2023 - Jose Alvarez Sala, Samir Patel and Jeff Soo.
129 Election of Brian Havill as Independent Examiner - Elected 3 January 2024.
130 Code of Conduct vote (after 2 consultations!) - Approved 27 August 2024
131 Statute and Regulation amendments. Approved 28 March 2024
132 Consultation - Ranking Amendments re Returners and Fast Improvers. Approved 7 June 2024.
133 2024 Budget for Member approval, 2022 Accounts.Approved 31 January 2024
134 Privacy Policy Approved 9 May 2024.
135 2025 WCF Fees Proposals. Approved 26 August 2024.
136 Portugal upgrade from RCO to Associate Member. Approved 6 June 2024.
137 ERC (and WCF) Event Allocation Consultation. Approved 7 October 2024.
138 Child Protection - new Event forms for U18s - Approved 6 February 2025.
139 Elections to MC - Approved 17 December 2024.
140 Election of Brian Havill as Independent Examiner - elected 29 December 2024.
141 Advantage GC Committee sub-committee of GCRC Approved 22 February 2025.
142 2030 WTC Tier 1 Format Proposals - Member Consultation. Closed 12 January 2025.
143 2025 Budget for Member Approval. Approved 3 January 2025.
144 Trial the use of Sequence Umpires at WCF Events - approved 14 March 2025.
145 WCF GC World Team Championship Behaviour - open
146 WGC GC WTC T2 & 3 Format validation check - closed 4 April 2025.
147 Revised Finance Regulations - Refund re-wording - approved 8 April 2025.
148 Incorporation - approval to engage consultants - approved 8 May 2025.
149 Gender Policy Review vote -approved 3 August 2025.
150 Player Briefing Notes - closed 23 June 2025.
151 Nominations for Treasurer and MC positions - closed 31 October 2025. Election closed 15th December.
152 Incorporation vote. Closed 31 October 2025. Approved.
156 ERC Call for nominations. Closed 18th December 2025.