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654 days ago

Spectacular croquet expected over three days.

Carolyn from Whitby

Plimmerton Croquet Club will host the annual Croquet New Zealand Doubles Championship over three days, Saturday 18 – Monday 20 February.

Manager, Tom Berryman from Titahi Bay, says ‘this event will showcase the best croquet players in the country. It will be exciting to see the number of young players competing many of whom will go on to represent New Zealand. This is a great opportunity for interested people to view croquet of a high standard’.

Fourteen teams have entered with play commencing at 8:30 am and expected to conclude by 6:30 pm each day. All games are 3 hours and there are three rounds per day.

The singles events will be held at Paraparaumu and Waikanae Croquet Clubs from Tuesday 21- Saturday 25 February.

Plimmerton Croquet Club is located in Ulric Street, turn left into Ulric Street by the northern roundabout by Palmers Garden Centre and welcomes members of the public to view the games at any time over the three days.

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This Wednesday, we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.

John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!

As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!

John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.

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Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?

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When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?

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