Membership

The club's membership year runs from 1^st April to 31^st March of the following calendar year. Details of the club's organisation, trustees and constitution can be found in the formal Club Constitution. (The club's trustees also form the committee which manages the club's activities, and the terms 'trustees' and 'committee' are sometimes informally exchanged.) Further information for club members can be found in the website Members Area, which requires a login.

Fees with effect from 1st April 2024:

The annual subscription rates for club membership are:

Full membership	£105
Under 25s in full-time education	£35
Over 90s	£35

For those with a significant disability and their carers the standard membership fee may also be reduced to £35 at the discretion of the Trustees.

For new members who join, their membership year expires 12 months from the end of the month in which they join the club.

In addition to the membership fees there is an optional, once-off deposit of £10 for a set of keys to the equipment storage hut.

New members should complete the new member application form and either give it to one of the Trustees or email a photo or scanned copy of it to the Membership Secretary. Cheques should be made payable to "Watford (Cassiobury) Croquet Club" and sent to the Club Treasurer. Alternatively, payment can be made by direct transfer to the club's bank account (please ask the Membership Secretary or Club Treasurer for the account details).

Playing times

During the summer playing season from April to September, there are two courts allocated for Golf Croquet each week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and two courts for Association Croquet in the afternoon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, except on a few occasions when they are needed for tournaments or other special events. Certain times are also set aside for mowing and court maintenance. At all other times and days of the week, and on the other two courts, members may play either Golf Croquet or Association Croquet whenever the courts are free (though combining both types of croquet on the same court at the same time is best avoided); advance booking is recommended to ensure availability.

During the winter season from October to March, apart from a period of a few weeks when all the courts are closed for maintenance, there is normally at least one court available for play when the weather conditions permit.

See the Calendar and the Court Booking System for details of events, session times and court availability.

Members who turn up during one of the scheduled summer club sessions can usually expect to get a game. At other times it is generally advisable to plan a specific game with another club member in advance. A list of members' contact details is available in the website Members Area (login required).

The first players to arrive each day are responsible for setting out the hoops, and the last players to leave are responsible for putting them back in the club hut and locking up.

Guests

Club members may invite guests to come and play for a charge of £5 per guest per day, subject to the following provisions:

Dates and details of all guests must be recorded in the Visitor Book kept for this purpose, and the club member host is responsible for collecting any guest fees and passing them to the Club Treasurer or another Club Trustee.
Visitors who are prospective new members are entitled to one free "taster" session.
The number of playing visits allowed by non-members is limited to at most 5 times per annum, unless that visitor is already a member of another croquet club. (There is no fee and no limit on the number of visits as spectators.)
A visitor who joins the club and has previously paid guest fees is entitled to a refund of up to £10 on those guest fees.
Designated club "Open Days", tournaments, club matches and any other special events arranged to promote the club's interests are excluded; in some of those cases other fees may apply instead.