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THURSDAY, <strong>10</strong>NOVEMBER, <strong>2022</strong> |THE GERALDINE NEWS |PAGE 11<br />
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Geraldine croquet and hockey club members outside the pavilion. Foundation member Marjory Matheson is seated centre;<br />
BELOW: Geraldine Combined Hockey Club President Meg Catherwood (left) hands over the pavilion key toher croquet club<br />
counterpart, Sue Hutchins. PHOTOS: Debbie Oliver<br />
Pavilion ownership transfers<br />
to Geraldine Croquet Club<br />
On Wednesday,26October, theGeraldine<br />
Croquet Club hosted representatives of<br />
the Geraldine Combined Hockey Club<br />
for aspecial occasion: the handing over<br />
of the key to the old hockey pavilion to<br />
its new owners, the croquet club.<br />
Speaking onbehalf of the club,<br />
Peter McAuliffe says, The Geraldine<br />
Croquet Club has been working with<br />
Geraldine Combined Hockey Club and<br />
is pleased to confirm that ownership of<br />
the pavilion has been transferred to<br />
Geraldine Croquet Club. The croquetclub<br />
appreciates the significanceofthe building,<br />
which opened on 22 October, 1923 as a<br />
memorial to theeight hockey club members<br />
who died in World War I.Amemorial<br />
plaque sitsabovethe door,intheir honour.<br />
Hockey club presidentMeg Catherwood,<br />
on passing over the key to croquet club<br />
president Sue Hutchins, says, We are<br />
thrilled to hand over the building to the<br />
croquet club, and we wish to thank them<br />
for the careand attention they havegiven<br />
the building over the last20years ... they<br />
have made many improvements to both<br />
the pavilion and surrounding area.<br />
Karen OKane, hockey club youth<br />
delegate, has been liaising with the croquet<br />
club and knows the pavilion is in safe<br />
hands. She says, The Geraldine Croquet<br />
Club realises the significance of the<br />
building,and we knowthey will preserve<br />
the heritage and history behind it. We<br />
discussed thesalewithour life members<br />
to reassure them that its history will be<br />
preserved. The time was right to let the<br />
croquet club continue with the pavilion<br />
as their own.<br />
Peter says, Next year willbethe <strong>10</strong>0th<br />
anniversary of the pavilion, so celebrations<br />
will be planned to mark this event. The<br />
hockey club is arranging to have ahistorical<br />
information board mounted outside the<br />
pavilion and looksforward to celebrating<br />
the anniversary with us.<br />
Croquet has been playedinand around<br />
Geraldine for over <strong>10</strong>0 years, and itis<br />
great we nowhave ourpermanenthome<br />
alongsideour groundsthat we canplay<br />
on all year round. This is great for the<br />
future of croquet in Geraldine.<br />
An extract from the book 150 years<br />
of Geraldine reads, The early fortunes<br />
of the Geraldine Croquet Club were in<br />
the hands of Mrs Hislop, the inaugural<br />
president in 1911. Some of the original<br />
members were Mesdames WA Sherratt,<br />
Donald MacDonald and JP Cliff.<br />
Two foundation members, Mr and Mrs<br />
WHKirk, gainedNew Zealand honours.<br />
By 1927 the membership had grown to<br />
40, and games were played against Temuka<br />
and Timaru clubs, though the club was<br />
affiliated to the Christchurch Croquet<br />
Association.<br />
One of the croquet clubs foundation<br />
members, 95-year-oldMarjory Matheson,<br />
attended the celebrationsand was excited<br />
to see it still going strong. She says,<br />
I played croquet for many, many years,<br />
and Iremember right back at the start<br />
using this wonderful pavilion. Ihave a<br />
lotofmemories, and Iloved everymoment<br />
of it. The club hasdone alot of hardwork<br />
keeping the pavilion and lawns looking<br />
lovely.<br />
The Geraldine Croquet Club always<br />
welcomes new members. If you want to<br />
trycroquet,turn up at the croquetlawns,<br />
just off Huffey Street on aWednesday<br />
morning, by 9.15am for a9.30am start.<br />
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