What is the CA? The Croquet Association is Croquet's national governing body, which promotes and regulates the sport, mostly through voluntary effort. Players and clubs support the organisation through their membership. The management and control of the CA is vested in the Council of elected members, which includes nine members from the Federations. All Council members serve on the various committees of the CA, a full list of which is on the website, www.croquet.org.uk
The CA Office and Shop The CA maintains a small office in Cheltenham, which has three part-time staff and it is open usually from 9am until 5pm. The CA Shop has a wide range of croquet equipment and accessories for sale and shares the Office's building and opening hours.
Promotional Materials and Leaflets The CA Office supplies clubs with glossy promotion material, which include short guides to Association and Golf Croquet, a promotional leaflet called 'Have you Tried Croquet?', and A4 posters.
Joining the CA Players can join the CA as individual members and information about joining the CA is given on the website, along with the benefits of doing so.
Insurance Full CA Member Clubs are automatically entitled to Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance provided by the CA through Endsleigh. The limit of the indemnity is £5,000,000 per occurrence. This scheme does not provide Employer's Liability or Equipment insurance: details for these should be obtained from Endsleigh on 01242 866800, who provide competitive rates for CA Members
Grants and Loans A large part of the CA's budget goes towards giving clubs support to enhance their facilities, either as a grant or a loan. Clubs must be full members of the CA, and raise the major part of the cost themselves. Clubs interested in applying for a grant should contact their Federation Development Officer who will advise them.
Sponsorship Clubs are responsible for obtaining sponsorship of club events and tournaments, however if the CA obtains sponsorship for CA tournaments, then the club holding the CA Tournament receives increased Lawn hire fees. If the club holding the CA Tournament obtains sponsorship for it, then the club retains two thirds of the sponsorship and the CA one third.
CA Awards for Special Achievement The CA makes awards biennially in three categories (Townsend, Apps Heley, and Millennium) to clubs that have made exceptional progress in providing a good playing environment over the previous two years. Application Forms are available from the website. CA Diplomas are awarded to club members (who need not be CA Members) who have given outstanding service to croquet. Individuals should be nominated by their club to the CA Office with a short citation by the end of July each year.
Most Improved Player Awards These are the Apps Memorial Bowl for the most improved AC male player, the Steel Memorial Bowl for the most improved female player and the Spiers Award for the most improved GC player. Nominations should be made by clubs to the CA Office by 30 November 2011 with details of the improvement including handicap reductions and tournament achievements.
Merit Awards There are merit awards for individual CA Members reaching specific targets in a tournament for the first time depending on how many hoops they run in a competition, whether they have made a triple or sextuple peel. Details are given in the Fixtures Book and the Website.
Handicapping - the AHS The CA also provides an automatic handicapping system (AHS), which requires players entering tournaments, Federation and club events to maintain handicap cards. This applies separately for Association and Golf Croquet. Even if players only take part in club events, they will find it useful to have a handicap so that they can play competitively with other club members. CA Members receive handicap cards each year. They are otherwise obtainable from your club.
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