About Forrest Park Croquet Club
About Our Club
Forrest Park Croquet Club is a sporting club which has been in existence for over 100 years, with a current membership of around 50-60 members, ranging in age from 30 to 90.
The club is managed by a committee of volunteers with assistance from the City of Vincent. It relies on revenue raising to supplement membership fees in order to maintain three grassed courts, surrounding gardens and general club maintenance.
Our clubroom is located in Harold Street, Mount Lawley, adjacent to lovely character homes and Forrest Park where the community congregate to walk their dogs, exercise or play soccer and cricket. The venue consists of a large hall, two connected meeting rooms, storage rooms, kitchen and toilet facilities, covered outdoor area, with on-site, secure parking.
Our Croquet History
Croquet has been played at Forrest Park since 2004 when the North Perth Croquet Club relocated there. The club was renamed Forrest Park Croquet Club.
The North Perth club was founded in 1908 in Namur Street on the then Woodville Estate. As was the trend, bowls and tennis grounds were close by. North Perth first adopted brown and silver as its club colours in 1909, later changing these to two shades of blue and brown. These continue to be Forrest Park’s club colours and are reflected in our logo. You can read more about the history in the article ‘Looking Back: North Perth Croquet Club’.
The club has had considerable success over the past 100 years in both social and competition Golf and Association croquet, with wins in A, B and C grade inter-club pennants, and WA and Australian championships.
Forrest Park players have also competed overseas. Indeed, our members actively seek out other croquet clubs when on holiday, and make lasting friendships. Social club play is popular all year round as are the regular social events.
The Mount Lawley Society is based at the club and recently researched the interesting history of the establishment of the former bowling club and building of the club rooms in the 1950s. Link below.
