Your Constitution · 8 min read
Why your club should adopt the Model Rules
They are free, the government maintains them, and they protect your committee more than a custom constitution ever will.
Read the guide →Come & TryA structured way in for people curious about croquet, and a steady pipeline of new members for clubs.
The front door most new members walk through.
A structured way in for people curious about croquet, and a steady pipeline of new members for clubs.
All of Come & Try →
myCroquetThe membership system — one login, not two systems: club secretaries manage their own members directly.
One login, not two systems.
Club secretaries manage their own members directly, and CAQ reviews every change.
All of myCroquet →
Club Operation
Everything else running a club takes.
The constitution, the committee, volunteers, money, the grounds, insurance, safety and events — the day-to-day of running a club, in one place.
Your ConstitutionThe Model Rules, why they exist, and how they protect the people who run your club.Working With ChildrenBlue Cards — who needs one, who does not, and how a club stays on the right side of it.The CommitteePresident, secretary, treasurer and members — what each role must do by law, and what is just custom.VolunteersFinding them, keeping them, and the protection the law already gives them.Money & GrantsFinancial records, the treasurer's obligations, audit tiers, and finding grant money.Grounds & FacilitiesLawns, equipment, buildings — keeping the place playable.InsuranceWhat the member policy covers, what it does not, and what to do when you need to claim.Safety & RiskRisk assessment, incidents, and the paperwork that protects you.Running EventsTournaments, open days and social days — planning and paperwork.From the forum
Someone else has already asked this.
The clubs talk to each other on Club Hub's forum. If it is a practical problem, it has usually come up before.
Go to the forum →Being written now
The rest of the handbook
These sections have a place and an outline but nothing worth reading yet. They will appear above, in full, as each one is finished.