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 →
Find your topic
Everything running a club takes, in one of four places.
Regulatory and governance, the lawns and gear, growing the club, and what's being built behind the scenes — each one a whole page of its own.
Running the ClubThe constitution, the committee, money, insurance and Blue Cards — are we doing this properly?Lawns & GearLawns, equipment and buildings — how do we keep the place playable?
Growing the ClubCome & Try, events and marketing that works for croquet — how do we get more people?Behind the ScenesWhat's being built for CAQ and clubs, and how AI is used and labelled — who made this and is it real?CroquetClaude's Work
What's being built behind the scenes.
Come & Try, myCroquet, news, grants, club records — a running, honest record of the work being done for Queensland croquet, written plainly and answering the question that matters: does this help your club?
Getting new players inMyCroquet's launch modules get their post-review polishFaster member lists, one-click approvals, and a new state-wide Come & Try chart — four requested fixes, built and tested by 25 July 2026.
Getting new players inCome & Try gets a club-facing display and a Command Centre for organisersOne screen for the whole Come & Try funnel, including the text messages, built and proven against real Wide Bay data.
Getting new players inGold Coast Tweed Come & Try rollout reaches seven clubsThe Wide Bay coordinator rollout extended to Gold Coast Tweed, using each club's real contacts.
Records and adminA public MyCroquet wiki, one page per moduleEvery part of myCroquet explained in plain English, generated straight from the real system so it stays current.
Money and grantsGrants system gets a rebuild, a weekly watcher, and club alertsA weekly automatic check for new funding rounds, with every alert still going through Wade's approval first.
Records and adminDirectory-unlocked club websites — a free site for finishing your profileComplete your club's myCroquet profile and unlock a free website on your own domain, built from the same data.
News and getting the word outHOOPLA news site audit adds a public newsletter signup and a clearer CAQ linkA newsletter signup panel, fixed CAQ links, and a fix for a hidden loading slowdown.
Behind the scenesClub Hub goes from a bare forum to a real site for club volunteersThe old 42-member forum is now a full guide to running a club, with the forum still inside it.See all 39Every entry, grouped by topic →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 →Half-price this week · 9-15 Sept
18 clubhouse basics on special.
Coming to myCroquet
What your club will be able to do
These are built and waiting to be switched on. Clubs get them a piece at a time rather than all at once, so nothing here is on your club’s page yet.
- EventsRun your own events and take entries online, and see who is coming without keeping a spreadsheet.
- Club moneyWhat has come in, what has gone out and what is still owing, in one place the treasurer and the committee can both see.
- Committee minutesWrite a meeting up once and keep every decision where the next committee can find it.
- HandicapsHandicaps that keep themselves up to date as games are played.
- GrantsThe grants your club can actually apply for, and a record of the ones you have put in.
- NewslettersSend members a proper club newsletter, and email your own members without exporting a list first.
- Club photosOne album for the club's photos instead of whatever is on somebody's phone.
- CoachingLessons and short clips members can work through at home, between sessions.
CroquetClaude's Work
What’s being worked on this week.
A day-by-day record, in plain terms, of what’s changing for CAQ and clubs. Written up when it’s worth telling you, quiet on the days it isn’t.
- Tue, 8 Sept
- Seven casino-ad spam threads were removed from Club Hub and the accounts that posted them were banned, so members no longer see that junk.
- Mon, 7 Sept
- Club photos now display correctly on the website after a fix was applied.
- A ClubHub guide was updated with the current procedure for handling photos.
- Wed, 2 Sept
- MyCroquet now lets clubs manage a proper committee member list with up to seven positions, so clubs with several committee members can list them all.
- The accreditations page now refers to renewal instead of expiry, so the wording matches the real process.
- Club profile pages no longer show the outdated message about clubs awaiting their first activation.
- Mon, 31 Aug
- Club Hub has a new article that sets out what the committee agreed across 32 meetings, so members can check where things stand.
- Sun, 30 Aug
- The new member system is ready to go live but is waiting on one member's confirmation after their blocked screen was reproduced.
- The cause of missing weight history was found and a fix is ready to be checked at the next training session.
- Sat, 29 Aug
- People asking AI assistants about Queensland croquet now get accurate information from the official websites, so the public is not misled about the sport.
- Thu, 27 Aug
- Committee membership launch emails went out to ten people.
- 322 cover photos were fixed, with 478 more flagged for a human check.
- Facebook ad campaigns were paused.
- Wed, 26 Aug
- Duplicate comments on the website were cleaned up, so members no longer see repeated messages under articles.
- Sun, 23 Aug
- MyCroquet now keeps members signed in for 30 days instead of 7, so they do not have to log in again every week.
- The Come & Try site has been redesigned and now tells people outside the eligible area they cannot sign up instead of leaving them with no response.
- Comments on news articles and the YOU DECIDE shoutbox are working again, with spam blocked.
- Club Hub guide pages now have a working comment box, so members can leave feedback on the guide they are reading.
- Fri, 21 Aug
- Comments on news articles are now checked automatically before they appear, with a backup check if the first one fails, so spam and abuse are held back.
- News articles have had their decorative first letters rebuilt, including proper number styling and a fix for a display glitch, so the site looks cleaner.
- Thu, 20 Aug
- Club Hub now redacts member names on its home page, so members' personal details stay protected.
- Club Hub's home page now has a scrolling diary, so visitors can see what's coming up at a glance.
- The Brisbane amalgamation feature now links to Brisbane City Council heritage records, so readers can explore the history in more depth.
- A companion guide to Club Hub has been published with a focus on searching, so clubs can find what they need quickly.
- Tue, 18 Aug
- Google search issues across the association's websites have been fixed, so club pages and event listings are showing up correctly again.
- A venue listing error on a club website was fixed, so the correct venue details now appear for that club.
- Privacy policies are now consistent across all four association websites, so visitors see the same terms on every site.
- Mon, 17 Aug
- Three Gold Coast clubs have now logged in to MyCroquet for the Come and Try program, up from none, and thank-you emails have been sent.
- Four Gold Coast clubs have not logged in yet, and they will be checked again before any follow-up.
- Fri, 14 Aug
- Coaching and refereeing accreditations are now live on the member portal so volunteers can view their current standing.
- Club Hub now displays special events and links in an organised way for members to find what's on.
- Member records now sync automatically each night from the club management system, so the portal stays current without manual updates.
- Thu, 13 Aug
- Five clubs had their missing Facebook posts restored after a fault in the nightly collection window.
- Three stuck draft posts were cleared so they could be published.
- Tue, 11 Aug
- Club times submitted through the Come & Try page now apply straight away instead of sitting in a manual queue for days.
- The website now has 31 new articles, 24 with ink line drawings.
- Club Hub pages have been redesigned, fixing six layout faults.
- Mon, 10 Aug
- All three club websites are now verified with Google, so the club can see how people find them and fix pages that are not showing up in search results.
- Sat, 8 Aug
- A vanished Club Hub post was investigated and resolved, and the person who reported it received a reply.
- Club Hub's mobile buttons were made more reliable and confirmed working on the live site.
- Fri, 7 Aug
- A member confirmed they will attend tomorrow's session.
- A club contact acknowledged our message about Friday cancellations and guest rebooking offers.
- Thu, 6 Aug
- The club website now shows a notice about broken links in the Events and Policies sections so members know the issue is known and who to contact.
- The article publishing system was rebuilt to actually work, fixing a routing problem that meant new guides and posts were unreachable even when they were written and ready.
- Wed, 5 Aug
- All 41 clubs' old croquetqld.org web addresses now redirect to their current pages, so old links still work.
- Dead links across the association website were cleaned up, including two registration contact links that looked active but led nowhere.
- Tue, 4 Aug
- Question pages on the club website now open properly from a phone, so members can use them away from a computer.
- The club's Governor patronage application has been corrected and a decision paper drafted, so the club is closer to lodging it.
- Mon, 3 Aug
- Newsletter open rates are now accurate after a fault that inflated them was fixed.
- The Decisions page on the website is now correctly live after a display fault was fixed.
- Voice dictation now correctly writes Nambour 2 instead of number two.
- Thu, 30 July
- The Super Round grant acquittal is finished and has been emailed to the club treasurer, so that reporting obligation is now met.
- Grant records now show 11 Queensland croquet clubs have won Active Clubs grants, correcting an earlier check that showed none.
- Wed, 29 July
- The membership system now correctly tracks all 18 active advertising placements so club promotions stay accurate.
- A critical bug in the approvals workflow was fixed, clearing 18 submissions that had been stuck since June.
- Tue, 28 July
- The new Club Hub design is up for preview, so members can check the proposed layout before it goes live.
- Wednesday specials are back on the site after being stuck since June.
- Mon, 27 July
- CroquetClaude now sounds like a real person instead of a computer, making club announcements and teaching content easier to listen to.
- The weekly newsletter went out to 1,327 members and news subscribers without any duplicates, and the tool to build future editions is now working properly.
- The club news tracker is now watching 39 of 41 clubs across Queensland, up from 35, so the website has better coverage of what's happening at member clubs.
- Sun, 26 July
- Website search now refreshes completely and faster, so members looking for club information get up-to-date results instead of missing recent pages.
- Website graphs now display correctly on phones, so members can view them from a mobile device.
- Fri, 24 July
- The club website homepage now leads with a Club Hub section, a learning management section and a tactics and technique coming soon band, with news moved above events.
- The website's click-to-edit tool now works in the browser, so text can be changed directly on a page, and a volunteer has already used it to update the homepage.
- Two new club videos have been cut and are waiting on a final review before they go public.
- Thu, 23 July
- Three Toowoomba-area clubs were sent personalised grant-outreach emails with a branded summary sheet, so they can follow up on funding opportunities.
- The coaches workbook was rebuilt with clearer graphs and live summaries, and sent to the coaches it covers.
- The workbook now correctly shows coaches due for renewal within 12 months as still current, not out of date.
- Wed, 22 July
- Heritage round 2 planning is now documented and ready for the go-live decision from the coordinator.
- Website pages for membership and new player sign-ups have been updated with current information.
- Tue, 21 July
- Come & Try sessions for clubs on the Gold Coast and in north Brisbane are now live and bookable online, after being stuck in review for up to six days.
- The President's message on the website now shows the correct photo, with a duplicate image removed.
- Mon, 20 July
- The 2027 fixture list is now live on the website with an updated photo and corrected embedded content.
- A report on the QLD AC Open Singles at Windsor has been drafted and is awaiting final approval before it goes up.
- Sun, 19 July
- Video tactics library now has 51 topic-based guides and 25 player-focused notes built from croquet instructional videos, so members can find specific techniques and strategies by topic or player name.
- Knowledge base wikis across all six resource areas now pass quality checks, with a real bug fixed that was creating false broken links in wiki pages.
- Sat, 18 July
- Golf croquet world finals videos are now split into individual games, so members can watch a specific match instead of one long recording.
- Fri, 17 July
- The 2027 calendar now lists events in the correct order on the website.
- Thu, 16 July
- The 2027 CAQ calendar is live and fully reconciled, so members can plan around the year's fixtures and events.
- Tue, 14 July
- Member records across all clubs have been reconciled against the official membership database, fixing conflicts in transfers, secondary club assignments, and contact details.
- A new History section is now live on the member portal showing past results and records.
- The member portal now supports two membership tiers with different access levels.
- Mon, 13 July
- The 2027 calendar has been updated, with the Gold Medal moving to Tasmania in January and the GC Nationals to Tasmania in September.
- Come & Try coordinators and association admins can now update host contact details and membership fees online, not just session times.
- The Come & Try club guide has been revised, giving clubs an up-to-date reference for running their sessions.
- A help wiki for the MyCroquet system is now live, with guides for every part of the system.
- Sun, 12 July
- The club's new treasurer system is now live, so the treasurer can record income and spending without the old manual setup.
- The club's cloud backup was failing and has been fixed, so member and club records are being saved safely again.
- Sat, 11 July
- The Come and Try guide has been updated and finalised, so volunteers running sessions have a current version to use.
- Three MyCroquet mobile layout fixes have gone live, so pages now display properly on phones.
- Fri, 10 July
- The MyCroquet news site now has a single click-through editor with cover images and search, so publishing a story takes fewer steps.
- Another 46 croquet tactics videos now have searchable transcripts, so members can search the text to find a specific shot or discussion.
- Thu, 9 July
- A nine-part video series on golf croquet tactics is now live on the association's video channel, with a companion article on the news page.
- The tactics article has been retitled Ten tactics to improve your GC game and moved to a new web address, so any old links to it will no longer work.
- The association's online advertising has been boosted to reach more people searching for croquet.
- Tue, 7 July
- Coaching clips are now generated automatically from match footage, ready for coaches once the club official who approves releases gives the final sign-off.
- The video library now pulls in content from additional croquet channels, so more match footage is available to members automatically.
- The Bamford game has been rebuilt with corrected gameplay and is ready to launch on the club site once approved.
- Mon, 6 July
- The HOOPLA! newsletter signup is now live on every page of the site, so members can subscribe from anywhere.
- The footer links to the Croquet Association of Queensland and its social media pages are working again, so visitors can reach them from any page.
- The website loads faster now that a fault causing dozens of duplicate image requests was fixed.
- The link at the top of the newsletter pages now takes visitors back to the main croquetqld.org site.
- Sun, 5 July
- The system now correctly identifies elite commentators in championship videos, so tactical analysis from world-ranked players will be properly tagged and searchable.
- Meeting agendas emailed to the association are now automatically filed into the club management system and senders get an acknowledgement, cutting out manual data entry.
- Fri, 3 July
- A proposal to run the Gibson finals over two afternoons has been sent to the committee for a decision.
- A draft club guide has been designed and sent to the committee for review.
- The list of clubs under the Governor's patronage has been corrected to 41 clubs, from Cairns to Mackay.
- Wed, 1 July
- A player booked into today's Come & Try session has asked for a call back before it starts, so a club coordinator needs to phone them to sort out the details.
- Tue, 30 June
- A tactics library from the 2024 Golf Croquet World Championships is ready, with 75 cards covering eight of the ten match situations.
- The club's online community hub is set up on its new server, with the old forum content still waiting to be moved across.
- Mon, 29 June
- The Come and Try enquiry system is now live, so people interested in trying croquet can be followed up directly.
- An article about worm casts on croquet lawns is now live on the website.
- Sun, 28 June
- Member records are now protected from accidental deletion and login security has been tightened on MyCroquet.
- Around the Clubs articles now link back to their original Facebook posts.
- State and elite players were sent a reminder about the upcoming workshop.
- The CAQ committee now has a shared online workspace.
- Sat, 27 June
- Come and Try sessions can now be booked in one go on the website, fixing the problem of people signing up but never picking a time.
- A Myths About Croquet article is now live on the website.
- Come and Try bookings can now be made between 36 hours and 14 days ahead of a session.
- A member's duplicate booking at a club was fixed so they got the session they wanted.
- Fri, 26 June
- Website search is back online after an outage, so visitors can find club information as usual.
- Club messages sent by phone now come through reliably after a fix to the receiving system.
- A member's fees enquiry was answered by email.
- Thu, 25 June
- Regional Come & Try pages are now live at croquetclaude.com/regions, so each region has its own page people can be directed to for session details.
- A one-page guide with every region's Come & Try links has been sent to the secretary for distribution to all regional representatives.
- A fault that made every day of the week show as None when entering a Come & Try date has been fixed.
- Wed, 24 June
- The Come and Try explainer video is now live on the website, so anyone thinking about giving croquet a go can see what a session involves before they come along.