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 38Every 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 · 19-25 Aug
14 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.
- Fri, 14 AugThe coaching and refereeing accreditations module went live on the member portal today, and a member was given real access to test it out. Member sync automation is now running nightly to keep the system up to date with club records.
- Tue, 11 AugClub Hub's middle pages now display correctly with all layout faults fixed, and club submissions like event times now apply automatically instead of waiting in a manual queue, so members' bookings go live faster.
- Sat, 8 AugClub Hub's mobile buttons now work properly after we fixed a display issue that was causing posts to vanish, and we've documented the setup steps so future volunteers can troubleshoot similar problems faster.
- Tue, 4 AugGovernor patronage application moved forward with a revised member pack and draft decision paper ready for committee review, plus email templates prepared for key contacts.
- Mon, 3 AugThe work page on the CroquetClaude website now shows accurate information about which tools are live and which are still being built, so members visiting it will see the real status instead of outdated details.
- Tue, 28 JulyClub Hub redesign went live for preview testing, and we fixed two stuck jobs that should now catch up: the Wednesday specials booking system and the forum vault sync that have been frozen since April and June.
- Mon, 27 JulyThe newsletter now builds faster and cleaner, with better photo crops on the hero images, and the same improvements have rolled into the membership system so both channels look consistent. We also sent out the July edition to over 1,300 members without any duplicates.
- Fri, 24 JulyThe club website now has a working text editor so volunteers can update page content directly without needing technical help, and we fixed a bug that was stopping it from working properly on the homepage.
- Thu, 23 JulyThe coaches workbook for a major club got a proper upgrade with live dashboards, regional breakdowns, and clearer expiry dates so staff can see at a glance who needs recertification. Grant outreach emails went out to three clubs in the region with real funding opportunities they might have missed.
- Tue, 21 JulyCome and Try event bookings are now live and working across all regions. Seven clubs had their session times added to the system, and two regions that were stuck in review for several days have been cleared and verified as bookable through the website.
- Mon, 20 JulyThe 2027 fixture list went live with updated photos and layout changes, and is ready for members to view. Work also continued on the Open Singles tournament report, which is in final review before publication.
- Tue, 14 JulyMember records across the association have been reconciled with the national database, fixing mismatches in contact details, club transfers, and deceased member flags so the system stays accurate going forward.
- Mon, 13 JulyClub coordinators and regional admins can now edit host contact details and membership fees directly in the Come & Try booking system, not just event times. The club guide for Come & Try events got a refresh too, with better instructions for running sessions.
- Sun, 12 JulyThe club treasurer now has a new accounting system live and ready to use, replacing the old one. We're testing it with a real club this week and will roll it out more widely once we confirm everything works smoothly.
- Sat, 11 JulyCroquetClaude can now narrate video guides in a natural British voice, so when the club publishes how-to videos for members, they'll have clear spoken explanations instead of text on screen. We also fixed some layout bugs on the mobile app and locked in the method for making these narrated explainer videos going forward.
- Fri, 10 JulyClub Hub news articles now have a working comment system so members can share feedback directly on the guides they're reading, and the news review tool is back online with a cleaner editor for the committee to manage posts.
- Thu, 9 JulyThe GC Tactics coaching article has been republished with a clearer title and better search visibility, and a new nine-part video series on croquet strategy is now live across the club's social channels.
- Mon, 6 JulyThe club website footer links are all working again and the newsletter signup form is now live across the site. A few quick fixes also went out on Monday to clean up the masthead and remove expired seasonal navigation items.
- Fri, 3 JulyClub Hub now has a working comment system so members can leave feedback directly on club pages and guides. The system passed all safety checks and is ready for volunteers to start using it with members.
- Mon, 29 JuneThe Come & Try Command Centre is now live and ready to help new players find their way into croquet, and a new article about worm casts at one of our clubs went up on the website.
- Sun, 28 JuneAround the Clubs posts now show a link back to the original Facebook source, so members can easily find the full conversation on Facebook if they want to join in.
- Sat, 27 JuneCome & Try bookings now work end-to-end on the website, so people who sign up can pick their session time straight away instead of waiting for an email back. We also fixed a duplicate booking at one of our clubs and sorted out the welcome email to include some quick answers about croquet myths.
- Thu, 25 JuneRegional coordinators can now submit Come and Try events directly through their own pages on the club website, and all eight regions went live today with the system working end-to-end from submission through to the public calendar.
- Wed, 24 JuneThe Come and Try explainer video is now live and ready to play on the website, so new members can watch it straight away when they're learning about the game.