How to enter
How to enter
1. Application is on the Croquet Academy online entry system at thecroquetacademy.com
2. If you need to discuss a course before applying, contact courses@thecroquetacademy.com
3. Please complete one form per applicant, indicating other coaching courses attended during the prior two years, as well as your club and current handicaps. Both a forename and surname are required.
4. Your initial application will be acknowledged automatically by email, and passed to the course secretary for review.
5. Where places are available, you will be sent details of how to pay, and your application will show as pending. Payment is then due within 7 days, failing which the place may be offered to an applicant on the Reserve list.
If the course is full, you will receive an option to be placed on a reserve list.
6. Reservations for course places will be confirmed by e-mail when we have identified and matched your payment to the course. Availability for courses will be updated on The Academy website - see under Entries, check your entry, select particular course.
7. Cancellations: Must be advised by e-mail asap to courses@thecroquetacademy.com
Within 1 week of start of course — no refund;
outside one week — refund of fee minus £5.00 administration charge.
8. The course fee will include a course manual or course notes, in pdf form, unless otherwise indicated.
9. A welcome tea, coffee and biscuits will be available unless you are notified otherwise. Other teas, coffees etc may be purchased during the day. On selected courses lunch will also be available. We will give you catering details with your joining instructions.
10. Course Joining Instructions will be sent to you by e-mail, normally about 1-2 weeks before the date of a course, advising the availability and price of any lunch, confirmation of times, and any additional information.
11.All courses will involve you practicing skills outside on the lawns during the day, as well as some classroom sessions.
12.If you are unable to access e-mail yourself, please ask a friend or family member to send us an e-mail with your name and phone number, to let us know you are interested in a course, so we can contact you.
Please address all communications about courses by e-mail to courses@thecroquetacademy.com
Privacy and Data Security
No personal information other than that collected on the entry form is stored on this website, and only used in connection with the administration of course entries; data is stored in an encrypted form and removed at the end of the programme cycle.
Applying from outside UK, or if you are 18 years old or under
Please email the course secretary (address above) before making an application.
Please report on-line entry problems or errors to the Webmaster.