After pile-driving through a rocky chalk layer, we struck water 6m down below our courts. Having continued a further 18m below that, to install a pump that should still be well-covered even in severe droughts, the borehole team are now tidying up and making way for our replacement irrigation system to be installed over coming weeks. We’re very grateful to Croquet England for the £5k grant we’ve gained towards this work, and even more so to those members who’ve provided donations or loans to supplement the Kay bequest and make this all possible. We hope that our courts will remain playable throughout the remaining irrigation works, though there may be some disruption while trenches are being dug… and when the new system is being tested! Please bear with us.