Contributed by David Kerr
READERS who keep copies of the Glasshouse Country and Maleny News may wish to search for the April 21, 2025 edition.
If you can locate it, then turn to the sports pages where you will see a picture that some say proves that even the folkloric Peter Cottentail has a connection with the surprisingly engaging sport of croquet.
In the photo Peter and eight 454 gram-coloured high-density balls were at the croquet lawns to celebrate Easter 2025.
2026 in some ways has been a different world with shrinking Eggs in the shops and one litre of unleaded fast approaching the cost of a babycino.
But there are still things to be thankful for up here on the Range and two come to mind.
Firstly, if anyone deserved a premium “full sized” Easter Egg it is the Rotary Club of Maleny and their contribution to our community through leadership, projects and grants.
The Croquet Club of Maleny is a grateful recipient of a pruning tool through such a grant this year that will help with keeping our surrounds looking a bucolic picture.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Maleny! We will always welcome your members (and those of other Service Clubs) to come and have a go at “running a few hoops”.
The other thing to be thankful in this community are volunteers – ordinary people who make a positive difference.
Our local hero is the oft mentioned, always smiling Wallace Roy – groundsman, mechanic, umpire, hoop setter, coach, secretary and hedge pruner!
To see if you too can play croquet and eat chocolate at the same time, please call our club on 0417640704.
