Lindsay Hobbs

Lindsay was introduced to croquet on the lounge carpet using Lego, golf balls and a hammer by her husband Andrew. Since then she has played both Golf and Association Croquet. After playing for a few years she assisted in coaching croquet with her husband at a local primary school and Country Club Johannesburg. Whilst coaching the school pupils, they managed to raise enough funds for them to attend the South African National Tournament in Cape Town, during which time she played in her first National Tournament.

Her most notable win was at the Wanderers Croquet Festival in Johannesburg where she had her first opportunity to play against opponents from across South Africa and various countries in Europe.

During her sabbatical from croquet she represented her club and province in hockey, and volunteered at the Eurohockey Club Championships and Birmingham Commonwealth Games. She is still teaching secondary school science and the pinnacle of her teaching career so far being selected as one of 278 teachers worldwide to attend NASA Educators at Space Academy.

Now that Lindsay is back playing croquet again, she is looking forward to seeing what the future holds for her.

Living and working in the beautiful Western Cape in the town of Somerset West, Judith has been playing both versions of the game for a few years. Being a working mom to a 16 year old son and 3 fur babies does keep her quite busy, but when not playing Croquet, walking dogs or working in the garden she tries her hand at acrylic painting.

Her GC croquet playing career in overseas championships include:

2012 World GC Team Championships Johannesburg, 2013 World GC Championships Cairo, 2014 Women’s GC World Championships winner Cairo, 2016 World GC Team Championships Surbiton, 2019 World GC Championships Southwick, 2020 World GC Teams Championships Nelson New Zealand, 2022 World GC Championships Southwick.

Silvia lives in Somerset West - 40 kilometres east of South Africa’s mother city, Cape Town. Somerset West lies in the Helderberg basin, formed by the majestic Hottentots Hollands mountains on the North and False Bay on the South. It is famed for beautiful wine estates, idyllic Mediterranean weather and pristine nature.

Silvia and her partner have a Real Estate company in the area with keeps them busy and active.

She started Croquet in 2008 after spotting a small notice in her then local, Durban newspaper, inviting folk to try Croquet. They were lucky enough to have a Springbok player, Lester Sullivan, as mentor and coach.

She has had numerous placings in the past as the trophy cupboard is a testimony of. Highlights include winning the Boss event, National doubles winners in 2021 and Gauteng Open AC champion 2022. (Only female player to have ever won the trophy.) Runner up in the Open singles national event in 2022 and a number of other years.

She is looking forward to meeting players from around the world, many she knows and has corresponded with but never met.