The Arthur Ross Memorial Trophy was presented by the Ross family and Ashley Heenan OBE as a memorial to the unique achievements of Arthur Ross over four decades as a player, and administrator and promoter of the game of Association croquet. The trophy was first competed for in 1979.
The Event is the culmination of a season long challenge, first in clubs, then at regional level and the winners of the regional competition represent their associations in the finals which are held in Wellington area in March each year. All matches are played on handicap.

This year 2014 sees the tournament at the Paraparaumu Club in the Kapiti area of the Wellington Association. Fifteen Associations entered of the possible 20. The stated conditions of the tournament suggested that three blocks of 5 players should compete in the initial rounds. The CNZ tournament committee agreed to a variation to the conditions so that players were divided into 2 blocks one of 8 players and 1 of seven. This meant that the players had a minimum of 6 games to qualify for the play off. Given this change there was no quarter final and the runners-up and the winners of the two blocks went into the semi final on the second round of the Sunday - the third day of the event.

Several players had handicap changes over the weekend. One layer, Bonnie Johnstone from Taranaki earned a Silver Merit award for a break of 12 without bisques and winning that match. Of significance is the fact that Bonnie was giving away bisques rather than receiving them in that game.
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