As part of our end-of-year traditions, Croquet Network is excited to present our 2023 Top 25 Croquet Power List as a standalone article on this New Year’s Eve. Congratulations to Dave Trimmer Mallets for topping our list for the year as the most popular keyword on Croquet Network. Trimmer Mallets finished #2 in 2022 just behind Matthew Essick, who slipped to #3 in this year. Overall, the list tells a story of the croquet year, with plenty of surprises.
Read MoreCroquet Network Top 10 News Articles for 2023
Happy Holidays from Croquet Network to players and supporters of the sport across the world. It was an exciting year in 2023 as six major international events took place between November 2022 and the end of November 2023. As we wrap up our 16th year covering the game of croquet, I am pleased to present our annual Top 10 Croquet News Articles for 2023 based on total readership.
Read MoreJohn Hobbs Service Set for July 20
John Hobbs died on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Pembury Hospital after a shortish illness. The funeral will be held on July 20 in Tunbridge Wells. He was born in Beccles, Suffolk in 1932 to a shoe repairer, but managed to get to Oxford University reading Physics.
Read MoreTega Cay Croquet Club Featured for TLC Show 90 Day-The Single Life
The Tega Cay Croquet Club (TCCC) was recently contacted by Eden Fury, an Associate Producer at Sharp Entertainment Company. Fury wanted to use our croquet lawn to film a scene for TLC's 90 day: The Single Life reality TV series. The plot: two actors have decided to go on a date at a croquet club.
Read MoreStan Patmor: 1936-2023
Stan Patmor, 86, pub owner, restauranteur, croquet afficionado and good friend, passed away February 13, 2023. Stan grew up in Phoenix but graduated high school in Portland, Oregon. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where his considerable intellectual gifts placed him in an intelligence unit that often manned a ship in the South Pacific, intercepting electronic communications from America’s adversaries during the dark days of the Cold War. Post-Navy Stan returned to Phoenix and began his lifelong love of plants and landscape design.
Read MoreTop 10 Croquet News Articles From 2022
From international tournaments to exciting new developments in the world of croquet, it was a year filled with memorable moments for the sport. I hope that all of our readers had a wonderful holiday season and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year as we look ahead to what the next 12 months will bring. Here are the top web posts from 2022:
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The green courts have been purchased by donors and the blue courts are still open.
Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club Expanding to 24 Courts
Due to the overwhelming generosity of the croquet community, our donation campaign and our project is a huge success. Now we are adding four courts to our construction plans. Chesapeake Bay will have 24 full-sized, laser-leveled courts and will be the largest croquet facility in the world.
Read MoreUK Croquet Association: COVID-19 Response
The UK Croquet Association has been proactive in facing the COVID-19 pandemic and has provided an update on actions they've taken since the outbreak began intended to support members and clubs.
“As soon as the scale of the rapidly developing situation became apparent, it set up a task force to respond to it, which is continuing to review the situation on an on-going basis,” says Jonathan Isaacs, chairman of the council.
Read MorePCA Tour Postpones to 2021
The PCA Board of Directors has decided to hold the opening season of the PCA Pro Tour in 2021 and will cancel all previously scheduled PCA Pro Tour events in 2020.
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New Pro Croquet Tour: PCA
What do you get when you have a group of top players sitting courtside at a recent Nationals in lovely Palm Springs, asking themselves, “What’s next? What else can we do for this fascinating sport of ours?” You get the Professional Croquet Association (PCA) and ideas for a series of events called the “PCA Tour.”
Knowing that the PCA would be a complement to the USCA rather than a competitor, its primary goals include the development of exciting, newsworthy, sponsored events in competitive croquet, and to create an opportunity for competitors to earn money playing the game.
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