To celebrate the new year, Croquet Network is excited to present our Top Croquet Mallets For 2024 showcasing the world’s best croquet mallet makers. Purchasing a good quality croquet mallet that fits your playing style is one of the most challenging issues for croquet players face. Only a select few live near a location that offers a walk-in location where a player can try out a mallet. For the majority of players, a croquet mallet purchase consists of an exhaustive internet search and a bit of guesswork based on the available online photos.
Read MoreBest Croquet Mallets 2022
Croquet Network is pleased to present our Top 10 Croquet Mallet List For 2022. Purchasing a good quality croquet mallet that fits your playing style is one of the most challenging issues croquet players face. Croquet Network is happy to offer this list that has been crafted through a multipoint formula to direct mallet buyers to at least the most sought-after mallet makers. While a mallet choice is unique to every croquet player, there is also a good reason why so many players drift toward certain brands. With that, we present the following list of the top 10 croquet mallet manufacturers for 2022 and wish you the best of luck in your search.
Read MoreCroquet Poll: 2018 Most Popular Croquet Mallet
Ready, set, go! It's time for our Fourth Annual Croquet Network Most Popular Mallet Poll. The annual poll and follow-up directory has quickly proven to be the most popular annual feature on Croquet Network. As we roll out the 2018 edition all eyes will be on Brass Spot Mallets to see if they can claim back-to-back wins after knocking off RPM Mallets last year.
Read More2017 Croquet Mallet Directory
Congratulations to Brass Spot Mallets and Marcelino Piquero for taking top spot in the 2017 Annual Croquet Network Mallet Poll. Brass Spot notched 167 votes in a poll that set a new record with 454 total votes. For players though, the good news is the number of mallet makers has now grown to 27 which is up four from 2016.
Read MoreCroquet Poll: 2016 Most Popular Croquet Mallet
Last year, we provided the Annual Croquet Network Mallet Poll in December. This year, we've shifted over into the new calendar year and we are ready to see if any one can knock RPM Mallets from the top spot (2014 Poll). This year, we'll keep the poll open for one week (January 27 close). Users can vote for up to three mallets, so choose your three favorites. The idea is that many players own multiple mallets. Good luck and please report any omissions or corrections in the comments.
Read MoreCroquet Poll: 2014 Most Popular Croquet Mallet
Our last mallet poll was in 2010 when Morford Mallets and Oakley Woods tied for the top spot. It's time to update for 2014 and find a new winner. Please vote in the poll below:
Read MoreCroquet Website Directory Additions (February 2011)
The following websites have been added to the Croquet Network directories this month:
CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Belgium Croquet Federation
http://www.croquetb.org/
Chicago Croquet Club
http://www.chicagocroquetclub.org/
Croquet Poll: Who Makes Your Mallet?
News Clips: Shane Botwin's Mallet Choice, NC Tactics and the Rothman Tour
Warning. The above video does feature a mallet to the head. For the most part though, I think it would be pretty tame by today's television standards. What's all the hubbub? You guessed it. Showtime's Weeds series finished it's most recent season by having young Shane Botwin kill off the latest criminal behind the criminal (Pilar) with a mallet. The timing was bizarre as I had been thinking about a plot for HBO's Entourage based around a celebrity pro-am golf croquet tourney (unfortunately, they just did a standard celebrity golf tourney -- trash talk while golfing is much like trash talking during an afternoon of coloring book fun with your four-year-old). Back to Weeds. The show had become pretty tiresome, but that certainly was a spicy cliffhanger. Give the props team an "F" though. It looks like your standard toy mallet and I believe the intent was to imply that the elitest residence would house some sort of real croquet equipment. It would have been more convincing if Shane would have swung a Fenwick Elliott. It's just on the edge though. One serious portrayal of real croquet on a major television show would do a lot of good.
I just discovered this tactical series on CroquetNC.org -- Moving Past the Improvement Plateau. Very useful and thus far there is a Part One and Part Two. Great illustrations.
Ben Rothman posted a Google map of croquet clubs he has visited over the past few years. If Rothman has attended your tournament or visited your club, I'd say that's a pretty good endorsement.