Croquet Search Trends July 2011

August 9, 2011

Here are the hottest trending keywords to hit croquetnetwork.com last month:

01 british open
02 solomon trophy
03 croquet players wearing white

Morning Coffee: Mark McInerney Makes History

July 25, 2011

Click image to visit storeIreland's Mark McInerney claimed the BestInvest World Golf Croquet Championship with a 7-4, 7-6, 7-5 win over Hisham Aboesbaa from Egypt yesterday. The win is the first by a non-Egyptian player in the 15-year history of the GC World Championship. The win perhaps signifies that GC has graduated from being an "Egyptian" game to a true world sport. You can read more about the win on the best association site in the world (Croquet Ireland)--
http://www.croquetireland.com/index.php?q=node/149

Croquet Video: Slow Motion View of the Bamford Fault

July 25, 2011

Bob Kroeger posted this slow motion view of the "lawn damage" shot by Reg Bamford.

GC Worlds Finals Set: Hisham Aboesbaa vs Mark McInerney

July 24, 2011

The best of five finals today features Hisham Aboesbaa vs Mark McInerney. The big news of the event involves the elimination of Reg Bamford in the quarterfinals by Aboesbaa. In the video above, the shot was determined to be a fault because of "faint line left on the court."

GC Worlds: Elite Eight ... or Nine

July 23, 2011

The playoff continues and from what I can piece together from internet sources (Facebook) only on match remains to be conluded from the second round. It happens to be the marquee matchup of Duncan Dixon vs

GC Worlds: Day Three Update

July 21, 2011

The GC Worlds website has the PDF newsletter available for Wednesday (PDF download). A list of qualified players follows as all players start today with one final block game. The knockout will start later today.