Happy Holidays to all of the players and fans of the greatest sport in the world from Croquet Network. To celebrate the season and to wrap up 2024 I am pleased to present our annual Top 10 Croquet News Articles for 2024 based on total readership.
Read More2024 CROQUET NEWS VOLUME 4: Fields Is GC Champion
The 2024 Volume 4 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Winter issue features extensive coverage of the 2024 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship that saw Blake Fields become the youngest GC World Champion.
Read MoreBlake Fields in play during the 2024 GC World Championship final. Photo by Kent Eanes.
Blake Fields Powers to 2024 Golf Croquet World Title
In a stunning display of power croquet, 18-year-old American Blake Fields claimed the 2024 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship with a 7-5, 7-5, 3-7, 5-7, 7-0 finals win over Australia's Robert Fletcher yesterday at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club (CBCC) near Hartfield, Va.
Read MoreGCWC 2024: Four Countries Represented in Last Four
The 2024 WCF GC World Championship delivered another entertaining day as play shifted from the round of 16 to the quarterfinals at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club near Hartfield, Va. Robert Fletcher (AUS), Euan Burridge (ENG), Khaled Kamel (EGY) and Blake Fields (USA) all advanced to the semifinal round with Kamel and Fields needing fifth games to advance.
Read MoreThe Most Exciting Day in Sports: GCWC Playoffs 2024
The 2024 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship Round of 32 and 16 is one of the most entertaining days in croquet and yes, I will say it — all of sport. Eighty players battle for five days in block play to whittle down to 32. That first playoff day is a whirlwind of action as the day brings unpredictable best of three action and generally ends with only eight players left standing. It’s a nail-biter for top seeds and anyone following the event.
Read More2019 Croquet News Volume 4 Digital Edition
The 2019 Volume 4 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News is now available for viewing. The print version of this edition will be mailing the first week in December.
This edition celebrates Ben Rothman's WCF World GC Championship title with event coverage and an interview with Rothman. The issue also includes a Decade Retrospective photo collection that highlights some of the best moments from 2010-2019. In addition, there are profiles on Blake Fields and the Tega Cay Croquet Club along with 2019 GC Nationals coverage.
Read MoreCroquet Phenom from Mission Hills
The USCA Club at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California is extremely proud of its youngest member, Blake Fields. At just 11 years of age, Blake has recently made a name for himself by winning the first flight singles and the first flight doubles (with his father, Justin Fields at the USCA National Golf Croquet Championship (December 12-19, Mission Hills Country Club)! In these victories Blake bested a strong field consisting of top-ranked players from across the county.
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