Croquet New Zealand (CNZ) will be livestreaming the CNZ Women’s Association Croquet Invitation on its YouTube channel this weekend. While this won’t feature the usual commentary, viewers can follow along through fixed-camera coverage of the matches.
Read MoreBob Jackson: 1932-2023
Bob Jackson passed away today at the age of 92. Jackson took up croquet in his late thirties after a career representing New Zealand at international table tennis. He brought a professional attitude to practice that was almost unknown in croquet in the late 1960s and helped him to rise rapidly to the top of the sport. He became particularly famous for his accurate shooting which was based on a remorseless practice routine.
Read MoreCroquet Clubs Near Me
One of the best ways to learn more about the game of croquet is to connect with a local croquet club. Finding a croquet club isn’t the easiest task as they are not always pinned on Google maps. So, in general, the best resource to locate a croquet club nearby is to check out one of the directory resources. In order of most useful, here are the top online croquet club directories.
Read MoreVideo: Under-21 GCWC Champion Josh Freeth
News video on WCF Under-21 World Golf Croquet Champion Josh Freeth.
Morning Coffee: USCA Eights Entry Update
Here's the rundown of croquet news you might have missed over the past week:
Read MoreMorning Coffee: World GC Qualifier
The WCF has space is available in the 2015 Golf Croquet World Championship Qualifying Tournament for USCA players. If you are interested in playing, please contact Eric Sawyer ecsccs@sbcglobal.net or Martin Selman martynselman@yahoo.com before December 7,
Morning Coffee: MacRobertson Thoughts Day 3
It's a bit of a challenge to offer insight on an event half a world away, but it's still a good time to scratch out a few thoughts on the event:KUDOS FOR CNZ VIDEO
Daily video interview's from Croquet New Zealand. This is so long overdue for croquet. It's easy and it really gives everyone following a much better insight on the event. Well done for New Zealand. These videos have been shared in the Croquet Network video section. And yes, I do want this area to become the official collection site for web video on croquet.
2013 New Zealand Open Dates
The Centennial edition of the New Zealand Openwill be held January 19-27, 2013 in Christchurch. Flyers 
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Read Moreavailable here. More details:Croquet Poll: Your Favorite Croquet Website
Update on 2012-05-29 12:18 by Dylan
Other votes so far include croquetrecords.com and mauicroquetclub.org. Should have had croquetrecords.com in the main poll. I think we'll do a club site poll in the future.
Update on 2012-05-31 18:01 by Dylan
Another vote came in for croquetrecords.com came in. Two votes so far, it is now in the main poll. Also, someone submitted Oxford Croquet and I have added that to the main poll. I've also allowed the ability to vote for up to three sites.
Update on 2012-06-06 12:01 by Dylan
Looks like the CA and Oxford Croquet are the big champs to date. Lots of club votes in the other category. Bowdon Croquet Club is popular. I've also added www.kroket.de to the main poll as it received four votes in the other category.
Morning Coffee: WCF Launches New Look Website
The World Croquet Federation launched their new website over the weekend. The best features include a rotating photo slideshow near the top of the hope page and a deeper list of new items alongside. Most importantly, the news items now generate unique URLs that can be direct linked. Now instead of posting full WCF statements, I'll be excerpting and linking.
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