Morning Coffee: CWO Interviews Soo

CWO INTERVIEWS JEFF SOO: An extended interview with American legend Jeff Soo has been posted on the the Croquet World Online site. Lots of good stuff. Here's an excerpt before you jump in:

Golf Croquet is a boon, nothing mixed about it. The health of croquet isn't measured by how many dues-paying members there are, but how much croquet is being played. Golf Croquet has a much broader appeal than Association Croquet or American rules. Maybe if the USCA put more work into the development Golf Croquet events we'd get more members. Right now there's very little on the calendar.

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Morning Coffee: World GC Debate Continues

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Nearly one month later and the debate surrounding the World Golf Croquet Championship reached a crescendo this past week. To start, Mark McInerney hit the Irish Times website with a compelling Q&A driven by a truly slanted interviewer. McInerney seemed to handle it well, but I find it interesting that the piece made their society section and not the sports section. I find it interesting that society page reporter would feel comfortable with such a condescending attitude toward croquet--
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2011/0820/1224302538156.html

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Morning Coffee: Annapolis Cup 2011 Media Blitz

Visit the StoreEarly reports indicate that SUNY-New Paltz took the USCA Collegiate Nationals (6W) title last weekend in Philadelphia, but there is little time for rest for Navy and St. John's. The Annapolis Cup nine-wicket test is on tap next Saturday at St. John's and HometownAnnapolis.com caught some great quotes from Tuesday's media day. The over-riding theme is that this could be the closest AC in years. Excerpt --

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Morning Coffee: Navy-St. John's, Mulliner in the Money and MCA Schedule

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Back to our normal Monday schedule and the highlight for me this week will be celebrating St. David's Day tomorrow with a bottle of two of Tomos Watkins at Llywellyn's. Now for your regularly scheduled croquet news ...

Stephens Mulliner took International Polo Club GC Invitational top prize of $5000 with a 2-0 victory over

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