The University of British Columbia has announced an annual prize of $1000 to the the best research paper on a subject featured in the Tremaine Arkley Croquet Collection held at the UBC Library. The Tremaine Arkley Croquet Collection was donated to UBC in 2011 by Tremaine and Gail Arkley and it includes fine art from the 1850s to present. The collection includes oil paintings, watercolours, etchings, illustrations and other pieces of original fine art as well as photographs, prints, books, advertisements, comics and other materials related to croquet.
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Visit the storeAfter a hard-working weekend at the USCA's Nine-wicket Nationals in September, I had to take a little time off. We're back on the croquet beat now though and here are some recent news highlights:
CROQUET NETWORK OVERDRIVE: Readers and users of the forum may have noticed a recent upgrade. The link at the top of the page is now driving you to the Croquet Network Overdrive website. Huh? Why the second website? CNM Overdrive has a much more dynamic forum
Upcoming North American Croquet Tourneys / Aug-Dec 2011
Aug 2–6 / Meadow Club Invitational
Meadow Club of Southampton, Southampton, NY
Beatty & Dolph Cramer / 561-833-6252 / dolphcramer@aol.com
Aug 5-7 / 2011 AC CroqCan
Elmdale Lawn Bowling Club, Central Lawn Bowling Club, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ken Shipley / 613-234-1862 / kship@web.ca
Upcoming Tournaments / August-October 2010
AUGUST 2010
Aug 6–22 / 2010 MacRobertson Shield / Manchester, Nottingham & Roehampton , Great Britain, UK
Aug 6–8 / 2010 CroqCan (American Rules) / Westmount & Mt. Royal Croquet Clubs, Montreal, QC, Canada
Alison Streight / astreight@hotmail.com
Aug 7–8 / NCC Open Singles Tournament / National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Archie Peck / 561-818-6039 / archiepeck@aol.com