The Ponte Vedra Croquet Club is thrilled to announce the upcoming PVCC Seahorse Tournament, a prestigious Golf Croquet Singles Tournament set to take place from Thursday, November 2nd, to Sunday, November 5th, 2023. Located at the stunning Ponte Vedra Beach Croquet Club at 100 Mosquito Control Road, this tournament welcomes players of all competitive levels to showcase their croquet skills in a friendly and spirited atmosphere.
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The Northeast Florida Croquet Club (NEFCC) is sponsoring and hosting a USCA-sanctioned tournament at the Ponte Vedra Croquet Club, 100 Mosquito Control Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., March 24-26, 2023. It will be an American Rules six wicket tournament.
Read More2020 Croquet News Volume 3: HOF Nominees
The 2020 Volume 3 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News features perspectives from young players on attracting more young players to the croquet, Hall of Fame Bios for Sherif Abdelwahab and Rory Kelley and coverage of National Croquet Day.
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Morning Coffee: Chilton, MacRob Exhibition and More
As the new year settles in, I can certainly acknowledge that over the past few weeks Croquet Network has been all like "me, me, me," with posts on the Best of 2016, Top Supporters and our recent announcement of our 2017 Media Kit. We'll chalk that up to a little bit of annual housekeeping and specifically in the case of the media kit -- a strong desire to expand the editorial output of the website. A mission which obviously accelerates as the budget increases.
Looking forward though, we are now ready to get back to on-site tournament coverage and the usual features on the sport of croquet. With that in mind, I always enjoy the annual re-start of the Morning Coffee winter spring series. Like a lot of good cable or Netflix series, this weekly roundup of world croquet news now focuses on a short run from January into the spring. At some point, we all need to get off the keyboard and get onto a court.
Enough with the long intro, we're back in action for 2017 and here's your weekly rundown ...
2017 MALLET POLL: Get ready for Croquet Network's most popular annual series. The 2017 Mallet Poll will launch for public votes, this Friday, January 20, 2017 and run through the end of the month. And yes, once again we'll follow up in February with an updated 2017 Mallet Directory based on the results.
FORDYCE WINS NZ GC TITLE: Sixteen year-old Edmund Fordyce became the youngest player to win the New Zealand golf croquet national open singles title with a 5-7, 5-7, 7-3, 7-5, 7-1 over Josh Freeth in the final. Full story from the Nelson Mail.
BOB CHILTON PHOTOGRAPHY: CWO has a piece on Bob Chilton's incredibly engaging photography that goes well beyond croquet. You might note that the last photo in the article appeared on the cover of the USCA's Croquet News for the 2015 Volume 1 issue. All of the photos in the CWO article are downsized, but you can see Chilton's full collection on his website: www.bobchilton.com. I recommend following his Facebook page as it's always enjoyable to see one of his beautiful nightshots pop in your newsfeed.