The USCA Association Rules National Championships is underway at Mission Hills Croquet Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The event started yesterday and runs through Saturday, March 5, 2016. The participating player list is to the right and you can follow the tournament at croquetscores.com/2016/ac/usca-national-championship.
Read More2014 Best of Croquet Network
As we roll in the New Year, let's take a look back at 2014 with the most popular lists for Croquet Network. All four of the lists below, rank the most viewed pages on both the Croquet Network news site and the community/forum site. It is no surprise the 2014 Mallet Poll topped the list for 2014 posts. That poll officially closed on December 31 and I will be going to work on a follow-up post with links and info for all of the top finishers.
Read More2015 Women's AC Championship Dates
The organizing committee for the WCF Women's AC World Championship has announced that the WCF and the Croquet Association to hold the event at the Nottingham Croquet Club from July 25 to August 1, 2015. The event is being run in support of Cancer Research UK.
On September 21, the WCF will formally be inviting members to participate in the championship and to nominate players. Advance information for those who may be interested in playing is now available on the event's website at http://www.wacwc2015.org.
WCF Timetable for 2015 World GC Championships
The WCF announced Bay of Plenty, New Zealand as host for the 2015 World Golf Croquet Championship to be held February 7-15, 2015. A qualifying tournament for the 2015 GCWC only will be held from February 3-5, 2015 at Morrinsville Croquet Club. The Under-21 GCWC will be held at the United Croquet Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1-5, 2015.
Gabrielle Higgins is New WCF Treasurer
The WCF has announced that Gabrielle Higgins has been appointed as the new Treasurer with immediate effect in succession to Ian Burridge. Gabrielle is a London barrister, a member of the Hurlingham Club and Parson's Green Club and the current British Women's AC Champion.
Read More2013 WCF Women's GC Event Delayed
The 2013 WCF Women's GC World Championship had been scheduled for March 2014, and the entry process had started. However, the situation in Egypt has taken a turn for the worse in the past month, so the WCF has agreed with the Egyptian Croquet Federation to defer the event until November 2014. The will re-evaluate the situation in Egypt in February 2014, and then confirm the dates and arrangements.
Source: http://www.wcfcroquet.org/joomla/index.php/all-news-items/303-2014-women-s-gcwc
WCF Partners with CroquetScores.com
Tim Murphy, the owner and developer of croquetscores.com, and the World Croquet Federation have today reached a 12 month co-operative agreement regarding the website. The WCF will pay the annual hosting costs of croquetscores.com in return for Tim Murphy continuing to evolve the results website for the good of the game.
Read MoreThe International Flipper Pinball Association
As I was scanning my new issue of Fortune magazine last week, I came across a short piece on pinball. Yeah, pinball like the Who and arcades and all that. Obviously, there has been a consolidation in the industry over the past few decades yet there seems to be some optimism overall. That aside, this concept fascinated me -- The International Flipper Pinball Association. The article mentions that the association has 14,000 members.
Read MoreWales Takes WCF GC WTC D2 Championship
The Second Division of the Inaugural GC World Team Championship concluded in Cairo, Egypt. Wales took the championship 4-3 against Belgium, in a close-fought final to win the WCF Pyramids Trophy. The trophy was donated by the Egyptian Croquet Federation, who successfully hosted the event despite a significant amount of distraction from the political scene.
Read MoreGC WTC: Egypt 7, New Zealand 6
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- Reports are coming in now that Egypt has won the WCF's Golf Croquet World Team Championship 7-6 over New Zealand. Scores are available from croquetscores.com:
http://www.croquetscores.com/2012/gc/golf-croquet-world-team-championship/egypt-vs-new-zealand-final
In such a close test there are likely several key moments, but Stephen Mulliner noted this segment in his extensive summary on the Nottingham List, which seems crucial: