Croquet Website Directory Additions (November 2010)

John Hobbs Croquet Mallets - Buy yourself a good mallet - improve your game
www.john-hobbs-croquet-mallets.mfbiz.com

Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club - U.K. club has three full-size lawns and occupies a favourable position at the top of Calverley Grounds, Mount Pleasant in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
www.tunbridgewellscroquet.org.uk

Yorkshire Croquet Federation - U.K. federation is an association of clubs throughout Yorkshire
http://www.yorkshirecroquet.org.uk/

European Croquet Federation -- Exists to promote croquet amongst European countries.
http://www.croquet.eu.com/index.html

Tega Cay Croquet Club -- South Carolina Croquet Club
http://www.tegacaycroquet.com/

Jiminy Wicket -- Jiminy Wicket creates connections and smiles for people dealing with dementia by playing croquet.
http://jiminywicket.com/

May Croquet Links: Grand Haven, SUNY New Paltz and Austria

Grand Haven Croquet Club -- Palm Coast, Florida club with a model website. Beautiful design with plenty of information.

SUNY New Paltz Facebook Group -- This is where the SUNY New Paltz team likes to hangout online.

Austrian Croquet Federation -- Federation website for croquet in Austria with news, schedule, photo galleries and more.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Any links back are greatly appreciated.

April Croquet Links: Virginia-West Virginia and Russian Croquet

Virginia-West Virginia Croquet -- Website covering croquet in Virginia and West Virginia with updated district schedule.

Croquet-Club (Russia) -- Great Russian site that is currently promoting a croquet photo contest. Use Google Translator to interpret the text.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Any links back are greatly appreciated.

March Croquet Links: Meadows Mallet, South Africa and Vancouver

Meadows Mallet Croquet Club -- Brand new North Carolina club site built with Ning. Demonstrates the ability to quickly launch a site and build on as you go. Great photos!

South African Croquet Association -- Excellent croquet website for the South African Association.

Vancouver Croquet Club -- In the spirit of the recent Olympics, I thought it was time to add a Canadian club.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Any links back are greatly appreciated.

February Croquet Links: MCA, Welsh Croquet Association & Waimarie

Missouri Croquet Association -- This is actually an old link, but the site has been redesigned and in the spirit of full disclosure, I did the redesign. I wanted to highlight it because I believe this is the model for all club sites. And that is not necessarily from a aesthetic standpoint, but more from the functionality. The news module is featured right on the front page, so if the club is diligent about posting announcements and results (which is super easy by the way) the site always looks active.
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December Croquet Links: Greenwich, Lenox and Croquet Ireland

North American Clubs

Greenwich Croquet Club -- Active croquet club in Greenwich, Connecticut with a vast website.

Lenox Croquet Club -- The Lenox Croquet Club is a USCA-sanctioned club located in Lenox, Massachusetts with two and a half full-size courts or as many as five half-size courts.

Associations

Croquet Ireland -- Croquet Association of Ireland website.

Scottish Croquet Association -- The Scottish Croquet Association's website.

International

Carrickmines -- Carrickmines Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club in Ireland.

Edinburgh Croquet Club  -- Edinburgh Croquet Club in Scotland.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Any links back are greatly appreciated.

November Croquet Links:

North American Clubs

Bald Head Island -- A North Carolina club that I think serves as an interesting example with posted play schedules and details on organizing events at the club.

Oakland Croquet Club -- The Oakland Croquet Club plays on one of three lawn bowling greens located at Lake Merritt's Lakeside Park on Bellevue Avenue in Oakland, CA.

Boston Croquet Club -- Boston club based in Milton Massachusetts. Shares lawns with the local lawn Bowling Club and is able to set up two near full size courts.

Associations

Croquet Australia -- With the Womens Golf Croquet Championship occuring in Cairnlea, it was time to get a link to this association site. Very informative site.

Croquet Canada -- Association for croquet in Canada.

International

Oxford Croquet -- Deep, deep croquet website focused toward instruction on the association game. Essential reading for all aspiring croquet players.

Hurlingham Club -- U.K. based club that is one of two recently named hosts for the 2011 WCF Golf Croquet Championship.

Surbiton Croquet Club  -- Surbiton is the other U.K. club that will be hosting the 2011 WCF Golf Croquet Championship.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Any links back are greatly appreciated.

October Croquet Links: NCC, Nine-Wicket Website and Croquet Records

Clubs

Sarasota County Croquet Club -- The SCCC is located in Venice, Florida and the video above is a superb introduction to the club.

National Croquet Center -- The crown jewel of U.S. Croquet is located in West Palm Beach, Florida and features 12 full-size croquet lawns and a 19,000 square foot clubhouse.

Detroit Croquet Club -- This site has intrigued me for quite a while. Although some of the pages have never been filled with content and no updates appear, I feel the concept of what they are doing and the feel of the site is unique and possibly a promising way to organize a club. Would love to see this site be more active, but at the least, maybe by checking it out club managers can draw from the website design and format.

Associations

USCA Nine-Wicket Croquet Site -- I think this site is structured well and can be a key to developing the game across the United States. The site offers an RSS feed so you can stay up-to-date with the news section with your iGoogle or MyYahoo page or other feed reader.

Croquet New Zealand -- The association site for croquet in New Zealand which boasts nearly 4,000 members. A functional site that seems to be updated frequently. My favorite discovery here is the collection of PDF versions of their magazine -- Croquet New Zealand Update.

International

CroquetRecords.com -- This site updates the International, U.S. and North American rankings among other things. If you dig around, you'll find a good history on champions and tournament results as well.

Bowdon Croquet Club -- The club in England looks like a good model for running a large club. Of particular interest to me was the pricing scale.

Country Club Johannesburg  -- I thought this South African site had a nice look to it and some interesting statistics on membership numbers for the commonwealth countries.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Any links back are greatly appreciated.

September Croquet Links: North Carolina, Kansas City and Dyffryn Croquet

Clubs

CroquetNC.org -- This site covers North Carolina croquet and some great articles on tactics in the reference section.

Kactus Creek Croquet Club -- This is a club in Parkville, Missouri that boasts the only quality croquet field in the Kansas City Metro area. It also happens to be where I play. Matt Griffith built this field in his backyard over a period of seven years (2000-2007).

Association

The Croquet Association -- The association website for the sport of croquet in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. More news on croquet for the associated clubs than you can keep up with.

International

Dyffryn Croquet Club (Wales) -- Since my grandfather was Welsh, I had to get this club in. Looks like a beautiful place to play.

All links above will now appear in the Croquet Links section on the navigation bar at the top of the site.