It's another busy week and I'm happy to report that the RSS feeds of the croquet world are starting to take shape so I am starting to include the headlines in the weekly Morning Coffee (see below). Starting off though, you'll find the usual items from the Overdrive forum. Keep your seatbelts on ... Croquet Network is going to go through some big changes over the next three months. Without further ado, feel free to binge and purge on croquet news ...
Morning Coffee: Cumming Wins NC Open
The news is a little light this week, which may serve as a little calm before
the storm. All kinds of tournament action is on deck in the United States for
April and May and the WCF Association World Championship will kick off in
Adelaide in just a few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy this week's very brief
edition ...
Morning Coffee: World Championship Blocks Set
Last week's article on Zac Ashley drew a clarification on a claim made by the Canterbury Star:
Just for the record Zac is not the youngest winner of the NZ Handicap Singles event. In 1960 Tony Stephens at age 16 won not only the Hurlingham Cup (NZ Handicap Singles) but achieved far greater glory by winning the NZ Open Championship Singles, the NZ Men's Championship Singles, and with Ashley Heenan the NZ Doubles Championship.
Cheers
John Prince
Morning Coffee: Is Tennis is Better Than Croquet?
There are a number of interesting headlines that lead off the week, but the story that caught my eye was the piece on the Murwillumbah Croquet Club celebrating an 85th anniversary. Late in the story there is a rundown on the history of croquet and the mention of tennis rising to essentially end the reign of croquet as a popular sport in England in the late 1800's. Most malletheads are familiar with the story, but the shelving of croquet for tennis got me to thinking. Is tennis really that much more fun to watch than golf croquet? I wonder if golf
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