The World Croquet Federation launched their new website over the weekend. The best features include a rotating photo slideshow near the top of the hope page and a deeper list of new items alongside. Most importantly, the news items now generate unique URLs that can be direct linked. Now instead of posting full WCF statements, I'll be excerpting and linking.
Read MoreMorning Coffee: Croquet Video Overload
Lot's of good items in the croquet news this week. I really enjoyed the two videos listed below and would love to see more of this in the croquet world. You'll also find a review I did on the new Croquet New Zealand website. Enjoy the news and I'll see you on the courts ...
Morning Coffee: Rich Rocks AC Nationals
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It was another big news week in the world of croquet and it was capped off with Rich Lamm taking down Brian Cumming 3-2 to claim the the USCA Association National Championship and the Stark Cup. Reports from Rancho Mirage indicated the best of five final lasted over seven hours. Overall, American fans of international play must be stoked to see that things are getting real competitive at the top of the line-up. Enjoy the line-up ...
Morning Coffee: Bryant Repeats at NZ Open
Visit the storeAre you ready for a little trip to New Zealand? Most of the croquet news this week centers around the New Zealand Open, so grab your passport and enjoy the rundown ...
NZ OPEN REPEAT: Greg Bryant defeated Toby Garrison 3-1 (-26tp, +26tp, 26tp, +9tp) to retain the New Zealand Open Association title. Full match commentary here--
http://www.croquet.org.nz/associations/nz/nzopen2012/commentary.html
Croquet World Mourns Death of Charles Jones
World Croquet Federation president Charles Jones was killed August 23 in Thailand. Articles indicate that he was 56 and taking a holiday while making his way back from the World Golf Croquet Championships held in England.
Info on Jones from the Croquet New Zealand website:
http://www.croquet.org.nz/?id=306&entityType=HTML
News links:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5505783/Kiwi-croquet-boss-murdered-in-Thailand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10747339
Croquet Website Rankings (July 2011)
The USCA's croquetamerica.com website rode the busy July tournament calendar to a big month and nearly unseated croquet.com which dropped as the croquet set buying season came off of its peak month. The Croquet Association site moved up to the fourth from sixth last month, likely due to the big
Read MoreCroquet Website Rankings (June 2011)
There were no giant surprises in the U.S. croquet website rankings for June. Traffic was picking up and several sites jumped back into the rankings -- Houston Croquet, Croquet New Zealand, Maui Croquet Club and the
Read MoreCroquet Website Rankings (March 2011)
As expected, U.S. web traffic started the ascent for summer as three websites jumped back on the tracking list at compete.com.
Read MoreAustralia Wins Trans-Tasman 2-1
First test -- Australia 8, New Zealand 4
Second test -- New Zealand 8, Australia 4
Third test -- Australia 7, New Zealand 5
Morning Coffee: USCA on Twitter and Fletcher Takes National Title
Interesting news out of the gate. It appears the USCA now has
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