Teams from Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin descended upon the Milwaukee Croquet Club for a weekend of friendly and spirited golf croquet competition at Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After a meet and greet and practice on Friday evening, Saturday’s matches paired Illinois against Minnesota and Indiana and Wisconsin. The format was a best of 10 game test featuring an opening doubles game followed by players playing each of the other three opponents in singles games.
Read More2018 Shield: Midwest Quad Matchups
The 2018 Croquet Network Midwest Quad Qualifier has announced starting lineups and PDF schedules for day one are available below. The Quad Qualifier takes place this Saturday and Sunday at the Milwaukee Croquet Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The day one matchups include Midwest #1 seed Wisconsion against expansion team #4 Indiana. Illinois is the #2 seed and will face off against #3 seed and expansion team Minnesota.
Read MoreSoo Claims SE Regional GC Title
Eighteen players from New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Missouri, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia competed in the 2018 USCA SE GC Regional held recently at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club in Hartfield, VA. Players were treated to extra helpings of warm southern hospitality as they competed over four days of singles and doubles block play and knock out rounds.
Read MoreWhite Wins Florida GC Regional
The National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, Florida was the site of the 5th Annual USCA Florida Golf Croquet Tournament January 12 – 14, 2018. A record 32 players took to the lawns for three days of singles and doubles competition with a total of 119 matches played! It was wonderful to see a number of new faces enter the ranks as well as others from across the country and southern hemisphere with Lawrie Simpson of Australia traveling the farthest and logging the most frequent flyer miles!
Read More2017 Best of Croquet Network
As we roll into 2018, here's our brief annual look at the most popular articles and pages on the Croquet Network site for 2017. It's always interesting to see what rose to the top over the past year. This year the big change is that for overall content we saw the popular Backyard Warrior and Why Croquet Players Wear White articles knocked out of the top slots by the 2017 mallet directory and poll.
Read MoreMissouri: Defenders of the Shield
The mighty Missouri squad of Billy Bob Breeden, Steve Jackson and Matt Smith defended their 2017 Croquet Network Golf Croquet States Shield title yesterday at the Kactus Creek Croquet Club with a 7-3 win over the visiting Wisconsin team.
The day started with a good omen as Smith pulled off an impressive angled jump shot at hoop one to get Missouri out to a 1-0 lead in the opening doubles game against Nels Bjorkquist and Cheryl Bromley. As the game moved past hoop four, Missouri led 3-1 when Smith's partner Jackson drained hoop five from the south boundary for a 4-1 lead.
States Shield Final: Ready to Rumble
The 2017 Croquet Network States Shield Championship final is set to roll out this Saturday at Kactus Creek Croquet Club in Parkville, Missouri as the Missouri state GC squad will host the visiting Wisconsin team. The projected team line-ups and are as follows:
Read MoreStates Shield: Missouri and Wisconsin Advance
After a sweltering two days of action, the 2017 Croquet Network States Shield Championship is set with both Missouri and Wisconsin easily advancing. The mighty Missouri squad easily rolled Kansas 9-1, while Wisconsin won 7-3 in a test that seemed to have a little more balance.
Read MoreStates Shield: Illinois vs Wisconsin Schedule
The 2017 Croquet Network States Shield northern matchup of the Illinois vs Wisconsin round one golf croquet test will kick off Saturday morning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Illinois team did request a roster change that was approved. Stephen Bertram was added to the roster and Eddie Charleton was dropped. Full game schedule posted below.
Results will be available on Croquet Scores:
croquetscores.com/2017/gc/state-shields-test
2017 States Shield Rosters
All four states for the 2017 Croquet Network States Shield have submitted rosters. The teams were allowed to submit up to six players, but only three starters will play in each of the test rounds. Round one starts in July with Illinois taking on Wisconsin in Milwaukee on July 22. Kansas will play Missouri in Kansas City during the same weekend. Official dates are expected to be announced soon. The winners of those two tests will meet on August 19 for the championship to be held at Kactus Creek Croquet Club in Kansas City.