Visit the storeWell the MC isn't quite back on track yet, but we'll press on. Pour a cup and enjoy this week's rundown of the world croquet news--

WOMEN'S GC WORLDS: New Zealand's Daily Post has an early preview on next month's WCF Women's World Golf Croquet Championship. Full of quotes from Jenny Clarke--
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/quake-residents-chance-to-play-in-worlds/1129326/

USCA ANNOUNCES 2012 DATES: The USCA announced dates next year's U.S. Rules Nationals and Selection Eights events. Nationals will take place October 15-21, 2012 at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. Selection Eights will be held at the same venue November 1-4, 2012. More details in the forum--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/usca-announces-dates-for-two-2012-events

ASCOT CUP: Will Gee won the English National Golf Croquet Singles Championship (Ascot Cup) beating Robert Fulford 7-6, 7-5. Full story--
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=/news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=4011

EGYPTIAN OPEN: Mohammed Nasr defeated Sherif Nafee 7-2 5-7 7-4 to win the Egyptian Open. Reports temporarily available on CWO--
http://croquetworld.com/Events_byDate.asp?region=Asia/Africa/Pacific&period=3+Months

NC OPEN: Jeff Soo won the North Carolina GC Open. Full results on Overdrive--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/soo-wins-north-carolina-gc-open

NEW CLUB DIRECTORY: The Oxford Croquet website launched a world directory of croquet clubs through Google maps--
http://www.oxfordcroquet.com/clubs/google/world.asp

GC MONEY: Croquet World Online has an in-depth feature on two of the largest croquet purse tournaments in the world of croquet--
http://croquetworld.com/News/inthemoney.asp

OCTOBER WIN A CNM SHIRT CONTEST: We've had a good number of croquet supporters jump into the Croquet Network Overdrive website. It's a user-based community so we want to see lots of activity. The highest-ranked member* at the end of the October will win a choice of any single item under $25 from the Croquet Network Cafepress store. How do you get ranked? Simple -- post comments, photos, videos or full forum threads on the Overdrive site. Or just update your status on your "My Page." You can check the member standings in the bottom left corner of this page--
http://croquet.ning.com/leaderboards

*Members named Dylan Goodwin and Mallethead are excluded from the prize competition.