Visit the Store A few media sources are "reporting" that St. John's took the annual Annapolis Cup event. One is indicating a score of 3-1, which doesn't explain what happened to the fifth game. With the win, St. John's now leads the series 24-5 over Navy. The Johnnies have now taken six straight over Navy.

The main thrust of the media articles is that croquet is either silly or boring and the event is strictly about the party. As the largest croquet spectator event in the world, it creates quite a dilemma for this outlet -- if it's just a party should I be covering it? I haven't resolved that one yet.

From a historical perspective, here are the Annapolis area media report links which are definitely not worth reading--

Baltimore Sun: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-04-30/news/bs-md-croquet-match-20110430_1_croquet-team-annapolis-cup-croquet-field

HometownAnnapolis.com: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2011/05/01-55/Croquet-day-Pomp-circumstance-and-hats-accompanycompetition.html?ne=1

HistoricAnnapolisPatch Photo Gallery: http://historicannapolis.patch.com/articles/photo-gallery-spectators-flock-to-st-johns-college-for-29th-annual-annapolis-cup-competition#photo-5864293

In other news, the Croquet Association has new golf croquet rankings out and an American has cracked the top ten. See if you can find your way to the rankings from this page (as close as I can get you). Hint: Rankings along the left navigation.

Along those lines, the BestInvest GC World Championship website indicates that Ben Rothman will be a U.S. participant --
http://www.gcworlds2011.org/competitors

The USCA website tipped off a photo gallery on what looks like another campus croquet event in Shreveport, Louisiana (Community Renewal Croquet Classic) --
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D9&Date=20110430&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=104300801