Morning Coffee: WCF Grows and Huneycutt Takes RMI
Danny Huneycutt defeated Jeff Soo to win the Rocky Mountain International title this past weekend in Denver, Colorado. Full results are available here and the Denver Post also has a photo slideshow available.
WCF Secretary General Martin French recently reported on Federation progress through the WCF blog. The update indicates that the WCF will gain three new members -- India, Pakistan and Latvia. This would bring WCF membership to 30. As French mentions, 40 is the target for progress toward the Olympics or World Games. Full article--
http://wcfcroquet.blogspot.com/2011/05/first-council-papers-go-out-hurrah.html
Croquet World Online has an in-depth article on croquet in Scotland (complete with a disparaging comment about Kansas in the header)--
http://croquetworld.com/News/croquetscotland.asp
Rosters for the Croquet Association's Inter County Championship are now available--
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=3677
Nebraska's USCA District President Billy Bob Breeden led a crew of six USCA members to the ALS Lawn Warrior Croquet Classic held this past weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was reported that the benefit had 64 players participate. More details--
http://missouricroquet.squarespace.com/missouri-croquet/2011/5/22/lawn-warrior-classic-croquet-fundraiser-tournament.html
There is a photo and post circulating that indicates Queen Elizabeth met Prince Phillip over a game of croquet. Article from the Daily Mail--
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389509/First-meeting-The-moment-Queen-set-eyes-Prince-Philip.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
The Villages Daily Sun reported on a recent Spring Fling GC Tournament held at the Chula Vista Recreation Center.
“Croquet can be exactly what you would like it to be,” said club president Barb Hall. “If you want to relax, you can play golf croquet.”
Full article--
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/villages/article_21818c38-8103-11e0-b356-001cc4c002e0.html