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

Video:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Slain-Kiwi-wanted-to-open-Thai-croquet-club/tabid/309/articleID/223514/Default.aspx