Visit the storeLast week I mentioned that Johnny Mitchell would take over as USCA President for Eugene Young. I failed to mention that the actual transition will take place in March. Young will have served in the position for three years. Now, this week's headlines ...

FEAR OF GC: Croquet World Online has a forum this week on the battle between golf croquet and association croquet. Or is it a battle at all--
http://croquetworld.com/Game/golf_bane.asp

NZ OPEN ROLLS ON: Chris Clarke and Hamish McIntosh won the New Zealand Open doubles title on day three of the event. Singles elimination play is now under way and you can follow the results on the Croquet New Zealand website. First round results and the Elite Eight matchups are listed here--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/nz-open-elite-eight

NEW ZEALAND INTERACTIVE: You can also follow the interactive results for the New Zealand Open singles event here (http://www.croquetnet.org/scores/nzopens.html). The doubles page is here--
http://www.croquetnet.org/scores/nzopendoubles.html

NZ PLAYER PROFILE: The Manawatu Standard did an extensive web profile with photo on New Zealand's Sue Lea. You can see the article here--
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/6239742/Gran-lords-over-the-lawns

PLAYER BLOG: Last week, I ran across a player blog for Australia's Jim Nicholls. It's definitely worth a follow--
http://www.jimnicholls.com

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WARM-UP: The WCF posted that a warm-up event will be offered just before the 2012 ACWC on April 21-22. The event will be held at the Moorabinda Club in Bunbury, Western Australia and is intended for players wishing to break up the arrival time, get over the jet lag or just get some practice in prior to the World Championship in Adelaide. If interested, contact Martin Clarke directly on marang@westnet.com.au
http://www.wcfcroquet.org/index.php

WEST COAST AC RESULTS: Results are now available from the Pat Apple Association Handicap tournament held at Mission Hills--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/2012-pat-apple-handicap-tournament-results