The Strawbery Banke Croquet Club (Rye, N.H.) defeated the Croquet Club of Vermont (Woodstock, Vt.) 7-5 on an almost perfect summer day in New Hampshire, July 8, 2015. The venue was Jim McLaughlin’s 2/3-size, artificial surface court in Rye, located between downtown Portsmouth and the seacoast. Twenty-one players participated. A local TV station aired the clip above.