Click to ZoomThe 2015 Volume 2 issue of the Croquet News mailed this week and should be hitting mailboxes soon. The web edition is also now available to USCA members on the magazine page. This time around we've created a few little extras in the web edition, so have fun checking those out. A few of the highlights include:

FROM THE SOLOMON TROPHY COVERAGE
When Captain Samir Patel was bringing the sterling silver Solomon Trophy through customs, he was asked if he was planning to leave anything of value in the USA. His response, "Of course not."

FROM THE JOHN OSBORN PROFILE

Ted
Prentis was my partner and he told me, toward the end of a match,

that if I missed a shot we would lose. We were so far ahead I argued

with him, then missed the shot ... and then lost. There is a lesson

there, and one day I will figure out what it might be.

FROM

JEFF SOO'S CLANKOPHOBIA ARTICLE

I bore you with all this because one of the most persistent myths

about hoop-running is that you should play the stroke so as to impart topspin to the ball. This is impossible, if we take “topspin” to mean forward rotation beyond that of a normally rolling ball. What you want is not topspin, but instead a ball that is rolling rather than skidding when it reaches the hoop.

In addition, you will find coverage on:

National Golf Croquet Championship
2015 Hall of Fame Inductees
National Association Laws Championship
Club Profile: Greenwich Croquet Club
2015 Solomon Trophy
Midwest Regional
Southeast Regional
On Tactics: Rush to the Attack

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