Bromley: GCWC Block Play Begins #03

Block play is underway! Sherif Abdelwahab had a good day with two wins over Charlie Sharpe of Australia and Evan Newel of Ireland. Mohammad Kamal also won one of his two matches with a solid win over Mostafa Eissa of Egypt. Matt Griffith came up against the number one and two ranked players in his block and I'm sure didn't go down without a fight.
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Croquet Network Magazine - Back Issue #5 Now Available in Print

March 2010 - Issue #5

Croquet Network Issue 5:

Croquet Network Magazine #5 - March 2010 issue featuring an interview with WCF Women's World Golf Croquet Champion, Alix Verge plus a Paddy Chapman Profile and a feature on the Wine, Wickets and Wheels Golf Croquet Event to be held in July at the Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio.

Croquet Search Trends (December 2010)

Here are the hottest trending keywords to hit croquetnetwork.com in December:

01. croquet network
02. wii croquet
03. ben rothman
04. brian cumming
05. croquet video game
06. steve scalpone
07. alix verge
08. croquet magazine
09. david collie
10. frank vuitch
11. leo nikora
12. morford mallets
13. navy croquet
14. rufus bayard wilmington
15. us open croquet

Croquet Search Trends (April 2010)

Here is the April list for hottest trending croquet keywords that hit CroquetNetwork.com last month:

01. Annapolis Croquet
02. St. John's Croquet
03. Navy croquet
04. Croquet Network
05. Wii Croquet
06. Solomon Trophy 2009
07. Greenwich, Connecticut Croquet
08. Alix Verge
09. Sarasota Croquet Tournament
10. Robert V. Salinas
11. 2010 Croquet National Championship
12. Croquet Southern Cal
13. Peachwood Classic
14. Croquet Champions
15. Shane Botwin
16. New York Croquet Club
17. Morford Mallets
18. Croquet Jokes
19. Carie Shapiro
20. Palm Beach Croquet

Morning Coffee: March Croquet Network Magazine, International Polo Results and Winter Olympics


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The March issue of Croquet Network was released over the weekend featuring an interview with women's GC world Champion, Alix Verge in addition to a piece on the Wine, Wickets and Wheels golf croquet event slated for July this summer in Fremont, Ohio. Paddy Chapman is the player profile of the month.

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Opening Game (December 2009)

The video above is the last segment of the game five final between Iman El Faransawi and Alix Verge for the Women's Golf Croquet World Championship. If you haven't already, make sure you view the video before you go any further. Otherwise, I'll probably spoil what is a great viewing moment for any fan of croquet.

I suppose most of the croquet world already knew that Alix Verge had won the event, but the video taken by Chris Clarke truly caught me off guard. I think a lot of us would have been expecting a clearing of yellow there at the end. The double jump for the win takes your breath away.

Overall, I think the video series and following that championship event through the message boards provided a nice kickoff for the month of December, which by the way is still patiently awaiting the arrival of the December issue of Croquet Network magazine. Yes, things are still moving along, but it is an ambitious leap forward for this particular issue and the nature of this collaborative work means that we've seen a few delays. Let me just say that the release is near and hopefully it will be worth the wait.

On the website side of things, there was more planned for November than could really be posted. So, you may have noticed a few of the standard monthly posts didn't make it. I'm feeling a little more caught up on the web side, so we should get that back on track this month. Now, if we can just get this magazine lined out, everyone wil be happy. In the meantime, enjoy the site and have a great December!

Dylan Goodwin