2024 CROQUET NEWS VOLUME 2: Summer Issue

The 2024 Volume 2 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Summer issue features coverage of the 2024 AC and GC Nationals along with the 2023 Annual Awards. In addition to Let's Talk Tactics from Jeff Soo and GC America from Cheryl Bromley, this edition features 2023 Women's GC Grand Prix winner Debbie Davidoff for our member profile and plenty more.

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Croquet Network Top 10 News Articles for 2023

Happy Holidays from Croquet Network to players and supporters of the sport across the world. It was an exciting year in 2023 as six major international events took place between November 2022 and the end of November 2023. As we wrap up our 16th year covering the game of croquet, I am pleased to present our annual Top 10 Croquet News Articles for 2023 based on total readership.

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2023 Croquet News Volume 1: US Hall of Fame

The 2023 Volume 1 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Spring issue features coverage of the 2022 American Six Wicket National Championship held in December at the Mission Hills Croquet Club, plus coverage of GC Club Teams and Seniors Masters. In addition, full biographies of 2023 US Croquet Hall of Fame inductees Bob Alman, Hal Denton and Rory Kelley start on page 30. Recent 2022 AC Women's Grand Prix champion Loretta Cooper is our member profile.

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2022 Croquet News Volume 3: National Croquet Day

The 2022 Volume 3 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Fall edition features National Croquet Day, the 2022 Golf Croquet National Championship, the 2022 US Croquet Hall of Fame nominees David Ekstrom and Jacques Fournier and a member profile on Tom Balding.

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2020 Croquet News Volume 3: HOF Nominees

The 2020 Volume 3 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News features perspectives from young players on attracting more young players to the croquet, Hall of Fame Bios for Sherif Abdelwahab and Rory Kelley and coverage of National Croquet Day.

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2018 Croquet News Volume 2 Digital Edition

The 2018 Volume 2 issue of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available as a digital edition through Issuu. Follow the link and click the full screen symbol to enjoy the magazine on your tablet, desktop/laptop or phone. All links are active so be sure to support the advertisers that help make the magazine possible by visiting their websites.
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USCA Croquet News, 2015 Volume 2 Web Edition

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:
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