Have you ever wanted to learn how to be a Tournament Director? As a new benefit of membership, the USCA is offering an opportunity to learn the basics of tournament administration from Jeff Soo. When you finish, you'll feel confident that you can run a small club tournament of at least 20-30 people. This event will be held via Zoom over four 90-minute sessions. You must plan to attend each session.
Each session will include a mix of general event management issues and scheduling techniques. Participants are expected to complete reading assignments before each session, and will be assigned homework after each of the first three sessions.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe United States Croquet Association (USCA) is thrilled to announce the dates for Croquet Week 2023, taking place from March 10-19, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Florida. The nine-day event will feature a variety of competitions and activities for croquet enthusiasts of all skill levels.
Read MoreThe 2022 Volume 4 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Winter edition features an interview with new WCF Golf Croquet World Champion Matthew Essick along with coverage of the GC World Championship. The issue also cover the 2022 USCA Association National Championship, the Florida Nine Wicket Regional Championship and a member profile on Brian Lozano.
Read MoreThe USCA is requesting player availability for the 2023 WCF Association World Croquet Championship to be held July 15-23 in London, England. The main host venue will be the Hurlingham Club, which will be the venue for the finals, but significant parts of the championship may also be held at Dulwich Croquet Club, Ealing Croquet Club, Roehampton Club, Surbiton Croquet Club and Woking Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 2022 Volume 2 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Summer edition features extensive tournament coverage for American Six Wicket Club Teams, Southeast GC Regionals, Western GC Regionals, the 2021 Annual Awards and our 2022 Club Directory. In addition, the new High Performance and Talent Program is featured along with all of the usual departments. 2021 Women's GC Grand Prix Champion Helen Covington is our member profile for this issue.
Read MoreNational Croquet Day is when USCA celebrates the sport of croquet and shares the long-term benefits of playing with fellow club members, friends, relatives and neighbors — outside, and having a healthy good time.
The goal of the USCA is to have every one of its hundreds of clubs nationwide hold an event
celebrating the day. There is a prospective croquet lover just waiting to visit a local club and enjoy the games that challenge and reward croquet enthusiasts over and over.
Read MoreThe USCA Handicap Committee has made a few minor changes to the handicap tracking point system. After a review of the current system, it was discovered that half handicaps have not been counted as full handicap steps. This primarily effects handicaps below 5 and the changes are mostly in losing points rather than gaining points.
Read MoreThe 2022 Volume 1 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News magazine is now available for viewing as an eMag. This Spring edition features extensive tournament coverage including GC Club Teams, Seniors Masters, Nine Wicket Nationals and the Florida GC Regional. All of the usual departments are included along with a member profile for Ryan Thompson of the Buffalo Croquet Club.
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