Upcoming North American Croquet Tourneys / Aug-Dec 2011

July 31, 2011

Aug 2–6 / Meadow Club Invitational
Meadow Club of Southampton, Southampton, NY
Beatty & Dolph Cramer / 561-833-6252 / dolphcramer@aol.com

Aug 5-7 / 2011 AC CroqCan
Elmdale Lawn Bowling Club, Central Lawn Bowling Club, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ken Shipley / 613-234-1862 / kship@web.ca

Croquet Website Rankings (June 2011)

July 29, 2011

There were no giant surprises in the U.S. croquet website rankings for June. Traffic was picking up and several sites jumped back into the rankings -- Houston Croquet, Croquet New Zealand, Maui Croquet Club and the

2011 WCF Hall of Fame Inductees

July 28, 2011

I am delighted to announce that the 2011 inductees to the WCF Hall of Fame are:

Morning Coffee: Mark McInerney Makes History

July 25, 2011

Click image to visit storeIreland's Mark McInerney claimed the BestInvest World Golf Croquet Championship with a 7-4, 7-6, 7-5 win over Hisham Aboesbaa from Egypt yesterday. The win is the first by a non-Egyptian player in the 15-year history of the GC World Championship. The win perhaps signifies that GC has graduated from being an "Egyptian" game to a true world sport. You can read more about the win on the best association site in the world (Croquet Ireland)--
http://www.croquetireland.com/index.php?q=node/149

Croquet Video: Slow Motion View of the Bamford Fault

July 25, 2011

Bob Kroeger posted this slow motion view of the "lawn damage" shot by Reg Bamford.

GC Worlds Finals Set: Hisham Aboesbaa vs Mark McInerney

July 24, 2011

The best of five finals today features Hisham Aboesbaa vs Mark McInerney. The big news of the event involves the elimination of Reg Bamford in the quarterfinals by Aboesbaa. In the video above, the shot was determined to be a fault because of "faint line left on the court."

GC Worlds: Elite Eight ... or Nine

July 23, 2011

The playoff continues and from what I can piece together from internet sources (Facebook) only on match remains to be conluded from the second round. It happens to be the marquee matchup of Duncan Dixon vs

GC Worlds: Playoffs Are On

July 22, 2011

The playoff bracket was set yesterday and there is already some carnage out there. First round results:

GC Worlds: Day Three Update

July 21, 2011

The GC Worlds website has the PDF newsletter available for Wednesday (PDF download). A list of qualified players follows as all players start today with one final block game. The knockout will start later today.

BestInvest GC Worlds Update

July 20, 2011

The GC Worlds website has a PDF newsletter available for Wednesday with full block results. Here's an excerpt on some of the action from Tuesday: