After a little "magazine" vacation, Morning Coffee is getting back into the action. Time to catch up on a full slate of croquet headlines--
WCF World Championship Qualifier Participants
The following players will participate in the World Championship Qualifier April 24-26 in Adelaide …
It's busy week here at Croquet Network, so let's get right to the action ...
NCC Takes Lyon's Trophy Club Teams Championship
The National Croquet Center club team defended the home turf with a repeat win ...
There are a number of interesting headlines that lead off the week, but the story that caught my eye was the piece on the Murwillumbah Croquet Club celebrating an 85th anniversary. Late in the story there is a rundown on the history of croquet and the mention of tennis rising to essentially end the reign of croquet as a popular sport in England in the late 1800's. Most malletheads are familiar with the story, but the shelving of croquet for tennis got me to thinking. Is tennis really that much more fun to watch than golf croquet? I wonder if golf
Lot's of good items in the croquet news this week. I really enjoyed the two videos listed below and would love to see more of this in the croquet world. You'll also find a review I did on the new Croquet New Zealand website. Enjoy the news and I'll see you on the courts ...
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This past week featured a golf croquet battle royale in West Palm Beach. The IPC Golf Croquet Invitational brought in eight of the top players in the world for an $8,000 purse. World champion Mark McInerney snagged the title with a 7-5, 7-4 win over Khaled Younis in the final. The high point of the week's activities seemed to be a single exhibition game between Younis and McInerney staged at the National Croquet Center earlier in the event. Read more below ...
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Ah, President's Day. This is a wonderful chance for me to sleep in until 7:30 and play modern-day internet journalist. The leisurely morning with coffee, snagging of stories then pausing for a spoon feeding of rice cereal and peaches for my six-month old breakfast critic and a return to the old trusty laptop. No pressure of a press deadline, just knowing croquet fans across America will likely be checking their e-mail by noon. While across the pond, it's best to have the newsletter ready for some evening e-mail readers. Contrast that to the usual 5:00-7:00 a.m. window followed by operation school and daycare dropoff and this is the life. Enjoy it today my friend, because it's back to the grind next week.
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It was another big news week in the world of croquet and it was capped off with Rich Lamm taking down Brian Cumming 3-2 to claim the the USCA Association National Championship and the Stark Cup. Reports from Rancho Mirage indicated the best of five final lasted over seven hours. Overall, American fans of international play must be stoked to see that things are getting real competitive at the top of the line-up. Enjoy the line-up ...