The Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club will host the 2020 Women’s International Friendship Cup October 20-25, 2020. The event will feature golf croquet play and top women croquet players from across the world are expected to participate. The Friendship Cup is open to women players of all ages and abilities.
Read More2020 Croquet News Volume 1 Now Available
The 2020 Volume 1 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News is now available for viewing. This edition features a tribute to Fred Jones and a feature on Leroy Nieman's "Brush with Croquet." In addition, the issue covers 2019 Seniors Masters and the USCA National American 6-Wicket Championship. Profiles include Sky Valley Croquet and legendary mallet maker Don Oakley.
Here's the complete line-up for the 2019 Volume 4 edition:
Courtside with Sara Low
The Clubhouse
Remembering Fred Jones
Who Am I?
Seniors Masters Championship
National American 6-Wicket Championship
Leroy Nieman's Brush with Croquet
Club Profile: Sky Valley Croquet Club
Member Profile: Don Oakley
Let’s Talk Tactics: Build a Break
GC America: Hoop Setup Responses
9W Roundup: Annual Committee Report
2019 Grand Prix Update
Events Calendar
New Membership
DIGITAL EDITION LINK: 2020 Volume 1 Digital Edition
Visit the USCA's magazine page (members only) for back issues of the Croquet News magazine:
http://www.croquetamerica.com/members/magazines/
New Pro Croquet Tour: PCA
What do you get when you have a group of top players sitting courtside at a recent Nationals in lovely Palm Springs, asking themselves, “What’s next? What else can we do for this fascinating sport of ours?” You get the Professional Croquet Association (PCA) and ideas for a series of events called the “PCA Tour.”
Knowing that the PCA would be a complement to the USCA rather than a competitor, its primary goals include the development of exciting, newsworthy, sponsored events in competitive croquet, and to create an opportunity for competitors to earn money playing the game.
Read More2020 Golf Croquet World Teams: NWO
Based on what should probably be considered, provisional results for the 2020 WCF Golf Croquet World Team Championships, this should be the New World Order for GC World Teams. This factors the key test between Ireland and Sweden in a battle for Tier 1 survival. Croquet Scores reports a 5-4 victory for Ireland, which would knock Sweden down to Tier 2.
Read More2019 Best of Croquet Network
As we roll into a new decade, we are reviving our annual New Year’s Day tradition with our look at the most popular articles and pages on Croquet Network for 2019.
Read MoreBurridge is New WCF President
Ian Burridge of Wales won the recent World Croquet Federation (WCF) election for the position of WCF President and will serve from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2023. Burridge received 42 votes over 18 votes for Australia’s Mike Cohn to win the election. The WCF reported that 60 votes were cast of out 62 possible votes.
Read MoreBeyond Expert Croquet Tactics - New Book
The Croquet Association (UK) in now selling a limited run of a new book titled Beyond Expert Croquet Tactics. The ambitious book has a wide-ranging focus, but at the top of the list it looks to provide updated tactical advice on Keith Wylie’s Expert Croquet Tactics which was first published in 1985.
Read More2019 Croquet News Volume 4 Digital Edition
The 2019 Volume 4 Digital Edition of the USCA's Croquet News is now available for viewing. The print version of this edition will be mailing the first week in December.
This edition celebrates Ben Rothman's WCF World GC Championship title with event coverage and an interview with Rothman. The issue also includes a Decade Retrospective photo collection that highlights some of the best moments from 2010-2019. In addition, there are profiles on Blake Fields and the Tega Cay Croquet Club along with 2019 GC Nationals coverage.
Read MoreUSCA RVP Nominations: FLA, Midwest and West
The USCA has announced three Regional Vice Presidential positions up for re-election.
Midwest Regional Vice President
Western Regional Vice President
Florida Regional Vice President
If you or someone you know would like to be considered for nomination to the position of USCA Regional Vice President in the Midwest, Western, or Florida Region, please contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Lucille Maresca at (561) 626-5156 or email maresca26@msn.com by November 18, 2019. The RVP elections will be held at the 2020 Annual General Meeting.
Bishop Gadsden Debuts Anderson Court and Croquet Pavilion
Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community, a leader in the senior living industry, holds a grand opening ceremony to debut the new Anderson Croquet Court and Pavilion on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Anderson Court Pavilion with remarks from Bishop Gadsden President/CEO Sarah Tipton and retired President/CEO Bill Trawick, as well as residents who were instrumental in making croquet at Bishop Gadsden a reality. There will also be a blessing of the court and pavilion by Fr. Dow Sanderson.
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