Visit the storeAll kinds of action on the world croquet scene this week. Let's get right into it--
ROWE IS WORLD CHAMPION: England's Rachel Rowe defeated Jenny Clark (7-3, 6-7, 5-7, 7-6, 7-4) to become the WCF Women's World Golf Croquet Champion. The finals match was held at the Mount Maunganui Croquet Club in New Zealand. Photos are available on the tourney website and a full report is available from the CA--
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=/news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=4040
GC PLAYER'S BLOG: If you want to experience the Women's GC World Championship from the player's perspective, check out U.S. player Cheryl Bromley's blog--http://croquetbromley.blogspot.com/
CA WORLD CHAMPIONS LOOK: The Croquet Association also compiled this table of all world champions--
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=/news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=4039
NEW WCF PRESIDENT: The WCF website is reporting that Amir Ramis Naguib of Egypt been elected president of the WCF by a vote of 12-8 over Stephen Mulliner from the U.K. In addition, Garth Beresford (South Africa) won election as the sixth member of the WCF Golf Croquet Rules committee. He defeated Georg Dej and Kevin Ham for the position--
http://www.wcfcroquet.org/index.php
USCA AMERICAN NATIONALS REPORT: Ben Rothman's blog has a full report on USCA Nationals with photos--
http://croquetpro.blogspot.com/2011/11/usca-american-national-championships.html
USCA SENIORS-MASTERS RESULTS: Dick Sullivan took the USCA Seniors title while Fred Jones scored the Masters title.
USCA OFFERS GOLF CROQUET TITLES: The USCA has four new publications available in the book section for purchase. The titles are noted with "NEW" labels--
http://www.croquetamerica.com/gear/publications/
GRAND HAVEN INVITATIONAL: Cassandra Gaisor took the top spot at the Grand Haven Invitational held in Palm Coast, Florida--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/2011-grand-haven-invitational-results
SCCC FALL INVITATIONAL RESULTS: Alan Cottle won the Sarasota County Country Club Fall Invitational held in Venice, Florida at the end of October--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/2011-sarasota-county-croquet-club-fall-invitational-results
ROYAL PALM YACHT AND COUNTRY CLUB RESULTS: Ron Huxtable won the Royal Palm Invitational held in Boca Raton, Florida in early November--
http://croquet.ning.com/forum/topics/2011-royal-palm-yacht-and-country-club-invitational-results