Visit the StoreCroquet World Online has an in-depth interview with WCF Secretary General Martin French that is required reading for croquet fans --
http://croquetworld.com/News/french.asp
Also from CWO, Bob Alman has the best rundown of the USCA Planning Meeting posted in his American Forum. Look under The Meetings and the Gossip. An excerpt --
The headline from the Annual Meeting on Friday is: THE USCA MEMBERSHIP GREW BY 10 PERCENT in 2010. This is major news, not seen since the departure of Jack Osborn as president, decades ago, when he touted croquet as "The fastest growing sport in America."
The Australian Croquet Association has posted a PDF with details on the Australian Open Golf Croquet Championships to be held May 14-22 in Sydney --
http://www.croquet-australia.com.au/Events/2011/GC-May/Event%20Description.pdf
On the nine-wicket front, George Cochran took the championship flight in the Royal Knights of Croquet/Spring Fling tournament held this past weekend in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Full results are available in the forum and you can see photos here --
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9526569@N06/sets/72157626318947528/with/5547665878/
Out west, Jim Butts took the Bob Riddell GC Tournament at Mission Hills. Full results in the forum --
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