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The murder of WCF President Charles Jones in Thailand last week is still the news that haunts the croquet world. There was an update in that a suspect has been arrested. In the meantime, there has only been a short statement released on the WCF website and I suspect the shock of such an event has everyone a bit paralyzed. After all, there is very little precedent for such an event in sports. And perhaps, a moment of quiet is what is best for the croquet world. Despite the fact that I never knew Charles, the international club of croquet creates a bond and I know that players across the world were saddened by this senseless loss.
The official 2012 WCF Association Croquet World Championship website is now live at www.croquetworlds2012.org. The event will be held April 28-May 6 in Adelaide, South Australia.
The Lake Toxaway Country Club and the USCA have announced the Toxaway Mountain Challenge II Golf Croquet Exhibition. World class champions Danny Huneycutt and Ben Rothman will come together on Saturday, September 17, to play a golf croquet exhibition in the majestic mountain Toxaway location in Western North Carolina. For more information--
http://www.toxawaymountainchallenge.com/Toxaway_Mountain_Challenge_2/TMC_II.html
Tim Rapuano and Cody Aichele from the New York Croquet Club helped get this rooftop croquet event for Martha Stewart and employees rolling (check out the full photo gallery)--
http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/08/croquet-cocktails-on-our-rooftop.html
The hurricane didn't stop this Duxbury, Massachusetts event--
http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/50_plus/x426955099/Irene-cant-stop-Wicked-Wicket-Croquet-in-Duxbury
An Australian club gets a $323,000 clubhouse makeover--
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/glory-days-returned-to-bendigo-croquet-club/2274232.aspx