The 2024 WCF GC World Championship delivered another entertaining day as play shifted from the round of 16 to the quarterfinals at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club near Hartfield, Va. Robert Fletcher (AUS), Euan Burridge (ENG), Khaled Kamel (EGY) and Blake Fields (USA) all advanced to the semifinal round with Kamel and Fields needing fifth games to advance.
Read MoreThe Most Exciting Day in Sports: GCWC Playoffs 2024
The 2024 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship Round of 32 and 16 is one of the most entertaining days in croquet and yes, I will say it — all of sport. Eighty players battle for five days in block play to whittle down to 32. That first playoff day is a whirlwind of action as the day brings unpredictable best of three action and generally ends with only eight players left standing. It’s a nail-biter for top seeds and anyone following the event.
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2024 GCWC Opening Day on October 18. Photo by Kent Eanes.
2024 GC Worlds Reach the Playoff Stage
The 2024 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship has made it through the blocks and the playoff (knockout) stage will start at 8:30 eastern time this morning at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club near Hartfield, Va.
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2024 Tulsa GC Classic Enjoys 36-Player Field
The 2024 Tulsa Classic held at LaFortune Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over Labor Day weekend proved to be a popular event. The tournament ran Friday, August 30 through Monday, September 2 and attracted 36 total players, with local players indicating it was the largest field in at least 10 years for a Tulsa tournament.
Read More2025 U21 GC World Championship: September 11 USCA Deadline
The 2025 U21 Golf Croquet World Championship will take place at the Sarasota Croquet Club in Venice, Florida, from April 14-18, 2025. This prestigious event will host 24 of the world’s top young croquet players as they compete for the title on the club’s seven high-quality lawns.
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JER and Linda Chilton Foundation and CFA Introduce The New Steuber Classic
In a move to attract new players and increase support for the serious sport of American Six Wicket Croquet, the Croquet Foundation of America, Inc. (CFA) and the JER and Linda Chilton Foundation, have announced a multi-year, strategic partnership to introduce the New Steuber Classic Croquet Tournament.
Read More2024 WCF GC Worlds Qualifier Allocation List
The allocation date for the 2024 WCF GC World Championship Qualifying Tournament to be held at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club in Hartfield, Virginia, October 13-16, was July 24, 2024. As of that date, the event was over-subscribed: the event capacity is 40, and 62 apparently eligible entries have been received.
Read More2024 Rockfish GC Tournament at Chesapeake Bay
The 2024 Rockfish Golf Croquet Tournament is set to take place from July 4 to July 7, 2024 at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club in Harfield, Virginia. Hosted amidst the vibrant festivities of the Blue Crab Arts and Crafts Festival, the event offers two USCA sanctioned tournaments in one, with players having the opportunity to engage in singles or doubles, or both.
Read More2024 GC Worlds: US Player Availability Deadline
The 2024 WCF Golf Croquet World Championship will be hosted in the U.S. for the first time since 2002. The event will be held at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club, making its debut as a world-championship venue. Practice and opening ceremony on Thursday 10/17, with competition beginning the next day and finishing on Saturday 10/26.
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2022 Golf Croquet World Champion Matthew Essick in play at this year’s AC World Championship. Photo by Andrew Moss.
Golf Croquet Celebrates 90 Years
For long-time croquet enthusiasts, golf croquet seems like a relatively new sensation and certainly, the rapid world growth that tracks back roughly to the start of this century creates an aura of a game that is brand new. However, Chris Williams, Archivist for Croquet England, says the birth of the popular croquet version was documented in an issue of the Croquet Gazette that says the rules for Golf Croquet had been approved and were to “be embodied in the Laws of Croquet and Regulations for Official Tournaments and C.A. Year Book for 1934” during a Council meeting held on December 14, 1933.
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