I've just returned from four days in West Palm Beach, Florida where I participated in the Annual USCA Planning Meetings at the National Croquet Center. It kicked off on Friday night, with the 2010 awards ceremony, where I am thrilled to announce that Croquet Network was given the USCA's Media Coverage award.
Read MoreMorning Coffee: WCF News Machine, ACA Championships and NZ Results
Visit StoreStill adjusting to the time change, so we shifted the MC one day. Enjoy the news ...
From 38 entries, eight wildcards have been chosen for the 2011 WCF World GC Championship to be held in London, England in July. The wildcards are --
Howard Cheyne, ENG
Marcus Evans, ENG
Ian Lines, ENG
Croquet Search Trends (February 2011)
Here are the hottest trending keywords to hit croquetnetwork.com in February:
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Morning Coffee: USCA Grand Prix, NZ Earthquake Donation and MCA News
CQNet StoreThe Croquet New Zealand website has a page available for people that would like to donate to the Canterbury Croquet Clubs for repairs needed from the February 22 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand. The page has several photos that show the damage to the courts and clubs --
http://www.croquet.org.nz/?id=293&entityType=HTML
The 2011 USCA Grand Prix is underway and Johnny Mitchell has an early lead. Top 10 listed below or
Association Rules Referee Course for North America
Martyn Selman sent in the following annoucement regarding an opportunity for an Association Croquet Referee Course in North America.
Support the game you love and learn the game in more depth by becoming an association croquet referee.
Upcoming North American Croquet Tourneys / Mar-Jun 2011
March 2011
Mar 1–5 / Mission Hills Invitational / Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA
Ron Hendry / 760-832-7681 / 760-567-6236 / croquetca@dc.rr.com / Ben Rothman, TD
Mar 3–6 / Charles Steuber Invitational / National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Archie Peck / 561-818-6039 / archiepeck@aol.com
Morning Coffee: Navy-St. John's, Mulliner in the Money and MCA Schedule
CQNet Store
Back to our normal Monday schedule and the highlight for me this week will be celebrating St. David's Day tomorrow with a bottle of two of Tomos Watkins at Llywellyn's. Now for your regularly scheduled croquet news ...
Stephens Mulliner took International Polo Club GC Invitational top prize of $5000 with a 2-0 victory over
Morning Coffee: Christchurch, Wood Mallets, Hilton Head and WCF Under-21 GC Championship
CQnet StoreRegular croquet news seems trivial, but here is the Morning Coffee rundown. We're on a Tuesday schedule this week due to President's Day in the U.S. In an odd coincidence, this post is pretty much built over a week and there happened to be many croquet news items from New Zealand.
The WCF has now launched a dedicated Under-21 GC World Championship section of the main WCF website --
Breaking News: Earthquake Hits Christchurch
After taking a day off to enjoy President's Day here in the U.S., it was devasting to wake up to news of a major earthquake in New Zealand that has reportedly killed 65 people. Obviously, any tragedy is upsetting, but I think many croquet players feel a connection to the area.
Read MoreMorning Coffee: Tom Armstrong, Rothman's Grand Prix and a New World Order
Wow. I've been tracking croquet news since roughly 2008 now and I have to say I haven't really seen anything quite like the current news cycle. More and more websites are getting updates out and it makes for a full slate news. Good for the sport and a lot of fun. Here's what we saw over the last week ...
From Croquet Australia, WCF Hall of Famer Tom Armstrong passed away at the age of 102 --