Mission Hills Rakes In USCA Awards

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA -- The Mission Hills Croquet Club, part of the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California has been selected as the USCA’s 2010 "Club of the Year."

The USCA annually selects a club to identify and recognize those individuals whose leadership, spirit, drive, and dedication to the advancement of the sport of croquet in America, could serve as a model which others might emulate. Mission Hills Croquet has
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Morning Coffee: Trans-Tasman Update and a Sports Illustrated Find

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The Trans-Tasman Test is tied 1-1 with New Zealand holding a 2-1 lead in the final test. The final game is currently pegged down --
http://www.croquet-australia.com.au/Results/2011/TT/

The Mar-a-Lago Club singles got a nice write-up from the Palm Beach Daily News. John Joseph edged Geraldine McCauley 11-10 for the championship. Article and full tourney standings --
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/geraldine-mccauley-miss-gives-john-joseph-mar-a-1411523.html?cxtype=rss_columnists_278504

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Morning Coffee: Rothman Wins Western Regionals

Visit the StoreBen Rothman took the USCA Western Regionals Championship flight this past weekend. Full results --
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The 2011 Trans-Tasman (AUS vs NZ) Test starts this weekend. Full details--
http://www.croquet-australia.com.au/Events/2011/TT/index.html

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Morning Coffee: Mulliner is the U.S. Association Singles Champion

Visit the StoreStephen Mulliner takes the U.S. Association Singles title with a -4, +7, +26 finals win over Ben Rothman and is now the first player to take open national singles titles in New Zealand, Britain, America and Australia. Mulliner and Brian Cumming snagged the doubles title with a 2-0 win over Jim Bast and Danny Huneycutt. Catch up on the full reports in the American CWO forum --
http://croquetworld.com/Events_byDate.asp?region=The+Americas&period=3+Months

Croquet World Online offers a piece on changing the terrain to make croquet more "interesting" to watch/play ... ala golf. Yeah, golf like in the movie Caddyshack. I would counter that I'm not sure that golf is the sport to emulate since there's nothing particularly interesting about watching golf.

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Morning Coffee: Martin French Interview and USCA Planning

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

And CWO's 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

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