The UK Croquet Association has been proactive in facing the COVID-19 pandemic and has provided an update on actions they've taken since the outbreak began intended to support members and clubs.
“As soon as the scale of the rapidly developing situation became apparent, it set up a task force to respond to it, which is continuing to review the situation on an on-going basis,” says Jonathan Isaacs, chairman of the council.
Read MoreThe PCA Board of Directors has decided to hold the opening season of the PCA Pro Tour in 2021 and will cancel all previously scheduled PCA Pro Tour events in 2020.
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What do you get when you have a group of top players sitting courtside at a recent Nationals in lovely Palm Springs, asking themselves, “What’s next? What else can we do for this fascinating sport of ours?” You get the Professional Croquet Association (PCA) and ideas for a series of events called the “PCA Tour.”
Knowing that the PCA would be a complement to the USCA rather than a competitor, its primary goals include the development of exciting, newsworthy, sponsored events in competitive croquet, and to create an opportunity for competitors to earn money playing the game.
Read MoreAs we roll into a new decade, we are reviving our annual New Year’s Day tradition with our look at the most popular articles and pages on Croquet Network for 2019.
Read MoreThe Croquet Association (UK) in now selling a limited run of a new book titled Beyond Expert Croquet Tactics. The ambitious book has a wide-ranging focus, but at the top of the list it looks to provide updated tactical advice on Keith Wylie’s Expert Croquet Tactics which was first published in 1985.
Read MoreBishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community, a leader in the senior living industry, holds a grand opening ceremony to debut the new Anderson Croquet Court and Pavilion on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Anderson Court Pavilion with remarks from Bishop Gadsden President/CEO Sarah Tipton and retired President/CEO Bill Trawick, as well as residents who were instrumental in making croquet at Bishop Gadsden a reality. There will also be a blessing of the court and pavilion by Fr. Dow Sanderson.
Read MoreCompetitive croquet returns to Buffalo this week for the 3rd Annual Buffalo Croquet Club 6-Wicket Invitational. Over 30 players, coming from New York City, Boston, California, Florida and Canada will arrive in Delaware Park for one of the sport’s most popular tournaments.
Some of the country’s top players will be in the Queen City, including returning champion John H. Young III, of Bermuda, whose grandfather helped invent this American version of croquet; Chris Patmore, who originally rose through the croquet ranks of Britain; and Rich Curtis, the former president of the U.S. Croquet Association.
The Championship Flight winner of each American Rules (6 Wicket) Regional will receive a purse of $200 to be used to offset entry fees in the next National Championship in that discipline (US, AC, GC).
The money (purse) granted from this program is generated by donations. A donor has come forward to sponsor the US 6-Wicket Regionals for 2018. For this year, USCA is offering Champion's Purses for the winners of the US 6-Wicket Regionals and the USCA is looking for donors to sponsor the AC and GC Champion's Purses.