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

April 4, 2011

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.

International Croquet Tournament Schedule Additions

April 2, 2011

The following tournaments were added to the International Croquet Tournament Schedule page this month:

Croquet Website Directory Additions (March 2011)

March 31, 2011

The following websites have been added to the Croquet Network directories this month:

Morning Coffee: USCA on Twitter and Fletcher Takes National Title

March 28, 2011

Interesting news out of the gate. It appears the USCA now has

Croquet On Facebook (March 2011)

March 27, 2011

Most popular croquet groups on Facebook for March 2011:

Rank / Group / Likes / Last Month
01. I'm not posh, just jolly good at croquet - 58,247 (1)
02. Croquet (Wikipedia) - 7,751 (2)

Mallethead: 10 Ways Croquet is Just Like March Madness

March 24, 2011

To celebrate the month of madness for college basketball, here's your list of ways that croquet and hoops are pretty much the same.

1. Both games are played on courts.

2. In both sports, it's all about scoring hoops.

Morning Coffee: Martin French Interview and USCA Planning

March 22, 2011

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

Update After USCA Meetings

March 22, 2011

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.

Croquet Website Rankings (February 2011)

March 17, 2011

U.S. web traffic for the main croquet websites slowed quite a bit for February according to compete.com. This comes as no surprise as for most of the country February represents the peak of the offseason. Already Croquet Network is seeing a boost for March as the weather starts to warm up and malletheads across the nation dream of green grass and the clicking of mallets.

Morning Coffee: WCF News Machine, ACA Championships and NZ Results

March 14, 2011

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