Visit the Store Block announcements have been made for the BestInvest Golf Croquet World Championships and the full list can be found in the Croquet Network forum. In addition, Tom King has been announced as event manager. Full block listing--
/croquet-network-forum/post/1527189#post1527189
England won the Home Internationals held June 18-19 at Heaton Park in Manchester. Full results available here--
Visit the Store Robert Fulford took the CA Men's Championship with a -25tp +20tp +26tp +4 win over Paddy Chapman. The event was held at the Cheltenham Croquet Club, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Fulford advanced through the playoff by defeating Lionel Tibble, David Maugham and James Death. Full bracket--
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=3732
Miranda Morgan won the Women's Championship with a -12tp +20 +25 win over Gabrielle Higgens.
First off, anyone that wants to debate the merit of croquet as a sport can turn around and walk right back out the door right now.
Okay, now that we've cleared out the deadwood, let's roll. Mallethead doesn't see how you can count the one-year entry of croquet in the Olympics in 1900 (before switching to roque for the 1904 event) as a valid attempt to evaluate the sport before giving it the boot. Consider this excerpt from Wikipedia:*
Visit the Store Croquet World Online reports that former world golf croquet champion Khaled Younis from Egypt had a recent car accident that has forced him to withdraw from the WCF World Golf Croquet Championship. According to the online article, the crash occured at 1:00 a.m. in the morning after a croquet match. Younis suffered a broken left hip and is currently in the hospital, but does a have a good prognosis. He needs six weeks of rest and is projected to be able to return to croquet in three-four months. A profile of Younis from Mohammad Kamal accompanies the piece --
http://croquetworld.com/People/khaled.asp
Visit the Store Maine's Big Lobster Croquet Tournament will be held from Tuesday, September 6, through Sunday, September 11, 2011. The opening reception and BBQ will be on Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. and play will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The finals will finish before 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. The format will be the same as all previous "Big Lobsters" -- nine wicket doubles and six wicket singles, USCA sanctioned. Details and entry forms will be sent out later, but mark it on your calendars and come join us here on the coast of Maine for a fun week of croquet in a beautiful setting. Perry Mattson