USCA Announces 2013 Solomon Team

The 2013 Solomon Trophy (United States versus Great Britain) will be held 6-9 August 2013 at the Hunstanton Croquet Club in Norfolk, England, UK.

The Selection Committee selected the following players to represent the United States.

Paul Bennett (AZ)
Doug Grimsley (GA)
Robert Hurst (SC)
Stuart Lawrence (NY)
David Maloof (FL)
Chris Patmore (CT)

Mike Taylor (NC) Alternate
David Bent (FL) Alternate

USCA Publisher Account Hacked

To all contacts related to the USCA's Croquet News magazine, the e-mail account was hacked and utilized to send out a spam link to all e-mail addresses. Yahoo did suspend the account relatively quickly. I have gained back control of the account at this point; however, it is still suspended from sending e-mail. You can still send mail in as I will receive it and hopefully this suspension will be lifted soon. 
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USCA Club Teams Championship Draws Big

The largest croquet team event of the year will be held during Croquet Week at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, March 13-17. The Club Teams Championships will feature team competition in at least four flights with croquet clubs competing from across the country and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  More than 130 players will be competing.
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The International Flipper Pinball Association

As I was scanning my new issue of Fortune magazine last week, I came across a short piece on pinball. Yeah, pinball like the Who and arcades and all that. Obviously, there has been a consolidation in the industry over the past few decades yet there seems to be some optimism overall. That aside, this concept fascinated me -- The International Flipper Pinball Association. The article mentions that the association has 14,000 members.
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