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| British Singles sets records in 2021
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Although the signup was smaller than usual, the British Singles Championship was once again the "virtual world championship,' as Bamford defeated Fulford with multiple sextuples in the finals in early July at England's Surbiton club.
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Meadowood burning
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That was roughly the title of four emails I opened after returning from an early dinner in West Palm Beach. Not just Meadowood, but countless square miles of Napa Valley, including St. Helena and Calistoga Ranch and much more, being consumed by an uncontrolled fire.
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USCA HALTS 2020 EVENTS
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While croquet proceeds unabated--in the US as well as around the world--the USCA Management Committee suspended all national title events until 2021. Updated 9/22/2020
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"Let's have a ball!"
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Only in America would the Palm Beach way of raising significant money for the sport be done this way; but it still succeeds in the only country in the world where croquet is regarded as a rich man's sport.
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| "I can't breathe"
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A knee on my neck or a novel virus in my lungs threatens my life; but I can still play croquet to celebrate "re-opening" around the world.
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Closed Victoria Centre
facing severe cash shortfalls
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A devastating 20-page report of Victoria Croquet's new treasurer calls for the immediate furlough of the two staff members and forecasts potentially insurmountable problems ahead for the 12-court jewel of the sport in Australia.
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| The world waits and worries
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South Florida is at the epicenter of the effects of public prudence, with cancellation of all major public events and croquet events as well.
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| Across the moat
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The game includes a lot more than croquet at the Bishop's Palace, an English medieval site with a central lawn that animates the space for visitors and players alike.
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| The Club
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It's the smallest common denominator for the people who want to play croquet together. We chose just one of them, in Australia, to represent in words and pictures what it takes to make the club flourish.
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| What is Howard Sosin's game?
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He likes to figure things out and made a fortune inventing financial derivatives in the early 90's. Now he creates and perfects new croquet variations--including "Peel Croquet"--in a games laboratory with top players at the National Croquet Center.
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| Magical transforming hoops
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Jiminy Wicket -- pairing seniors with youngsters--is expanding from Denver with corporate and institutional support to more cities, and even to England.
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| Droning the croquet courts
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Small and inexpensive drones carrying cameras provide more compelling access than Google Earth to overviews of croquet clubs around the globe.
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| Lighting the Courts
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As club membership grows, one way to maximize playing space without building more courts is to extend the playing time beyond twilight--with the aid of court lighting.
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| Chesapeake Bay CC debuts
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Rave reviews abound for a new 8-court club in its first full season as a newly invented model for club development.
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| Sarasota Doubles in Size
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Long the national model for public club development, the Sarasota County Croquet Club, with six full-sized courts, can now host major national and international events.
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| Mallet Mania
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The writer's croquet adventure has taken him through many mallets in a couple of decades, some of which have now become paperweights.
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| Your perfect event: Part Two
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Why is the element of time still pervasive in America at all levels of play? In England, clock time plays little role in classic weekend competitions fashioned especially for high-level players of working age
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| Your perfect event, Part One
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Sponsored Golf Croquet programs for novices generates club revenue in Australia; in South Florida, the "Golf Croquet Champion of Champions Invitational" seeks new underwriting.
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| New at the Centres!
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Different/better/more and new all combine to improve the only 12-court facilities in the world, on opposite sides of the globe. See our picture story.
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| Ponte Vedra's 'AZ Closed'
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An American tournament classic that refuses to die after losing its main court starts a new tradition with a portable competition, in North Florida.
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| The McDonnell Tapes
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Mike Orgill's interview with the pioneer of California croquet who shaped the historic emergence of Sonoma-Cutrer and Meadowood is linked to other voices of the time.
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Selecting the Golf Croquet team
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A major tournament and fundraiser in North Carolina looks like an ideal prototype for a future "Golf Croquet Selection Eights" selection event.
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Croquet in South Africa
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After a sudden decline in synch with radical shifts in the political culture, the sport is back--with some notable differences.
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Living a big dream in KC
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On a hillside near Kansas City, Matt Griffith is perfecting his one-lawn club, with "full capacity" measured by growing revenue, more and bigger parties, and personal satisfaction.
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Facts for Vanity Fair
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Checking the facts as requested by a mainstream publication can be as instructive and much more fun than the run-of-the-mill article they publish.
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Seven Courts at Ponte Vedra!
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The third-largest all-for-croquet facility in America, in north Florida, is also the first anywhere to be planned, financed, built, and managed by one person.
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The two biggest stars
of 20th Century croquet
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Two American show business personalities outshone all others, and a fast-growing club in the Southwest has successfully adapted their freewheeling style in public spaces. From the book "Murder Mystery and Croquet."
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The USA Hard-court Eight
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The official name of the event was the Pasadena Invitational, but the idea was generated by US players stung by their drubbing in Christchurch at the quadrennial MacRob in January, and the eight players invited were mostly present or former International team members.
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How is croquet branded?
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For more than a century, print advertisements for a host of products have used croquet as visual shorthand to suggest certain qualities which our sport does not possess.
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Jiminy Wicket Wins Again!
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Denver's June 21 event on "The Longest Day" scored in members, bucks, and publicity for the Alzheimer's Association and the Denver Croquet Club.
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Swiss Croquet is centered at CERN
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While croquet is firmly established in the shadow of Geneva's CERN, the rest of Switzerland lags behind with light mallets and primitive rules on indifferent lawns.
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Croquet in the Czech Republic
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Check it out: with six clubs, new multi-court clubs, and countless off-court attractions, the Czechs are welcoming visitors to their international events.
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India reinvents the sport
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The croquet courts of the maharajas are either gone or recycled at heritage hotels, so 21st century croquet has found a broader base among students in 11 states.
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| What I did for love
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Managing a lawn in the public domain could require more than political savvy; you may have to resort to prayer and criminal cunning.
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| United Croquet Club's centennial
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Its seven lawns in central Christchurch make it a obvious pick for major events, and the 2013 New Zealand Open is not the least of them.
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Back to the future:
Country Club Croquet
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What started as "a sport for the affluent class" in the 70's and then mushroomed on public courts is now in renaissance in gated communities in the southern Appalachians.
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| Croquet in Latvia?
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The tiny Baltic state has made a fast start in building courts, buying heavy equipment, growing membership, joining the WCF, and entering world events.
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| A picture postcard from Leo
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US team member Leo Nikora promised to send "live" reports from the World Championships in Australia. Pictures, they say, are worth more than words.
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| "Serious Croquet" in America
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For decades, it has been an attitude and a way of life in the country club culture of the eastern US, but now it's also an elegant oversized book with striking photographs and poetic text.
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Gateball goes international
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Australia's national croquet association has sponsored this crowd-pleasing mallet sport's introduction to the English-speaking world. Here's the story and pictures from the 2011 championship.
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In the Money
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Cash purses for 2012 Golf Croquet invitationals in South Florida and South Africa rival the numbers in the glory days of American croquet in the 80's.
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LIVERPOOL III
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Prospecting a new-club start in Liverpool, Hawkins strikes pay-dirt on the third try. Or is it only fool's gold?
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New book on Golf Croquet
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The chapter "How to Win" is excerpted from a new volume on Golf Croquet tactics out of Queensland, Australia.
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New WCF Sec-Gen takes charge
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Martin French, vowing transparency, has taken on the worldwide organization's priorities and administration following a year of tumult.
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The 2011 Int'l Polo Invitational
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It had the biggest purse, the best lawn, Egyptian balls, and great players, despite the unexpected withdrawal of the Egyptian champions.
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Crokool!
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It's easy to rig your pool table for Golf Croquet. Find out how.
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Egyptian balls
debut in Palm Beach
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The Golf Croquet purse invitational for top players at International Polo signals a breakthrough in the worldwide culture of the sport.
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PASADENA BREAKTHROUGH!
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The U.S. Croquet Association showcases on November 6-7 the most evolved Golf Croquet Exhibition Series yet developed by the national sports organization, soon to be duplicated all around the country.
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Playing through dementia
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Golf Croquet is a game that can create a bridge of communication and relationship to family members with Alzheimer's.
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Europe united under one flag!
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The new flag of the European Croquet Federation bears a striking resemblance to the flag of the European Union, and it's no accident.
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Management shifts
at the National Croquet Center
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The end of the High Season in South Florida brings with it news of a financial shortfall, a new round of fundraising, a change in management, and optimistic predictions, but this summer there's something new: a rational business plan!
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The biggest game:
strategic planning
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Four clubs in the USCA's Club Organizers' Workshop demonstrate a surprising range of problems, solutions, and breakthroughs in applying standard business principles to the local nonprofit.
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Croquet in China?
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With the rapid emergence of China's affluent class, the growth of first-rate croquet facilities is inevitable, and the World Croquet Federation is planting the seeds.
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Who Really Won
the Election of 1876?
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In the most contentiously contested election in American history, a special commission put the loser of the popular vote -- America's croquet-playing president -- into the White House.
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The eBay croquet art sting
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The bibliographer and the collector conspire with the Sussex police to recover irreplaceable croquet portraits from the Edwardian era.
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Urban Croquet
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The radical vision of a German designer combines fun, fashion, and fantasy in one compelling retail package.
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Canceling the '07 Solomon Trophy
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The controversy has produced a debate that promises to reinvigorate the US vs British team event and broaden the player base.
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The face of youth
in American croquet
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They haven't yet caused a revolution in the sport, but impressive victories here and there in America signal the growing strength of a new generation.
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The Liverpool Project: Phase One
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Starting with nothing more than firm resolve and abandoned public parks, James Hawkins has taken the first giant steps towards putting Liverpool on the croquet map
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Hawkins becomes
co-editor of Croquet World
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A joint announcement of James Hawkins of England and Bob Alman, founding editor, confirms the move as part of an extensive "re-launch" of the sport's online magazine.
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Ghosts are stirring
at Sonoma-Cutrer
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The retooled version of the North American Open in May 2006 shows much of the shape and content of the old S-C World Championship - including big prize money.
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Inventing the American game
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Croquet World interviews Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr., last surviving eyewitness to the historic croquet adventures of the "Algonquin Round Table" at his family's Great Neck home in the 20s.
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The National Croquet Center is reborn
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The dream is alive again. After a long and agonizing false start, croquet's premier venue gets fresh lease on life with new funding, expanded staff, and professional on-site management.
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A global outlook on handicapping
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Appointed by the World Croquet Federation, Canadian mathematician Louis Nel is charting a path toward worldwide handicapping harmony, and he needs your help.
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The MacRob comes to America
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Croquet's ultimate event is the new National Croquet Center's greatest spectacle, and Croquet World covers it all, beginning with this preview.
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Mr. Nice Guy Ascends to WCF Presidency
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Long-time championship player and British team captain David Openshaw will replace Tony Hall to become the World Croquet Federation's fifth president.
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The people's purse
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Danny Huneycutt's homespun circuit of prize-money tournaments - the Croquet Fever Competition Series - is well on the way to doubling worldwide purse winnings in croquet.
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Purse tallies rise in 2002
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Momentum will continue in 2003 if the new money tour in the southeastern states offsets the loss of the Sonoma-Cutrer World Championship.
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Croquet's showcase comes alive
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Be it ever so elegant, there's no place like the National Croquet Center, and these pictures of the first major events of the preseason prove it.
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2001 croquet purse tally
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In his annual nonstory, replete with annual stats from 1987 onward, Garth Eliassen reports a 15 percent increase in purse winnings.
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Previewing the opening
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In two weeks of special events, an extravagant vision assumes real dimension and color at croquet's new national home in Florida
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BALLS! BALLS! BALLS! BALLS!
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Four balls have been approved for championship play - from Australia, South Africa, Taiwan, and the United States. Here are the stats and the
skinny on each one.
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Patuxent Spring
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The greening of the lawns after a long winter
is reason enough to have a tournament; Patuxent made up a second reason
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Building the house of croquet
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April brings two milestones for croquet's national home: the staff moves onsite, and the clubhouse foundations are laid.
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Press release and correction.
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The issues leading to the temporary closing of the National Croquet Center are outlined and
addressed by the Palm Beach County Zoning Division, County Commissioner Carol Roberts, and
the Center staff
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The mudsucker miracle
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When solutions appear for insoluble problems, sport and religion converge on the croquet lawn.
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