tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502492749427575422009-11-10T12:54:55.186ZCroquet News, Blog, Rules, Portal and more | croquetnetwork.comDamage_96http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935876471873342361noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550249274942757542.post-19316352049535718912009-08-28T13:49:00.004+01:002009-08-28T13:54:51.486+01:00

Croquet Network has moved again. If you stick with:croquetnetwork.comYou'll always be in touch with my nomadic website. Why are we moving? Here's the short version:The short story is I had to tighten expenses over the summer and Squarespace is a paid host. I figured I could go back to Blogger and manage this thing for free. Wrong -- I missed too many of the features offered by Squarespace. Anyway

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/thy/ / CC BY 2.0

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Mallethead Ringer - Purchase OnlineCroquet Network has launched a new product line through Cafepress. The mallethead shirts, hats and other attire and accessories are a not so subtle way to show your love for croquet. You can visit the Mallethead store here.Mallethead T-Shirt - Purchase OnlineMallethead Golf Shirt - Purchase OnlineOur first Croquet Network Store:It Takes Balls

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Can anyone tell me what a nontuple is?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjjXE1jm8MThis Jerry Stark magazine article must be posted for archiving purposes. This link is for the digital edition (see page 40):http://www.emag-americanwaymag.com/july_15_09.htmlBen Rothman has a blog going. This will be a must-read:http://croquetpro.blogspot.com/

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USCA Stock PhotoAny kind of press is good press right?As I skim the Google croquet news feed on a regular basis, I can say that the sheer number of events that roll through the feed indicate that quite a bit of croquet is being played. It supports the belief that despite having roughly 3,000 registered USCA players in the U.S. for example, there are likely tens of thousands more that are playing

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After changing platforms, I realize I need to build up my links again in the right column. A site I find to be extremely useful is the Maui Croquet Club website. Tons of useful information and probably the best list of club links around.And of course, the USCA website is a critical link. Normally, it has a good list of news in the lower section, though nothing new has popped up since mid-July.

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Another summer is reaching it's final weeks, but I was able to put in a lot of work on the croquet fields. My little social backyard club here in Kansas City successfully implemented some golf croquet events that seemed to breathe new life into the summer tour. I've gotten a chance to play more six-wicket at the Kactus Creek Croquet Club up in Parkville, Missouri. I know now that's where I want

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I'm getting ready to embark on a four-day practice session of six-wicket up in Parkville, Missouri. This six-wicket video seemed appropriate. On top of that, I really liked the homemade deadness board.

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After a little bit of jumping around, Croquet Network is back on blogger. The site just didn't merit the pay model over on squarespace. Expect posting to start flowing again soon.

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I find this video to be very interesting for two reasons: -- The way he opens his feet during the huge back swing-- Notice during the slo-mo on the first shot that the mallet follows through all twisted, yet the shot is still successful

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Sonoma-Cutrer Croquet Club / ClubA beautiful club site designed in WordPress, which allows for an RSS feed that people can subscribe to with their iGoogle, My Yahoo or MSN pages. The feed for Sonoma-Cutrer comes in on the Croquet Network feed below. More croquet sites need to use a blog platform (Squarespace, WordPress, TypePad, Blogger) for their sites. The updating is easy and the RSS feed

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4/25 -- Alumni Cup/Leawood, KS -- Kansas State4/26 -- International Rules Championship Singles/West Palm Beach, FL-- Brian Cumming4/26 -- International Rules Championship Doubles/West Palm Beach, FL -- Leo McBride & Doug GrimsleyNo word on the results from P. Diddy's tournament.Sources: USCA, Croquet World, PBR Tour

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Well, I'm finding out how difficult it is to manage a blog site, play some croquet, keep the grass under control and spend some time with the family. The downside is nearly another month without getting a post up, but we forge on.The upside is I've got a couple of tournaments under my belt.The downside is they've both been wet and cold and dark.The upside is I played and hosted my first team

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recursion_see_recursion / flickr creative commons

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April Video of the MonthLast point of a series of videos from YouTube on the final game between Ahmed Nasr and Chris Clark. Could use some play by play, but otherwise, very good.

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Available tournament results from March:03/08 -- Peyton Ballenger/Palm Beach Gardens, FL -- Bob Chilton03/11 -- Croquet Week Golf Championship/West Palm Beach, FL -- Trevor Herin03/16 -- 2008 World Golf Croquet Championship/Cape Town, S. Africa -- Ahmed Nasr03/16 -- Club Championship/West Palm Beach, FL -- NCC/Stewart Jackson & Johnny Mitchell03/22 -- Mar-a-Lago Singles/Palm Beach, FL -- Sandy

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Wow. I laid out the best of intentions last month in the first edition of this department establishing a minimum target for monthly features/departments. I hit on two of the seven targets for March. So what happened? Well, a little of everything. I picked up that little cold/flu and that held me back a bit. That was followed by a couple of major family birthday celebrations. Throw in that

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Apr 3 -- Bald Head Island Singles TournamentBald Head Island Croquet Club, Bald Head Island, NCContact: j_jknott@bellsouth.netApr 4–6 -- National Croquet Center Singles ChampionshipNational Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, FLContact: archiepeck@aol.comApr 5–6 -- Croquet FoolsKing City and Westmoreland, OR, King City&Westmoreland, ORContact: sweeney@pdxlawyer.comApr 10–13 -- NC Open Croquet Champ.

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In honor of the WCF World Golf Croquet championships, I had to post this awesome little segment of great golf croquet shots. I've got to try this game.

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The Missouri Croquet Association has posted dates for the USCA 9-Wicket National Tournament. The event will be held in Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Kansas City Metro Area) October 3-5, 2008.

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It looked like the Egyptians might be in danger of finally losing the WCF Laidlaw Golf Croquet World Championship this past weekend in South Africa. Local favorite Reg Bamford took on Ahmed Nasr in the finals with a home crowd behind him but fell in four games during the best-of-five final.For Nasr, it was his second world championship with his other title coming in 2004. The Egyptians now have

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Today's post will kick off a new monthly series providing links on croquet sites across the internet. The links will also be provided on the Croquet Network User Links page which is a great resource in that it allows anyone to upload a club link. This month's links:Arizona Croquet Club / ClubThis is nice site for one of the major U.S. croquet clubs established in 1975. If you dig deep enough,

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Checking in on the WCF website, the Laidlaw Golf Croquet Championships are down to eight players. American Sherif Abdelwahab lost 4-7, 4-7 to Khalid Younis (Egypt) in the second round knockout.The Egyptians are impressive as they have six players in the final eight. Six-wicket world champion Chris Clarke is still in the mix as well as Reg Bamford.I will saying following the event has me very

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The WCF Laidlaw Golf Croquet Championships are under way in South Africa and the field is starting to narrow. Sherif Abdelwahab for the United States has played well thus far losing only one match in block play. According to the wcfcroquet.org website results listed below, Abdelwahab has advanced to the final sixteen. A few matchups appear to have been unavailable for the results posting (only 11

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