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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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Available tournament results from February:02/03 -- Beach Club Invitational/West Palm Beach, FLA -- Mike Gibbons02/10 -- WCF World Championships/Christchurch, New Zealand -- Chris Clarke02/17 -- Mar-A-Lago Doubles/Palm Beach, FLA-- Zoe deRopp/Gwynneth Selinger02/24 -- Chuck Steuber Invitational/Palm Beach, FLA -- Leo McBrideSources: USCA, Croquet World

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I don't know what's going on in most of these highlights, but still very interesting. There are about three shots that I completely don't understand.

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This month I thought it would be a good idea to discuss the evolving mission of croquetnetwork.com. In one sense it can be summed up pretty easily, I couldn't find another full-time croquet blog out there, so I thought I'd jump in. Of course, a primary focus is to cover news that comes up in a timely fashion. Frankly, there are not a lot of sources out there for croquet news (best sites listed in

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Time: approx. 30-40 minutesThis is a new feature that I’d like to put out monthly that will focus on skills for the basic backyard game. The strategy and drills are pretty common so experienced players probably won’t find much use in this series, but new players should find some value.We’ll start with my favorite and most practical drill. This one is most likely to simulate that one chance that

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Feb 27 - Mar 2 -- Audobon InvitationalAudobon Croquet Club, Naples, FLContact: jnjbalson@aol.comMar 3–8 -- 20th Peyton Ballenger InvitationalCrouquet Club at PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, FLContact: margostinson47@msn.comMar 7–9 -- Boca Grande InvitationalGasparilla Inn & Boca Bay, Boca Grande, FLContact: blainedavis@att.netMar 9–11 -- USCA Croquet Week Golf Croquet ChampionshipNational

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(flicker/cc -- user: sheilaellen)The Dream FieldI don't know where this was taken, but it sure says croquet to me. The photo was titled "Rotura Croquet Lawn."

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A little surf across the web this morning revealed this Maui Club breakdown of the World Championships. An excellent bracket that really clarifies how it went down. Good stuff.Maui Club WCF World Championship Link

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Chris Clarke won his second world championship by defeating Stephen Mulliner in four games this past weekend in Christchurch, New Zealand. Clarke last won in 1995.2008 Finals Scores:Chris Clarke (England) bt Stephen Mulliner (England) 9-26tp, 26-0tp, 26-17, 26-14Story Link: press.co.nz

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Five from England advanceRESULTS (number denotes seed)8-Stephen Mulliner (England) bt Michael Wright (NZ) 26-0 , 22-26, 26-20Shane Davis (NZ) bt Ian Lines (England) 19-26, 26-13, 26-55-David Maugham (England) bt Paddy Chapman (NZ) 26tp-22 26tp-1Aaron Westerby (NZ) bt 4-Rutger Beijderwellen (Netherlands) 1-26 26tp-9 26-133-Robert Fulford (England) bt Paul Skinley (NZ) 26-0 26-96-Keith Aiton (

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Shane Davis (NZ) bt 1-Reg Bamford (South Africa) 26-18 4-26 26tp-9Ian Lines (England) bt Greg Bryant (NZ) 26-20 20-19Michael Wright (NZ) bt Peter Landrebe (Australia) 0-26tp 26-23 26-118-Stephen Mulliner (England) bt Robert Lowe (NZ) 18-26, 26-22, 26-185-David Maugham (England) bt David Openshaw (England) 1-26 26tp-1 26-9Paddy Chapman (NZ) bt Leo McBride (Canada) 26tp-16 10-26 26-21Aaron Westerby

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QUALIFIERS FOR THE 32-PLAYER KNOCKOUT(top four from each block in order):Block A:Reg Bamford (South Africa) Jonathan Kirby (Scotland), Ian Lines (England) AJ Reid (NZ)Block B:Chris Clarke (England) John Gibbons (England) Robert Lowe (NZ)Andrew Johnston (Ireland)Block C:Robert Fulford (England) Ian Dumergue (Australia) Shane Davis (NZ) Marcus Evans (Wales)Block D:David Maugham (England) Greg

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Jan 31 - Feb 3 - - Sarasota County Winter Singles InvitationalSarasota County Croquet Club, Venice, FL crokpeople@aol.comFeb 1 - Feb 3 - - USCA Croquet SchoolNational Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, FL usca@msn.comFeb 5 - Feb 9 - - ORAC InvitationalOcean Reef Club, Key Largo, FL wgcamper@aol.comFeb 12 - Feb 17 - - Useppa Island InvitationalGasparilla & Useppa, Useppa Island, FL

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The Austin Statesman has a nice profile on Jim Bast who took off eight years from competitive croquet to raise two daughters. Bast is back in the game now and will compete in this year's World Championships in New Zealand. As I read the piece, I was wondering if my wife would let me quit the day job and take on competitive croquet. Probably not. Oh well, this quote from Bast is something I think

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The Croquet World site reports that Ben Rothman defeatedJohn Osborn 26-2 to win the singles Championship flightat the Palm Beach Invitational in Florida this weekend.Link to Site

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This is from an Edina, Minnesota promotional show. A pretty good interview on the basics and some nice footage of play at their club.

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Okay, so it's 18 days late, but here's a list of ideas for all you malletheads that is sure to enhance your 2008 croquet season:1) Play in one event outside of your normal circle. If you normally play in a family game, find the nearest club and get in a game. The USCA site has a listing of clubs. If you normally play with a club, try hooking up with another club. Again, check the USCA website for

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Price: $110 (with aluminum shaft and grip)Website: www.croquetstore.com (oakley woods)Phone: 866-364-8895Other: Rounded or square heads available (tested with round head)For the casual player this is a great mallet that will get you through the social backyard game or allow you to play in some competitive tournaments. The Croquet Store/Oakley Woods taper-lock system gives the mallet a solid,

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My current favorite croquet video.

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We'll kick this blog off with an update on Missouri Croquet Association action from the Fall. Here's the rundown:Oct 6 -- Missouri Veterans Home Benefit TourneyFlight A: Billy Bob BreedenFlight B: Gary Harlan($823 raised for Missouri Veterans Home)Sept 21 -- Lee's Summit OpenChampionship Flight: Billy Bob Breeden"B" Flight: Dennis LangleySept 15 -- Midwest Open Warrensburg, Mo. Championship

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