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What is Croquet?

- It's fun!
- suitable for all ages
- a thinking person's game
- stress free
- low cost
- men and women compete together

 

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Croquet is particularly suitable for those wanting a competitive outdoor activity but one that is less physically demanding than sports such as golf and tennis.
It is initially easy to pick up, although it requires skill and strategy at a more advanced level.

 

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The Wakatipu Croquet Club plays two forms of croquet :-

 

Golf Croquet

Each side has two balls. The first side to pass one of their balls through a hoop scores a point and then everyone moves on to the next hoop. Most people start with this form of the game.

 

Association Croquet

This is the original form of the game.

It is more complex and harder to understand but is very rewarding. 

Each side has two balls. The object is to use a mallet to hit the balls through all 

12 hoops and onto a peg while hitting your opponents’ balls into positions that make it difficult for them to do the same.

 

Both forms can be played as singles where each player has two balls or as doubles where players have a ball each.

Fact or Fiction ...

Fiction ... Croquet is only for old people
Fact ... NZ were
 the 2020 world champions in Golf Croquet and the winning team members were all under 25.

Who on Earth would want to play Croquet ?

 

“No, I don’t want to play Croquet, isn’t that a bit of a fuddy duddy  game and certainly not for me” I said to my neighbour when she asked me if I wanted to play. But Lyn kept asking in her polite and enthusiastic way so finally I did go around to Jardine Park where the grounds are and oh, how wrong I was with the perception of the game I had in my head.

I found it to be intriguing, strategic and most of all enjoyable. One can be a big hitter or a gentle hitter of the ball and be equally as good. There are members who have played no sport before and some who are quite sporty, so it doesn’t matter what your perceived sporting ability is. The members of the club are welcoming and friendly, about half and half female and male and any age, the majority probably over fifty, but some young members as well. They come from all walks of life so it is easy to fit in. They are very willing to show you the basics and more.

One doesn’t feel obliged to go every club day, no one is let down if you are not there as teams are made up on the day. You can turn up for just morning or just afternoon play on any Club day, which are Thursdays and Saturdays plus Sunday afternoons, or take your lunch and stay for the whole days play. The club rooms are great with full kitchen facilities.  

The Wakatipu Croquet  club is welcoming new members so I reckon you should come along, even it is just for a try, it may not be you, but at least you have given yourself the opportunity of finding out.

Come along on one of our Club Days. (Thursday & Saturday every week).  No obligation and no croquet knowledge needed.  You will be most welcome, bring a friend or just come by yourself.

Just turn up on the day, or if you want to find out more send us a message  

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