CROQUET anyone? By Andrea Louise Thomas
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roquet is not dead. Played in Victoria since 1914, today there are 92 clubs across thirteen regional areas with 2700 members statewide. Six of those clubs are in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula. So the game is alive and well. Croquet dates back to the 1850s with its origins in the UK. It’s an intriguingly complex sport requiring precision hitting and strategic thinking. It attracts a cross-generational membership sharing in a fun and lively social sport. Croquet sprung up in Australia as a ladies sport because women were not allowed to play lawn bowls, as it was considered an exclusively male sport. This was true until the 1970s!
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August 2018