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2018 Volume 1
12 | 2018 USCA Club Directory 18 | Lighting a Croquet Court 22 | 2018 USCA Club Teams 26 | 2018 Collegiate Nationals 28 | 2018 AC Laws Nationals 30 | 2017 GC Nationals 31 | 2017 GC Club Teams 33 | 2018 Florida GC Regional 34 | Club Profile: Mission Hills Croquet Club 36 | Member Profile: Randy Cardo
Departments 03 | Courtside with Sara Low 05 | The Clubhouse 08 | New Membership 38 | Let’s Talk Tactics: Hoop 2 40 | The Inbox 43 | Events Calendar
Credits On The Cover: USCA Player of the Year Randy Cardo. Photo by Bev Cardo. Publisher: Dylan Goodwin | uscacroquetnews@yahoo.com
We received many letters thanks to the Winter 2018 issue of Croquet News. History of the USCA sparked comments from readers who took pleasure in learning about our past, reliving the early days and growth of the organization and adding stories or facts that we did not cover. Isn’t it wonderful that croquet can be enjoyed on the courts as well as from an armchair? The USCA story brings out my own. My first lesson in American Six Wicket Croquet took place in Central Park. Green grass, white clothing, the four colored balls placed just so. There was a stillness on the New York Croquet Club lawn that muffled the sound and activity being played in the park outside the club gates. Two courts were set: The one for my lesson with gleaming wickets pounded into the ground; tall, heavy mallets of the sport standing nearby and colorful flags in each corner – blue, red, black, yellow. I was excited. Introduced to an indoor wicket shoot during the previous winter, I had waited weeks for the season to open so croquet lessons could begin. As I took in the sights and sensation, my eyes were drawn to the other court. Set differently and yet the same: green grass, six steel wickets, but all the corner flags were black. My instructor, the President of the New York Croquet Club, Michael Charrier, had set the court this way, the only time in the club’s history, in honor of Jack Osborn, the man responsible for bringing modern croquet to America and for founding the United States Croquet Association. A historic occasion in croquet, this was the day that Jack Osborn had died.
Editor: Julie Jantzer-Ward
Even if I hadn’t been taken by the sport, its many rules and complex strategy, I fell in love with croquet first for its traditions and then the beautiful experience of honoring the man who had made the game possible for us.
Art Director: Brandy Ferguson
Forty years ago, Jack Osborn and a group of people who became legends gave us a game and an organization.
Contributors: Joyce Baillargeon, Micah Beck, Cheryl Bromley, Bev Cardo, Randy Cardo, Chris Clarke, Bob Kroeger, Sara Low, Carlton H. Maybee, Leo Nikora, John C. Osborn, Jennifer Othen, Ursula Peck, Eric Sawyer, Jeff Soo, Rich Watson, Linda Vavra, Terry Vavra
Today the organization has grown to include three other games of croquet, the sport is played at all levels of competition and we are looking forward to 40 new years of history. Croquet News made note of all this and encouraged its readers to add their own experiences.
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Keep the stories coming and please, continue to create more.
Sara Low
USCA President | president@uscroquet.com
Please submit all inquiries and stories to uscacroquetnews@yahoo.com. Text should be submitted as a Microsoft Word file and photos need to be FULL resolution (300 dpi). All content may be edited for length and photos will be adjusted appropriately. Croquet News is produced three times per year and is distributed as a benefit to USCA membership. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the expressed permission of the publisher. Views expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the USCA.
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