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USCA Management Committee ________________________
GC World Championship: Volunteers Welcome! In the last edition, I detailed some events including the upcoming 2024 World Golf Croquet Championship that the USCA is hosting. This is a major undertaking and is already the focus of key individuals within the USCA and at the host venue Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club in Virginia. It is a tremendous opportunity to see the best GC talent in the world in our own country. It is also an opportunity for you to share with other croquet friends and a vehicle for the USCA to showcase “Croquet in America” to the entire world croquet community and beyond. So, what can you do to help make this happen? Support the event! Many opportunities are available. You can volunteer to help manage match times, to referee, to assist the event hosts, to operate the scoreboard and to help manage equipment, which are some of the many areas where we need help. (Michael Albert and Bev Cardo are event CoChairs, Jeff Soo is the Tournament Director, Cheryl Bromley is the Tournament Referee.) If you are able to lend your time and effort in making this a success, please let the appropriate person know. We encourage clubs to arrange times when their members could show their club colors and support/volunteer as a club group. Come and cheer on our U.S. players. The last two World GC Champions are USCA players (Ben Rothman and Matthew Essick). Clearly, we would enjoy a third consecutive U.S. Champion. If you are unable to attend, you can still support the event with a financial, tax-deductible, donation. (Contact Ursula in the USCA office for details.) This tournament, the qualifier that immediately precedes the main event and our plans to include a daily livestream of key games all have significant overhead and expenses. I invite you to be part of these events in any way you can. They will require significant volunteer and member support to be successful. Please consider ways you can participate in their success and your enjoyment by being part of the events. I would also like to inform you that the new revised GC Skills Test is available. This allows clubs to administer this simple test and set initial handicaps for new players. This is another resource provided by the USCA to help our members and clubs enjoy the croquet experience. Thank you for your support of the USCA through membership. It is your membership that makes all this happen. Let’s keep the ball rolling!
Damon Bidencope
Proud USCA Member / USCA President President@croquetamerica.com / www.croquetamerica.com
President Damon Bidencope president@uscroquet.com First Vice President Michael Albert firstvp@uscroquet.com Second Vice President Carla Rueck secondvp@uscroquet.com Treasurer Douglas Moore treasurer@uscroquet.com Secretary Beverley Cardo secretary@uscroquet.com ________________________ REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS Florida Bill Simmons floridarvp@uscroquet.com Mid-Atlantic Sally McGrath smcg226@gmail.com Midwest Russell S. Dilley midwestrvp@uscroquet.com Northeast Preston Stuart northeastrvp@uscroquet.com Southeast Linda Trifone southeastrvp@uscroquet.com Western Patrick Sweeney westernrvp@uscroquet.com ________________________ USCA STAFF Office Manager Ursula Peck membership@uscroquet.com Tournament & Schools Johnny Mitchell tournament@uscroquet.com Membership Coordinator Stephanie Lutge croquetoffice@uscroquet.com United States Croquet Association 700 Florida Mango Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Tel. (561) 478-0760 Fax (561) 686-5507
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