Croquet from the French word for a crooked stick, has its origins dating back since the 14th century.
There are several forms of croquet including, most notably British lawn croquet and American lawn croquet. The latter offers various options including: Backyard nine-wicket, American six-wicket, international six-wicket, and golf croquet, which uses the nine-wicket layout.
The World Croquet Federation (WCF) is the international governing body for croquet.
The premier International Rules croquet team event in the world, currently competed for by the four strongest playing nations: Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States of America. www.personal.u-net.com/~storey/mcrobert.htm
Covers all aspects of croquet including equipment, lawn care and construction, laws, refereeing, tournament, management, technical papers, health and safety, history and coaching. www.oxfordcroquet.com
Links to international bodies, national bodies, state associations and local clubs, tournaments and results, people, laws, publications, history, commercial and advertising, variants, simulations, mailing lists. heracles.itsc.adfa.edu.au/~sme/croquetweb
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