General News
15 October, 2023
Tradition rules at croquet tournament
LAKESIDE Croquet Club has hosted its first association croquet tournament in six years. Players from across Victoria took part in the two-day event at Boort over the weekend. Boort member Ian Potter said association croquet was played under more...
LAKESIDE Croquet Club has hosted its first association croquet tournament in six years.
Players from across Victoria took part in the two-day event at Boort over the weekend.
Boort member Ian Potter said association croquet was played under more traditional rules with games lasting more than three hours.
“We had been unable to get the numbers needed to run the tournament for a few years but everything came together for this weekend,” Potter said.
Under the two-ball game rules, players make their way through six hoops to the centre and then come back out.
While most clubs played under golf croquet rules, Potter said there were players from Bendigo, Melbourne, Horsham, Echuca and Castlemaine at the tournament.
In Level 1, Ken Bald from Kalimna Park Club in Horsham was the undefeated winner with five wins. Paul Ryan from the Quarry Hill Club in Bendigo was the runner up with four wins .
In Level 2, Lois Munro from the Swan Hill club was the undefeated winner with five wins.
Tom Kudelka from the MCC Club in Melbourne was the runner up with four wins.
Meanwhile, Potter said light spinners recently installed around the croquet courts are deterring corellas.