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The Rules of Golf Croquet
The Rules of Golf Croquet
Now out of date – do not use this post.
The Rules of Golf Croquet are published by the WCF Golf Croquet Rules Committee under the auspices of the WCF Council which has the final responsibility for approving changes in the Rules under WCF Statute 107.3. The terms of reference of the GCRC are set out in WCF Statute 107.4.
The GCRC consists of a representative of each of the five largest GC playing countries and an additional member whi is appointed by the other WCF Members.
The GCRC expects to publish a new edition of the Rules every three or four years. The current edition is the 4th Edition which the WCF voted to adopted with effect from 23 November 2013.
Members of the WCF Golf Croquet Rules Committee:
| Gordon Smith (chairman) | New Zealand |
| Gordon Matthews | Australia |
| Georg Dej | Canada (and other WCF Members) |
| Amir Ramsis | Egypt |
| Tim King | England |
| Mohamed Kamal | USA |
Introduction to the 2013 Golf Croquet Rules
This follows two years of deliberations by the WCF Golf Croquet Rules Committee on possible changes to the Rules. The prime intention has been to clarify the wording throughout and to produce changes where players have shown concern about some of the Rules. Naturally, not all of the Committee and our advisors have felt the same way about all of the Rules discussed, but we have probably considered nearly every possible variation that would make any sense. It has not been easy, given the wide range of player skill, physical ability and determination, the differences in cultures and the age range of players for whom we are providing an environment. We have arrived at a set of Rules that we believe will be acceptable to most players, without being totally unacceptable to any. We appreciate the efforts made by those of our respondents who contributed suggestions for improvements to the draft Rules.
The 2013 Rules of Golf Croquet can be found at 2013 Golf Croquet Rules
A commentary on the changes in the 2013 Edition can be found at 2013 Golf Croquet Rules – commentary on changes
The 2015 Official Rulings to be applied to the 2013 Rules can be found at 2013 Golf Croquet Rules – current Official Rulings
2015 GCWC – Qualifying Tournament
2015 Golf Croquet World Championship Qualifying Tournament
- Dates: Tuesday, 3 to Thursday 5 February 2015
- Venues: Morrinsville Croquet Club and Claudelands (Hamilton) Croquet Club
- Headquarters: Morrinsville Croquet Club
Manager: Joan Jenkin, 110A Studholme St, Morrinsville, New Zealand
Tel: (07) 889 6789
E-mail: joanjenkin@gmail.com
Asst. Mgr: Geoff Young, 202A Tower Rd, Matamata, New Zealand
Tel: (07) 888 4995
E-mail: geoffyoung@xnet.co.nz
Entries may be sent to either the Manager or Assistant Manager Entry Fee: NZ$60
Conditions
- Entries close with the Managers on Monday 19th January 2015.
- Places may be limited. Entries will be accepted in grade order up to 7th December 2014 and thereafter in order of application.
- Overseas players may pay entry on arrival at tournament.
- The top four players will be awarded places in the Golf Croquet World Championship.
Sweden win the first Nordic Championship – 2005
The first Nordic championships were held at Moss Norway 15th and 16th May 2005. Both Association and Golf croquet championships were played.
Both events were held as doubles with two pairs each from Sweden, Norway and Finland. A Danish team also attended and took part in Jeloey Grand Open, the open part of the tournament in Association, Golf Croquet and a nine hoop event played to Norway Standard Rules.
Most croquet in Scandinavia is of the nine hoop variety. So it was quite a step to play the Nordic championships in association and golf forms. The four young players representing Finland had only played extreme croquet before this event.
In Denmark a nine hoop version is played with short mallets and only one hand is allowed in the swing. They have an extremely active tournament circuit and have over 6000 registered players and very good coaching scheme in place.
Sweden are already members of the WCF, Norway and Finland have applied for membership and we also expect Denmark to apply shortly. Next years event will be held in Sweden when also Denmark and maybe Iceland, will compete.
Here are the results of the competitions:
Nordic Championship 2005
Association Croquet
1. Sweden, Thomas C Ericsson and Mikael Agebjörn
2. Norway, Tom Larsen and Roar Michalsen
Golf Croquet
1. Sweden, Simon Carlsson and Ulf Söderberg
2. Norway, Tom Larsen and Roar Michalsen
Jeloey Grand Open
Association Croquet
1. Timothy King, England
2. Eddy Holmboe, Hjulmakerveien Crocket Club, Norway
Golf Croquet
1.Timothy King, England
2. Birger Stene, Hjulmakerveien Crocket Club, Norway
Nine Hoop Croquet, Norwegian Standard
1. Mikael Agebjørn, Argus Croquet, Sweden
2. Rune Johansen, Hjulmakerveien Crocket Club, Norway
3. Steinar Olsen, Hjulmakerveien Crocket Club, Norway
4. Birger Stene, Hjulmakerveien Crocket Club, Norway
5. Roar Michalsen, Hjulmakerveien Crocket Club, Norway
23rd May 2005
WCF has two new members! 2005
WCF has two new members!
At the WCF Council Meeting held on 8th August 2005 two new members were admitted to membership when Norway and Finland were accepted as Observer nations.
Norwegian Croquet Federation President Tore Gulbrandsen (pictured right) said, “This is an important point in Norwegian Croquet. We have 20 clubs with over 100 members centered around the South East of Oslo. Mostly we play a ten hoop, 2 peg version of the sport, although the “Association” variation is growing in popularity. The quality of the lawns is not as good as in the UK, as you can imagine with our climate.
The Federation itself is 31 years old and later this month we will be holding our first ever Norwegian National Championship”.
The WCF now has 26 member nations.
10th August 2005
2nd Test Match between Norway and Sweden ends in draw!
The two brother nations, Norway and Sweden, met for the second time this year on Saturday 10th of September 2005. Jointly staged by the Passus Croquet Club and The Swedish Croquet Association it took place in Borås, Sweden. The event took place in Majorslunden where two lawns in 2/3 size had been laid out. These were of good quality and shows that even in the Nordic countries it will be possible to maintain lawns of almost international standard.
The first battle between the two countries were staged in Moss at Jeloey Grand Tournament as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the breakup of the union between the two brother nations in 1905, but it almost drowned in the Nordic Championships. Then it was staged by The Croquet Society, which is 35 years old this year, and Jeloey Croquet Club.
The event was played like the Davis cup with two single games, one double and then two singles again, in Association Croquet and Golf Croquet. The Swedes had 4 players in each type as they had two single players and one team, while the Norwegians had two players playing all games in each type.
All Norwegians players only learned the game in April and had had never played on such short grass before. This was also the situation for some of the Swedes.
Norway won the Golf Croquet tournament to the astonishment of a lot, especially the Swedes. The Norwegians won all singles, but as they had never played together as a team, they lost the doubles games.
Birger Stene took the first point of the Tournament whilst it was clear that the Norwegian players had amazing eyesight, Nils Naper hit every ball he aimed at in his single matches!
In Association Croquet Sweden won, but also here the Norwegians improved.
In the last single match even Simon Carlsson, the Swedish Champion, got problems. He won by only two points, but Steinar Olsen had the lead for a long time. Roar Michalsen even won his last game versus Jan-Åke Lundberg (the first Swedish player to participate in an international tournament).
The results:
GOLF CROQUET
Norway – Sweden 4-1
Ulf Söderberg – Nils Naper 1-7
Jan-Åke Lundberg – Birger Stene 2-5
Jörgen Larsson / Peter Grönborg
– Nils Naper /Birger Stene 7-1
Ulf Söderberg – Birger Stene 3-7
Jan-Åke Lundberg – Nils Naper 3-7
ASSOCIATION CROQUET
Sweden – Norway 4-1
Jan-Åke Lundberg – Steinar Olsen 26-9
Simon Carlsson – Roar Michelsen 25-10
Janne Högrell / Thomas C Ericsson
– Roar Michelsen / Steinar Olsen 14-4
Simon Carlsson – Steinar Olsen 16-14
Jan-Åke Lundberg – Roar Michelsen 10-14
19th September 2005