Category: World Championships

2027 Association Croquet World Championship

ASSOCIATION CROQUET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2027

The WCF Management Committee warmly invite eligible Players

TO THE ASSOCIATION CROQUET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wellington New Zealand 2027, Saturday 30 January to Sunday 7 February

Event website:
2027 AC Worlds - https://2027wcfwellingtonnz.weebly.com/

Please don’t hesitate to contact Rosie Landrebe if you have any questions or you need support.

secretary@worldcroquet.org

WhatsApp contact: +61 481 915

2026 Golf Croquet World Championship

Venue and dates:

The Championship will be held in Cairo in Egypt, between the 21st and the 29th of November, the Opening Ceremony and Practise Day is the 20th of November

Capacity

The event capacity is 80 players.

Qualifier Competition

The qualifier will be held immediately prior to the Championship at the from the 14th to the 18th of November in Alexandria.

The format for this event will be published as details become available.

Accommodation and Travel:

Specific information is being prepared and will be shared as soon as details become available.

Some deadlines previously required for WCF events have been modified for this event, and I call your attention to important information at the bottom of the email for those changes.

Please refer to: WCF Sports Regulations   Appendix 3 for further information related to the definition of the various places available for players.

Timetable

Response date: Sunday May 31st, 2026. This is the date by which all WCF Members are requested to inform the WCF Management Committee:

(a) if they want to take up their Membership Place or Places. (RCOs should advise whether they would like to request a Membership Place)
(b) the names of their eligible players who want a Ranking or Membership place in the Event; and
(c) the names of any of those players they wish to nominate for a Wild Card Place.
Individual players who are affiliated to a WCF Member and want to gain a place in the Event must announce their availability via their Member.
However, if a player is not affiliated to a WCF Member and is not eligible to represent any WCF Member, they should contact the Secretary-General directly. 
Allocation date: Tuesday the 16th of June 2026.  
The highest grades achieved by players in the 12 months ending on this date will be used to determine the initial allocation of Ranking Places. Please refer to the WCF Sport Regulations for the exact definition.
Announcement date: Tuesday the 22/07/2026
The players who have been awarded Ranking Places and Wild Card Places will be announced on or before this date. 
Closing date: Wednesday the 12th of August
This is the last date on which Members can nominate players for Membership Places.
Payment date: Monday the 31st of August 2026

GCWC EGYPT 2026 Qualifying Event

2025 AC World Championship – Qualifier details

2025 AC World Championship Qualifier
This will take place between 14-16 October at the National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, FL
How to enter:
Entry is direct via the USCA: USCA Entry site: WCF AC World Qualifier
Size of Event:
Entry limit 24 players
Entry Fee:
The entry fee is US $75
This event determines the Qualifier Places (4 or more) for the 2025 AC World Championship. Entrants must intend to play in the main Championship if they qualify. (Players who have already been offered a place in the main Championship are not eligible to play in the Qualifier.)
The Qualifier will be played as a strict Swiss in 8 or 9 rounds. (The format is subject to change if there is a large number of vacancies.)
The Qualifier Allocation Date is 14 July. If the event is oversubscribed on that date, the list will be sorted by DGrade* and the top 24 players will be offered places. The remaining players will be placed on a waiting list. If a vacancy arises, the waiting list will be newly sorted by DGrade and the highest-ranked player will be offered the place.
If the tournament is undersubscribed on the Qualifier Allocation Date, all the entrants will be offered places, and additional places will be offered in order of receipt of entry until the event is full.
The Qualifier Closing Date is 29 September; no entries will be accepted after that date.

* Unlike the ranking list used for allocating Ranking Places in the main Championship, the ranking list for this tournament is based on a player's most recent official DGrade, whether or not the player has played any games in the prior 12 months.

A beverage station will be provided.  Daily Lunches are not provided but will be available.  Players will be charged $16 plus tax and gratuity.

Location
National Croquet Center, 700 Florida Mango Rd, West Palm Beach, FL  33406, USA

Key Contacts
Tournament Director: Jeff Soo

2025 AC World Championship – Player Information

The following information is required from all the above competing players by 28th May 2024 (or sooner please if possible).

    • A recent well-lit, clear and good quality photograph (ideally headshot)
    • 150-250 words of biographical details
    • Contact email and mobile phone numbers for during the event (for use by the Tournament Manager)

Please send this information online via Google Forms. Please click on this link: 2025 AC World Championship Player Information

Please note, the photo and bio may be published on the event website and on the WCF website. Players should expect some live streaming and the press may be present taking photographs. Players should note that their results will be published on Croquet Scores. The contact details will be held by the WCF S-G and Tournament Manager for use during the event.

You will also be sent an email with a link to join a WhatsApp group (to be set up during early June) set up for players and officials to chat together about the event, accommodation, transport, meals etc.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Why is this requested via a Google Form?
The organisers for this event will pick up all the bios directly from the Google Form. This reduces the workload. If everyone sends the bio into the WCF separately, maybe by email, word document, pdf, whatsapp etc., then it would then have to be cut and pasted into some central repository. Much simpler if everyone feeds it into one place in one format in the first place.

Why can’t you re-use the information you sent last time?
Regarding your contact details: due to data protection rules, we ask that personal data is not kept by the organisers after the event, so emails and telephone numbers need to be captured each time. And of course, these could easily change year on year.
Due to privacy laws in the UK we also need you to consent to the use of your data each time.

Regarding your bio: firstly, there is no way for the WCF to know who wants to keep an old bio and who wants to update it, so we ask for new each time. Plus, most players prefer to update the words for each event. Especially those of you that play both codes, who may want to say different things depending whether it is a GC or AC event. You might have major wins in one code and not in the other for instance.

Who might read my bio?
It could be used in various ways to advertise and promote the event.  Variously, it could be included in Sponsor Packs, the Event Website, the Programme, or perhaps sent to the Press.
Our sport needs sponsorship to help make these events financially viable. We need to look professional to attract sponsors. It is therefore important that your bios are sensible, well-written and give a good impression to the World.

Why is this information requested so early?
Work to prepare for a World Championship starts very early. The website and programmes are put together by volunteers, many of whom have other commitments. We need to give them as much time as possible to do this, to ensure that they not only do a good job, but that no undue stress is put on them.  The army of volunteers works hard to make these world championships run smoothly and to ensure that you, as a player, have a fantastic event. As players you are not asked to do a lot to help, providing this information is something you can do.

Do I have to provide this information?
Yes.
Per WCF Sports Regulations, Appendix 2 Singles Events, Clause 6.3, all players are required as part of their participation in the event to send this information through on request, in the format and manner requested by the Secretary-General and the hosts.

6.3 …. all player information requested must be received by the date specified in the Invitation. This might include a photograph, email address, contact phone number during the event (if available) and up-to-date biographical details. These should be sent to the Secretary-General in the format requested.

Do I have to join the WhatsApp group?
No, this is optional.

2025 AC World Championship – How to pay your entry fees

The 2025 AC World Championship will take place at the National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, between 18 and 26 October 2025.

Entry Fees are due by 30th May at the latest.
The Entry fee for this event is £189 per player for Full and Associate Members.
[This is based on a rate of £21 per player per day for 9 days].

Please do not pay until you have been notified that you have been awarded a place in the event.
Those on the Replacement List, do NOT yet have a place.
Lists of those with awarded places can be found on event webpage.

The ERC would prefer that you pay by Bank Transfer. All details on how to do this will be in the email sent to each Member by the Secretary-General. We ask that our Members please forward this information onto their players. Paying in this way incurs lower fees for the ERC and will be very much appreciated.

If you do need to pay by PayPal, please click on the button below:

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