Roque
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Roque is an American variant of Croquet game (the name was derived by removing the first and last letters). Roque was an event at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. The American Roque League was founded in 1916. It is played on a rolled sand court with permanently anchored wickets. The mallets with which the ball is struck have a shorter handle (approx. 24 inches) and the ends of the mallet are faced with stone. It is still played at Chautauqua, Illinois.
Roque, and most particularly the mallet used in the sport, feature heavily in Stephen King's novel The Shining.
