United States Croquet Association
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The United States Croquet Association (USCA) fosters croquet in all its forms, from the familiar nine-wicket croquet game to the modern sport of six-wicket croquet. There are USCA-affiliated clubs and tournaments across the United States and Canada. The official rules of American Croquet are maintained by the USCA. The USCA is a member of the World Croquet Federation.
The USCA is headquarted at the National Croquet Center, 700 Florida Mango Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406, USA; and may be contacted by telephone (561) 478-0760 or electionic mail <usca@msn.com>. It has a full-time office staff which keeps regular weekday hours. They welcome calls or e-mails requesting information on all aspects of croquet, including information on starting a club and on local contacts to instruct and advise you. They will also gladly offer advice, print resources, and consulting on lawn construction and maintenance.
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[edit] History
In 1977, Jack Osborn organized five Eastern clubs (including the Westhampton Mallet Club, Croquet Club of Bermuda, Green Gables Croquet Club, New York Croquet Club, and Palm Beach Croquet Club) into the United States Croquet Association (USCA), and wrote a new rule book for an American version of the six-wicket sport called American Rules croquet.[1]
It was Jack Osborn's vision, marketing saavy, energy, and sheer dogged determination that brought together five clubs in 1977 to form the nucleus of the United States Croquet Association. Although the sport had long flourished in the Commonwealth countries, croquet had devolved to a backyard pastime in the United States, and there were no agreed-upon rules.
One of the first orders of business of the new association was to hammer out compromise rules acceptable to all five clubs - Green Gables Croquet Club, Palm Beach Croquet Club, New York Croquet Club, Wasthampton Mallet Club, and the Croquet Club of Bermuda. Since then, the list has grown to nearly 400 member clubs with 3500 members, and the rules have survived with minor periodic adjustments. [2]
[edit] External Links
- United States Croquet Association
- Directory of USCA Croquet Clubs
- Calendar of USCA Croquet Tournaments
- Rules of American Croquet
[edit] Member Clubs
- Blantyre Croquet Club in Lenox, Massachusetts
- Chicago Croquet Club in Chicago, Illinois
- Croquet Club of Vermont in Woodstock, Vermont
- Georgetown University Croquet Society in Washington, District of Columbia
- Greenwich Croquet Club in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Highlands Croquet Club in Welches, Oregon
- Longleaf Bowl & Wicket Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina
- Maui Croquet Club in Kihei, Hawaii
- National Croquet Club in West Palm Beach, Flordia
- New York Croquet Club in New York City, New York
- Oakland Croquet Club in Oakland, California
- Port Royal Croquet Club in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
- Prairie Lights Croquet Club in Manhattan, Illinois
- Puget Sound Croquet Club in Kirkland, Washington
- San Francisco Croquet Club in San Francisco, California
[edit] Related Organizations
- Nine-Wicket Croquet (USCA backyard croquet)
- National Croquet Center (home of the USCA)
- World Croquet Federation (USCA represents the United States of America)
