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	The Croquet Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Croquet enables this communication by acting as the equivalent of a broadband conferencing system built on top of a 3D user interface and a peer-to-peer network architecture.
		The Croquet Project is really a continuation and synthesis of a number of parallel efforts over the last thirty years.
		Croquet's treatment of distributed computation assumes a truly large scale distributed computing platform, consisting of heterogeneous computing devices distributed throughout a planet-scale communications network.
	www.opencroquet.org /About_Croquet/faqs.html (1645 words)

	Croquet Australia: How To Play Croquet
		The image of croquet varies between the 19th century garden parties with ladies dressed in crinolines and the game being played by the Queen and Alice in Alice in Wonderland with flamingoes as the mallets and hedgehogs as the balls.
		The laws of Association Croquet are determined by the national bodies of the four main croquet playing countries - Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the United Kingdom.
		In the USA, some croquet is played using "American" rules which differ in a number of respects from Association Croquet although the equipment and court layout remains the same.
	www.croquet-australia.com.au /How_To_Play/How_To_Play.html (692 words)

	Croquet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Croquet is a recreational game and, latterly, a sissy sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing arena.
		Croquet was an event at the 1900 Summer Olympics and Roque, a variation on croquet, an event at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
		Golf Croquet has the advantage of being easier to learn and play, but its critics claim that the lack of croquet strokes in the game means that it is less intellectually demanding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croquet (3870 words)

	Croquet Queensland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Croquet was too good a game to be eclipsed for long and in 1897 a revival took place with the setting up of the English Croquet Association.
		Croquet is growing and extending into many countries of the world, but possibly nowhere more than in the USA where, in the period from 1974 to 1994, the original 6 clubs have grown to 600.
		Croquet is a challenging, frustrating but rewarding game and the skills of the present generation of top players are equal to anything seen in other sports.
	www.croquetqld.org /origin.php (721 words)

	The Game of Croquet
		Croquet became the sports craze of Victorian England with National Championships held at Wimbledon before the lawns there were transformed into the tennis courts of today.
		Despite its genteel history, croquet is by no means simply the sporting diversion at vicarage garden parties which it is often portrayed as being.
		In Association Croquet the object of the game is to get both balls around a course of twelve hoops in a set order, and finish by hitting the centre peg, (which has given us the phrase "pegging out").
	www.mnlg.com /jcc/frames/theGame.html (771 words)

	Sports Rules - Croquet
		A player can only roquet and take croquet once only from each of the three balls in one turn, unless they can get their ball through the hoop in order, then they are allowed to roquet again.
		A turn also ends during a stroke if the croqueted (hit) ball goes off the court, or the players ball goes off the court, unless it first made a roquet or scored a hoop on the way out.
		When playing competitive croquet, there will be a system of handicaps in place to offer concessions to less able players so that it balances competition with stronger players.
	sportsrules.50g.com /croquet.htm (1788 words)

	Croquet in America - Official Site of the USCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The American Croquet Association was organized in 1987 in Phoenix to promote interest in "Association" or International Rules croquet, currently sanctioning four or five tournaments a year, mostly in the West.
		These new rules portend a new cycle of growth in croquet's popularity, by encouraging people to play the forms of the game most appropriate to their interests and skill levels on the playing surfaces and with the equipment available to them.
		GOLF CROQUET is the best game for beginning players at big events, such as charity fund-raisers, where many people are encouraged to play croquet in a short period of time.
	www.croquetamerica.com /overview.asp (952 words)

	Home
		Some useful coaching tips for the croquet players.Here the focus is on triple peel leaves for the bisque users.
		Got something croquet related that you want to share with the WA croquet playing public.
		The World Croquet Championships were held in the southern Hemisphere for the first time in 97.
	www.croquetinwa.fanspace.com (291 words)

	Croquet - Online Guide
		Croquet was played at the 1900 Olympics but around this time, the up-and-coming sport of Tennis started to eclipse Croquet and this other game's ascension marked the end of Croquet's heyday.
		Today, Croquet is played competitively in over twenty countries, the major ones in the 1990s being Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the USA.
		In Russia, Tolstoy had a Croquet lawn in his Moscow garden and astronauts are reported to have played for relaxation upon their return from space.
	www.tradgames.org.uk /games/Croquet.htm (1624 words)

	Croquet.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Federation assisted in arrangement of the croquet lawn at the famous Russian writer Sergey Esenin's museum in the Ryazan Region.
		A Croquet Gallery was available where spectators were taught the basic rules of the Ancient version of the game.
		Croquet hoops and pegs were on display, together with several new and innovative items.
	www.croquet.ru /eng (441 words)

	Croquet Notes
		Anything that happens to the striker after that is considered to be incidental contact and croquet is taken off the roqueted ball.
		Croquet partner to spent ball on boundary if danger ball is ineffective.
		Croquet partner out near the spent ball on the boundary.
	www3.bc.sympatico.ca /greenacres/croquetnotes.htm (1493 words)

	History
		It is curious to note that the putting of your foot on the ball during the croquet stroke was outlawed in 1870, yet it still persists in 'home-brewed' rules of croquet to this day.
		The first national headquarters was the Wimbledon All England Croquet Club, founded in 1868, which later was to become the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
		In 1900 croquet featured as a demonstration sport in the Olympics in Paris and players from France won all the medals.
	www.oxfordcroquet.com /history (708 words)

	Croquet Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Croquet, just as Squeak did earlier, tries to be that “Mathland” (and any other “land of an academic discipline” that its participants care to create for themselves and for each other).
		Croquet is the confluence of several independent lines of work that were being carried out by its six principal architects, Alan Kay, David A. Smith.
		The Croquet consortium is intended as an international alliance of industry and academic institutions that seeks to advance and promote the development, application and widespread adoption of open source Croquet technologies in research, industry, and education and to coordinate large-scale institutional participation in Croquet-related initiatives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croquet_project (1750 words)

	The Croquet Court at Rossmoor
		The Croquet Court at Rossmoor is full regulation size, with a playing field in A-1 condition, and an extremely level surface.
		In case it is thought that croquet is a sport only attracting older participants, be advised that the average age of the top players in the UK is 20-35 years, and the average age of US Croquet Association members is 43 years.
		The World Croquet Federation, founded in 1986 is a multi-national organization committed to developing and promoting croquet across the globe.
	www.rossmoor-nj2.com /rossmoor_croq/index.html (1552 words)

	Croquet.com : Shop Croquet & Croquet Sets
		Croquet can be played competitively or socially and you will find there are several sets of rules based on the level of game you're playing.
		Croquet originated in Ireland and gained popularity in England as a pastime of the aristocracy around the mid-19th century.
		Contrary to popular belief, croquet is a complex game of skill with rules that have been revised and adapted since its origin in the mid-19th century.
	www.croquet.com (693 words)

	Maui Croquet Club History
		Don't miss the Laws of Croquet, published in 1901 by John Jaques for the Croquet Association; or Laws of Association Croquet, published in 1957 by the Croquet Association.
		Captain Thomas Mayne Reid wrote Croquet: A Treatise and Commentary, in which he argued that croquet was a character building alternative to actual warfare.
		The Convention of Croquet Players met in April in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and compiled a rulebook entitled Croquet, the copyright of which was vested in the secretary, I.
	www.mauicroquetclub.org /history/index.htm (3292 words)

	Maryland eXtreme Croquet Society Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The mallets used in regular lawn croquet are too flimsy, and are easily broken or shattered.
		The mallets for extreme croquet are usually made with heavy-duty handles, and hardwood, plastic, or composite heads.
		The Maryland eXtreme Croquet Society was founded in 2000 in Salisbury, Maryland, in the quiet backwaters of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
	www.extremecroquet.info (314 words)

	Buy Jaques Croquet and Croquet Accessories
		It was John Jaques who introduced the game of Croquet to England and the world at the 'Great Exhibition' of 1851.
		A century and a half later, Jaques are still the leading manufacturer of Croquet equipment and they continue to be the only company who make truly high Croquet sets and accessories.
		In Russia, Tolstoy apparently had a Croquet lawn in his Moscow garden and astronauts are reported to have played for relaxation upon their return from space.
	www.mastersgames.com /cat/outdoor/croquet.htm (662 words)

	CROQUET CANADA - LEARNING CENTER - Junior Croquet
		I have taught croquet to many groups of schoolchildren from 12 years of age upward.
		It is far more efficient than Golf Croquet (which is an excellent game in its own right) as an aid to help children - or adults - learn the game of croquet.
		Ricochet is picked up much more quickly by beginners than by experienced croquet players who keep wanting to pick up their ball and take croquet every time they make a roquet.
	www.croquet.ca /learn/other/ricochet.html (816 words)

	Croquet World Online Magazine
		John Young, ninth-generation Bermudian, pioneered croquet on the island of his ancestors and left behind a rich legacy of many parts — in People.
		This James Hawkins editorial on croquet's public image hit the internet in the same week that the British government's "croquet scandal" reached fever pitch in the media.
		An expert on the laws of croquet returns to civilized discourse after two years of missionary work on a primitive South Pacific island — in People.
	www.croquetworld.com (608 words)

	Connecticut eXtreme Croquet Society Home Page
		Often called cross country croquet in Europe, extreme croquet is croquet on steroids.
		Extreme croquet is best played where the natural lay of the land provides an extremely difficult terrain.
		The mallets for extreme croquet are usually made with heavy-duty handles, and plastic or composite heads.
	www.extremecroquet.org (546 words)

	Croquet Rules & Regulations - Croquet.com
		The more competitive variations are those for the North American Rules as developed by the U.S. Croquet Assocation and adopted by Croquet Canada and the International Association rules as adopted by Croquet Canada, which vary significantly in many aspects while using the same equipment and court set up.
		Croquet law calls for boundaries marked by string, or stakes to mark the corners.
		To score a wicket, croquet rules state that the ball must go all the way through the wicket and stay clear of it.
	www.croquet.com /croquet/croquetrulesarticle.cfm (518 words)

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		This is the basis in croquet strategy as the different breaks: two-, three- and four-ball breaks allow the player to advance through the wickets, ideally in conjunction with his partners ball.
		Croquet Shot: The croquet shot is the shot made after a roquet.
		Stop Shot: By delivering an upward shot to the strikers ball during a croquet, the croqueted ball is sent a considerable distance and strikers ball barely moves.
	laplaza.org /~teddis/glossary.html (3003 words)

	In pro croquet, it's a hard-knock life \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Croquet's glam ambiance of splendor in the grass masks the reality that the sport is far from a laid-back backyard pastime played at summer barbecues.
		Evidently croquet players can be a bumptious lot, prone to hurling obscenities, mallets, and their hats, on occasion.
		In competitive croquet, each player must call his or her own fouls, and unsportsmanlike deportment can earn you a reputation as a "bad sport" that will cycle around the croquet circuit faster than most players can move around the six-wicket course.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0908/p11s03-alsp.html (908 words)

	Croquet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Croquet has played a major position in the sporting activities line-up at Lake Oconee since the early days of residential development.
		The United States Croquet Association’s Southern Regional Championships alternates between Lake Oconee and Pinehurst, North Carolina.
		Greene County resident Harold Brown has been ranked in the USCA’s top ten for the past 15 years, and Atlantan Bob Cherry, winner of the 2001 Southern Regional Championships, was selected to play for the American team in the Solomon Cup (England vs. the United States).
	www.oconee.org /croquet.htm (206 words)

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	croquet-paris.bewa.info (350 words)

	Croquet
		Six wicket croquet is, of course, a twelve step program and fortunately the only twelve step program that the three main players have ever really needed.
		Which is not to be confused with the immorality of croquet.
		Croquet seems to have been evolved by some process of nature, as a crystal forms or a flower grows - perfect, in accordance with eternal laws.
	laplaza.org /~totem/ind.html (412 words)

	Croquet Canada - National www site - the Learning Centre
		The most important shot in croquet is the one where a round ball proceeds through a very narrow rectangular hoop.
		The purpose of posing questions in The Mallet regarding the rules of croquet is to encourage thought and conversation.
		I have taught croquet to many groups of school children from 12 years of age upward...
	www.croquet.ca /learn/main.html (374 words)

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