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 World Croquet Federation (WCF) encourages, promotes and develops the recognised versions of the game of croquet internationally at all levels. National croquet associations around the world are members of the WCF, and the WCF sanctions champio ...

. The USCA is headquartered at the

National Croquet Center National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

, 700 Florida Mango Road,

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. It has a full-time office staff which keeps regular weekday hours. The USCA provides information on starting a club and print resources, consultation on lawn construction, and maintenance.

History

In 1977,

Jack Osborn Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

organized five Eastern clubs (including the Westhampton Mallet Club, Croquet Club of Bermuda,

Green Gables Croquet Club The Green Gables Croquet Club of Spring Lake, New Jersey was founded in 1957 by Suzie Linden (1913–1996). It is the oldest continuous croquet club in the United States and among the three founding members of the United States Croquet Associatio ...

, 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 croque

It was Jack Osborn's vision, marketing savvy, 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 - the

, the Palm Beach Croquet Club, the New York Croquet Club, the Westhampton 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

External links

United States Croquet AssociationDirectory of USCA Croquet ClubsCalendar of USCA Croquet TournamentsRules of American Croquet
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synopsis
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full rules in PDF

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 *

in Sea Girt, New Jersey
Greenwich Croquet Club
in Greenwich, Connecticut
Highlands Croquet Club
in Welches, Oregon
Houston Croquet Association
in Houston, Texas
Longleaf Bowl & Wicket Club
in Pinehurst, North Carolina
Maui Croquet Club
in Kihei, Hawaii
National Croquet Club
in West Palm Beach, Florida
New York Croquet Club
in New York City, New York

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

in San Francisco, California *Westhampton Mallet Club in Westhampton, New York

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) Croquet in the United States Croquet Croquet 1977 establishments in the United States Sports organizations established in 1977