- United States Croquet Association
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 theWorld 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 electronic mailHistory
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. [http://www.mauicroquetclub.org/history/index.htm]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
Green Gables Croquet Club , 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. [http://www.croquetworld.com/Archives/JOobit.asp]External links
* [http://www.croquetamerica.com/ United States Croquet Association]
* [http://www.croquetamerica.com/usca/directory/clubs/ Directory of USCA Croquet Clubs]
* [http://www.croquetamerica.com/calendar/upcoming/ Calendar of USCA Croquet Tournaments]
* [http://www.croquetamerica.com/croquet/rules/american/USCA2006RuleBook.pdf Rules of American Croquet]Member Clubs
* [http://www.blantyre.com/ Blantyre Croquet Club] in Lenox, Massachusetts
* [http://www.chicagocroquetclub.org/ Chicago Croquet Club] in Chicago, Illinois
* [http://members.valley.net/croquetvermont Croquet Club of Vermont] in Woodstock, Vermont
* [http://www.msb.edu/student/u08/jdb59 Georgetown University Croquet Society] in Washington, District of Columbia
*Green Gables Croquet Club in Sea Girt, New Jersey
* [http://www.greenwichcroquet.com/ Greenwich Croquet Club] in Greenwich, Connecticut
* [http://www.highlandscroquetclub.com/ Highlands Croquet Club] in Welches, Oregon
* [http://www.houstoncroquet.com/ Houston Croquet Association] in Houston, Texas
* [http://www.longleafgolf.com/ Longleaf Bowl & Wicket Club] in Pinehurst, North Carolina
* [http://www.mauicroquetclub.org/ Maui Croquet Club] in Kihei, Hawaii
* [http://www.croquetnational.com/ National Croquet Club] in West Palm Beach, Florida
* [http://www.newyorkcroquetclub.com/ New York Croquet Club] in New York City, New York
* [http://www.croquetworld.com/occ.html Oakland Croquet Club] in Oakland, California
* [http://hometown.aol.com/portroyalcroquet Port Royal Croquet Club] in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
* [http://www.prairielights-croquet.org/ Prairie Lights Croquet Club] in Manhattan, Illinois
* [http://www.pugetsoundcroquet.com/ Puget Sound Croquet Club] in Kirkland, Washington
* [http://www.croquetworld.com/sfcc.html San Francisco Croquet Club] in San Francisco, CaliforniaRelated Organizations
* [http://members.aol.com/ninewicket/ Nine-Wicket Croquet] (USCA backyard croquet)
* [http://www.croquetnational.com/ National Croquet Center] (home of the USCA)
* [http://www.wcfcroquet.org/ World Croquet Federation] (USCA represents the United States of America)
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