The Croquet Association of Ireland

Welcome to the CAI website. CAI is the governing body for the sport of Croquet in Ireland.
What became modern croquet was first played in Ireland in the 1830's and the game is still popular here, particularly in its "garden" form.
On this site you will find the latest news of the game in Ireland, this year's fixture list, the Honours Board, archived matters and articles on the history and the tactics of the game.
There are entry forms (click list in left hand column) for the Championships of Co. Dublin, The Championships of Ireland and the Golf croquet Championship of Ireland.

If you would like to have matters added to the site or wish to contact CAI please do so

Congratulations to Danny Johnston, Kieran Murphy, Conor Broderick and Ed Cunningham who all passed assistant referee exams last weekend. Simon should also be highly commended for running an excellent course.
Well done to both students and tutor. We’ll look forward to calling on these new referees for adjudication during the coming season.

The latest draft of the 2010 fixture list is now on view (click tab above).
Entry forms for Irish and Dublin Championships are now abailable on left sidebar.
Have a good season.   Hope to see you all on court soon.

Following on from the successful start to the coaching programme in 2009 which created six qualified Irish coaches, the CAI is pleased to announce that a comprehensive programme of courses is planned for the 2010 season.
Follow link on top of page to get the latest course list and downloadable description as it becomes available.

Melbourne is a very long way to travel to play croquet but combining the trip with visits to Hong Kong, Sydney and Tokyo made the journey worthwhile. The event was played at the smart new Victorian Croquet Centre at Cairnlea, about half an hour’s drive from the city centre. Twelve good lawns and a purpose [...]

I was really looking forward to my first visit to Egypt having heard all the stories about their golf croquet brilliance etc from Evan Al-Mighty, aka “Lucky Lucky Evan”.
To acclimatise myself to the sunny weather (about 31 degrees in early October), I spent the first week at a remote, paradise-like resort on the Sinai [...]