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.
With the first session of matches almost complete in the 2009 Irish Masters event, Michael O’Shaughnessy holds a 100% record in Division 2 and leads the way. A number of grudge matches were played out in the early rounds with Kieran Murphy prevailing +1 over Ben Harris. Subsequently Danny Johnston got the better of Kieran [...]
Champion of County Dublin and winner of the Railway Cup Ed Cunningham
Runner up Patsy Fitzgerald
Boxwell Cup (Handicap Singles) Campbell Morrison
Runner up Ed Cunningham
Coronation Bowls (Handicap Doubles) Alan Looney and Simon Williams
Runners up Patsy Fitzgerald and Alice Reeves-Smythe
Duff Mathews Cup (Advanced play singles) Stephen Strong
Runner up [...]
The Irish and Dublin Championship entry fee schemes which included meal arrangements have been extended to allow the simple payment of a set entry fee per event, not including a provided meal.
The rates are the same as for 2008 and are shown below.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF IRELAND
This was the 6th match for the Carter Challenge Cup between Ireland and USA, played in Florida at the National Croquet Center from 3 to6 May.
Ireland has won four of the previous encounters but this time had the odds stacked against it. USA had a strong team consisting of (with world rankings in brackets) Ben [...]
