We were deeply saddened to learn the news of the very sudden passing of croquet legend Charles Jones at the age of 56. Charles died in Thailand on Monday night where he was holidaying on his way back home to New Zealand following the World Golf Croquet Championship in London in July. ..... Mark McInerney

2011 Golf Croquet World Championship at Hurlingham
A Commentary on the Commentaries. By Evan Newell.

Two commentaries are to be found on the Web that do not, in my opinion, provide a balanced view of the Hurlingham World Golf Croquet Championship of July 2011. The two to which I refer are:

Chris Clarke’s “opinion” as recorded on the dedicated Championship web site.
Mohammad Kamal’s “post-mortems” of the Championship to be found at “croquetworld.com”.

Carrickmines 10-13 August 2011
Final Score: Ireland 13 USA 8

Managers report by Brian Fisk.

Mark McInerney has become the first non-Egyptian player ever to win the World Golf
Croquet Championships. After qualifying from his block without too much trouble,
Mark made his way through a tough Knockout draw to reach the final, beating reigning
champion Ahmed Nasr and 2006 champion Mohammed Nasr en route. This was a truly
magnificent feat in itself coming from a game down in both matches to win.

Sunday: 24th July

Entries are now invited for the 15th Irish Golf Croquet Championships which will be held at Carrickmines C&LT Club on 10th/11th September 2011. Click "Tournaments" on top line for form.