Let's Play Croquet

What is Croquet anyway?

Croquet is a game involving 2 or 4 players – each player having a mallet. There are 4 balls, a series of hoops and a final peg on a croquet lawn. The croquet lawn or croquet court is a level grassed area, 35 yards (32 metres) by 28 yards (26.6 metres).

The traditional game – Association Croquet – has been characterised as a cross between Golf (a stick and ball game), Billiards (Croquet has strokes involving direction changes, cannons and shots of varying distances) and Chess or Warfare (depending on one’s outlook). There is a lot of strategy involved so thinking, planning and skullduggery play a big part.

Golf Croquet is another form of the game. This offers a fast, interactive contest in which the players use combative tactics to be the first to pass through each hoop. A game of Golf Croquet typically lasts an hour or less.

Both forms of the game are great fun and suit all ages.

This is link to a short video about croquet -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6r5MhTMoEA&ab_channel=CROQUETAUSTRALIA