Bayswater Croquet Club

Golf Croquet
This is the shorter duration (and less complicated) game which can usually be completed in about 30 to 40 minutes. Each turn consists of one stroke only and is played in a strict colour sequence. (Blue, Red, Black, Yellow). At the start, each player in turn tries to send his ball through the first hoop thereby scoring a point for his side. As each hoop may only be scored by one side, play for both sides then proceeds to the next hoop and so on. In a 13 point game the winner is the side to first score 7 hoops. (Or the side with the most hoops if time is called) Association Croquet The aim of this game is to make each ball pass through each of the six hoops twice, once in each direction, and then hit the peg in the centre. (a total of 26 points) It has been likened to snooker on grass. When a player strikes his ball and causes it to hit another, (a roquet) he is then required to pick up his ball (the one that he struck) and place it against the other. He then plays a stroke (called a 'croquet stroke') sending his ball to another position on the court to his advantage. He then has a 'continuation' stroke which can be used to either go through a hoop or 'roquet' another ball. Each of the other three balls can be used in this way only once before his ball goes through a hoop. (Hoops must be scored in a particular order). The player's turn continues until he makes a mistake. With good play a turn can last a considerable time and many hoops can be scored. If a game is not completed in the time allowed, the winner is the side having scored the most hoops.