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CROQUET HISTORY Sports History 25 February 2005 Sports History by Ralph Hickock Although croquet is a rather young sport, its ancestry can be traced at least to the 14th century, and there are a couple of stories about how it originated. One is that lawn bowlers developed an indoor form of their sport to be played during the winter, adding hoops and mallets to make the game more challenging on the much smaller playing area. This indoor version of lawn bowling then moved back outdoors and become known in France as paille-maille ("ball-mallet"). The other is that paille-maille was originally a form of outdoor billiards. However, judging by what scanty documentation there is, billiards seems to have come along about a century later. It's quite possible that the movement went the other waythat paille-maille moved indoors and become billiards. In any event, the sport existed for several centuries without becoming particularly popular. Scottish golfers seem to have taken it up, possibly as a kind of practice, during the 16th century and, when James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1604, he brought paille-maille equipment as well as golf clubs to his new court. Played during the 17th century by Charles II and his courtiers at St. James's Park in London, the name of the game was anglicized to Pall Mall, which also became the name of a nearby street. "Mall" then turned into a generic word for any street used for public strolls. And now, of course, it usually refers to an enclosed area where people stroll from store to store.

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105. The Origin Of Croquet Golf and croquet have a common ancestor in the Roman game of PAGANICA A player in This sport developed in two ways. In country areas where there was http://www.croquetqld.org/origin.htm

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Jaques Croquet Jaques Tournament Croquet Sets Jaques Garden Croquet Sets Jaques Junior-size Croquet Croquet Sets with a Stand ... Game Rules Shortcuts Chess Go Croquet Skittles ... Printable version of this page History of Croquet Mallet and ball games are thought to have been first played in England and Europe during the middle ages. Games would normally involve only one ball which would be struck through very wide hoops. A Croquet-like game is believed to have been first played by thirteenth century French peasants who used crudely fashioned mallets to whack wooden balls balls through hoops made of willow branches. In seventeenth and eighteenth century France, mallet and ball games were quite popular and one of them, "Paille Maille", was introduced to London where it was played in open ground near St. James's Palace. This area became known as Pall Mall which is how the famous street of today got its name. The modern game of Croquet appears to be Irish in Origin. A game called Crooky was played in Ireland from the 1830's and, in 1852, it was brought to England where it quickly became popular. It was particularly popular with women because it was the first outdoor sport which could be played by both sexes on an equal footing. Widespread popularity began when Croquet equipment became readily available due to London sporting goods manufacturer, John Jaques, who began selling complete croquet sets.

107. Welcome Page Based in Welches, Oregon. 6wicket croquet played on two laser-leveled courts located in the highlands of Mt. Hood National Forest. http://www.highlandscroquetclub.com/

Highlands Croquet Club A t T he R esort at T he M ountain Welches, Oregon Ladder Results Resort Weather Directions Club Play Watch for us playing with the Portland Croquet Club on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The Portland Croquet Club plays on the Portland Lawn Bowling Club lawn, by the pond at Westmoreland Park, in Portland, near the corner of SE Bybee at 23rd. The clubhouse phone number is 503-235-3750. Contact sjs@europa.com for details. Upcoming Tournaments New Date! Sept 23-25 Oregon Open, Welches, Oregon - here . Contact Patrick John Sweeney at 503-491-5156 or sweeney@pdxlawyer.com Oct 15 - Oct 16 Oregon State Championship - www.HighlandsCroquetClub.com Nov 6 - Nov 12 - USCA National Championships - This USCA National Championship is to be held at Missions Hills Croquet Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Courts at The Indian Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert, California may also be used. Please note that this year the Nationals are being played Sunday through Saturday, not Monday through Sunday as most other years. Region: Contact: Jayne Everman Phone: 561-478-0760 Email: jayneusca@hotmail.com Highlands Croquet Club Weekly matches of 6-wicket American Rules croquet played on the best lawns the state has to offer. The Resort at The Mountain has two laser-leveled courts located in the highlands of Mt. Hood National Forest, located 45 minutes east of Portland just off of Highway 26 in Welches, Oregon.

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