Promotional material for the “World’s Largest Croquet Course” event Saturday, June 19 at Green Estate Park indicates Mexico Parks and Recreation Department organizers want to make sure no entry gets too serious – except about having a good time.

  “The object of the game is to have fun, get exercise, raise money for local civic organizations and make people watching scratch their heads while muttering what in the heck are those fools doing out there on the Green Estate reads the first item on the list of “official rules.”

   Entrants will be sent out onto the course in flights of 12 players. Once they get under way, they can play at their own pace. They can expect challenges at each wicket as well as along the way with prizes up for grabs by which to remember the event.

   “Our job is helping make Mexico a good place to live and part of that involves having fun,” Shoemaker summed up. “We always like to get people outside and walking; this will be good low-impact exercise, so it’s a win-win situation.”