When the sun is out on a still summers afternoon, it's a great sight to see a beautiful mown garden Croquet lawn with a a set of Jaques Of London gleaming white  Championship Croquet Hoops rising from the ground!

The new Trafalgar Croquet set is a welcome new addition to the Jaques Of London very impressive Croquet Set section, as it enters midway into this superb range.

Many of our World famous Croquet Sets for you to look at in our showroom!

Light entertainment after a delicious meal - Edwardian Indoor Croquet

Grasp all you need know about croquet in one simple book.

Croquet to suit all ages and experience

The perfect game to follow or begin a barbeque in the sun.

A fine addition the the Jaques range

Treat yourself to a spot of quintessentially British fun this September playing Croquet with a glass of Pimms.

The Goring Hotel is celebrating its centenary this year and from Thursday 22 July to Thursday 26 August 2010 is offering us a truly English summer afternoon with croquet in their private garden and their superb afternoon tea, which I tried earlier this year.

Forget Wimbledon or Royal Ascot. Croquet is the name of the game at Oriel Securities, which recently hosted its inaugural croquet set tournament.

If you've ever thought about playing croquet at Delaware Park, but for whatever reason have not quite gotten around to it, The Olmsted Conservancy and the Buffalo Croquet Club are hosting an open house to get people out playing the game. Buffalo has a long history when it comes to the games of croquet and lawn bowling, and The Parkside Lodge is 'living' proof of the games' past popularity.

History of the Worlds most influential Games Company.
We Started making Games manufacture over 210 years ago making us the "Oldest sports and Games Company in the world"

We are Still owned and Run Entirely by direct descendants of our Founder, Thomas Jaques, and are one of a handful of companies globally to be both over 200 years old and owned and run by the same family continually for the entire time.

 Largest Croquet Course - How big is this croquet course?

 MEXICO, MO, USA -- Mexico Parks and Recreation Department recently built a croquet course with 20-foot-high stakes and 6-foot-tall wickets - setting the new world record for the Largest Croquet Course.“The idea originated at a meeting at the historical society; we were trying to plan a real croquet tournament, but it got really complicated so we tried to take a ‘let’s have fun’ approach to it”, P&R director Chad Shoemaker says.

This Wooden Croquet Set is Crafted by the most talented Croquet manufacturers in the World.

The Woodstock is A beautiful Set made by the Family of the Games Inventor John Jaques the II was awarded a Gold Medal for introducing Croquet at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

Rules to Misplaced Croquet balls

a) If a player or official observes that a shot is to be played with any relevant ball misplaced, play shall be stopped and the misplaced ball(s) corrected.

b) If a player or official discovers (within the applicable limit of claims) that a shot has occurred with any ball relevant to the shot misplaced, play shall be stopped, all balls, clips, and deadness shall be corrected to the point immediately prior to the shot, and the player resumes play without penalty.

Read the Jaques of London Brief guide on how to set up a croquet lawn. Easy to follow guide by Jaques

THE launch of the 2010 season at Budleigh Croquet Club went ahead despite heavy rain

Once we had inspected the lawns it was obvious that play would not be possible until they had a bit of time to dry out.

It was somehow predictable that once the message had been sent out to members the weather improved!

After hasty discussions it was decided to proceed with the official opening at 2pm using Lawn Number Two with the Exmouth Town Mayor striking the first shot of the new season.

Specification for a Croquet Lawn

To be constructed as per a bowling green.

Playing area: 32 x 25.6 m. (35 x 28 yards) minimum.

Extended playing area: 33.8 x 27.4 m. (37 x 30 yards) minimum.
GENERAL


      Agreement to return to original condition any previously grassed areas or tracks and paths, damaged in order to obtain access to site of work.

      No work shall be proceeded with if, in the opinion of the client, the ground is so affected by bad weather that to continue work would be detrimental to the soil condition.

      Each phase of the work must be offered for inspection before being covered up by the next operation.

      Appropriate hand or small machines operations are to be allowed for on areas too small for tractor work.

      All rubbish, stones, weed roots, and other debris collected during the work must be removed completely off the site.

      The operations set out give the contractor the opportunity to price for and to carry out a satisfactory job. Any diversions from these operations must be guaranteed to give similar satisfactory result and will only be permitted after consultation with the client.

      All seeding must be carried out during the appropriate weather conditions, as agreed by the client.

Croquet is a tactical struggle with each player trying to manoeuvre both their own and opponent's balls to make points for their side, whilst restricting their opponent's chances of doing the same by careful positioning of the balls at the end of the turn.

Kate Adams of Christchurch was the youngest player at age 14 competing in the Interprovincial Croquet competition on Sunday.

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