Croquet

Croquet
Modern croquet equipment
Highest governing bodyWorld Croquet Federation (WCF) (association and golf)
United States Croquet Association (USCA) (6-wicket and 9-wicket)
First played1856, England
Characteristics
ContactNo
Team membersSingles, doubles, and team events
TypeMallet sport
EquipmentMallet, balls, hoops or wickets
Presence
OlympicOnly in 1900 Summer Olympics
ParalympicNo
World GamesNo
Leon Wyczółkowski, A Game of Croquet (1892–1895), National Museum, Warsaw

Croquet (UK: /ˈkrk, -ki/ or US: /krˈk/) is a sport[1][2] which involves hitting wooden, plastic, or composite balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.[3]

  1. ^ The Croquet Association (CA), the national governing body for the sport of Croquet in England
  2. ^ Oxford Croquet.com, "Croquet is a satisfying sport utilising tactics and touch in equal measure"
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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