Articles and Links from the World of Croquet

It is no game for the soft of sinew and the gentle of spirit. The higher and dirtier croquet-player can use the guile of a cobra and the inhumanity of a boa constrictor.
                               -Woollcott, Alexander Humphreys
                                 Quoted The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

You have to be realistic, croquet literature is often hard to find, it's not as if the whole world is talking or tweeting about the game!

However there are a few and it's growing. Some preliminary research has come up with an eclectic selection of articles and online links.

Where possible we also feature videos and the first of the "articles" is one of these. This shows the best shots from the 2008 World Golf Croquet Championship. It is well worth watching.

• Articles About Croquet
  
  Croquet in its modern form stems from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Britain. Many articles have been written about croquet and a selection of the most interesting appear here.
• Croquet Action
  
  If you look deep enough you can find some interesting videos online. Here is a selection of the most interesting.
• Croquet Online
  
  The World Croquet Federation has alomst 30 international country members so someone somewhere is writing about croquet. Some of the links to these croquet sites are included here.