Playing the game of Croquet is so much more fun when using the beautiful and substantial specialized equipment from Jaques of London. It can be as challenging and enjoyable sport as any other. Croquet combines the need for tactical ability, judgment and skill in equal measure successfully, due to the non-physical nature of the game and a unique handicapping and Croquet rules system. Because of this the game can be enjoyed at any level by male and female players of any age and ability on equal footing.
When John Jaques introduced Croquet at the Great Exhibition in 1851 it quickly became the vogue throughout the British Empire. Thus putting Jaques at the forefront of the spread of croquet as a sport. In 1864 John Jaques II, wrote and published Croquet; the Laws and Regulations of the Game. He was regarded as the greatest authority on the game at the time. And today, (with some revision) the game of croquet is still played by those rules.
Association sets were provided by the Jaques Company for a series of Croquet Seminars at the Croquet Association headquarters in London. The Association croquet set is wonderful for a leisure garden game, but also has all the components for top level competition croquet. The four (4) quality croquet mallets are handcrafted by Jaques woodworkers using sustainable tropical hardwood and then carefully fitted with brass rings and a cane spliced hickory handles with Jaques own soft feel Takair grips. The four matched double scored regulation balls are fitted in a lovely canvas green zippered carry case, and the six hoops are the Association models, chosen by the Croquet Association for tournament play. Four regulation Championship border flags and boundary yard line pegs mark the court, four hoop clips, four ball markers, and a regulation, four color, beautifully finished winning post, with comprehensive rules and Anton Gill’s superb book, 'Croquet the Complete Guide'. The quality croquet set is presented in a polished green traditional reinforced pine box, 43 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 8".
When John Jaques introduced Croquet at the Great Exhibition in 1851 it quickly became the vogue throughout the British Empire. Thus putting Jaques at the forefront of the spread of croquet as a sport. In 1864 John Jaques II, wrote and published Croquet; the Laws and Regulations of the Game. He was regarded as the greatest authority on the game at the time. And today, (with some revision) the game of croquet is still played by those rules.
Association sets were provided by the Jaques Company for a series of Croquet Seminars at the Croquet Association headquarters in London. The Association croquet set is wonderful for a leisure garden game, but also has all the components for top level competition croquet. The four (4) quality croquet mallets are handcrafted by Jaques woodworkers using sustainable tropical hardwood and then carefully fitted with brass rings and a cane spliced hickory handles with Jaques own soft feel Takair grips. The four matched double scored regulation balls are fitted in a lovely canvas green zippered carry case, and the six hoops are the Association models, chosen by the Croquet Association for tournament play. Four regulation Championship border flags and boundary yard line pegs mark the court, four hoop clips, four ball markers, and a regulation, four color, beautifully finished winning post, with comprehensive rules and Anton Gill’s superb book, 'Croquet the Complete Guide'. The quality croquet set is presented in a polished green traditional reinforced pine box, 43 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 8".
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John Jaques II’s game of Croquet took the world by storm, with matches in far flung Russian provinces to Abraham Lincoln’s Cabinet playing on the White House lawn.
Croquet hoops are a mere 1/8” wider than the standard croquet ball – a far cry from early days of the sport, where player Arthur Law’s spaniel could slip through with ease.
Croquet has reached the ends of the earth – in 2005 a group of American scientists became the first to play the game at the South Pole.
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