Games in which a ball had to be knocked around a course of hoops with a mallet were popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth

century France.
Croquet became the sports craze of Victorian England.
The Nine Wicket
Croquet is naturally a less formal game than the six-wicket versions of the sport such as Association Croquet.

We are a club playing extreme nine wicket Croquet

We play on weekends, Saturday or Sunday
Arter-Anlage, Minervastrasse 46, 8032 Zurich

 

                                        


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The 9-Wicket Croquet
"2013 Arter Challenge", "2013 Zurich Open" & the "2013 Swiss Championship"
will be held in April resp. in Mai & June 2013  in Zurich Switzerland.
The categories include women singles and team, men singles and team, mixed team, club team.
Entries are now open to all croquet clubs and individuals ->
croquet@croquet-club-zurich.ch

our contact details
The Croquet Club of Zurich
email
:
croquet@croquet-club-zurich.ch

Our founding father 


The members:  Hannibal, Sniper, Mr Nice Guy, Queen of Heart, Black Tiger, Frog, Disaster, The Jackal, Dynamite, Chopper, Dead Meat, Uto,

   Nine Wicket Croquet     Introducing Golf Croquet 
Nine-Wicket Croquet                   

The Objectives of Nine Wicket Croquet
: it is a major challenge to pass your ball through two wickets simultaneously;
execute your elegant swing shots between wickets creating your perfect chances; apply your chip shots to move extra
quickly between the wickets;  achieve the status of poison and kill all remaining players to win the game.
 

The Objectives of Golf Croquet:
be the first player or team to push your balls through the wickets, one after the other;
execute your elegant swing shots for perfect positioning; be constantly aware of your opponents’ tactics;
be the first player or team to reach the agreed number of points to win the game.

Guest players: Ann, Collin, Edit, Garry, Greg, Jack, Our Brothers, Our Children, Our Dads, Our Friends, Our Mums, Our Sisters,  Seán, Steve, Willem  

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