Croquet is typically a friendly game, a backyard competition, a diversion to be pulled out after burgers and before volleyball. But once one player's ball bumps into another's, it's time to whack ...

The game is a race around the circuit of hoops in the order and directions shown in the diagram above. The Blue and Black balls play against the Red and Yellow balls. The first side to get both of ...

Those who visit new Fort Worth bar Stewart's Croquet & Cocktail can grab a mallet and head out to the lawn. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer North Texas is now home to a croquet bar and restaurant, ...

A lawn is required to enjoy croquet. And for enthusiasts, croquet is required to truly enjoy a lawn. The game is leisurely but engaging, playful but competitive. The pace is perfect for a sunny ...

If you've seen serious games of badminton or croquet, you may think that you need a huge yard to accommodate play. But that's not the case. Recreational players -- the folks who will be coming to your ...

When Elaine and Richard Kennedy decided to move to California from Michigan seven years ago, one of their great concerns was where they would be able to pursue their favorite sport. “Oh my god, what ...

Bill Miller bends his knees slightly, lines up his mallet with the red ball against the blue one, looks straight ahead and then down at the balls. An eerie silence descends on the scene. No one speaks ...

For most people, croquet is a quaint pastime that they've read about in history books. Or they can visualize the most famous game of Victorian croquet: Alice of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" ...