WHAT IS CROQUET ?
Snooker on grass? Croquet is a game that can be played by all ages, with men and women competing on equal terms. A handicapping system also ensures that beginners can play experts and enjoy an even match. The modern game of Association Croquet has many similarities to snooker, and indeed has sometimes been referred to as snooker on grass. The most obvious thing it shares with snooker is the idea of striking a ball so that it hits another ball to make it go to a particular place. But it also shares some of the less obvious things, like the concepts of a break, in which more than one point is scored in a turn, and safety shots, in which a player will simply try to make things difficult for the opponent rather than try something difficult himself. Whereas in snooker compiling a decent-sized break is not easy, a good club croquet player will be able to score a significant break if the balls are well set up. The player’s difficulty is in getting the balls set up into a good position in the
