Croquet keeps your muscles moving
While not all of us are young enough or strong enough to play full-on physical sports anymore, an alternative option might be one you have never considered at the Te Awamutu Croquet Club.
With spring upon us now, it is a good time to consider ways to put a spring in your own step this summer season.
Croquet is an outdoor game played by people of all ages and levels of physical fitness. Many young people would find this a good alternative to team sports. Croquet provides plenty of light exercise and imposes no particular physical strain.
The game can be played both socially and competitively.
A handicapping system is employed in competitive play, ensuring that play at any age, and between men and women, is on equal terms.
Variations of the traditional classic game have been developed, with golf croquet currently very popular. This is a much shorter and an easier game to learn, you can be playing it within 20 minutes of first picking up a mallet.
Most games of golf croquet take 50 minutes, in contrast to two-three hour games for classic croquet. In golf
croquet, all players are on the lawn throughout the game.
The minimum requirements for playing are flat-soled shoes and sun protection.
The club supplies mallets and all other equipment for beginners.
Golf croquet is played every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at the lawns in Bank Street.
Registration each day is at 8.45am for play at 9am.
Games are 50 minutes each and you are welcome to play as many games as you like.
Association or classic croquet is played on Tuesday and Saturday. Coaching is given to new players.
It is suitable for everyone of all ages and abilities.