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SoundAsa£
SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
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Just joined a club……has anyone on here played it at sometime or another, or better still does so nowadays?
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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    They go nice with chicken kiev and beans.

    Shouldn't be playing with your food though Soundo
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    I prefer knitting.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    He had 3 ears, one right ear, one left ear and one frontier 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    edited August 2022
    ForeverAddickted said:
    I prefer pegging.
    Mallet end first???
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Gribbo said:
    They go nice with chicken kiev and beans.

    Shouldn't be playing with your food though Soundo
    Baked beans or green beans though?
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    ricky_otto said:
    Gribbo said:
    They go nice with chicken kiev and beans.

    Shouldn't be playing with your food though Soundo
    Baked beans or green beans though?
    Baked
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,841
    Watch out for the caribou.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    "Don't knock the hoops in with the f ckin mallets!!"
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,715
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Just joined a club……has anyone on here played it at sometime or another, or better still does so nowadays?
    Blimey, you must live somewhere posh!!  :)
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    I’m waiting for the bowls thread to start up, always fancied a bit of it.
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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    Not really.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Just joined a club……has anyone on here played it at sometime or another, or better still does so nowadays?
    I'll be serious mate.

    There is a croquet club around the corner from where I used to live, it looked very pleasant.  Unfortunately I never saw anybody play.

    Crown Green bowls you'd possibly enjoy as well?
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Do you play Soundas or have you joined as a beginner?
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,104
    Mendonca In Asdas said:
    I’m waiting for the bowls thread to start up, always fancied a bit of it.
    Irritable?
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    charlton4ever said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Just joined a club……has anyone on here played it at sometime or another, or better still does so nowadays?
    Blimey, you must live somewhere posh!!  :)
    Croquet is the one without the horses
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,122
    Used to love Miami Vice, whatever happened to Tubbs?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,555
    Mendonca In Asdas said:
    I’m waiting for the bowls thread to start up, always fancied a bit of it.
    Having retired a month ago I’m going to join the village bowls club soon. Expect I’ll be the youngest there.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    edited August 2022
    eaststandmike said:
    Do you play Soundas or have you joined as a beginner?
    As a beginner……my first instruction session is tomorrow…..Wednesday….2pm.
    Quite looking forward to it…..evidently it’s very tactical, you don’t just go full on getting the ball through the hoops, that’s not even the half of it……although it is of course the ultimate aim.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    Great game for a family get together. Always used to play on the old tennis court at my grandparents house when I was a kid. My parents still have their set and it still comes out at family gatherings although their garden isn't quite flat enough for it. Always telling my Dad he needs to get the heavy roller out.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    cantersaddick said:
    Great game for a family get together. Always used to play on the old tennis court at my grandparents house when I was a kid. My parents still have their set and it still comes out at family gatherings although their garden isn't quite flat enough for it. Always telling my Dad he needs to get the heavy roller out.
    Can you lend me a fiver?
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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,780
    I’ve played. It’s easy exercise and you can be nasty to people in a nice setting.

    Harpo Marx was a very keen player and was admitted into the croquet Hall of Fame. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    AddicksAddict said:
    I’ve played. It’s easy exercise and you can be nasty to people in a nice setting.

    Harpo Marx was a very keen player and was admitted into the croquet Hall of Fame. 
    A bit like CL then. 🤭
  • Penfolds Perm
    Penfolds Perm Posts: 550
    An old workmate of mine was a world finalist a few years ago. He's still winning major tournaments to this day.
    Was quite young when he reached the World final, so not the clichéd old man's game. 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    Gribbo said:
    cantersaddick said:
    Great game for a family get together. Always used to play on the old tennis court at my grandparents house when I was a kid. My parents still have their set and it still comes out at family gatherings although their garden isn't quite flat enough for it. Always telling my Dad he needs to get the heavy roller out.
    Can you lend me a fiver?
    That was mostly tongue in cheek. My granparents did have a set that we played in their garden and we do still play in my parents garden. The rest is waffle!
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    AddicksAddict said:
    I’ve played. It’s easy exercise and you can be nasty to people in a nice setting.

    Harpo Marx was a very keen player and was admitted into the croquet Hall of Fame. 
    Funny, he never spoke of it  ;)
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,733
    cantersaddick said:
    Great game for a family get together. Always used to play on the old tennis court at my grandparents house when I was a kid. My parents still have their set and it still comes out at family gatherings although their garden isn't quite flat enough for it. Always telling my Dad he needs to get the heavy roller out.
    My nan’s gaff smelt of piss and biscuits. 
    I do not recall any tennis court in her flat at the top of Villas Road however. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    snooker/billiards on grass .. looks like an interesting game .. the official name of Wimbledon Tennis club is the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club .. not a lot of people know that  :)

    PS Love some of the witty comments
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    LargeAddick said:
    Mendonca In Asdas said:
    I’m waiting for the bowls thread to start up, always fancied a bit of it.
    Having retired a month ago I’m going to join the village bowls club soon. Expect I’ll be the youngest there.
    Congratulations on your retirement
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    SoundAsa£ said:
    eaststandmike said:
    Do you play Soundas or have you joined as a beginner?
    As a beginner……my first instruction session is tomorrow…..Wednesday….2pm.
    Quite looking forward to it…..evidently it’s very tactical, you don’t just go full on getting the ball through the hoops, that’s not even the half of it……although it is of course the ultimate aim.
    So it's not all about getting balls through a gap?
  • captainbob
    captainbob Posts: 935
    An elderly neighbour gave our family a croquet set when I was a kid. At first, we played the incorrect rules (possibly an Australian version) which meant my dad could regularly smash by ball into the distant flowerbeds. As a teenager, I learned the proper rules (at least I think I have) - more about angles and strategy than brute force. Like snooker, a player can build up quite a 'break' and forge ahead, leaving an opponent far behind. 

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